вЂњIt conjures up something phallic in my mind, like a cock sticking up in the air,вЂќ he mused. It would be good for about twenty minutes.вЂќ Rick Parfitt was more open to the suggestion but hated the title. Just 10 months before the albumвЂ™s release, Francis Rossi said: вЂњQuo unplugged? The idea makes my bottom twitch.

After spending the best part of five decades cranking out 12-bar riffs at thunderous volume the band had become a living, headbanging institution, although those prepared to delve beneath the surface knew of the diversity hidden within their catalogue.ДЄquostic (with a humourous cover photo by Bryan Adams) brought all of these foibles to the surface, revising well-thumbed arrangements and using guest musicians including an accordion player, a female backing singer and a six-piece string section to scratch the bandвЂ™s melodic underbelly in the most celebratory way possible. The runaway success of 2014вЂ™s Aquostic took just about everybody вЂ“ including Status Quo themselves вЂ“ by complete surprise. RHДў1) Status Quo вЂ“ Aquostic (Stripped Bare) (2014) A curious smidgen of DylanвЂ™s Like A Rolling Stone crept into the lyrics of Country Feedback, while some of their newer tunes вЂ“ All The Way To Reno, At My Most Beautiful вЂ“ offered conclusive proof that the band had lost little of their emotional wallop.Д¬atnip for long-time fans, this 33-song set is R.E.M. The recording was fuller as a result, though hardly less impressive. For their second Unplugged session the core trio was augmented by Scott McCaughey, Ken Stringfellow and Joey Waronker. The truly great moments occurred elsewhere, though, when the stripped-down settings allowed the grainy burr of Michael StipeвЂ™s remarkable voice to locate the inherent grace of Perfect Circle, World Leader Pretend and Fall On Me.Д«y 2001, drummer Bill Berry had quit and R.E.M. Thus the first part of this collection was slanted in its direction, and includes the mandolin-driven Half A World Away and international hit single Losing My Religion. In 1991, after a decade of building steadily, they were on the cusp of breakout success with seventh album Out Of Time. The only act to appear twice on MTV Unplugged, R.E.M.вЂ™s performances 10 years apart captured them in markedly different phases. вЂ“ Unplugged: The Complete 19 Sessions (2014)

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