The Sweet (album)
| The Sweet | ||||
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| Released | July 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1971–1973 | |||
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| Length | 30:28 | |||
| Label | Bell | |||
| Producer | Phil Wainman | |||
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| Singles from The Sweet | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | link |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B− |
The Sweet is a compilation album released as English glam rock band 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.)
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. It was a commercial flop, only reaching No. 191 in the Billboard 200.