Making a seismic impact in the 70s on this side of the Atlantic by combining the slam-dunk chart-toppers Can The Can and Devil Gate Drive – as well as Top 10 smashes 48 Crash, The Wild One and If You Can’t Give Me Love – with the era-defining imagery of low-slung bass guitar and leather catsuits, Suzi Quatro proved that rock’n’roll wasn’t just the preserve of excitable lads and their dads, as she also inspired multiple teens of her own gender.
And yet, for all that, if her latest album The Devil In Me proves anything it’s that you can take Suzi Quatro out of Detroit, but you’ll never take Detroit out of Suzi. With a legacy that includes the MC5, The Stooges, the Amboy Dukes and others, the Motor City has always rocked harder and louder than most.
Factor in its blues heritage in the shape of John Lee Hooker, the R&B of Andre Williams and the pop colossus that was Motown Records, and the influence of Suzi’s home town still reaches across the ages.
That proves to be both a blessing and a curse on this, Quatro’s seventeenth studio album. As with its predecessor, No Control, its dozen tracks were written and recorded with her son Richard Tuckey, and they make considerable nods to her roots and inspirations.
01. The Devil In Me (3:26)
02. Hey Queenie (4:09)
03. Betty Who? (feat. Cherie Currie) (3:58)
04. You Can't Dream It (3:11)
05. My Heart and Soul (Long Version) (5:13)
06. Get Outta Jail (3:18)
07. Do Ya Dance (2:45)
08. Isolation Blues (3:36)
09. I Sold My Soul Today (2:38)
10. Love's Gone Bad (4:26)
11. In the Dark (3:09)
12. Motor City Riders (3:54)
13. Can I Be Your Girl [Bonus Track] (3:35)
14. Desperado [Bonus Track] (3:40)
