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Suzi Quatro (1973)

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

The album was titled Can the Can in Australia, after the single that became Quatro's most successful hit.

Key places

Where the album was produced (1973)

Recording site Wild Bunch Studios (London) — The album was produced at Audio International Studio in London. This point sits at the city centre, not at the studio building itself. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Suzi Quatro: debut solo studio album by American singer-songwriter and bass guitarist Suzi Quatro
• Originally released October 1973 by Rak Records in most territories
• Released by Bell Records in the United States and Canada, EMI Records in Japan, and Columbia Records in some European countries
• Titled Can the Can in Australia
• UK original track listing: 12 tracks, six per side
• Most releases outside the UK include "Can the Can"

Background

• Quatro plays bass and sings lead vocals
• Len Tuckey is credited as co-composer on most tracks with Quatro
• Band line-up: Quatro (bass, lead vocals), Tuckey (guitars, backing vocals, slide guitar), Alastair McKenzie (piano, electric piano, Mellotron, backing vocals), Dave Neal (drums, backing vocals)
• Producers: Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn
• Chapman and Chinn songs include "48 Crash", "Primitive Love" and "Can the Can"
• Cover songs: "I Wanna Be Your Man" (Lennon and McCartney), "All Shook Up" (Blackwell and Presley), "Shakin' All Over" (Johnny Kidd)

Recording

• Produced at Audio International Studio, London
• Engineer: Pete Coleman
• Mastered by Chris Blair at EMI Studios, Abbey Road

Cover

• Cover photography by Gered Mankowitz
• The Australian edition shows the title Can the Can on the cover, written above Len Tuckey

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.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

• Village Voice critic Robert Christgau said her own songwriting did not match the one-riff rock of the two Chapman-Chinn singles, especially "48 Crash"
• Record World gave the album its "Hit of the Week" certificate and called its rock and roll rhythms sensual and solid
• Cash Box described the album as spectacular and said Quatro playing bass as well as singing made the package more provocative
• Billboard called the album good and fun
• The album achieved international popularity on release and reached the top 50 in several territories

Reappraisal

• AllMusic: Dave Thompson gave the album four and a half stars in a retrospective review
• Thompson wrote that it remains one of the most nakedly sexual albums of the glam rock era and one of the hottest debuts of the decade

Records

• UK Albums Chart: number 32
• Germany: number 4
• Netherlands: number 5
• Australia: number 2
• United States: entered the top 150 of the charts
• "Can the Can" single: number one in several European countries and Australia; peaked at 56 in the US in 1976 after re-release
• "48 Crash" single: UK number 3, top ten in several countries
• "All Shook Up" US single: number 85 on the Billboard Hot 100

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Quatro later claimed that Elvis Presley himself contacted her to say her cover of his song was the best since his own
• "All Shook Up" was released as a limited single in the United States and peaked at number 85 on the Billboard Hot 100
• US and Canadian pressings dropped "Rockin' Moonbeam" and "Get Back Mamma" and included "Can the Can" in their place
• Discogs lists at least five configurations of the album from 1973 to 1974
• The original UK edition has 12 tracks and omits "Can the Can"

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

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