In the Army Now (album)

In the Army Now is the seventeenth studio album by the English rock band Status Quo, released on 29 August 1986 by Vertigo Records. Recorded at Chipping Norton Recording Studios in Oxfordshire and Jacobs Studios in Surrey, it was the first album with the post-Live Aid lineup, featuring bassist Rhino Edwards and drummer Jeff Rich, both of whom joined in March 1986.^[5]

In the Army Now
Studio album by Status Quo
Released	29 August 1986
Recorded	September 1985 - February 1986
Studio	Chipping Norton Recording Studios, Oxfordshire and Jacobs Studios, Surrey
Genre	Boogie rock hard rock pop rock
Length	47:13
Label	Vertigo
Producer	Pip Williams Dave Edmunds
Status Quo chronology
Back to Back (1983) In the Army Now (1986) Ain't Complaining (1988)
Singles from In the Army Now
"Rollin' Home" Released: May 1986 "Red Sky" Released: July 1986 "In the Army Now" Released: September 1986 "Dreamin'" Released: November 1986

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Kerrang!	^[2]
Record Mirror	2/5^[3]
Smash Hits	2/10^[4]

"I was later told that nobody at the label was interested in a Quo featuring bassist Alan Lancaster and Rick Parfitt," recalled frontman Francis Rossi. "They wanted Parfitt and me. I also learned that unless we did something together, we'd have to pay back a shitload of money... I was adamant that I would never work with Lancaster again, but he warned us that he would injunct us if we tried to do it without him. And when we won he went fucking bananas."^[6]

The album contains covers of "In the Army Now", first recorded in 1982 by Dutch duo Rob and Ferdi Bolland,^[7] and "Speechless", from ex-Mott the Hoople singer Ian Hunter's 1983 album All of the Good Ones Are Taken.^[8]

"The title song was great," Parfitt later observed of the album, "but it had too many fillers."^[9]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Rollin' Home"	John David	4:26
2.	"Calling"	Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost	4:04
3.	"In Your Eyes"	Rossi, Frost	5:08
4.	"Save Me"	Rossi, Rick Parfitt	4:25
5.	"In the Army Now"	Rob Bolland, Ferdi Bolland	4:41

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"Dreamin'"	Rossi, Frost	2:55
7.	"End of the Line"	Ricky Patrick, Parfitt	4:59
8.	"Invitation"	Rossi, Bob Young	3:16
9.	"Red Sky"	David	4:14
10.	"Speechless"	Ian Hunter	3:41
11.	"Overdose"	Pip Williams, Parfitt	5:25
Total length:			47:13

2006 Mercury Records remastered edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Lonely" (B-side to the 12" single "Rollin' Home")	Parfitt, Rossi	5:08
13.	"Keep Me Guessing" (B-side to the 12" single "Rollin' Home")	Parfitt, Rossi, Young	4:32
14.	"Don't Give It Up" (B-side of "Red Sky")	Rhino Edwards, Richard Lightman, Parfitt, Rossi	4:23
15.	"Heartburn" (B-side to the 12" single "In the Army Now")	Parfitt, Patrick, Rossi	4:46
16.	"Late Last Night" (B-side to the 12" single "In the Army Now")	Parfitt, Rossi, Young	2:58
17.	"Long Legged Girls" (B-side of "Dreamin'")	Parfitt, Williams	5:38
Total length:			74:36

September 2018 2CD Deluxe Edition (CD2, bonus material)

1. In the Army Now - Remix
2. Lonely - B-Side - 12" of Rollin' Home
3. Keep Me Guessing - B-Side - 12" of Rollin' Home
4. Don't Give It Up - B-Side of Red Sky
5. Heartburn - B-Side - In the Army Now
6. Late Last Night - B-Side - In the Army Now
7. Long Legged Girls - B-Side - Dreamin'
8. Naughty Girl - Single Edit (aka Dreamin')
9. Rock N Roll Floorboards - Unreleased B-Side*
10. Naughty Girl - Extended (aka Dreamin')
11. Dreamin’ - Wet Mix
12. In the Army Now -Military Mix
13. The Cake Mix
14. Overdose – Live*
15. Dreamin' – Live*
16. Blues Jam – Live*
17. La Grange / Rain – Live*

Personnel

Status Quo

• Francis Rossi – lead guitar, lead vocals (except 7&11)
• Rick Parfitt – guitar, background vocals. lead vocals on 7&11
• Jeff Rich – drums
• Andrew Bown – keyboards, backing vocals
• John "Rhino" Edwards - bass, backing vocals

Technical

• Pip Williams – producer
• Dave Edmunds – producer (on "Rollin' Home" and "Red Sky")
• Tim 'Ted' Summerhayes – recording engineer (except "Rollin' Home" and "Red Sky")
• Simon Sullivan – remix engineer (on "Calling", "In Your Eyes", "Save Me" and "In the Army Now")
• Gordon Vicary – mastering (at Townhouse Studios, London)
• Mark Wilkinson – sleeve design

Charts

Chart performance for In the Army Now

Chart (1986-1987)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[10]	87
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[11]	12
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[12]	50
Finland (The Official Finnish Charts)^[13]	15
French Albums (SNEP)^[14]	16
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[15]	14
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[16]	6
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)^[17]	13
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[18]	12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[19]	1
UK Albums (OCC)^[20]	7

Certifications

Certifications for In the Army Now

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Norway (IFPI Norway)^[21]	Silver	25,000^[22]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)^[23]	Gold	50,000^[24]
United Kingdom (BPI)^[25]	Gold	100,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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2. Oliver, Derek (18 September 1986). "Status Quo 'In the Army Now'". Kerrang!. Vol. 129. London: Spotlight Publications. p. 17.
3. Strickland, Andy (13 September 1986). (PDF). Record Mirror. London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 18. ISSN 0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2023. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via World Radio History.
4. Patterson, Sylvia (24 September – 7 October 1986). "Albums: Status Quo – In the Army Now (WEA)". Smash Hits. Vol. 8, no. 19. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 56. ISSN 0260-3004. Retrieved 2 January 2023 – via Flickr.
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10. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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