{"history":[],"article":{"id":"372ef8ae-2455-4e35-9929-6c2e703f7adb","title":"Just Supposin'","slug":"just-supposin","content":":::summary\n![Just Supposin'](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/JustSupposin///StatusQuo.jpg)\n**Name:** Just Supposin' \n**Type:** studio \n**Artist:** [Status Quo](https://bliptext.com/articles/status-quo-band) \n**Released:** 17 October 1980 \n**Recorded:** 1980 \n**Studio:** [Windmill Lane Studios](https://bliptext.com/articles/windmill-lane-studios), Dublin \n**Genre:** [Hard rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/hard-rock), [boogie rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/boogie-rock), [new wave](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-wave-music) \n**Length:** 40:41 \n**Label:** [Vertigo](https://bliptext.com/articles/vertigo-records) \n**Producer:** John Eden, Status Quo \n**Prev Title:** [12 Gold Bars](https://bliptext.com/articles/12-gold-bars) \n**Prev Year:** 1980 \n**Next Title:** [Never Too Late](https://bliptext.com/articles/never-too-late-status-quo-album) \n**Next Year:** 1981 \n:::\n\n# \n**Just Supposin**' is the thirteenth album by [Status Quo](https://bliptext.com/articles/status-quo-band).\nCo-produced by the group and John Eden, it was recorded at [Windmill Lane Studios](https://bliptext.com/articles/windmill-lane-studios), [Dublin](https://bliptext.com/articles/dublin).\nReleased on 17 October 1980, it entered the [UK albums chart](https://bliptext.com/articles/uk-albums-chart) at number 4.\nThe Windmill Lane sessions were highly prolific for the band, resulting in two albums worth of material, Just Supposin' and its follow-up [Never Too Late](https://bliptext.com/articles/never-too-late-status-quo-album), released the next year.\nInitially, two singles were issued from the album, \"[What You're Proposing](https://bliptext.com/articles/what-you-re-proposing)\", and a double A-side, [\"Lies\"/\"Don't Drive My Car\"](https://bliptext.com/articles/lies-status-quo-song).\nAt the end of 1981, after the release of Never Too Late, an edited version of another track from Just Supposin', the uncharacteristic ballad \"[Rock 'n' Roll](https://bliptext.com/articles/rock-n-roll-status-quo-song)\", also appeared as a single.\n\"Over the Edge\" was co-written by bass player [Alan Lancaster](https://bliptext.com/articles/alan-lancaster) and [Keith Lamb](https://bliptext.com/articles/keith-lamb-musician), lead singer of British bands The Case, Sleepy Talk and Mr. Toad, and founder and lead singer of Australia's successful glam rock band [Hush](https://bliptext.com/articles/hush-band).\nThe cover art work features the launch phase of a UGM-84 [Harpoon](https://bliptext.com/articles/harpoon-missile) submarine missile.\n\n# Reception\nIn their retrospective review, [AllMusic](https://bliptext.com/articles/allmusic) mostly praised the album's set of songs, commenting that they \"married the expected boogie to a new wave quirkiness that was straight out of the year's hippest fashion guides. It works, as well – for the most part, anyway.\"\n\n# Track listing\n

\"The Wild Ones\" (Lancaster) – 4:02\n

\"Name of the Game\" (Rossi, Lancaster, Bown) – 4:29\n

\"Coming and Going\" (Parfitt, [Bob Young](https://bliptext.com/articles/bob-young-musician)) – 6:21\n

\"[Rock 'n' Roll](https://bliptext.com/articles/rock-n-roll-status-quo-song)\" (Rossi, Frost) – 5:23\n\n## 2005 remaster bonus track\n\"AB Blues\" (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, [John Coghlan](https://bliptext.com/articles/john-coghlan-drummer), Bown) – 4:28\n\n## 2017 deluxe edition bonus tracks\n

\"AB Blues\" – B-Side (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, [John Coghlan](https://bliptext.com/articles/john-coghlan-drummer), Bown)\n

