Quatro (album)

Quatro
Studio album by Suzi Quatro
Released	October 1974
Studio	Audio International Studios, London[1]
Genre	Rock
Label	RAK Records
Producer	Mike Chapman Nicky Chinn
Suzi Quatro chronology
Suzi Quatro (1973) Quatro (1974) Your Mamma Won't Like Me (1975)
Singles from Quatro
"Devil Gate Drive" Released: 1974 "Too Big" Released: 1974 "The Wild One" Released: 1974

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Džuboks	(mixed)[3]

Quatro is Suzi Quatro's second album released in October 1974 from Rak Records as SRAK 509.^[1] It spent 6 weeks at the top of the Australian albums chart.

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

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Wild One"	Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn	2:54
2.	"Keep A-Knockin'"	Richard Penniman	3:14
3.	"Too Big"	Chapman, Chinn	3:22
4.	"Klondyke Kate"	Suzi Quatro, Len Tuckey	3:30
5.	"Savage Silk"	Chapman, Chinn	3:36
6.	"Move It"	Ian Samwell	3:38
7.	"Hit the Road Jack"	Percy Mayfield	3:57
8.	"Trouble"	Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller	3:46
9.	"Cat Size"	Quatro, Tuckey	4:37
10.	"Shot of Rhythm and Blues"	Terry Thompson	4:53
11.	"Friday"	Quatro, Tuckey	3:52
12.	"Devil Gate Drive"	Chapman, Chinn	3:49

Notes

• The original UK version of the album did not include "Devil Gate Drive", although it was added to the album in most countries.^[1] Conversely, "Friday" was omitted from the original US release of the album. The US release also featured a slow arrangement of "The Wild One" in place of the original UK version, though both versions were arranged by Phil Dennys.
• "The Wild One" was featured in Floria Sigismondi's 2010 film, The Runaways, a coming-of-age/biopic about Cherie Currie (portrayed by Dakota Fanning) and the 1970s all-girl rock band, The Runaways (the film was inspired by and loosely based on Currie's 1989 memoir, "Neon Angel"). "The Wild One" plays during Joan Jett's (portrayed by Kristen Stewart) opening scene when she buys her first set of leather pants and jacket. Joan, in a shaggy hairstyle also inspired by Suzi Quatro, meets a friend after putting on her new leather set and asks her, "Who am I?" Her friend playfully guesses "Elvis Presley", to which Joan then responds, "No, I'm the Glycerine Queen... I'm the fucking wild one!" Later that night, Joan practices the song on her unplugged electric guitar, though badly. Suzi Quatro was a major influence both musically and personally for The Runaways and especially Joan Jett, so the film makes several references to her. "The Wild One" was also featured on the film's soundtrack.

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[1]	1
	German Albums Chart[1]	15
	Norwegian Albums Chart[4]	5
	New Zealand Albums Chart[1]	16
	U.S. Billboard 200[1]	126

References

1. 7T's Records "GRAM CD 119" liner notes
2. Allmusic review
3. "Quatro - Suzi Quatro". Džuboks (in Serbian). Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine (5 (second series)): 22.
4. norwegiancharts.com Archived November 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.

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