Unreleased Emotion

This would of been Suzi Quatro's 1983 album, but the big wigs of her record company didn't want to release it, it finally saw the light of day in 1998. "Unreleased Emotion", is a solid album, i don't know why they shelved this one. Here are some of the highlights,"Pardon Me", for me is her answer to the Blondie hit "The Tide Is High", the hard pop of "There She Goes", the tough sounding "I'm A Rocker", Len Tuckey puts out some good chords here, the Blondie sounding new wavy "Strange Encounters",the funky "Comes The Night", the 50's sound of "Starry Night", The Move type sound of "Good Girl (Looking For A Bad Time)", the rolling "Just Like Momma". On the 2 bonus tracks Mickie Most produced "I Go Wild" and "Tonight (I Could Fall In Love)",they remind of Kim Wilde numbers of the era. Thanks 7t's for releasing this one.

Ah, the question posed by Amazon with regard to my purchase of Suzi Quatro's "Unreleased Emotion" - well, that answer is a resounding, YES!!! This is one fantastic record!. The fact that the bulk of this material was recorded in 1983 and not released until it's first reincarnation in 1997, and then, now again by 7T's records is a mystery to me. Every track on this infectious album comes alive and showcases Suzi's abilities to handle a wide range of material. The band is top notch - production and guitar work by Len Tuckey is subliminal. The three tracks produced by Mickie Most speaks volumes of this man's talent - his resume in rock/pop speaks for itself. How does a record earn a five star from me? When you can't pull it out of rotation - I play this baby all the time. Highly recommended!!!

a nice addition to add to my collection. I have never seen colored vinyl before.

Love this lady

Great guitar riffs and hooks. Great songs that hold up after all these years by the first lady of rock.

(1.5 stars) Recorded in 1983 and finally released as a bargain bin curiosity in the late 90s, with this abominable image-ignoring title and cover, a quick spin of `Unreleased Emotion' reveals why there was such a delay.In 1980, `Rock Hard', Suzi Quatro's return to rock form after two albums of country pop dabbling, had been a commercial flop in most countries, despite being a very good album. She had parted company with her career-making manager, Mickie Most, and his UK based RAK records, to follow her Australian long-time uber-producer, Mike Chapman (Blondie, The Knack, The Sweet) to his new US-based Dreamland records, only to see her album and his label flop. With the massive early 80s change in musical style to synths and New Wave leaving most rock-based 70s music stars sinking fast, Quatro released the confused `Main Attraction' on Polydor in 1982. Grasping at her late 70s success with country pop (`If You Can't Give Me Love', `Stumblin' In'), while at the same time trying her hand at synthesizer new wave, the schizophrenically styled, mixed quality result was another commercial flop.This next effort indicates, astonishingly, that she desperately looked to her other career highpoint - US sitcom `Happy Days' - for inspiration.An obvious loving ode to the likes of Roy Orbison, 50s and early 60s ‘girl’ groups and similar era Elvis and Co, ‘Unreleased Emotion’ is perhaps too faithful to this sound for its own good. Though it undeniably illustrates Quatro’s abilities in writing accomplished approximations of this era across many styles, an 80s twist a la the production approach of fellow 50s inspired Detroiters, The Romantics, may have served to make this relevant to … someone … while preserving Quatro’s rock credentials. As it stands, overwhelmingly, this album is very light bubbly rock with thin, cheap sounding production. The result is that the great majority of it feels like it would never have made it onto albums when Quatro was successful just a few years earlier. Most of it winds up being sadly forgettable, if not actually bad - in another musical galaxy to ‘Can the Can’, ’48 Crash’ or even ‘Rock Hard’ or ‘If You Can’t Give Me Love’!Opening track, ‘Pardon Me’, with its buoyant salsa inflections and lush backing vocals is one of the better tracks, though sets the light Happy Days tone of things to come. ‘Can I Be Your Girl’ is a strong slower track, if you ignore the bonky 80s synths. With full heavy 70s production, ‘I’m A Rocker’ would have been a Quatro rocker of old, but is too slight in approach here. ‘Strange Encounters’ has great drama-filled verses, complete with deep male Animals-style backing, but is let down severely by a an under-executed chorus – a common problem with most of the songs here.While a Mike Chapman track here or there would have strengthened proceedings, songwriting is not the problem here – it is the production and the approach. While it seems clear Quatro was aiming for a light 50s rock giddiness, complete with big backing vocals and salsa/ island flourishes at times, it is hard not to gobsmackingly wonder, ‘Why?’! Did anyone really want to hear ‘Suzi Quatro’ doing this … then or now??? Joan Jett had successfully picked up the ball of her leather-clad 50s cum hard rock career when she dropped it– was it that hard to fight to get it back?Certainly not necessary unless you are obsessed with Suzi Quatro, ‘Unreleased Emotion’ is a graphic illustration of just how difficult the massive post punk change in musical style was in the 80s for most 70s chart artists in Europe.This Cherry Red remaster fills out the sound and improves quite a bit on the original 90s release, while the photographs and singles cover artwork in the liner notes are interesting. The bonus tracks of two unsuccessful early 80s singles, penned by others, doesn’t really add much.

