Suzi Quatro - Greatest Hits [EMI]

Artist:

Quatro, Suzi

UPC:

724349950627

Description:

Suzi Quartro`s 1970s glam rock has a certain retro appeal in hindsight, and the best of her tunes are collected on this hits package.
EMI`s Greatest Hits starts off as any Suzi Quatro collection should, with the stunning one-two punch of "Can the Can" and "48 Crash" followed by the cat-scratch glam boogie of "Daytona Demon" and "Devil Gate Drive." From there the rest of the disc collects some of Suzi`s best rockers and ballads, providing a wide-angle view of her stellar career. 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. Rockers like "The Wild One," "Your Mama Won`t Like Me," and "Tear Me Apart" should have been blasting out of transistors and eight-tracks from the beach to the strip all over the U.S.A. Quatro also was a decent songwriter ("Mama`s Boy" is the one Quatro composition featured here) and managed to sing ballads convincingly (the wonderful "Stumblin` In," "If You Can`t Give Me Love," and a surprisingly subtle cover of Steve Harley`s "Make Me Smile [Come Up and See Me]"). The only stumble on this collection is her corny cover of Peggy Lee`s "Fever." Apart from that, this is one of the better Quatro collections you can get, and you need to have at least one Quatro record in your collection. ~ Tim Sendra

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Can the Can
2. 48 Crash
3. Daytona Demon
4. Devil Gate Drive
5. Too Big
6. Fever
7. Wild One
8. Your Mama Won`t Like Me
9. All Shook Up
10. Make Me Smile (Come up & See Me)
11. Tear Me Apart
12. Born to Run
13. If You Can`t Give Me Love
14. Race Is On
15. You Keep a Knockin
16. Move It
17. Stumblin In
18. She`s in Love With You
19. Mama`s Boy
20. I`ve Never Been in Love

Album Information

Release Date:

02/10/2003

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Glam Rock

Label:

EMI

Catalog Number:

4995062

Original Release Year:

2000

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

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