Identity Crisis (Sweet album)

Identity Crisis
Studio album by Sweet
Released	November 1982 [1]
Recorded	September 1980–1981
Genre	Hard rock glam rock
Length	33:01
Label	Polydor
Producer	Sweet
Sweet chronology
Waters Edge (1980) Identity Crisis (1982) The Ballroom Blitz & More Sweet Hits (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Identity Crisis is the ninth and final studio album by English glam rock band Sweet. It sees the band return to a hard rock sound not seen since 1977's Off the Record . The album bore no hits, and was only released in Germany, Peru and Mexico via Polydor Records in 1982 by which time Sweet had effectively split. ^[3]

Track listing

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

Side one

1. "Identity Crisis" – 4:06
2. "New Shoes" – 3:22
3. "Two into One" – 2:37
4. "Love Is the Cure" (Scott) – 3:40
5. "It Makes Me Wonder" – 3:24

Side two

1. "Hey Mama" – 3:28
2. "Falling in Love" – 4:42
3. "I Wish You Would" (Billy Boy Arnold) – 3:12
4. "Strange Girl" – 4:30

Personnel

Sweet

• Steve Priest – bass guitar, lead vocals, backing vocals
• Andy Scott – guitars, co-lead vocals (track 5), backing vocals
• Mick Tucker – drums, backing vocals

Technical

• Louis Austin – engineer

References

1. "Great Rock Discography". p. 807.
2. "Sweet – Identity Crisis". AllMusic.
3. Sleazegrinder (23 May 2016). "Flash Metal Suicide: The Sweet's Identity Crisis". Classic Rock . Retrieved 24 March 2025.