Track Listing

1. Umleitung - John Schroeder, Status Quo
2. Nanana - John Schroeder, Status Quo
3. Something's Going On In My Head - Status Quo
4. Mean Girl - John Schroeder, Status Quo
5. Nanana - John Schroeder, Status Quo
6. Gerdundula - Status Quo
7. Railroad - Status Quo
8. Someone's Learning - Status Quo
9. Nanana - John Schroeder, Status Quo
10. Mean Girl - Status Quo
11. Tune To The Music - Status Quo
12. Good Thinking - Status Quo
13. Mean Girl - Status Quo
14. Railroad - Status Quo

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #23112 in Music
• Released on: 2008-02-26
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 56 minutes

CD Description
By their fifth album in 1971, British heavy rock outfit Status Quo had honed their sound to a simple but powerful formula of thundering riffs, compelling blues-rock melodies, and the occasional touch of pastoral wistfulness, evidenced in the recurring acoustic picker "Nanana" that appears three times almost as a palate-cleanser between the heavier numbers. Although they boasted neither a Page nor a Plant, the band could rock on their respective instruments, and the complex "Someone's Learning" indicates a facility for proto-metal songcraft.

Customer Reviews

The best ever Quo album?
For me?
Yes.

A heavy blues-influenced album that was the foundation for their legendary early seventies shows.

If you like the side of Quo reflected in singles such as Rockin' All Over The World, Whatever You Want and In The Army Now, this may not be for you. This is for crankin' up to eleven, and nodding the ol' head to.

Opener Umleitung clocks in at seven plus minutes, most of it mid-paced blues influenced boogie, until after about five-and-a-half minutes, the first ever capture of the trademark Quo sound shows the shape of things to come.

Much of this album shows a twin-guitar sound, especially on tracks such as Someones Learning and Somethings Going On In My Head, along with classic Quo tracks such as Railroad, which finishes as a slow heavy blues, complete with harmonica solo and the (released two years later) hit single Mean Girl.

The album is not all about clearing your head of dandruff though, the use of Na Na Na to split a few tracks (it appears three times,increasing in length each time) and the unusual and folky sounding Gerdundula add colour and depth to this album.

This may not be the most immediate or commercial sounding Quo album, but one that reveals itself over repeated listening. It's an album I always return to.

Pure class and much underrated, if someone else had made this album it would be hailed as a classic, but a combination of prejudice and bias, along with the bigger selling albums in Quo's arsenal result in the album being ignored except by hard core Quo fans.

This is pure classic British rock of the highest echelon, and deserves a place alongside Led Zep IV, Purple's In Rock and Who's Next in your collection.

I cannot recommend this album highly enough.

It's Classic Quo!
Status Quo have been my favourite band since I was a little kid and that doesn't seem likely to change. 'Dog Of Two Head' was the album I first heard (on vinyl) about 20 years ago and it's the one that got me into Quo for life. As many fans find, it is difficult to have a favourite among their string of amazing albums between 'Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon' and 'Quo'. They are best treated as equally brilliant but superbly different to one another.

I'll cut to the chase - if you have never listened to this album you are missing out on one of the most under-rated and timeless recordings ever made. It is probably the most varied work they have done and would definitely surprise people who think of Status Quo as just a one trick pony.

'Dog Of Two Head' possesses quite a range of sounds, from the slow and stylish blues of opener 'Umleitung', to the frantic boogie of 'Mean Girl', to the folky acoustic number 'Nanana'. It has a more professional feel than the previous album 'Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon' and shows the band really mastering their craft and becoming a tight unit.

I cannot fault this album. It has provided me with great pleasure for many, many years and I hope whoever hasn't discovered it will take the opportunity to buy it!

Dog of Two Head
Reviewer: music_is_medicine (England) - See all my reviews

Status Quo have been my favourite band, since I was a teenager and that doesn't seem likely to change. I have even met them (by accident) and they were lovely. 'Dog Of Two Head' was the album I first heard (on vinyl) and it's the one that got me into Quo for life. As many fans find, They are best treated as equally brilliant but superbly different to one another.

'Dog Of Two Head' possesses quite a range of sounds, from the slow and stylish blues of opener 'Umleitung', to the frantic boogie of 'Mean Girl', to the folky acoustic number 'Nanana'. It has a more professional feel.

I cannot fault this album. It has provided me with great pleasure for many, many years and I hope whoever hasn't discovered it will take the opportunity to buy it! I have bought "Hello" and "On The Level" recently from Amazon and plans to buy further more CD's in the future as they are brilliant to listen to.