Just Supposin'

Just Supposin' is the thirteenth album by Status Quo. Co-produced by the group and John Eden, it was recorded at Windmill Lane Studios, Dublin. Released on 17 October 1980,^[2] it entered the UK albums chart at number 4.

Just Supposin'
Studio album by Status Quo
Released	17 October 1980
Recorded	1980
Studio	Windmill Lane (Dublin, Ireland)
Genre	Hard rock, boogie rock, new wave[1]
Length	40:41
Label	Vertigo
Producer	John Eden, Status Quo
Status Quo chronology
12 Gold Bars (1980) Just Supposin' (1980) Never Too Late (1981)
Singles from Just Supposin'
"What You're Proposing" Released: 3 October 1980 "Lies"/"Don't Drive My Car" Released: 28 November 1980 "Rock 'n' Roll" Released: 20 November 1981

The Windmill Lane sessions were highly prolific for the band, resulting in two albums worth of material, Just Supposin' and its follow-up Never Too Late, released the next year.

Initially, two singles were issued from the album, "What You're Proposing", and a double A-side, "Lies"/"Don't Drive My Car". At the end of 1981, after the release of Never Too Late, an edited version of another track from Just Supposin', the uncharacteristic ballad "Rock 'n' Roll", also appeared as a single.

"Over the Edge" was co-written by bass player Alan Lancaster and Keith Lamb, lead singer of British bands The Case, Sleepy Talk and Mr. Toad, and founder and lead singer of Australia's successful glam rock band Hush.

The cover art work features the launch phase of a UGM-84 Harpoon submarine missile.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

In their retrospective review, AllMusic mostly praised the album's set of songs, commenting that they "married the expected boogie to a new wave quirkiness that was straight out of the year's hippest fashion guides. It works, as well – for the most part, anyway."^[1]

Track listing

Side one

1. "What You're Proposing" (Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost) – 4:18
2. "Run to Mummy" (Rossi, Andy Bown) – 3:12
3. "Don't Drive My Car" (Rick Parfitt, Bown) – 4:32
4. "Lies" (Rossi, Frost) – 3:56
5. "Over the Edge" (Alan Lancaster, Keith Lamb) – 4:33

Side two

6. "The Wild Ones" (Lancaster) – 4:02
7. "Name of the Game" (Rossi, Lancaster, Bown) – 4:29
8. "Coming and Going" (Parfitt, Bob Young) – 6:21
9. "Rock 'n' Roll" (Rossi, Frost) – 5:23

2005 remaster bonus track

"AB Blues" (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, John Coghlan, Bown) – 4:28

2017 deluxe edition bonus tracks

"AB Blues" – B-Side (Rossi, Parfitt, Lancaster, John Coghlan, Bown)

"Coming and Going" - Writing version 1980

"Don't Drive My Car" - Live - Le Mans 1981

"Over the Edge" - Live - Le Mans 1981

"Rock N Roll" - Live - Le Mans 1981

"Something 'bout You Baby I Like" - Live - Le Mans 1981

Weekly charts

Chart (1980–1981)	Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[4]	31
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[5]	6
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[6]	6
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7]	14
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8]	22
Spanish Albums (AFYVE)[9]	7
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10]	26
UK Albums (OCC)[11]	4

Chart (2017)	Peak position
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[12]	28