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'''''If You Knew Suzi...''''' is the fifth regular studio [[album]] by [[Suzi Quatro]], released at the end of 1978, with a 1979 copyright date. {{As of|2012|08|alt=By August 2012}} this was still Quatro's highest-charting album in the United States (it peaked at number 37 on [[The Billboard 200]]).<ref name=Quatro.AllMusicReview /> The album also yielded Quatro's biggest US single hit, a duet with [[Chris Norman]] named "[[Stumblin' In]]" (which reached number 4 in both [[The Billboard Hot 100]] and the ''[[Billboard charts|Billboard]]'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] charts.<ref name=Quatro.AllMusicReview>
'''''If You Knew Suzi...''''' is the fifth regular studio [[album]] by [[Suzi Quatro]], released at the end of 1978, but with a 1979 copyright date. {{As of|2012|08|alt=By August 2012}} this was still Quatro's highest-charting album in the United States (it peaked at number 37 on [[The Billboard 200]]).<ref name=Quatro.AllMusicReview /> The album also yielded Quatro's biggest US single hit, a duet with [[Chris Norman]] named "[[Stumblin' In]]" (which reached number 4 in both [[The Billboard Hot 100]] and the ''[[Billboard charts|Billboard]]'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] charts.<ref name=Quatro.AllMusicReview>
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Revision as of 17:57, 9 March 2020

This article is about Suzi Quatro's album. For the song from the 1920s, see If You Knew Susie. For the film, see If You Knew Susie (film).
If You Knew Suzi...
Studio album by
Suzi Quatro
Released1978[1][2]
RecordedDecember 17, 1977 - September 1978 at EMI Electrola Studios, Cologne; MCA/Whitney Recording Studios, Glendale, California; mixed at Whitney Recording Studios, Glendale and Decca Studios, Paris[3]
Genre
Length36:39
LabelRAK[2]
ProducerMike Chapman
Suzi Quatro chronology
Aggro-Phobia
(1977) 		If You Knew Suzi...
(1978) 		Suzi ... and Other Four Letter Words
(1979)
Singles from If You Knew Suzi...
  1. "If You Can't Give Me Love"
    Released: 1978
  2. "Stumblin' In"
    Released: 1978
  3. "The Race Is On"
    Released: 1979
  4. "Don't Change My Luck"
    Released: 1979

If You Knew Suzi... is the fifth regular studio album by Suzi Quatro, released at the end of 1978, but with a 1979 copyright date. By August 2012 this was still Quatro's highest-charting album in the United States (it peaked at number 37 on The Billboard 200).[4] The album also yielded Quatro's biggest US single hit, a duet with Chris Norman named "Stumblin' In" (which reached number 4 in both The Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts.[4] It also had an advertising billboard on Sunset Boulevard.

The credits show the album to be a multinational production: tracks were recorded in Cologne (Germany), Paris (France), and Glendale (California). It was then mixed in California and mastered in London to be distributed by a company based in New York City.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[6]

Track listing

  1. "Don't Change My Luck" (Chinn, Chapman) – 3:43
  2. "Tired of Waiting" (Ray Davies) – 3:29
  3. "Suicide" (Quatro, Len Tuckey) – 4:05
  4. "Evie" (Harry Vanda, George Young) – 4:35
  5. "The Race Is On" (Chinn, Chapman) – 4:02
  6. "If You Can't Give Me Love" (Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman) – 3:53
  7. "Breakdown" (Tom Petty) – 3:24
  8. "Non-Citizen" (Quatro, Tuckey) – 3:17
  9. "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" (Rick Derringer) – 3:24
  10. "Wiser Than You" (Quatro, Tuckey) – 3:53

Notes

The US and Canadian pressing of the album omitted the Vanda and Young-penned song "Evie" and included "Stumblin' In" in its replacement. When If You Knew Suzi... was re-released as a "two-fer" with the Suzi ... and Other Four Letter Words album, both "Evie" and "Stumblin' In" were included.

Personnel

  • Mike Chapman – producer, writer[7]
  • Nicky Chinn – writer[7]
  • Mike Deacon – keyboards, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals[7]
  • Dave Neal – drums, percussion, backing vocals[7]
  • Suzi Quatro – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, congas, writer[7]
  • Len Tuckey – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals, writer[7]

References

  1. ^ "Discography". The Official Website of Suzi Quatro. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "australian-charts.com - Suzi Quatro - If You Knew Suzi". australian-charts.com. Dietikon, Switzerland: Hung Medien. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  3. ^ https://www.discogs.com/Suzi-Quatro-If-You-Knew-Suzi/release/6303022
  4. ^ a b Unterberger, Richie. "Suzi Quatro - Awards : AllMusic". www.allmusic.com. Ann Arbor, USA: Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 25 August 2012.
  5. ^ Thompson, Dave. "If You Knew Suzi - Suzi Quatro, AllMusic Review". www.allmusic.com. Ann Arbor, USA: AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  6. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: Q". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  7. ^ a b c d e f Thompson, Dave. "If You Knew Suzi - Suzi Quatro, AllMusic, Credits". www.allmusic.com. Ann Arbor, USA: AllMusic. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
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