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Suzi Quatro (album)

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Released
  
October 1973

Genre
  
Glam rock

Label
  
Rak

Recorded
  
1973

Length
  
50:19

Studio
  
Audio International Studio, London

Suzi Quatro is the debut solo studio album by the American glam rock singer-songwriter and bass guitarist of the same name. It was originally released in late 1973, by the record label Rak. The album was titled Can the Can in Australia.

Contents

Critical reception

In a contemporary review for The Village Voice, music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "B" and wrote that "nothing in her own songwriting equals the one-riff rock of the two Chapman-Chinn singles, especially "48 Crash," and the last time I got off on someone dressed entirely in leather was before John Kay started repeating himself." In a retrospective review for AllMusic Dave Thompson gave the album four and half stars and wrote that "Suzi Quatro remains one of the most nakedly sexual albums of the entire glam rock epoch -- and one of the hottest debuts of the decade."

Track listing

All tracks composed by Suzi Quatro and Len Tuckey; except where indicated

Side one

  1. "48 Crash" (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn) - 3:54
  2. "Glycerine Queen" - 3:47
  3. "Shine My Machine" - 3:49
  4. "Official Suburbian Superman" - 3:05
  5. "I Wanna Be Your Man" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 3:09
  6. "Primitive Love" (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn) - 4:13

Side two

  1. "All Shook Up" (Otis Blackwell, Elvis Presley) - 3:48
  2. "Sticks & Stones" - 3:41
  3. "Skin Tight Skin" - 4:21
  4. "Get Back Mama" (Quatro) - 5:52
  5. "Shakin' All Over" (Johnny Kidd) - 3:33
  6. "Can the Can" (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn) - 3:34

Notes

  • The first press UK issue (SRAK 505) omitted "Can the Can" and included "Rockin' Moonbeam" instead.
  • An Australian release included both "Rockin' Moonbeam" and "Can the Can" as songs 5 & 7 on side two. The cover included the words "can the can" above Len Tuckey, but was otherwise identical to the version pictured above.
  • The album peaked at #32 in the UK album charts, #4 in Germany, and #5 in the Netherlands; along with entering the top 150 in America, and the top 10 in Australia.

    • Personnel

  • Suzi Quatro - Bass, Lead Vocals
  • Len Tuckey - Guitar, Slide Guitar, Backing Vocals
  • Alastair McKenzie - Electric Piano, Grand Piano, Mellotron, Backing Vocals
  • Dave Neal - Drums, Backing Vocals

    • Production

  • Engineer – Pete Coleman
  • Mastered by – Chris Blair
  • Producer – Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn
  • Cover Photography – Gered Mankowitz

    • production notes

    Produced at Audio International Studio, London
    Mastered at EMI Studios, Abbey Road

    Source: Suzi Quatro's Suzi Quatro album cover

    References

    Suzi Quatro (album) Wikipedia
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