''Your Mamma Won't Like Me'' is the third studio album by
Suzi Quatro
Susan Kay Quatro (born June 3, 1950) is an American singer, bass guitarist, songwriter, and actress. In the 1970s, she scored a string of hit singles that found greater success in Europe and Australia than in her homeland, reaching No. 1 in th ...
.
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
Susan Kay Quatro (born June 3, 1950) is an American singer, bass guitarist, songwriter, and actress. In the 1970s, she scored a string of hit singles that found greater success in Europe and Australia than in her homeland, reaching No. 1 in th ...
'' and ''
Quatro'', instead displaying a more funk-oriented rock sound.
The title track reached No. 31 on the UK singles chart in February 1975.
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.
This particular re-issue contains bonus tracks and some rare pictures.
Track listing
Charts
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.
The tour dates were as follows:
23 February-
The Apollo (Glasgow)
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24 February-
Newcastle City Hall
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25 February- Hard Rock- Manchester
26 February- Preston Guildhall
3 March-
Liverpool Stadium
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4 March-
Sheffield City Hall
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5 March-
Birmingham Town Hall
6 March- Ipswich Gaumant
8 March-
Rainbow Theatre
Personnel
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Suzi Quatro
Susan Kay Quatro (born June 3, 1950) is an American singer, bass guitarist, songwriter, and actress. In the 1970s, she scored a string of hit singles that found greater success in Europe and Australia than in her homeland, reaching No. 1 in th ...
- lead vocals, bass guitar, writer
*
Len Tuckey - lead guitar, backing vocals, writer
* Dave Neal - drums, backing vocals
* Alistair Mackenzie - keyboards, backing vocals
* Bud Beadle - saxophone
* Chris Mercer - saxophone
* Mick Eve - saxophone
*
Steve Gregory - saxophone
* Ron Carthy - trumpet
* Pete Coleman - engineer
*
Mike Chapman
Michael Donald Chapman (born 13 April 1947) is an Australian-American record producer and songwriter who was a major force in the British pop music industry in the 1970s. He created a string of hit singles for artists including The Sweet, Suz ...
- producer, writer
*
Nicky Chinn
Nicholas Barry Chinn (born 16 May 1945) is an English-American songwriter and record producer. Together with Mike Chapman he had a long string of hit singles in the UK and US in the 1970s and early 1980s, including several international number- ...
- producer, writer
References
External links
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Suzi Quatro albums
Rak Records albums
Albums produced by Mike Chapman
1975 albums