Twenty years after attaining stardom in the U.S. & England, and after successful appearences on "Happy Days" as 'Leather Tuscadero', SUZI QUATRO shows why she's still the Queen of Rock & Roll. This newly released album shows she's still rockin;. Most of the tracks written by Suzi (except the Rock classic "Suzi Q") show the same classy lady we loved in the 70s. My personal favorites, STARRY NIGHTS + SECRET HIDEWAY show Suzi's softer side. For those not acquainted with Suzi this album is a great intro, and for her fans it's a treasure. Suzi continues a heavy touring schedule in Europe & Australia.

This is a great Suzi Quatro cd it show's a different side to the Rock n Roll Queen that is quite unique, a great combination of different styles and a very different Suzi Quatro cd... take a listen

In 1982 the Main Attraction came out and failed to dent the charts anywhere in the world.Without a label, this album was shelved for 15 years. Had it come out, it wouldn't exactly have set the charts alight, but would have certainly been better recieved than the country/techno fusion of Main Attraction (And I love MA.)Rock and roll is represented in the tracks 'Strange Encounters', which features a pounding bass intro from Ms Q, complete with dramatic lyrics; 'I'm A Rocker'; Good Girl (Looking for a Bad Time) and others.Many of these songs were performed live around the time it was recorded, and went down a storm.The slow songs maintain their depth without being dull. Tracks like 'Comes the Night', 'Just Like Momma' and 'Can I Be Your Girl', a song Suzi still performs at gigs today, show a personal and introspective side to her character which we don't really see again until 2006's album 'Back to the Drive.'The two bonus singles are a little shaky; I Go Wild being a bouncy little keyboard ditty comprised mostly of synths and bass- it's no real surprise this didn't make a dent in the charts. Tonight I Could Fall In Love is a better track, and a good example of 80's rock-ballad.From a Suzi fanatic, this has to be one of my favourite albums; partially for the excellent bass lines she delivers, but mostly because there is only one cover song on the whole album; a problem that we are faced with many Quatro releases is the shameless amount of songs written by other people. Like M.A. we are getting Q to the core.Admittedly, the album cover is a little dull, and the title suggests that the songs will be a lot slower than they actually are, but this CD is a real smorgasbord of music, which contains a very detailed booklet with information you can't just 'google'. It's a must-have for any Suzi fan who can take the soft stuff with the hard.

Fantastic Buy - Strongly recommend this product

Fantastic album.

