| Back to the Drive | ||||
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| Studio album by Suzi Quatro | ||||
| Released | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Label | EMI (Europe, Australia) Liberty (UK) Caroline (US) |
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| Producer | Andy Scott, Steve Grant[1]:11 | |||
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Back to the Drive is an album by Suzi Quatro. Released in 2006, it was her comeback album, and her first since 1990's "Oh Suzi Q" (apart from 1995's What Goes Around, which contained mostly re-recordings of her oldies, and 1998's Unreleased Emotion which had been recorded in 1983, but until then unreleased) and her eleventh studio album. Produced by Sweet guitarist Andy Scott and Steve Grant, it was overseen by inveterate producer Mike Chapman and featured backing vocals by Shirlie Roden, and ex-husband Len Tuckey on guitar, including her daughter Laura Quatro (then Laura Tuckey) duetting with her on the download-only single "I'll Walk Through the Fire With You". It was issued on EMI Records throughout the world, and in the UK on the revived Liberty Records and EMI distributed independent label Caroline Records in North America.
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The album is an eclectic affair that draws from several different music styles.
The rock title track samples the intro from "Devil Gate Drive" and the guitar line from her debut worldwide hit "Can The Can".
"15 Minutes of Fame" has a folk rock flavour to it.
"Duality" is derived from an Indian raga.
"I Don't Do Gentle" is a throwback to 1950's big band rock.
As with most of her albums, Quatro includes a cover song, a version of the Neil Young song "Rockin' in the Free World".
Two ballads from the album, "Sometimes Love Is Letting Go" and "Free the Butterfly", represent the albums ballads. The former tells a story of her past relationships with her parents and Len Tuckey; the latter is also the album title of a new age motivational album she made with Shirlie Roden.
The front cover photograph was created by Steve Payne which featured a photo of Quatro screaming whilst playing the bass guitar with graphics which made the cover look like she had shattered a window. The inside photographs and back cover photos were taken by Gered Mankowitz and Victory Tischler-Blue. Mankowitz had previously photographed Suzi for her early albums on RAK Records.
The title "Back to the Drive" is a play on her 1974 hit "Devil Gate Drive", which implied she was returning to her rock 'n' roll roots after the last few albums were more dependent on pop and soft rock.
| No. | Title | Composer | Length |
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| 1. | Back to the Drive | Mike Chapman | 4:31 |
| 2. | 15 Minutes of Fame | S.Quatro/A.Scott/S.Grant | 3:50 |
| 3. | Duality | S.Quatro/V.Tischler-Blue/A.Scott/S.Grant | 5:00 |
| 4. | I Don't Do Gentle | S.Quatro/A.Scott/S.Grant | 4:24 |
| 5. | I'll Walk Through the Fire with You | S.Quatro/Laura Tuckey/S.Roden/A.Scott/S.Grant | 4:26 |
| 6. | Wasted Moments | S.Quatro/A.Scott/S.Grant | 5:00 |
| 7. | Rockin' in the Free World | Neil Young | 4:57 |
| 8. | No Choice | S.Quatro/Jean Roussel | 5:30 |
| 9. | Sometimes Love Is Letting Go | S.Quatro/S.Roden | 4:35 |
| 10. | Dancing in the Wind | S.Quatro/S.Roden | 4:51 |
| 11. | Free the Butterfly | S.Quatro | 4:55 |
| 12. | Born Making Noise | S.Quatro/A.Scott/S.Grant | 4:45 |
The album received mixed reviews from critics, some praising the nostalgic theme and other trashing it. Allmusic gave it a four-star out of five rating. It only reached number 78 on the Swiss album charts. It was four years before Quatro recorded another album, this time with Mike Chapman on production duties called "In the Spotlight", released in August 2011.
It is spelled correctly in the booklet for In the Spotlight.[2]
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