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, Canada

| genre = Rock

| length = 33:32

| label = Mercury

| producer = Randy Bachman

| prev_title = Not Fragile

| prev_year = 1974

| next_title = Head On

| next_year = 1975

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1112/review|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = C+{{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|accessdate=February 21, 2019}}

}}

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{{cite web|title=Library and Archives Canada |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}}http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.4055a&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=5pc8q9tgdri26dujjlok7ep2f0|title=Library and Archives Canada 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,{{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 |publisher=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2012-02-16}}{{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 |publisher=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2012-02-16}} and No. 21 on the U.S. charts. Some reviews stated the song was directed at Bachman's former Guess Who bandmate, Burton Cummings.{{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 |publisher=teamrock.com |date=May 2, 2014 |accessdate=March 9, 2016}} "Quick Change Artist" was released as a single in Canada only, and reached No. 13 on the RPM chart.{{cite web|url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4014a.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - September 6, 1975}}

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.LeBlanc, Larry. Liner notes from BTO: The Anthology album.