Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Caroline
2. Down Down
3. Paper Plane
4. Big Fat Mama
5. Roll Over Lay Down
6. Softer Ride
7. Don't Waste My Time
8. Little Lady
9. Mystery Song
10. Rain
11. Break The Rules
12. Something About You Baby I Like
13. Hold You Back
14. Rockin' All Over The World
15. Whatever You Want
16. Don't Drive My Car
17. Again And Again
18. 4500 Times
19. All Stand Up

Disc 2:

1. You'll Come 'Round (new track)
2. Thinking Of You (new track)
3. Jam Side Down
4. Creepin' Up On You
5. Down The Dustpipe
6. Pictures Of Matchstick Men
7. Ice In The Sun
8. In My Chair
9. Gerdundula
10. Wild Side Of Life
11. Rock 'N' Roll
12. What You're Proposin'
13. The Wanderer
14. Livin' On An Island
15. Marguerita Time
16. In The Army Now
17. When You Walk In The Room
18. Burning Bridges
19. Fun Fun Fun
20. Old Time Rock and Roll
21. Anniversary Waltz Part 1

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3935 in Music
• Released on: 2004-09-20
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Box set
• Running time: 157 minutes

Album Description
Spanning almost 40 years of making hit records, XS All Areas--The Greatest Hits covers the history of Status Quo from psychedelic beginnings through to rock legends. The album features 23 of their 37 top 20 singles (more than any other UK group), two brand new tracks ("You'll Come 'Round" and "Thinking Of You") and fan favourites (such as "4500 times").

CD Description
Taking in 25 years of Francis Rossi led boogie-rock, this album captures all the hits from the band's career post 1970 (after the band gave up power-pop for blues rock). This collection works through their classic albums such as 'Rockin' All Over The World', 'Hello' and 'In The Army Now', and showcases their unique take on blues-fuelled classic rock. The album also contains the live favourite Beach Boys cover 'Fun Fun Fun'.

Customer Reviews

A Great Introduction!
This is a great collection of the best work of the world's greatest hard rock boogie band. In a world full of rock and pop, it's great to still have a group that know how to rock AND roll!
XS All Areas has all the hits: 'Caroline', 'Whatever You Want', 'Down Down', 'Rockin' All Over The World' etc., as well as the fans favourites like 'Forty-Five Hundred Times' and 'Anniversary Waltz'.
This is fantastic, the ultimate Saturday night record, a collection of songs that'll have you up and dancing by the end of 'Caroline' easily!

Superlative Quo Retrospective
I have actually listened to this album and find that it is probably the best Quo collection currently available. Anyone who cannot tell the difference between Quo songs is caught up in one of the unfairest cliches in Rock. Quo have more than 3 chords (there I've said it, and if you listen to '4500 Times' its not difficult to prove that the lads can actually play beyond the legendary 3 chords). There is a load of classic Quo here from their days when they were as powerful a draw as Purple, Heep, Rory Gallagher, Nazareth, Alex Harvey, Family, Thin Lizzy, Budgie etc. This double disc set is great value for money - the tracks sound fresh and I defy anyone to sit and listen to this without tapping their toes or indulging in a spot of air guitar. Pure entertainment!

Whatever you want, again & again & again...............
As a Quo fan for over 30 years it's now getting to the stage when Quo can release a best of their greates hits albums, so often has their back catalogue been rehashed. As it goes thisis probably one of the better releases and does cover both singles and favourite live tracks such as 4500 Times and Big Fat Mamma. However, it has to be said that the late 80's and 90's were not a good period for the band and most of the stuff from this period is poor. When placed side by side with the earlier material the cracks begin to show. If you want a far better collection which represents the best of the albums and singles then try the three disc "Essential" series. This is a far wider range and really highlights just what made quo so important in the early years and just why they dominated British rock for virtually the whole of the 70's and early 80's. As a taster for the tour later this year "X'ess all areas" is OK, but please NO MORE BEST OF's & COVERS ALBUMS.. enough already!!!!!!