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Quatro (1974)

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

The hit 'Devil Gate Drive' was left off the first UK pressing of the album, even though it became a UK number one single.

Key places

Where Quatro was recorded (1974)

Recording site Wild Bunch Studios (London) — The album was recorded at Audio International Studios in London, England. The point is placed at the city centre because the source gives no exact building location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Quatro: second album by Suzi Quatro
• Released October 1974 by Rak Records as SRAK 509
• Released by Bell Records in the United States and Canada
• Released by EMI Records in Japan
• Released by Columbia Records in several European territories
• Original LP track list: 11 songs over two sides
• Lead vocals and bass by Suzi Quatro; guitar and backing vocals by Len Tuckey
• Keyboards and backing vocals by Alastair McKenzie; drums and backing vocals by Dave Neal

Background

• Contains three songs that were major hits on the UK Singles Chart
• 'Devil Gate Drive' reached No. 1 in February 1974
• 'Too Big' rose to No. 14 in June 1974
• 'The Wild One' reached No. 7 in November 1974
• Both versions of 'The Wild One' were arranged by Phil Dennys

Recording

• Recorded at Audio International Studios in London, England
• Produced by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn
• Engineer: Peter Coleman
• Mastered by Chris Blair at EMI Abbey Road
• Record pressed in Belgium by FONOPERS; sleeve printed in Great Britain by Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd.

Cover

• Front cover photography by Bubi Heilemann
• Back cover photography by Gered Mankowitz

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

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 album achieved success in several territories
• It topped the Australian chart and stayed on that chart for six weeks
• It also entered the US charts and reached the top 150
• 'Devil Gate Drive' became a major hit and reached No. 1 on the UK and Australian charts, her second number one in both countries
• 'The Wild One' reached the top 10 in both the UK and Australia
• 'Too Big' reached the top 20 in the UK and Australia

Records

• Australia: No. 1 album, six weeks on the chart
• United States: entered the charts, top 150
• UK: 'Devil Gate Drive' No. 1 (February 1974), 'Too Big' No. 14 (June 1974), 'The Wild One' No. 7 (November 1974)

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• 'Devil Gate Drive' was included on the album in most countries but was omitted from the UK first pressing.
• 'Friday' was omitted from the original US release of the album.
• In the UK and US, the album carried a slow arrangement of 'The Wild One' in place of the single version.
• The fast rock version of 'The Wild One' was not released in the US at first and was not acknowledged there until several compilations came out years later.
• 'The Wild One' appeared in Floria Sigismondi's 2010 film The Runaways, a biopic of Cherie Currie and the 1970s all-girl band the Runaways.
• Suzi Quatro was a major musical and personal influence on the Runaways, especially Joan Jett, so the film refers to her several times.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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