Ain't Complaining is the eighteenth studio album by British rock band Status Quo. Initially released on the Vertigo label on 6 June 1988, it was the group's first album on that label to fall short of the UK Top 10, breaking a streak of 12 studio albums in the process. It reached no higher than its entry position of number 12 in the UK Albums Chart. The band would re-enter the Top 10 three years later with Rock 'til You Drop. Ain't Complaining spawned three singles: the title track, the ballad "Who Gets the Love?" and the only UK Top 10 hit among them, "Burning Bridges", which partially incorporated the melody of the traditional folk song "Darby Kelly" within its distinctive instrumental breaks, without crediting it as such. John Edwards and Jeff Rich contributed compositions for the first time since joining Quo. "Another Shipwreck" had originally been a solo track by Andy Bown from his 1978 solo album Good Advice and was released as a single with him singing lead vocals. On Ain't Complaining, Rossi sings the song. An unusual move by Status Quo on this album was the use and endorsement of Charvel guitars. "The music was too polite," Rick Parfitt later remarked of the album. "There was no weight behind what we were doing. The edge had gone; we weren't real anymore."

Track listing

2006 remaster bonus tracks

1. "That's Alright" (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost, Rick Parfitt) – 3:29
2. "Lean Machine" (Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt) – 3:37
3. "Halloween" (Rick Parfitt) – 4:59
4. "The Reason for Goodbye" (Pip Williams, Johnny Goodison, Rick Parfitt, Francis Rossi) – 3:54
5. "The Greatest Fighter" (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost) – 3:57
6. "Running All Over the World" (John Fogerty) – 3:31

2018 Deluxe Edition

Disc one matched the regular album tracklist.

Disc two

Disc three (Live at Wembley, 07/07/1988; from BBC broadcast)

Personnel

Status Quo: Additional personnel:

Charts

Certifications