Backbone is a record that shows that the creative fires burn as brightly as ever within Status Quo founder Francis Rossi, despite it being the band's first album not to feature the late great Rick Parfitt in any way. Backbone is a great Status Quo album. Simply: it had to be in order for it to see the light of day. Things change, the wheels keep rolling, this is now. Backbone features a trio songs drawn from the classic partnership of Rossi / Young as well as contributions from all of the rest of the band.