Hallelujah for the eponymous boogie rock band has returned with a new album. This was a bit of a surprise as I was sure they had retired after their last album In Search Of The Fourth Chord. The album didn't get much in the way of positive press and seemed as if the bands best days were long gone but here we are in 2011 and they are back with a very good album. The first single is "Rock N' Roll N' You" which is a great treat from the boys. They are straddling the boundaries of rock and country with the song but it works.
As the album plays through you can identify the more classic sounding stuff and the ever present fluff easily. There are some tunes which just pale and others like "Two Way Traffic" or "Reality Cheque" that make the volume dial seem unable to get your stereo loud enough. At their senior citizen status and long past typical rock star age this band kicks ass more so than artists less than half their age and most closer to their age. Proof is in the pudding and one listen to "It's All About You" is all it will take. This song has that groovy pulsing boogie beat that we as fans never get tired of no matter how many times we hear it. The album closes with "My Old Ways" which could have been something from the glory days with the Quo march ever present.
I completely love this band with all my heart and I'm a rarity over here in North America because they never really broke on this continent in their 44 years of rocking all over the world. Yeah I went there...If you can get a copy do so if you can't you aren't trying hard enough. Status Quo is the quintessential boogie rock band and do so better than ZZ Top which is the counterpart on these shores.
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