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Face to Face (2023)

Where the lyrics of Face to Face take you, and where it was really made.

Quatro and Tunstall first discussed this collaboration in 2018, but the plans stalled, and the album came out only in 2023 after touring commitments and COVID-19 delays.

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Album story

Overview

• Face to Face: collaborative album by American musician Suzi Quatro and Scottish musician KT Tunstall
• Released 11 August 2023 via Sun Records
• Features original duets; all songs written by both artists
• Produced solely by Quatro's son, LR Tuckey
• Both artists describe the album as a personal journey
• Themes: love, loss, fear and triumph
• Lead single Shine a Light released 16 June 2023, before the album

Background

• Quatro and Tunstall first met in 2010 following an Elvis Presley tribute concert at Hyde Park in London
• Tunstall said she had long been a fan of Quatro and that her 2007 album Drastic Fantastic was a nod to her
• Quatro said she had been a fan of Tunstall since her first hit
• Tunstall and Quatro said they talked more than they wrote during the writing sessions
• Tunstall had just released her sixth studio album Wax, while Quatro released No Control
• Touring, promotional work and COVID-19 delayed the album further

Recording

• Both artists recorded the album in person, together, at a studio in England
• Several writing sessions were held, some at Quatro's home in the United States
• Shine a Light and Truth Is My Weapon are described as showing the dynamic flow of the England sessions
• Quatro said that writing songs together felt like the most natural thing in the world

Cover

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Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Born Susan Kay Quatro in Detroit on June 3, 1950, she joined her sister Patti's all-female garage rock band the Pleasure Seekers in 1964 as bassist under the name Suzi Soul.
• The band later changed its name to Cradle in late 1969.
• Producer Mickie Most brought her to England in 1969 and developed her as a solo artist.

Career

• Her first single "Rolling Stone" reached number one only in Portugal.
• "Can the Can" (1973) hit number one in parts of Europe and Australia, followed by "48 Crash", "Daytona Demon" and "Devil Gate Drive" (1974), each selling over one million copies.
• She had a recurring role as bassist Leather Tuscadero on the sitcom Happy Days in 1977.
• The duet "Stumblin' In" with Chris Norman of Smokie reached number four in the US in 1978, her only top-40 US hit.
• She has released 15 studio albums plus later ones, and is reported to have sold over 50 million records.
• She was voted six Bravo Otto awards between 1973 and 1980 and was inducted into the Michigan Rock and Roll Legends Hall of Fame in 2010.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• The Rockpit, an Australian online media publication, called Face to Face an exciting collaborative album
• Rock Today described the collaboration as a match made in heaven
• Bass Musician Magazine said the album shares a lifetime of knowledge and sentiments that resonate with listeners at every level

Records

• Scottish Albums Chart: peak number 10, week of 24 August 2023, one week inside the Scottish top 100
• UK Albums Chart: did not chart on the main chart
• UK Albums Sales Chart: peak number 14
• UK Physical Albums Chart: peak number 14
• UK Albums Downloads Chart: peak number 15
• UK Record Store Chart: peak number 37
• Official Swiss Albums Chart: peak number 41

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The two artists first met in 2010 at an Elvis Presley tribute concert in Hyde Park
• The music video for Shine a Light was directed, produced and edited by Josh McCartney and uses footage from the England recording sessions
• No joint tour was planned; each artist promoted the album on separate solo international tours
• The Courier noted that Quatro rose to global stardom three decades before Tunstall's 2004 debut album Eye To The Telescope
• Tunstall said the pair talked more than they wrote, and Quatro said they were creating a song in their heads without knowing it

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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