Oh, Suzi Q.

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Oh, Suzi Q.
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Released1990
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Length58:06
Label Generation Record, and Bellaphon.
Producer Ferdi Bolland & Rob Bolland
Suzi Quatro chronology
Annie Get Your Gun – 1986 London Cast
(1986)
Oh, Suzi Q.
(1990)
What Goes Around – Greatest & Latest
(1995)

Oh, Suzi Q. is the tenth solo studio album by the rock singer-songwriter and bass guitarist Suzi Quatro. It was originally released in 1990, by the record labels Generation Record, and Bellaphon. [1] The album was her last recording of original material for five years, until she released What Goes Around - Greatest & Latest in 1995. It is also notably the first album not to feature her long-time guitarist and then-husband Len Tuckey, whom she would divorce in 1992.

The album was received negatively by the majority of music critics.[ citation needed ] The album went largely unnoticed by the public, being a commercial disappointment, and even missed the album charts worldwide (her second studio album to do so).

Track listing

  1. "Suzi Q." (Dale Hawkins, Stan Lewis, Eleanor Broadwater) - 4:32
  2. "Southern Comfort" (Rob Bolland, Ferdi Bolland, Quatro) - 5:40
  3. "Love Touch" (Rob Bolland, Ferdi Bolland) - 5:24
  4. "Intimate Strangers" (Quatro, Rhiannon Wolfe) - 3:34
  5. "Kiss Me Goodbye" (Quatro, Rhiannon Wolfe) - 4:07
  6. "The Great Midnight Rock 'N' Roll House Party" (Rob Bolland, Ferdi Bolland) - 4:22
  7. "Take Me In Your Arms (And Rock Me)" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) - 3:11
  8. "Victim of Circumstance" (Quatro) - 4:21
  9. "Elusive Lover" (Quatro, Rhiannon Wolfe) - 4:00
  10. "Best Thing in My Life" (Quatro) - 5:01
  11. "We Live Forever" (Rob Bolland, Ferdi Bolland) - 5:17
  12. "Baby You're a Star" (Rob Bolland, Ferdi Bolland) - 3:24
  13. "We Found Love" (Rob Bolland, Ferdi Bolland) - 5:13

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References

  1. Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 785–6. ISBN   1-84195-017-3.