Consumer Guide Album

Status Quo: Piledriver [A&M, 1973]
No more plasticene for these lads--it's boogie all the way, and if only they'd go with stuff like "Don't Waste My Time" and "Big Fat Mama" for an entire side I might even wish 'em goodspeed. But of course they can't, they know boogie gets boring after a while, and so without a singer or an axeman or fancy chords they try a couple of ballads and a blues, which are also boring. C+