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Suzi Quatro: The Best of Suzi Quatro

 A l b u m   D e t a i l s


Label: Disky Records
Released: 1996
Time:
 55:52
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Mike Chapman
Rating: **........ (2/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.suziquatro.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 1999.10.24
Price in €: 6,99





 S o n g s ,   T r a c k s


[1] Can the Can (M.Chapman/Chinn) - 3:35
[2] 48 Crash (M.Chapman/Chinn) - 3:53
[3] Devil Gate Drive (M.Chapman/Chinn) - 3:47
[4] Daytona Demon (M.Chapman/Chinn) - 3:59
[5] All Shook Up (Blackwell/Presley) - 3:47
[6] Keep a Knockin' (Little Richard) - 3:15
[7] I May Be Too Young (M.Chapman/Chinn) - 2:57
[8] I Bit off More Than I Could Chew (M.Chapman/Chinn) - 3:43
[9] Wake Up Little Susie (Bryant) - 2:50
[10] Heartbreak Hotel (Axton/Durden/Presley) - 3:51
[11] Love Hurts (S.Quatro/Tuckey) - 2:45
[12] Don't Break My Heart (S.Quatro/Tuckey) - 2:55
[13] I've Never Been in Love (Connell) - 3:02
[14] Mama's Boy (S.Quatro/Tuckey) - 3:35
[15] The Race Is On (M.Chapman/Chinn) - 3:56
[16] If You Can't Give Me Love (M.Chapman/Chinn) - 3:51

 A r t i s t s ,   P e r s o n n e l


Suzi Quatro - Bass, Vocals
Alastair McKenzie - Piano, Keyboards, Electric Piano, Background Vocals, Mellotron
Dave Neal - Drums, Background Vocals
Lennie Tuckey - Guitar, Background Vocals, Slide Guitar

Mike Chapman - Producer
Arthur Davis - Liner Notes

 C o m m e n t s ,   N o t e s


1996 CD Disky 87000
1999 CD Disky 870002



The Best of Suzi Quatro on Disky is a fairly solid collection of Suzi's early rockers. Leading off with the furious 1-2 punch of Can the Can and 48 Crash, the pace is fast and wild from beginning to end with a couple of ballads for breath near the end. Quatro doesn't get the credit she deserves for being a female hard rock pioneer; in the U.S. she is seen as Leather Tuscadero from Happy Days first and foremost with her recording career an afterthought at best. That is a shame because Suzi could flat out rock. With the help of Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn's songwriting and production, she created a body of work that is almost equal to Joan Jett's. I May Be Too Young, Devil Gate Drive, Daytona Crash, Heartbreak Hotel; these tracks should have been blaring from 8-tracks and car radios in every subdivision all through the USA. Well, you can't change the past but you can do your part now and pick up a Quatro collection (this one is a good choice, though not the best) and play it really loud as you cruise the streets of your town.

Tim Sendra - All Music Guide



Another compilation of her greatest hits. 16 songs featuring Can The Can, Daytona Demon, I've Never Been Alone and others.

It's pretty far-fetched, as some revisionists are now claiming, to view Suzi Quatro as a precursor to the "riot grrrls" of the '90s. Her brand of mid-'70s glam-pop was far more innocuous and, in any case, often supplied by professional songwriters. What she did prove was that it was possible for a petite woman to play bass, sing, and wear leather with a reasonable degree of raunch and pride. That, with enough musical hooks to draw in the teenage pop crowd, was enough to reel off a series of big British hit singles just before the advent of punk, although she remained virtually unknown in her native U.S. To the British audience, it seemed as if Quatro emerged out of nowhere in 1973, but in fact she'd been playing professionally for nearly a decade. While still in her early teens, she joined the Pleasure Seekers, a Detroit band also featuring her sisters Arlene and Patti. One of the few all-girl garage bands who played their own instruments, they recorded a fine, gritty single for the local Hideout label, "Never Thought You'd Leave Me"/"What a Way to Die" (both sides were reissued in the 1980s on the What a Way to Die '60s garage compilation). Another single followed for Mercury, and the group even toured Vietnam to entertain troops. In 1968, though, Arlene quit the band to raise her kids (one of whom is actress Sherilyn Fenn), to be replaced by yet another sister, Nancy.

The Pleasure Seekers became Cradle, which placed more emphasis on hard rock and original material. In the early '70s, British producer Mickie Most (the Animals, Lulu, Donovan, Herman's Hermits) happened to see Cradle while he was in Detroit to work on an album with Jeff Beck at Motown's studios. Most let Quatro know he was interested in working with her as a solo act; six months later, Cradle split, and Suzy was on her way to London (Patti joined the all-woman rock band Fanny in Los Angeles).

After her first single flopped, Most hooked her up with songwriters Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, who were also supplying material to the Sweet. The Chapman-Chinn-penned "Can the Can" went to number one in the U.K. in 1973, and over the next few years the same team would write about ten other British chart hits for her, including four Top Ten entries. These fused glitter and bubblegum in much the same way as the Sweet did, though Quatro was perhaps a tad raunchier (without ever getting downright scary). Quatro and her guitarist (and husband) Len Tuckey did write some of her material, though these efforts were usually confined to albums. In the U.S., though, she could barely get into the Top 100, though she did somehow get on the cover of Rolling Stone during a slow month.

