Your Mamma Won't Like Me

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Your Mamma Won't Like Me
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Studio album by
Released1 May 1975 [1]
StudioAudio International, London [2]
Genre
Length34:00
Label Rak [3]
Producer
Suzi Quatro chronology
Quatro
(1974)
Your Mamma Won't Like Me
(1975)
Aggro-Phobia
(1976)
Singles from Your Mamma Won't Like Me
  1. "Your Mamma Won't Like Me"
    Released: 31 January 1975
  2. "I Bit Off More Than I Could Chew"
    Released: 4 April 1975
  3. "Michael"
    Released: 1 May 1975
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Record Guide B− [5]

Your Mamma Won't Like Me is the third studio album by Suzi Quatro. [6] Released in May 1975 by record label Rak in most countries, in the US the album was released through Arista Records, the label that had recently succeeded Bell Records which distributed Quatro's first two previous releases in that country. The LP marked a change in the hard rock sound from the singer's previous albums Suzi Quatro and Quatro , instead displaying a more funk-oriented rock sound.

Contents

The title track reached No. 31 on the UK singles chart in February 1975. [7] The album's second single, "I Bit off More Than I Could Chew", also reached the charts, peaking at 54 in the UK charts. "Michael" also had limited promotion, being released as a single in some territories, including Australia where the song reached the top 100. The album reached the charts in several territories, reaching the top 50 in Germany, Norway and New Zealand, as well as making an appearance in the US charts, peaking at 146.

The album includes a cover of Little Willie John's "Fever". This was the last LP to include Alistair Mackenzie as keyboard player, with Mike Deacon replacing him thereafter. In 2012, the album was re-issued and digitally remastered by 7T's Records in the UK, along with her other studio releases. [3] This particular re-issue contains bonus tracks and some rare pictures. [1]

Tour

This is the album Quatro was promoting during her first UK headline tour, "RAK Rocks Britain", where she headlined a nine-date tour with the Arrows and Cozy Powell's Hammer.

Track listing

Your Mamma Won't Like Me track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Bit Off More Than I Could Chew" Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn 3:44
2."Strip Me"Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn3:10
3."Paralysed"Suzi Quatro, Len Tuckey 2:44
4."Prisoner of Your Imagination"Suzi Quatro, Len Tuckey4:51
5."Your Mamma Won't Like Me"Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn3:59
6."Can't Trust Love"Suzi Quatro, Len Tuckey3:42
7."New Day Woman"Suzi Quatro, Len Tuckey3:37
8."Fever"Eddie Cooley, John Davenport 3:39
9."You Can Make Me Want You"Suzi Quatro, Len Tuckey3:43
10."Michael"Suzi Quatro, Len Tuckey3:31

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Your Mamma Won't Like Me
Chart (1975)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [8] 11
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 42
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [10] 16
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [11] 21
US Billboard 200 [12] 146

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