The Sweet are a British glam rock band who rose to prominence in the 1970s. Their best-known line-up consisted of lead vocalist Brian Connolly,bassist Steve Priest,guitarist Andy Scott and drummer Mick Tucker. The group were originally called The Sweetshop.
Hidden Things is an album by Australian folk rock group Paul Kelly &the Messengers released in March 1992 on Mushroom Records,which reached No. 29 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It also reached the Top 40 on the New Zealand Albums Chart. It is a collection of tracks recorded by Kelly and both his backing bands,the Coloured Girls and the Messengers,from 1986 to 1991,but were not issued on previous studio albums. The album spawned a single,"When I First Met Your Ma",which was released in March. Messenger band members provide lead vocals on "Hard Times" from its writer Steve Connolly,"Rock 'n' Soul" from its writer Jon Schofield. "Sweet Guy Waltz" is a slower version of "Sweet Guy" which was on 1989's So Much Water So Close to Home. The album was re-released in 2011 as Hidden Things:B-sides &Rarities.
Brian Francis Connolly was a Scottish singer-songwriter,musician and actor,best known as the lead singer of glam rock band the Sweet between 1968 and 1979 and renowned for his charismatic stage presence and distinctive voice.
Desolation Boulevard is the third studio album by the British glam rock band Sweet,originally released in the United Kingdom in November 1974. Two noticeably different versions of the album were released:one by RCA Records in Europe,and another by Capitol Records in the United States,Canada and Japan.
Give Us a Wink is the fourth studio album by British rock band Sweet. It was the first album to be fully written and produced by the band members. Previously they had relied on material from the songwriting team of Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. The album was released by RCA Records in Europe and Australia and by Capitol Records in the United States,Canada and Japan.
Sweet Fanny Adams is the second album by Sweet,their first of two released in 1974,and also their first album simply as Sweet. The album was a turning point and change in the band's sound,featuring more of a hard rock sound than their previous pop records.
Level Headed is the sixth studio album by British glam rock band Sweet. Different versions were released by Polydor in Europe and by Capitol in the US,Canada and Japan. The album features "Love Is Like Oxygen",the band's last single to hit the top 40,peaking at #8 in the US and #9 in the UK. The single version of "Love Is Like Oxygen" is substantially shorter than the album version. A second single,"California Nights",was released from the album but only reached #76 in the US.
Identity Crisis is the ninth and final studio album by English glam rock band Sweet. Originally released only in Germany and Mexico via Polydor Records,it was recorded from 1980–81 and finally released after the band's break-up in 1981.
Cut Above the Rest is the seventh studio album by the English glam rock band Sweet,released on Polydor Records in April 1979. It was their first album release following the departure of their original lead vocalist Brian Connolly. Connolly had begun recording this album with the band at the TownHouse Studio in Shepherd's Bush,London,but his vocals were subsequently wiped and replaced by vocals from bass player Steve Priest and guitarist Andy Scott. Original outtakes of "Play All Night" and "Stay With Me" featuring Connolly's vocals have been recovered and were released on the rarities CD Platinum Rare.
Waters Edge is the eighth studio album by British glam rock band Sweet,released in 1980.
The Sweet's Biggest Hits is a 1972 greatest hits album by Sweet. It contains their six hit singles which made the UK chart in 1971/72,the 'B' sides to the first four and an album track,"Chop Chop" which was released as a single in some countries but not in the UK. The album reached number three in Finland.
Gimme Dat Ding is a split album by The Sweet and The Pipkins,released on EMI's budget record label,MFP in 1970. It is named after the 1970 song "Gimme Dat Ding" by the Pipkins. In the US,The Pipkins released a full album of the same name,consisting of the six songs here and an additional four. It charted at No.132.
Off the Record is the fifth studio album by the English glam rock band Sweet. It was recorded at Audio International Studios in London between October 1976 and January 1977. The band produced with assistance from engineers Louis Austin and Nick Ryan.
Andrew David Scott is a Welsh musician and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead guitarist and a backing vocalist in the band Sweet. Following bassist Steve Priest's death in June 2020,Scott is the last surviving member of the band's classic lineup.
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.
Identikit is the second and final album by American rock band Burning Airlines,released in 2001. In 2012,the German label Arctic Rodeo Recordings reissued the album as a marbled colour vinyl LP with enclosed CD in an edition of 700 copies,with an added cover version of Sweet's "Action."
The Ballroom Blitz &More Sweet Hits is a greatest hits album from British rock band Sweet,initially released in Australia in 1992 on the BMG label. Upon its release it reached number 19 on the Australian albums chart. It was also released in the United States in 1998.
Action:The Sweet Anthology is a double compilation album of British 1970s rock band Sweet's music,released on 28 April 2009 by Shout! Factory. It features songs originally released on RCA Records and Polydor Records,including all their single records spanning from their 1971 UK breakthrough "Funny Funny" and up to their last non-charting "Sixties Man" before the original band broke up in 1982. The album also contains a few album tracks,as well as some B-sides that were never before released on compact disc in the United States.
"Little Willy" is a song written by songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman and performed by the British glam rock band The Sweet,released in 1972 as a non-album single in the UK,peaking at number 4 in the UK Singles Chart. It was released in the US in January 1973 and also appeared on their US debut album The Sweet and became their biggest hit in the US,reaching number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. Billboard ranked it as the number 18 song for 1973.
"The Six Teens" is a 1974 song by British glam rock band Sweet,written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman,appearing on Sweet's album Desolation Boulevard. The song was Sweet's first single simply as "Sweet". The B-side is the band composition "Burn on the Flame".
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