Her American fortunes changed in the late '70s, when she had a short-lived semi-regular stint on the sitcom Happy Days as the guitar-playing, sassy Leather Tuscadero. In 1979, she made the American Top Five with "Stumblin' In," although this was a duet with Chris Norman. Undoubtedly an influence upon the Runaways and Joan Jett, and thus by extension a mild influence on a subsequent generation of female rockers, she's kept a low profile in the '80s and '90s, although she's done some television and theatrical work in Britain.

Richie Unterberger - All Music Guide
 

 L y r i c s


CAN THE CAN

Well you call your mamma tiger
And we all know you are lying
And your boyfriend's name is eagle
And he lives up in the sky (high high)
Watch out the tiger don't go claw the eagle's eye
But let the eagle take the tiger by surprise
Scratch out her eyes

So make a stand for your man, honey
Try to can the can
Put your man in the can, honey
Get him while you can
Can the canCan the can
If you canWell can the can

Well your sister's got the feline touch, she touches up your mind
And your eagle lover likes his little bit of evil loving all the time
Don't let the cat get into the eagle's nest at night
Because the eagle could say "yes" without a fight
Scratch out her eyes

So make a stand for your man, honey
Try to can the can
Put your man in the can, honey
Get him while you can
Can the can Can the can
If you canWell can the can

Ooh can the can (Can the can honey)
Ooh can the can (Can the can honey)
Uh uh can the can (Can the can honey)
Ooh can the can (Can the can honey)
Ooh can the can (Can the can honey)
Ooh can the can (Can the can honey)
AAAAH!
Honey, honey
Honey, honey, honey
Make a stand for your man, honey
Try to can the can
Put your man in the can, honey
Get him while you can
Can the canCan the can
If you can
Make a stand for your man, honey
Try to can the can
Put your man in the can, honey
Get him while you can
Can the canCan the can
If you can
AAh!
Make a stand for your man


48 CRASH

Well you got the hands of a man and the face of a little boy blue-ue
And when you stand you're so grand there's a case just for looking at you-oo oo-oo
You're so young, you could have been the devil's son
You're so young, but like a hang up I'll be sad when you're old and you're gone

Watch Out!
You know the 48 Crash come like a lightning flash (48 Crash, 48 Crash)
And the 48 Crash is a silk sash bash (48 Crash, 48 Crash)
48 Crash, 48 Crash
Come like a lightning flash, a lightning flash
And it's a silk sash bash, a silk sash bash, that's the 48 Crash

You've got the kind of a mind of a juvenile Romeo-o
And you're so blind you could find that your motor ain't ready to go-o o-o
You're so young, you're a hot shot son of a gun
You're so young, but like a teenage tearaway soon you'll be torn and you'll run

Watch Out!
You know the 48 Crash come like a lightning flash (48 Crash, 48 Crash)
And the 48 Crash is a silk sash bash (48 Crash, 48 Crash)
48 Crash, 48 Crash
Come like a lightning flash, a lightning flash
And it's a silk sash bash, a silk sash bash, that's the 48 Crash

Crash, Crash, 48 Crash (Crash)
Crash, Crash, 48 Crash (Crash)
Crash, Crash, 48 Crash (Crash)
Crash, Crash, AAAGH!

You know the 48 Crash comes like a lightning flash (48 Crash, 48 Crash)
And the 48 Crash is a silk sash bash (48 Crash, 48 Crash)
48 Crash, 48 Crash
Come like a lightning flash, a lightning flash
And it's a silk sash bash, a silk sash bash
That's the 48 Crash
48 Crash
48 Crash
48 Crash
48 Crash
48 Crash
48 Crash
48 Crash
48 Crash
48 Crash
48 Crash
48 Crash


DEVIL GATE DRIVE

"Hey, you all want to go down to Devil Gate Drive?
Well, come on"!

"Welcome to 'The Dive'!"

Well, at the age of five they can do their jive
Down in Devil Gate Drive
And at the age of six they're gonna get their kicks
Down in Devil Gate Drive
Well your mama don't know where your sister done go
She gone down to the Drive. She's the start of the show
And let her move on up. Let her come let her go.
She can jive
Down in Devil Gate Drive

{Chorus}
So come alive. Come alive
Down in Devil Gate Drive
So come alive. Come alive
Down in Devil Gate...down in Devil Gate
Down in Devil Gate Drive
Down in Devil Gate...down in Devil Gate
Down in Devil Gate Drive

When they reach their teens, that's when they all get mean
Down in Devil Gate Drive
When I was sweet sisteen I was the jukebox queen
Down in Devil Gate Drive
I lead the angel pack on the road to sin
Knock down the gates!
Let me in. Let me in
Don't mess me 'round, cause you know where I've been
To 'The Dive' down in Devil Gate Drive

{Repeat Chorus}

Well your mama don't know where your sister done go
She goes down to the Drive. She's the start of the show
Let her move on up. Let her come let her go.
She can jive
Down in Devil Gate Drive

{Repeat Chorus}

{Spoken} "Come on, boys. Let's do it one more time for Suzi!
Are you ready, now?"

