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If You Knew Suzi...
Studio album by Suzi Quatro
Released	December 1, 1978
Recorded	December 17, 1977 – September 1978
Studio	EMI Electrola, Cologne; MCA/Whitney Recording Studios, Glendale, California; mixed at Whitney Recording Studios, Glendale and Decca Studios, Paris
Genre	Rock pop rock acoustic
Length	36:39
Label	RAK
Producer	Mike Chapman
Suzi Quatro chronology
Aggro-Phobia (1977) If You Knew Suzi... (1978) Suzi ... and Other Four Letter Words (1979)
Singles from If You Knew Suzi...
"If You Can't Give Me Love" Released: 1978 "Stumblin' In" Released: 1978 "The Race Is On" Released: 1979 "Don't Change My Luck" Released: 1979

If You Knew Suzi... is the fifth studio album by Suzi Quatro, released at the end of 1978, but with a 1979 copyright date. By August 2012 this was still Quatro's highest-charting album in the United States (it peaked at number 37 on the Billboard 200). The album also yielded Quatro's biggest US single hit, a duet with Chris Norman named "Stumblin' In" (which reached number 4 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts. It also had an advertising billboard on Sunset Boulevard.

The credits show the album to be a multinational production: tracks were recorded in Cologne (Germany), Paris (France), and Glendale (California). It was then mixed in California and mastered in London to be distributed by a company based in New York City.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	C+

The Associated Press wrote that, "although her new album is straight rock 'n' roll, 'Stumblin' In' is a relaxed-sounding love song, hardly representative of the have a good time, scream and shout rock Miss Quatro has been churning out all these years."

Track listing

1. "Don't Change My Luck" (Chinn, Chapman) – 3:43
2. "Tired of Waiting" (Ray Davies) – 3:29
3. "Suicide" (Quatro, Len Tuckey) – 4:05
4. "Evie" (Harry Vanda, George Young) – 4:35
5. "The Race Is On" (Chinn, Chapman) – 4:02
6. "If You Can't Give Me Love" (Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman) – 3:53
7. "Breakdown" (Tom Petty) – 3:24
8. "Non-Citizen" (Quatro, Tuckey) – 3:17
9. "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" (Rick Derringer) – 3:24
10. "Wiser Than You" (Quatro, Tuckey) – 3:53

Notes

The US and Canadian pressing of the album omitted the Vanda and Young-penned song "Evie" and included "Stumblin' In" in its replacement. When If You Knew Suzi... was re-released as a "two-fer" with the Suzi ... and Other Four Letter Words album, both "Evie" and "Stumblin' In" were included.

Personnel

• Mike Chapman – producer, writer
• Nicky Chinn – writer
• Mike Deacon – keyboards, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals
• Dave Neal – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Suzi Quatro – lead vocals, backing vocals, bass guitar, congas, writer
• Len Tuckey – rhythm guitar, lead guitar, backing vocals, writer

Charts

References

1. "Discography". The Official Website of Suzi Quatro. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
2. ^ "australian-charts.com - Suzi Quatro - If You Knew Suzi". australian-charts.com. Dietikon, Switzerland: Hung Medien. Archived from the original on June 15, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
3. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Suzi Quatro – Awards". AllMusic. Ann Arbor, US. Retrieved August 25, 2012.
4. Thompson, Dave. "If You Knew Suzi - Suzi Quatro, AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Ann Arbor, US. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
5. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: Q". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
6. "Quatro's hard rock hits home at last". The Globe and Mail. AP. 3 Aug 1979. p. P16.
7. ^ Thompson, Dave. "If You Knew Suzi - Suzi Quatro, AllMusic, Credits". AllMusic. Ann Arbor, US. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
8. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 243. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
9. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4551a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
10. "Swedishcharts.com – Suzi Quatro – If You Knew Suzi...". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
11. "Suzi Quatro Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 23, 2023.

• 1978 albums
• Suzi Quatro albums
• Rak Records albums
• Albums produced by Mike Chapman