The Sweet (album)

The Sweet
Compilation album by The Sweet
Released July 1973
Recorded 1971-1973
Genre Glam rock, hard rock, pop rock
Length 30:28
Label Bell
Producer Phil Wainman
The Sweet chronology

The Sweet's Biggest Hits
(1972)		 The Sweet
(1973)		 Sweet Fanny Adams
(1974)
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Robert Christgau B−[1]

The Sweet was a compilation album released as Sweet's debut album in the USA, substituting for 1971's "Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be", which was not given a US release. The band's second album, "Sweet Fanny Adams" was also not given a US release, but tracks from this and the band's third album "Desolation Boulevard" were combined on the US version of that album to compensate for this.

Sweet. The album consists primarily of singles and B-sides released in the U.K. and Europe in 1972 and 1973. One of the singles, "Little Willy", was Sweet's first and greatest hit in the U.S. and was released as a single. The singles "Wig-Wam Bam", "Hell Raiser" and "Block Buster" were also on the album. Commercially it did not do well, only reaching #191 in the charts.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Andy Scott, and Mick Tucker except where noted.

  1. "Little Willy" (Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn) - 3:13
  2. "New York Connection" - 3:35
  3. "Wig-Wam Bam" (Chapman, Chinn) - 3:03
  4. "Done Me Wrong All Right" - 2:58
  5. "Hell Raiser" (Chapman, Chinn) - 3:15
  6. "Block Buster!" (Chapman, Chinn) - 3:12
  7. "Need a Lot of Lovin'" - 3:00
  8. "Man from Mecca" - 2:45
  9. "Spotlight" - 2:47
  10. "You're Not Wrong for Loving Me" - 2:58

Notes

The American CD re-issue of this album includes the live version of the song "Need a Lot of Lovin'", apparently in error. 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'".

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References

  1. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Sweet". Robert Christgau.

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