Come alive. Come alive Yeah!


DAYTONA DEMON

Ride me, ride you
We do anything we wanna do-oo
Speed you, speed me
You're my
(Daytona Demon Daytona Demon Daytona Demon Daytona Demon)
Ride up, ride down, Let your motor make me heaven bound
Hang in, hang on, Turn me on
(Daytona Demon Daytona Demon Daytona Demon)
Aaagh!

He's my Daytona Demon
He's my suped up heavy hung he-man
He's my DDDaytona Demon, my machine
He's my Daytona Demon
He's my fast loving sin-soaked heathen
He's my DDDaytona Demon, my machine

Feel good, oh feel free
And I know he always feels like me
Drives fast, drives hard, drives with me
(Daytona Demon Daytona Demon Daytona Demon Daytona Demon)
They love to see, my demon when he's driving me
Like a man made machine, he's so mean
(Daytona Demon Daytona Demon Daytona Demon)

He's my Daytona Demon
He's my suped up heavy hung he-man
He's my DDDaytona Demon, my machine
He's my Daytona Demon
He's my fast loving sin-soaked heathen
He's my DDDaytona Demon, my machine

My My My My My My
Daytona Demon Daytona Demon Daytona Demon

He's my Daytona Demon
He's my suped up heavy hung he-man
He's my DDDaytona Demon, my machine
He's my Daytona Demon
He's my fast loving sin-soaked heathen
He's my DDDaytona Demon, my machine
He's my Daytona Demon
He's my suped up heavy hung he-man
He's my DDDaytona Demon, my machine


ALL SHOOK UP

Well, bless my soul. What's wrong with me?
I'm itchin' like a man on a fuzzy tree
My friends say I'm acting queer as a bug
I'm in love
I'm all shook up

My hands are shaking and my knees are week
I can't seem to stand on my own two feet
Who do you thank when you have such luck
I'm in love
I'm all shook up

Well, please don't ask me what's on my mind
I'm a little mixed up, but I'm feeling fine
When I'm with the girl that I love best
My heart beats so, and it scares me to death

She touches my hand and what a thrill I got
Her lips are like a volcano that's hot
I'm proud to say that she's my buttercup
I'm in love
I'm all shook up

Well, bless my soul. What's wrong with me?
I'm itchin' like a man on a fuzzy tree
My friends say I'm acting queer as a bug
I'm in love
I'm all shook up


KEEP A-KNOCKIN'

"This song is dedicated to all you 16 year-old girls out there.
You know when all those boys come around asking you all for a date
You just got to sit back and be cool and tell 'em one thing".

You keep a-knockin, but you can't come in
You keep a-knockin, but you can't come in
You keep a-knockin, but you can't come in
Come back tomorrow night and try it again
You say you love me, but you can't come in
You say you love me, but you can't come in
You say you love me, but you can't come in
Come back tomorrow night and try it again
You say you love me, but you can't come in
You say you love me, but you can't come in
You say you love me, but you can't come in
Come back tomorrow night and try it again
You keep a-knockin, but you can't come in
You keep a-knockin, but you can't come in
You keep a-knockin, but you can't come in
Come back tomorrow night and try it again

"Now on this next bit here I want everyone to sing along with me. It's very easy.
All the boys gotta sing 'You keep a-knockin''and all the girls gotta sing 'But you can't come in'. You
got that? Let's try it".

You keep a-knockin, but you can't come in
You keep a-knockin, but you can't come in
You keep a-knockin, but you can't come in
Come back tomorrow night and try it again


I MAY BE TOO YOUNG

Have you heard about Suzi from Baton Rouge
Well let me tell you about her
Little Suzi was raised up in Baton Rouge
Suzi was fooled she was born to lose
She could be seen keeping company wherever she went
With this long haired blue eyed southern gent

She said I may be too young to fall in love
But I'm still hanging round
She said I may be too young to fall in love
But I'm still hanging round
I'm waiting for you, I'm just a waiting for you
She said I'm waiting for you, you
I'm just waiting for you

Well you know what your Louisiana nights could do
To a backstreet girl with the southern blues
Fifteen and passing, straight out of school
She was hard to handle, she was easy to fool
They said go, go little Suzi
Too old to scold and too young to choose
Suzi was fooled, born to lose
And that's how they talk about her down in Baton Rouge

She said I may be too young to fall in love
But I'm still hanging round
She said I may be too young to fall in love
But I'm still hanging round
I'm waiting for you, I'm just a waiting for you
She said I'm waiting for you, you
I'm just waiting for you

She said I may be too young to fall in love
But I'm still hanging round
She said I may be too young to fall in love
But I'm still hanging round
I'm waiting for you, you I'm just a waiting for you, you
She said I'm waiting for you, you
I'm just waiting for you, you

She said I'm waiting for you, you
I'm just waiting for you, you
She said I'm waiting for you, you
I'm just waiting for you, you
 

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