Wild One: Greatest Hits [Import]

Suzi Quatro | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 8, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• ASIN: B00002504R
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,171 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

UK pressing contains all her big hits. Recommended for any Suzi fans or anyone who enjoys the music of the glam rock era. 20 total tracks. EMI. 2005.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Goddess Encased in Leather, December 21, 2001

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J. Barbee (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wild One: Classic Quatro (Audio CD)

Imagine my surprise when I discovered what was crouching behind the persona of "Happy Days' " Leather Tuscadero -- that the sweet, spunky, sterile version of Suzi Quatro that TV had created for middle America actually snarled like Elvis, and strutted like a pint-sized (and much tougher) Marc Bolan through songs that were sexy and sweaty enough to make you want to maul the nearest cute guy (or girl). Between the high-pitched wail at the beginning of "Can the Can," the sincere sing-along longing of "Cat Size," and the threatening promise in "Your Momma Won't Like Me" (although, really, how could she not?), her earlier material stands out in sharp relief to the rest of the simpy 70's AM pop that dominated the chart at the time, and drove Detroit's own Suzi right out to Europe where she could get the respect she deserved.

Love her for the raspy delivery that she never believed to be "real" singing. Smile at the way that she ruled a bass guitar that was almost bigger than she was. Thank her for inspiring Joan Jett into a career in music. But most of all, idolize her for being totally herself, and more badass than you'll ever hope to be.

If you think that you know everything there is to know about women in rock, and you don't own anything by Suzi Quatro, then, my friend, you don't know squat.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Underappreciated goddess in black leather, June 1, 2002

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John Moulis (Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wild One: Classic Quatro (Audio CD)

What was it about Suzi Quatro that made every pubescent boy in the mid 1970s weak at the knees? Long before Elle MacPherson and Flo-Jo stole the hearts of successive generations of teenage boys Suzi was the one who set the pulses of 14 and 15- year-olds racing. She was just as popular among young girls and people in their late teens and twenties as well. Supplied with excellent material from the Chinn/Chapman songwriting juggernaut (the Stock/Aitken/Waterman of the 1970s who also supplied material to Smokie, Mud, The Sweet and The New World among others) it is surprising that this very American lass had to secure a recording contract with a British label because the American labels considered her too raunchy for American tastes. She finally landed an acting role on the classic family sitcom Happy Days where she portrayed a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who was always in her sister's shadow. She managed to sing Devilgate Drive on the show, albeit in an amended form. Anybody who listened to radio in Australia, Europe and Japan during the 1970s couldn't have missed her songs and she still makes the occasional cabaret tour of Australia. Incredibly she has a daughter who is now almost 30! Although Suzi had few hits in the US this excellent compilation is now available Stateside as a local release. It even contains the incredibly rare 1975 single Michael (not released on any LP), but once again we are denied the slow version of The Wild One which appeared as the B side of the more familiar rock version in Australia (probably due to a tape mix-up). It has never been reissued. Suzi broke from EMI's RAK Records in 1979 and signed up with an independent label the following year releasing Rock Hard, a song which was a minor hit and which has also never been reissued. Maybe Rhino can do a compilation CD where all the classic and rare tracks are finally brought together. In the meantime this CD will do just fine.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars its classic Quatro, February 20, 2000

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Scott (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wild One: Classic Quatro (Audio CD)

It's very unfortunate that Suzi Quatro's style of Rock n Roll music never had a big impression on the United States as this is where it all started for Women in Rock.

Ok there was janis joplin and a few others but Suzi rely blasted open the door of Rock n Roll for Women and put them on the rock n roll map if you will..

This is a great compliation of all those fantastic hits that made Suzi Quatro a house hold name in Europe Australia and Japan.. Suzi rely Rocked the joint, and is still touring to this day.

This compliation tells a very good story of a lady that was meant to be around for a long time.. Without Elvis Presley there may not of been Suzi Quatro but without Suzi Quatro not just kicking in but blasting open the door for women who wanted to rock, that door perhaps may still may be closed even today...