\"Coming and Going\" - Writing version 1980\n

\"Don't Drive My Car\" - Live - Le Mans 1981\n

\"Over the Edge\" - Live - Le Mans 1981\n

\"Rock N Roll\" - Live - Le Mans 1981\n

\"Something 'bout You Baby I Like\" - Live - Le Mans 1981\n

\"What You're Proposing\" - Live - Le Mans 1981\n\n# Personnel\n\n# Charts\n\n## Weekly charts\n\n## Year-end charts\n\n# Certifications","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-26T08:04:47.055Z","updated_at":"2025-01-26T08:04:47.055Z","search_vector":"'supposin':2","search_content":" \n \n**Name:** Just Supposin' \n**Type:** studio \n**Artist:** [Status Quo](https://bliptext.com/articles/status-quo-band) \n**Released:** 17 October 1980 \n**Recorded:** 1980 \n**Studio:** [Windmill Lane Studios](https://bliptext.com/articles/windmill-lane-studios), Dublin \n**Genre:** [Hard rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/hard-rock), [boogie rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/boogie-rock), [new wave](https://bliptext.com/articles/new-wave-music) \n**Length:** 40:41 \n**Label:** [Vertigo](https://bliptext.com/articles/vertigo-records) \n**Producer:** John Eden, Status Quo \n**Prev Title:** [12 Gold Bars](https://bliptext.com/articles/12-gold-bars) \n**Prev Year:** 1980 \n**Next Title:** [Never Too Late](https://bliptext.com/articles/never-too-late-status-quo-album) \n**Next Year:** 1981 \n \n\n# \n**Just Supposin**' is the thirteenth album by [Status Quo](https://bliptext.com/articles/status-quo-band).\nCo-produced by the group and John Eden, it was recorded at [Windmill Lane Studios](https://bliptext.com/articles/windmill-lane-studios), [Dublin](https://bliptext.com/articles/dublin).\nReleased on 17 October 1980, it entered the [UK albums chart](https://bliptext.com/articles/uk-albums-chart) at number 4.\nThe Windmill Lane sessions were highly prolific for the band, resulting in two albums worth of material, Just Supposin' and its follow-up [Never Too Late](https://bliptext.com/articles/never-too-late-status-quo-album), released the next year.\nInitially, two singles were issued from the album, \"[What You're Proposing](https://bliptext.com/articles/what-you-re-proposing)\", and a double A-side, [\"Lies\"/\"Don't Drive My Car\"](https://bliptext.com/articles/lies-status-quo-song).\nAt the end of 1981, after the release of Never Too Late, an edited version of another track from Just Supposin', the uncharacteristic ballad \"[Rock 'n' Roll](https://bliptext.com/articles/rock-n-roll-status-quo-song)\", also appeared as a single.\n\"Over the Edge\" was co-written by bass player [Alan Lancaster](https://bliptext.com/articles/alan-lancaster) and [Keith Lamb](https://bliptext.com/articles/keith-lamb-musician), lead singer of British bands The Case, Sleepy Talk and Mr. Toad, and founder and lead singer of Australia's successful glam rock band [Hush](https://bliptext.com/articles/hush-band).\nThe cover art work features the launch phase of a UGM-84 [Harpoon](https://bliptext.com/articles/harpoon-missile) submarine missile.\n\n# Reception\nIn their retrospective review, [AllMusic](https://bliptext.com/articles/allmusic) mostly praised the album's set of songs, commenting that they \"married the expected boogie to a new wave quirkiness that was straight out of the year's hippest fashion guides. It works, as well – for the most part, anyway.\"\n\n# Track listing\n \"The Wild Ones\" (Lancaster) – 4:02\n \"Name of the Game\" (Rossi, Lancaster, Bown) – 4:29\n \"Coming and Going\" (Parfitt, [Bob Young](https://bliptext.com/articles/bob-young-musician)) – 6:21\n \"[Rock 'n' Roll](https://bliptext.com/articles/rock-n-roll-status-quo-song)\" (Rossi, Frost) – 5:23 \n\n## 2005 remaster bonus track\n\"AB Blues\" (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, [John Coghlan](https://bliptext.com/articles/john-coghlan-drummer), Bown) – 4:28\n\n## 2017 deluxe edition bonus tracks\n \"AB Blues\" – B-Side (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, [John Coghlan](https://bliptext.com/articles/john-coghlan-drummer), Bown)\n \"Coming and Going\" - Writing version 1980\n \"Don't Drive My Car\" - Live - Le Mans 1981\n \"Over the Edge\" - Live - Le Mans 1981\n \"Rock N Roll\" - Live - Le Mans 1981\n \"Something 'bout You Baby I Like\" - Live - Le Mans 1981\n \"What You're Proposing\" - Live - Le Mans 1981\n\n# Personnel\n\n# Charts\n\n## Weekly charts\n\n## Year-end charts\n\n# Certifications","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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