Aggro-Phobia Explained

Aggro-Phobia
Type:	studio
Artist:	Suzi Quatro
Cover:	Aggro-Phobia.jpg
Released:	January 1977
Recorded:	Late 1976
Studio:	Château Du Regarde, Oise, France with the RAK Mobile^[1]
Genre:	Rock hard rock
Length:	32:05
Label:	Rak
Producer:	Mike Chapman Mickie Most
Prev Title:	Your Mamma Won't Like Me
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	If You Knew Suzi...
Next Year:	1978

Aggro-Phobia is the fourth studio album by Suzi Quatro, recorded in the autumn of 1976.^[2] It is the only one of her albums to be co-produced by Mickie Most.^[3]

The song "Tear Me Apart" reached No. 27 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1977.^[4] Writing for Bomp!, music critic Ken Barnes called it "excellent" and "superior to [her] earlier hits".^[5]

Track listing

1. "Heartbreak Hotel" (Elvis Presley, Mae Boren Axton, Tommy Durden) – 3:48
2. "Don't Break My Heart" (Suzi Quatro, Len Tuckey) – 2:53
3. "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" (Steve Harley) – 3:43
4. "What's It Like to Be Loved" (Quatro, Tuckey) – 3:13
5. "Tear Me Apart" (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn) – 2:59
6. "The Honky Tonk Downstairs" (Dallas Frazier) – 3:00
7. "Half as Much as Me" (Quatro, Tuckey) – 4:12
8. "Close the Door" (Quatro, Tuckey) – 3:47
9. "American Lady" (Quatro, Tuckey) – 3:41
10. "Wake Up Little Susie" (Felice Bryant) – 2:49^[6]

Personnel

• Suzi Quatro – lead vocals, bass guitar, writer
• Len Tuckey – lead guitar, backing vocals, writer
• Dave Neal – drums, backing vocals
• Mike Deacon – keyboards, backing vocals
• Mike Chapman – producer, writer
• Nicky Chinn – writer
• Mickie Most – producer^[7]

Charts

Chart (1977)!scope="col"

Peak position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)^[8]	84

Notes and References

1. Web site: Suzi Quatro – Aggro-Phobia (1976, Vinyl). Discogs. 1976 .
2. Web site: Suzi Quatro - Aggro-Phobia (Vinyl, LP, Album) at Discogs . 1977 . Discogs.com . 2014-04-11.
3. Book: Strong , Martin C. . 2000. The Great Rock Discography. 5th. Mojo Books. Edinburgh. 785–6. 1-84195-017-3.
4. Web site: UK Official Charts . 2019 . Official Charts Company . 26 January 2019 .
5. Barnes . Ken . Ken Barnes (writer) . March 1978 . The Glitter Era: Teenage Rampage . . 26 January 2019 . . subscription .
6. Web site: Donald A. Guarisco . Aggro-Phobia – Suzi Quatro Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards . . 2014-04-11.
7. Web site: Aggro-Phobia - Suzi Quatro. AllMusic . 2014-04-11.
8. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 243.