If You Knew Suzi
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If You Knew Suzi... is the sixth regular studio album
by Suzi Quatro
, released at the end of 1978, with a 1979 copyright date (see 1978 in music
). The credits show it 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
, England
, to be distributed by a company based in New York City
.
This album, though it got only fair-to-middling reviews from critics, yielded Quatro's biggest American pop hit, a duet with Chris Norman
named "Stumblin' In." Various international versions of the album contained the Vanda
and Young-penned tune "Evie" instead of "Stumblin' In." When If You Knew Suzi was re-released as a "two-fer" with the ...Four Letter Words album, both "Evie" and "Stumblin' In" were included. Although it failed to chart in the UK, where she had been labelled as glam, it peaked at #32 on the US Billboard; it also had an advertising billboard on Sunset Boulevard
.
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by 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...
, released at the end of 1978, with a 1979 copyright date (see 1978 in music
1978 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1978.-January–April:*January 14 – The Sex Pistols play their final show at San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom....
). The credits show it to be a multinational production: tracks were recorded in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, and Glendale, California
Glendale, California
Glendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...
. It was then mixed in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
and mastered in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, to be distributed by a company based in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
This album, though it got only fair-to-middling reviews from critics, yielded Quatro's biggest American pop hit, a duet with Chris Norman
Chris Norman
Chris Norman is an English soft rock singer. Norman was the lead singer of Smokie, an English glam rock band from Bradford, which found success in Europe in the 1970s....
named "Stumblin' In." Various international versions of the album contained the Vanda
Harry Vanda
Harry Vanda , is a Dutch-born Australian popular music singer, guitarist, songwriter and record producer.-Career:...
and Young-penned tune "Evie" instead of "Stumblin' In." When If You Knew Suzi was re-released as a "two-fer" with the ...Four Letter Words album, both "Evie" and "Stumblin' In" were included. Although it failed to chart in the UK, where she had been labelled as glam, it peaked at #32 on the US Billboard; it also had an advertising billboard on Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard
Sunset Boulevard is a street in the western part of Los Angeles County, California, that stretches from Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Coast Highway at the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Palisades...
.
Track listing
- "If You Can't Give Me Love" (Nicky ChinnNicky ChinnNicky 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...
, Mike Chapman) – 3:53 - "Stumblin' InStumblin' In"Stumblin' In" is a song written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, performed by Suzi Quatro and Chris Norman from the album If You Knew Suzi....
" (Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman) – 3:29 - "Suicide" (Quatro, Len Tuckey) – 4:05
- "Tired of WaitingTired of Waiting for You"Tired of Waiting for You" was a hit 1965 rock song by the English band The Kinks. It reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart and #6 in the USA. It was recorded late August 1964 at Pye Studios , London, with additional guitar overdub at IBC Studios, London on 29 December 1964. "Come On Now" was recorded...
" (Ray DaviesRay DaviesRay Davies, CBE is an English rock musician. He is best known as lead singer and songwriter for the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother, Dave...
) – 3:29 - "The Race Is On" (Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman) – 4:02
- "Don't Change My Luck" (Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman) – 3:43
- "Breakdown" (Tom PettyTom PettyThomas Earl "Tom" Petty is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T...
) – 3:24 - "Non-Citizen" (Quatro, Len Tuckey) – 3:17
- "Rock and Roll, Hoochie KooRock and Roll, Hoochie Koo"Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" is a rock song written by Rick Derringer. It was first recorded by Johnny Winter with Derringer in 1970. In 1973, Derringer recorded a solo version and it became his only Top 40 chart hit, peaking on the Billboard Hot 100 at #23...
" (Rick DerringerRick DerringerRick Derringer is an American guitarist, vocalist, and entertainer.-1960s:When he was seventeen years old, his band The McCoys recorded "Hang on Sloopy" in the summer of 1965, which became the number one song in America before "Yesterday" by The Beatles knocked it out of the top spot. The song was...
) – 3:24 - "Wiser Than You" (Quatro, Len Tuckey) – 3:53