The Sweet (album)

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The Sweet
Compilation album by
Sweet
ReleasedJuly 1973
Recorded1971-1973
GenreGlam rock,[1] power pop[2]
Length30:28
LabelBell
ProducerPhil Wainman
Sweet chronology
The Sweet's Biggest Hits
(1972) 		The Sweet
(1973) 		Sweet Fanny Adams
(1974)
Singles from The Sweet
  1. "Little Willy"
    Released: January 1973
  2. "Block Buster!"
    Released: June 1973
  3. "Wig-Wam Bam"
    Released: December 1973[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
Christgau's Record GuideB−[4]

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 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]

  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[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]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "The Village Voice - Google News Archive Search". News.google.com. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Great Rock Discography". p. 807.
  4. ^ 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.

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