Status Quo – Accept No Substitute! The Definitive Hits

Status Quo – Accept No Substitute! The Definitive Hits

Spanning more than five decades of music, Accept No Substitute! The Definitive Hits is the ultimate celebration of Status Quo's remarkable career. Across three discs, this comprehensive collection traces the band's journey from their late-1960s psychedelic beginnings through their chart-dominating boogie-rock years and into their later recordings and acoustic reinventions.

Featuring essential classics including “Pictures Of Matchstick Men,” “Paper Plane,” “Caroline,” “Down Down,” “Rockin' All Over The World,” “Whatever You Want,” and “In The Army Now,” the set showcases the songs that established Status Quo as one of Britain's most successful and enduring rock bands. Alongside the hits are fan favourites, album highlights, live recordings from the celebrated Frantic Four reunion and tracks from the band's acclaimed Aquostic era.

Whether you're a lifelong fan or discovering the band for the first time, Accept No Substitute! offers the most complete overview of the Quo story, highlighting the consistency, energy and unmistakable sound that made them rock legends.

Tracklist

CD 1

1. Pictures Of Matchstick Men (3:08)
2. Ice In The Sun (2:10)
3. Down The Dustpipe (2:04)
4. In My Chair (3:14)
5. Mean Girl (3:58)
6. Gerdundula (3:49)
7. Don't Waste My Time (4:20)
8. Big Fat Mama (5:55)
9. Paper Plane (3:00)
10. Claudie (4:04)
11. Caroline (4:19)
12. Softer Ride (4:02)
13. Forty-Five Hundred Times (9:54)
14. Break The Rules (3:40)
15. Little Lady (3:03)
16. Down Down (5:24)
17. Roll Over Lay Down (5:40)

CD 2

1. Rain (4:35)
2. Mystery Song (4:00)
3. Wild Side Of Life (3:17)
4. Rockin' All Over The World (3:37)
5. Dirty Water (3:52)
6. Hold You Back (4:31)
7. Again And Again (3:42)
8. Whatever You Want (4:03)
9. Living On An Island (3:47)
10. What You're Proposing (4:19)
11. Rock 'n' Roll (3:50)
12. Something 'Bout You Baby I Like (2:59)
13. Marguerita Time (3:30)
14. The Wanderer (3:28)
15. Red Sky (4:15)
16. Burning Bridges (On And Off And On Again) (4:20)
17. Anniversary Waltz Part 1 (5:31)
18. The Way It Goes (4:03)

CD 3

1. Jam Side Down (3:27)
2. Blues And Rhythm (4:29)
3. Old Time Rock 'n' Roll (2:57)
4. The Party Ain't Over Yet (3:51)
5. Beginning Of The End (4:29)
6. Two Way Traffic (3:59)
7. Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You (3:27)
8. In The Army Now (2010) (4:22)
9. Looking Out For Caroline (4:00)
10. GoGoGo (4:16)
11. Bula Bula Quo (3:50)
12. Backwater (Live By Frantic Four) (4:21)
13. Just Take Me (Live By Frantic Four) (3:31)
14. Is There A Better Way (Live By Frantic Four) (3:47)
15. Blue Eyed Lady (Live By Frantic Four) (3:56)
16. And It's Better Now (Aquostic) (3:41)
17. Don't Drive My Car (Aquostic) (3:10)
18. Rock 'til You Drop (Aquostic) (2:48)
19. Pictures Of Matchstick Men (Aquostic) (3:37)