Dog of Two Head

by Status Quo

Overview

The change was going on. In 1971, while Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, and Black Sabbath were competing to be considered the genuine pioneers of the hard rock genre, Status Quo was involved in an inner struggle to find themselves and their own sound. Nobody would have said then that a few years later, Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster, and John Coghlan would be fighting in the peak of European charts with the groups before mentioned. Dog of Two Head was going to be their first step, a very powerful one, in being considered a serious and significant rock band and not another easy-come, easy-go psychedelic group. This was their first record where the basic wall of sound formed by mighty guitar-bass-drums won the game to the more flavored sound of their beginnings. The band forsook psychedelic experimentation and delved into more blues-oriented rock rhythms. The record contained the revision of the Arabesque "Gerdundula," one of their most intriguing tunes and a favorite in the concerts of years to come. They began to show that year their love for boogie rock in the long and powerful "Umleitung" and in "Someone's Learning," which proved to be one of the rare occasions the band touched on political issues (Irish terrorist quarrels, in this case). The album also contains the intimate ballad "Na Na Na," a two-minute resume of the composition techniques and humble philosophy of Status Quo ("Writing words that I feel I should change/It's all right if they sound just like other songs/Making sounds that can go on and on/It's all right if you stay right on to the end"). Finally, Dog of Two Head includes one of the most brilliant compositions of the band, the stunning "Railroad." Maybe the record is not as representative of Status Quo's sound as Hello! or On the Level, but it keeps being one of the band's more unusual and inspired achievements. They were going to find their characteristic sound in their posterior effort, Piledriver, but never again were they going to sound as innovative and inventive as they sound here.~ Robert Aniento

Product Details

Release Date:	02/26/2021
Label:	Music On Vinyl
UPC:	8719262017764

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Status Quo   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Antony Amos   Compilation Producer,Coordination
Sean   Remastering
The Doors   Composer
Colin James   Composer
Bob Young   Composer,Composer
Kenny Young   Composer
Carl Groszman   Composer
Alan Lancaster   Composer
Roy Lynes   Composer
Bernard Frost   Composer
John Manston   Composer
Richard Parfitt   Composer
Robert Young   Composer,Composer
Jonathan Beck Reed   Creative Consultant
Andy Manston   Composer
Rob Young   Composer
Nicholas Dominic   Composer
Fred Mendolsohn   Composer
Rick Parfitt   Composer
John Coghlan   Composer
Paul Bevoir   Artwork,Design
John Fogerty   Composer
Nicholas Dominic Devaux   Composer
Ronnie Scott   Composer
Marty Wilde   Composer
John Schroeder   Producer
Tom King   Composer
Tommy James   Composer
Status Quo   Composer
Chuck Berry   Composer
Francis Rossi   Composer
Larry Bright   Composer
John David   Composer