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If You Knew Suzi...

If You Knew Suzi... is the fifth studio album by American singer Suzi Quatro, released on December 1, 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).[3] The album also yielded Quatro's biggest US single hit, a duet with Chris Norman named "Stumblin' In" (which reached number 4 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts.[3] It also had an advertising billboard on Sunset Boulevard.

If You Knew Suzi...
Studio album by
Suzi Quatro
ReleasedDecember 1, 1978[1][2]
RecordedDecember 17, 1977 – September 1978
StudioEMI Electrola, Cologne; MCA/Whitney Recording Studios, Glendale, California; mixed at Whitney Recording Studios, Glendale and Decca Studios, Paris
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

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.

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar[4]
Christgau's Record GuideC+[5]

The Associated Press wrote that, "although her new album is straight rock 'n' roll, 'Stumblin' In' is a relaxed-sounding love song, hardly representative of the have a good time, scream and shout rock Miss Quatro has been churning out all these years."[6]

Track listing

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  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

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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

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  • 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 – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals, writer[7]

Charts

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Chart performance for If You Knew Suzi...
Chart (1978) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[8] 36
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[9]31
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10]24
US Billboard 200[11]37

References

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  1. ↑ "Discography". The Official Website of Suzi Quatro. Retrieved November 15, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "australian-charts.com - Suzi Quatro - If You Knew Suzi". australian-charts.com. Dietikon, Switzerland: Hung Medien. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  3. 1 2 Unterberger, Richie. "Suzi Quatro – Awards". AllMusic. Ann Arbor, US. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Dave. "If You Knew Suzi - Suzi Quatro, AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Ann Arbor, US. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "Quatro's hard rock hits home at last". The Globe and Mail. AP. August 3, 1979. p. P16.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Thompson, Dave. "If You Knew Suzi - Suzi Quatro, AllMusic, Credits". AllMusic. Ann Arbor, US. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  8. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 243. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  9. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Image 4551a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Suzi Quatro – If You Knew Suzi...". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Suzi Quatro Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
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