Four Wheel Drive (album)

{{Infobox album | name = Four Wheel Drive | type = studio | artist = Bachman–Turner Overdrive | cover = Bachman-Turner Overdrive - Four Wheel Drive.jpg | alt = | released = May 1975 | recorded = | venue = | 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 }} }} {{Album ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/four-wheel-drive-mw0000204875|title=Four Wheel Drive - Bachman-Turner Overdrive | ...|website=AllMusic|access-date=Jun 2, 2025}}</ref> |rev2 = ''Christgau's Record Guide'' |rev2Score = C+<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: B|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=B&bk=70|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref> }}

'''''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<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4042a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=5pc8q9tgdri26dujjlok7ep2f0 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-11-05 |archive-date=2016-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310023643/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4042a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=5pc8q9tgdri26dujjlok7ep2f0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3975a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=ccntousk30frf6h4jsn237nm12 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |access-date=2012-02-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6146a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=ccntousk30frf6h4jsn237nm12 |title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |access-date=2012-02-16}}</ref> and No. 21 on the U.S. charts. Some reviews stated the song was directed at Bachman's former Guess Who bandmate, Burton Cummings.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.teamrock.com/features/2014-05-02/the-turbulent-history-of-bachman-turner-overdrive |title=The Turbulent History of Bachman-Turner Overdrive |last=Heatley|first=Michael |website=Teamrock.com |date=May 2, 2014 |access-date=March 9, 2016}}</ref> "Quick Change Artist" was released as a single in Canada only, and reached No. 13 on the ''RPM'' chart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4014a.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - September 6, 1975|website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca}}</ref>

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.<ref>LeBlanc, Larry. Liner notes from ''BTO: The Anthology'' album.</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = | extra_column = Lead Vocals | title1 = Four Wheel Drive | note1 = | length1 = 4:20 | writer1 = Randy Bachman, Thornton | extra1 = Turner | title2 = She's a Devil | note2 = | length2 = 4:43 | writer2 = Thornton, Turner | extra2 = Turner | title3 = Hey You | note3 = | length3 = 3:34 | writer3 = Randy Bachman | extra3 = Bachman | title4 = Flat Broke Love | note4 = | length4 = 3:56 | writer4 = Turner | extra4 = Turner | title5 = She's Keepin' Time | note5 = | length5 = 4:09 | writer5 = Randy Bachman | extra5 = Bachman | title6 = Quick Change Artist | note6 = | length6 = 3:19 | writer6 = Randy Bachman, Turner | extra6 = Turner | title7 = Lowland Fling | note7 = | length7 = 5:20 | writer7 = Randy Bachman, Thornton | extra7 = Bachman | title8 = Don't Let the Blues Get You Down | note8 = | length8 = 4:11 | writer8 = Turner | extra8 = Turner }}

==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== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1975) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row" | Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> | 10 |- {{album chart|Canada|1|artist=Bachman–Turner Overdrive|album=Four Wheel Drive|chartid=4055a|rowheader=true|access-date=March 7, 2023}} |- ! scope="row"| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)<ref name=FINI>{{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5| language= fi}}</ref> | align="center"| 23 |- {{album chart|Germany|19|artist=Bachman–Turner Overdrive|album=Four Wheel Drive|id=7059|rowheader=true|access-date=March 7, 2023}} |- {{album chart|New Zealand|5|artist=Bachman–Turner Overdrive|album=Four Wheel Drive|rowheader=true|access-date=March 7, 2023}} |- {{album chart|Norway|10|artist=Bachman–Turner Overdrive|album=Four Wheel Drive|rowheader=true|access-date=March 7, 2023}} |- {{album chart|Sweden|42|artist=Bachman–Turner Overdrive|album=Four Wheel Drive|rowheader=true|access-date=March 7, 2023}} |- {{album chart|Billboard200|5|artist=Bachman–Turner Overdrive|rowheader=true|access-date=March 7, 2023}} |}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=Bachman-Turner Overdrive|title=Four Wheel Drive|award=Gold|relyear=1975|certyear=1975|access-date=July 14, 2022}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Bachman-Turner Overdrive|title=Four Wheel Drive|award=Gold|relyear=1975|certyear=1975|access-date=July 14, 2022}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:1975 albums Category:Bachman–Turner Overdrive albums Category:Mercury Records albums Category:Juno Award for Album of the Year albums