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The Sweet is a compilation album released as Sweet's debut album in the US and Canada, substituting for the 1971 UK album Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be. (The band's second album, Sweet Fanny Adams was also not given a US release, but tracks from that and the band's third album Desolation Boulevard were combined on the US version of that album to compensate for this.)[citation needed]
| The Sweet | ||||
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| Released | July 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1971-1973 | |||
| Genre | Glam rock,[1] power pop[2] | |||
| Length | 30:28 | |||
| Label | Bell | |||
| Producer | Phil Wainman | |||
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| Singles from The Sweet | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B−[4] |
The album consisted primarily of singles and B-sides released in the UK and Europe in 1972 and 1973. One of the singles, "Little Willy", was Sweet's first and biggest hit single in the US. The singles "Wig-Wam Bam", "Hell Raiser" and "Block Buster!" were also on the album. Commercially it did not do well, only reaching No. 191 in the Billboard 200.
Track listing edit
- "Little Willy" (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn) - 3:13
- "New York Connection" - 3:35
- "Wig-Wam Bam" (Chapman, Chinn) - 3:03
- "Done Me Wrong All Right" - 2:58
- "Hell Raiser" (Chapman, Chinn) - 3:15
- "Block Buster!" (Chapman, Chinn) - 3:12
- "Need a Lot of Lovin'" - 3:00
- "Man from Mecca" - 2:45
- "Spotlight" - 2:47
- "You're Not Wrong for Loving Me" - 2:58
Notes edit
The American CD reissue of this album includes the live version of the song "Need a Lot of Lovin'", apparently in error.[citation needed] The studio version was only available as a B-side of the single "Block Buster!" and is available on the 2005 re-issue of Sweet Fanny Adams. The original American vinyl pressing used the studio version of "Need A Lot Of Lovin'".
Personnel edit
- Brian Connolly - lead vocals
- Steve Priest - bass, vocals
- Andy Scott - guitars, vocals, synthesizers
- Mick Tucker - drums, vocals
References edit
- ^ Popoff, Martin (15 August 2014). The Big Book of Hair Metal: The Illustrated Oral History of Heavy Metal?s Debauched Decade. Voyageur Press. p. 16. ISBN 9781627883757. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ "The Village Voice - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
- ^ "Great Rock Discography". p. 807.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
External links edit
- "Bell Album Discography, Part 1". Bsnpubs.com. Retrieved 26 November 2018.