Famous in the Last Century [Import]

Status Quo | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 24, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal/Mercury
• ASIN: B00004STYN
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #853,492 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Famous In The Last Century

2. Old Time Rock And Roll

3. Way Down

4. Rave On

5. Roll Over Beethoven

6. When I'm Dead And Gone

7. Memphis Tennessee

8. Sweet Home Chicago

9. Crawling From The Wreckage

10. Good Golly Miss Molly

11. Claudette

12. Rock 'N' Me

13. Hound Dog

14. Runaround Sue

15. Once Bitten Twice Shy

16. Mony Mony

17. Famous In The Last Century (Reprise)

Editorial Reviews

Remastered UK 21 track CD album featuring 4 Bonus Tracks including 'Fighting With The Pack', 'Gerdundula', 'Forty Five Hundred Times' & 'Rain' (Live), picture booklet complete with extensive liner notes by esteemed rock writer Dave Ling, rare photographs and memorabillia. Polydor. 2006.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Beware of the Dog, November 26, 2003

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D. Christen "dan_chris" (Rushville, IN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Famous in the Last Century (Audio CD)

Man - being a huge Status Quo fan since the seventies, I never thought they could release an album this bad - but they did ! The band doesn't even sound, like they are having fun doing this. The song selection is poor and at the end of the CD you can't help but asking yourself, what the....? Quo used to do some bad ass cover versions in their past, like 'Junior's Wailing', 'Bye Bye Johnny', 'Carol' or 'Roadhouse Blues'. But this album sounds like your local 'cover band' on a bad night. Stay away from it and buy anything these guys have released between 1972 and 1985. (Start with 'Whatever you Want', 'Hello' or their fantastic double Live album).

2.0 out of 5 stars not up to the status, January 22, 2011

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Michael P. Dobey (colorado springs) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Famous in the Last Century (Audio CD)

This was the bands all time worst release. I can even say that the pop cd's they did are three star efforts at least. But this one was the band sounding tired and not into it. Their last cover cd 'don't stop' was actually a very good cd, but you don't want a great band to release another cover cd only four years later. The band did those live single ccvers of classic fifties rock back in the early 90's (the anniversary waltz 2 part single) and those were excellent and full of life this one seems so flat. I love this band and have every cd they put out , So I can enjoy this one at least somewhat. "riffs' another tribute cd that came out later sounds better than this. And that was more of a fan club thing that was later released. This was a career lowpoint for this band. HOwever it does have the excellent song 'famous in the last century' On it. However the song is too short! Quo did return with some great cds though, 'heavy traffic' and 'in search of the lost chord' later though. this one is for completists ,people like me. NOn fans need to grab any 1970-82 release first.

1.0 out of 5 stars Enough!, May 28, 2010

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Chris Frohring "Bed Whistle" (Cleveland, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Famous in the Last Century (Audio CD)

Status Quo was dredging the bottom of the covers barrel for a spell in the '90's and '00's. There was the "Anniversary Waltz", the "Don't Stop" LP and then this. The only original track on the CD is an Andy Bown composition that shares the LP title, which bookends the album. This is recommended only to Status Quo completists. No more covers, please.