Quatro (album)
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Quatro is Suzi Quatro
Suzi Quatro
Susan Kay "Suzi" Quatro is an American singer-songwriter, bass player, and actor.She scored a string of hit singles in the 1970s that found greater success in Europe and Australia than in her homeland, and had a recurring role on the popular American sitcom Happy Days.-Music:Quatro began her...

's second album released in October 1974 from Rak Records
RAK Records
Rak Records was a British record label, founded by record producer Mickie Most in 1969. Rak was home of artists like Herman's Hermits, Suzi Quatro, Mud, Kenny, Hot Chocolate, Smokie, Arrows, Span, Racey and Kim Wilde. Rak Records were distributed via a licensing deal with EMI, which bought the...

 as SRAK 509. It spent 6 weeks at the top of the Australian album charts.

Released in Australia on the EMI RAK label as catalogue no 8319792.

Track listing

  1. "The Wild One" (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn
    Nicky Chinn
    Nicky Chinn born Nicholas Barry Chinn, 16 May 1945, London, UK) is a British songwriter and record producer. Together with Mike Chapman he had a long string of hit singles in the UK and US in the 1970s and early 1980s, including several number-one records...

    )
  2. "Keep A-Knockin'
    Keep A-Knockin'
    "Keep A-Knockin' " is a popular song from the late 1920s, possibly written by Perry Bradford. Variations were recorded by James "Boodle It" Wiggins in 1928, Lil Johnson in 1935, Milton Brown in 1936 and Louis Jordan in 1939...

    " (Richard Penniman)
  3. "Too Big" (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn)
  4. "Klondyke Kate" (Suzi Quatro, Len Tuckey)
  5. "Savage Silk" (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn)
  6. "Move It
    Move It
    "Move It" is a song recorded by Cliff Richard and the Drifters . Originally intended as the B-side to "Schoolboy Crush", it was released as Richard's debut single on 29 August 1958 and became his first hit record. It is credited with being one of the first authentic rock and roll songs produced...

    " (Ian Samwell
    Ian Samwell
    Ian "Sammy" Samwell was an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known as the writer of Cliff Richard's debut hit "Move It" and his association with the rock band America with whom he had his biggest commercial success with their hit single "A Horse With No Name"...

    )
  7. "Hit The Road Jack
    Hit the Road Jack
    "Hit the Road Jack" is a song written by rhythm and bluesman Percy Mayfield and first recorded in 1960 as an a capella demo sent to Art Rupe, available on the Memory Pain CD vol. 2, Specialty Records SPCD-7027-2. It became famous after it was recorded by singer-pianist Ray Charles. It hit number...

    " (Percy Mayfield
    Percy Mayfield
    Percy Mayfield was an American songwriter famous for the songs "Hit the Road Jack" and "Please Send Me Someone to Love", as well as a successful rhythm and blues artist known for his smooth vocal style.-Career:...

    )
  8. "Trouble
    Trouble (Elvis Presley song)
    Amanda Lear's debut single was a recording of "Trouble", released in the UK by Creole Records. A French language translation by Vline Buggy, titled "La Bagarre", was released in France by Polydor. Lear performed the song on an episode of Musikladen aired 29 May 1976 in West Germany. Clad in black...

    " (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller)
  9. "Cat Size" (Suzi Quatro, Len Tuckey)
  10. "Shot of Rhythm and Blues" (Terry Thompson)
  11. "Friday" (Suzi Quatro, Len Tuckey)
  12. "Devil Gate Drive
    Devil Gate Drive
    "Devil Gate Drive" is a popular song by Suzi Quatro. Written and produced by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, "Devil Gate Drive" was Quatro's second number one single in the UK, spending two weeks at the top of the chart in February 1974...

    " (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn)

Personnel

  • Suzi Quatro - Lead Vocals and Bass Guitar
  • Len Tuckey - Guitar and Backing Vocals
  • Alastair McKenzie - Keyboards and Backing Vocals
  • Dave Neal - Drums and Backing Vocals

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1974 Australian Albums Chart
Kent Music Report
The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998...

1
German Albums Chart 15
Norwegian Albums Chart 5
New Zealand Albums Chart 16
The Billboard 200 Albums Chart 126
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