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Four Wheel Drive (album)

Field	Value
name	Four Wheel Drive
type	studio
artist	Bachman–Turner Overdrive
cover	Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Four Wheel Drive.jpg
released	May 1975
studio	Sounds Interchange, Toronto
genre	Rock
length	33:32
label	Mercury
producer	Randy Bachman
prev_title	Not Fragile
prev_year	1974
next_title	Head On
next_year	1975
misc	{{Singles
type	studio
single1	Hey You
single1date	May 1975
single2	Quick Change Artist
single2date	1975

Four Wheel Drive is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive, released in 1975 (see 1975 in music). It peaked at No. 1 in Canada on the RPM national albums chart on October 4 and again on October 18, 1975 while hitting No. 5 on the U.S. Pop Albums chart. The most popular single from the album, "Hey You," was written by Randy Bachman. It reached No. 1 in Canada, holding the top position on the RPM national singles chart for two weeks in June, 1975, and No. 21 on the U.S. charts. Some reviews stated the song was directed at Bachman's former Guess Who bandmate, Burton Cummings. "Quick Change Artist" was released as a single in Canada only, and reached No. 13 on the RPM chart.

According to liner notes supplied with the BTO compilation CD The Anthology, Mercury Records had wanted a quick follow-up to the highly successful Not Fragile album. Thus, Four-Wheel Drive was recorded in six days, much of it containing material that was left over from the Not Fragile sessions.

Track listing

Personnel

Randy Bachman – vocals, lead guitars, acoustic guitar
C.F. Turner – vocals, bass guitar
Blair Thornton – lead guitars, slide guitar, background vocals
Robbie Bachman – drums, percussion, background vocals

Production

Producer: Randy Bachman
Engineer: Mark Smith
Mastering: Tom "Curly" Ruff
Director: Bruce Allen
Art direction: Jim Ladwig
Design: Joe Kotleba
Cover construction: Parvis Sadighian
Art Design: Ryan Walsh, Alex Does
Photography: John Brott, Tom Zamiar

Charts

Chart (1975)	Peak
position	Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)	Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)
10
23

Certifications

References

"Four Wheel Drive - Bachman-Turner Overdrive | ...".
Christgau, Robert. (1981). "[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies]]". [[Ticknor & Fields]].
"Archived copy".
"Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada".
"Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada".
Heatley, Michael. (May 2, 2014). "The Turbulent History of Bachman-Turner Overdrive".
"RPM Top 100 Singles - September 6, 1975".
LeBlanc, Larry. Liner notes from ''BTO: The Anthology'' album.
Kent, David. (1993). "Australian Chart Book 1970–1992". Australian Chart Book.
Pennanen, Timo. (2006). "Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972". Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava.

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