Quid Pro Quo is the twenty-ninth studio album by English rock band
Status Quo, released in May 2011. The album debuted at number 10 in the UK charts and features 14 new songs, as well as the 2010 version of their 1986 hit "
In the Army Now" which was re-recorded in support of the
Help for Heroes and
British Forces Foundation charities. The accompanying Official Live Bootleg album features 12 older songs recorded by the band in concert in
Amsterdam and
Melbourne in 2010. In the UK the album was only available at branches of
Tesco stores for its first week before being released conventionally on the band's Fourth Chord label on 6 June 2011.[4]
The single "Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You" was initially released as a free track download from the band's official website, and was included on
BBC Radio 2's 'A'
playlist from 14 May 2011 onwards. The album was Radio 2's 'Album Of The Week' for the week commencing 28 May 2011. Subsequent singles "
Two Way Traffic", "Better Than That" and "The Winner" were also included on the Radio 2 'A' playlist, and "Movin' On" was placed on the Radio 2 'B' playlist.
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