(1.5 stars) Recorded in 1983 and finally released as a bargain bin curiosity in the late 90s, with this abominable image-ignoring title and cover, a quick spin of `Unreleased Emotion' reveals why there was such a delay.In 1980, ` Rock Hard ', Suzi Quatro's return to rock form after two albums of country pop dabbling, had been a commercial flop in most countries, despite being a very good album. She had parted company with her career-making manager, Mickie Most, and his UK based RAK records, to follow her Australian long-time uber-producer, Mike Chapman (Blondie, The Knack, The Sweet) to his new US-based Dreamland records, only to see her album and his label flop. With the massive early 80s change in musical style to synths and New Wave leaving most rock-based 70s music stars sinking fast, Quatro released the confused ` Main Attraction ' on Polydor in 1982. Grasping at her late 70s success with country pop (`If You Can't Give Me Love', `Stumblin' In'), while at the same time trying her hand at synthesizer new wave, the schizophrenically styled, mixed quality result was another commercial flop.This next effort indicates, astonishingly, that she desperately looked to her other career highpoint - US sitcom `Happy Days' - for inspiration.An obvious loving ode to the likes of Roy Orbison, 50s and early 60s `girl' groups and similar era Elvis and Co, `Unreleased Emotion' is perhaps too faithful to this sound for its own good. Though it undeniably illustrates Quatro's abilities in writing accomplished approximations of this era across many styles, an 80s twist a la the production approach of fellow 50s inspired Detroiters, The Romantics, may have served to make this relevant to ... someone ... while preserving Quatro's rock credentials. As it stands, overwhelmingly, this album is very light bubbly rock with thin, cheap sounding production. The result is that the great majority of it feels like it would never have made it onto albums when Quatro was successful just a few years earlier. Most of it winds up being sadly forgettable, if not actually bad - in another musical galaxy to `Can the Can', '48 Crash' or even `Rock Hard' or `If You Can't Give Me Love'!Opening track, `Pardon Me', with its buoyant salsa inflections and lush backing vocals is one of the better tracks, though sets the light Happy Days tone of things to come. `Can I Be Your Girl' is a strong slower track, if you ignore the bonky 80s synths. With full heavy 70s production, `I'm A Rocker' would have been a Quatro rocker of old, but is too slight in approach here. `Strange Encounters' has great drama-filled verses, complete with deep male Animals-style backing, but is let down severely by a an under-executed chorus - a common problem with most of the songs here.While a Mike Chapman track here or there would have strengthened proceedings, songwriting is not the problem here - it is the production and the approach. While it seems clear Quatro was aiming for a light 50s rock giddiness, complete with big backing vocals and salsa/ island flourishes at times, it is hard not to gobsmackingly wonder, `Why?'! Did anyone really want to hear `Suzi Quatro' doing this ... then or now??? Joan Jett had successfully picked up the ball of her leather-clad 50s cum hard rock career when she dropped it- was it that hard to fight to get it back?Certainly not necessary unless you are obsessed with Suzi Quatro, `Unreleased Emotion' is a graphic illustration of just how difficult the massive post punk change in musical style was in the 80s for most 70s chart artists in Europe.This Cherry Red remaster fills out the sound and improves quite a bit on the original 90s release, while the photographs and singles cover artwork in the liner notes are interesting. The bonus tracks of two unsuccessful early 80s singles, penned by others, doesn't really add much. Rock HardMain Attraction

I'm a Suzi Quatro fan and I've purchased all of her Cherry Red re-releases; I simply love it when solid artists get an upgrade on their original work and all her albums have gotten great treatment with this label (still a little frustrated at no lyrics; but we can't have it all).Suzi's albums range from great (her debut) to mediocre ("Main Attraction" the main offender). "Your Mamma Won't Like Me", "Aggro-Phobia" and "Rock Hard" are impressive albums which I'm a bit surprised aren't better known and "Quatro" has some very bright spots - especially in it's re-release form despite being a bit of letdown. This album, "Unreleased Emotion", is closer in quality to "Main Attraction" than the others mentioned. I do like some of the songs here; "Secret Hideaway", "Starry Night", "Can I Be Your Girl", "Comes the Night" and, yes, even "Tonight, I Could Fall in Love" sounds appealing to me. Others here fall somewhere in the middle; not very enjoyable but not outright boring (with the possible exception of "Just Like Mamma" and the cover of "Suzi Q" of all songs).The troubled history of Suzi's career from 1980 and onwards is covered in an informative accompanying booklet (always a nice touch) and by more knowledgeable reviewers than me on this site. I can just say that "Unreleased Emotion" is a solid enough CD for a fan of Suzi and I do pop it in on a few occasions.There are a few other Quatro albums left and I hope they'll get the Cherry Red upgrade as I'd like to finish the collection since I've gotten this far. The "In the Spotlight" deluxe edition looks good and I'll definately pick it up as well.