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Spare Parts
Rock · 1969 · 4 tracks · 41m

Spare Parts

Status Quo

A lush, melancholic detour into baroque pop and psychedelia. Heavy on strings and vocal harmonies, it captures a band searching for their soul before the boogie.

August 1969 · Music Hall

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A sophisticated, orchestral melancholy that feels like a lonely walk through a 1960s London park.

Tracklist · 4 Tracks · 41m
02
You’re Just What I Was Looking for Today
3:49
06
Poor Old Man
3:37
10
Little Miss Nothing
3:00
11
When I Awake
3:50
Moments Worth Listening For
The sweeping, cinematic string section that swells during the chorus of You’re Just What I Was Looking for Today.
The delicate, almost fragile vocal delivery on Little Miss Nothing that contrasts sharply with the band's later rowdy reputation.
The way the organ and drums lock into a slow, heavy psych-pop groove on When I Awake, hinting at the power to come.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does Spare Parts sound next to the rest of Status Quo's catalogue?

Wistful+4.0σ

Wistful saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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