Oh, Suzi Q.
album by Suzi Quatro
Oh, Suzi Q. is the tenth solo studio album by the rock singer-songwriter and bass guitarist Suzi Quatro. It was originally released in 1990, by the record labels Generation Record, and Bellaphon. The album was her last recording of original material for five years, until she released What Goes Around - Greatest & Latest in 1995. It is also notably the first album not to feature her long-time guitarist and then-husband Len Tuckey, whom she would divorce in 1992.
The album was received negatively by the majority of music critics. The album went largely unnoticed by the public, being a commercial disappointment, and even missed the album charts worldwide (her second studio album to do so).
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