Never Too Late is the fourteenth studio album by English rock band Status Quo, co-produced by the group and John Eden. Released on 13 March 1981, it had been recorded at the same sessions – at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin – as its predecessor Just Supposin'. It reached number 2 in the UK Albums Chart. Only one single was released from the album: a cover of 'Something 'Bout You Baby I Like' (previously recorded by Tom Jones, and Glen Campbell with Rita Coolidge), backed with 'Enough Is Enough'. This was promoted with a music video directed by Godley and Creme. This was the last album to feature drummer John Coghlan, who departed the band at the end of 1981, bringing an end to Status Quo's classic "frantic four" line-up. Coghlan was replaced by Pete Kircher, while Andy Bown, who had been contibuting to the band for several years, was also made an official member. "With Never Too Late, we began to lose the plot," recalled singer and guitarist Francis Rossi. "[Songwriter] Bob Young was cleverly promoted backwards. I've since learned that he was told the band didn't want him anymore."

Reception

AllMusic's retrospective review was mixed, criticizing the heavy dose of keyboards in the mix but praising most of the individual songs. They commented of the album and its twin, Just Supposin', that "Neither is what one would describe as a classic Quo disc, but nor are they as disposable as some of the band's later releases."

Track listing

Side one Side two

2005 remaster bonus track

2017 Deluxe Edition

Disc 1 Original album track listing Disc 2 Never Too Late Sampler - Austrian Flexi-Disc Live at St Austell Coliseum, Cornwall on 7 March 1981 Disc 3 Live at St Austell Coliseum, Cornwall on 7 March 1981

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