12 Gold Bars
by Status Quo
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Status Quo bestography
12 Gold Bars is ranked 8th best out of 60 albums by Status Quo on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Status Quo is Quo which is ranked number 4707 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 303.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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12 Gold Bars track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
12 Gold Bars rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | rockalbums in 2023 (deleting) | 85/99 | - |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 88 Music Albums of 1980 | 4/88 | 5 |
| 2026 |  Ilolahti | Top 12 Music Albums of the 1980s | 8/12 | 8 |
| 2026 |  sssvnnn | Top 85 Music Albums of 1980 | 76/85 | 1 |
| 2025 | DJStuart79 | Top 55 Music Albums of 1980 | 44/55 | 1 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1980 Part 1 | 51/100 | - |
| 2024 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2023 | sssvnnn | guitarists | 99/100 | - |
| 2022 |  Goliath | Essential Collections | 33/60 | - |
| 2021 |  neilgee | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 55/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 20 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 67 | |||
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12 Gold Bars ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/25/2026 17:08 | kino | 26 | 41/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2026 13:00 | Ilolahti | 153 | 82/100 |
| ! | 02/21/2026 18:39 |  Dankel | 2,643 | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 70.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.2.
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This is the only compilation of Status Quo that I like to listen to. Not a single track on 12 Gold Bars Vol 2 is better than any track on this one. But still it's only a compilation and can not be compared to the original albums they recorded under this period.
dihansse 11/21/2015 16:37 | #153256
This is one of my top 100 albums where I also comment on my history with music: check it out!
I still think that Status Quo is much underrated for just being a three chord band: these guys really rocked and being a guitar lover who has since then discovered a lot of other music, I still love songs like "Caroline", "Again and Again" and "Whatever you Want". I don't think even Black Sabbath could match the vast number of killer intro's Parfitt and Francis Rossi came up with. Just to say that this album is not only sentiment but still an absolute favorite. (Edited)
this is just fun fun fun fun !!!
of course you're better of with the albums , but this is a great starter, it doesn't include the early work from the sixties
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