diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 534f00d..897f852 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
-// Add your changes here and then delete this line
+### Fixed
+
+- UnboundLocalError when a request fails ( #571 )
+
 
 ## [2.16.0] - 2020-09-16
 
diff --git a/spotipy/client.py b/spotipy/client.py
index 6d4ff07..8ea9b26 100644
--- a/spotipy/client.py
+++ b/spotipy/client.py
@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@ class Spotify(object):
 
             response.raise_for_status()
             results = response.json()
-        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError:
+        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as http_error:
+            response = http_error.response
             try:
                 msg = response.json()["error"]["message"]
             except (ValueError, KeyError):
@@ -263,7 +264,8 @@ class Spotify(object):
                 reason=reason,
                 headers=response.headers,
             )
-        except requests.exceptions.RetryError:
+        except requests.exceptions.RetryError as retry_error:
+            response = retry_error.response
             logger.error('Max Retries reached')
             raise SpotifyException(
                 599,