Imagine a young, impressionable, and music hungry thirteen-year-old turning on the TV to watch the weekly dose of chart fodder that was Top Of The Pops and witnessing this leather clad temptress kicking out some kick ass rock n’ roll while fronting the band and playing bad ass bass at the same time. We were not used to seeing girls rocking out and fronting what was, an all male band. Girls were resigned to singing soul or cheesy pop novelty tunes. As were a lot of bands at the time, they were taken under the wing of mega songwriters and producers Chapman and Chinn.
The two biggest tunes on this album were both their compositions: Devil Gate Drive and, my favourite track, Can The Can. The tunes that the band came up with themselves were mostly rock n’ roll and boogie. The best of which is Glycerine Queen. You’ll be hard pressed to find a better pop rock song than Can The Can. Superb song and what a killer delivery from Suzi. Sure, the line Can The Can repeats a lot but the groove is undeniable. Keep on rockin’ Suzi Q.
8/10 from The Grooveman.
