[.ca] Greatest Hits

the sweetest things:
"Noise Pop" has become something of a movement as of late, but nothing bands are doing nowadays is as pure, unadulterated and fun as the "heavy metal" these guys were doing in the 70's. Somewhere between the Bay City Rollers and The Ramones but way more rocking than the first and more melodic and "poppy" than the second, Sweet combines syrupy pop, ("Funny, Funny", "Little Willy") with hard driving rock ("Hellraiser, "Ballroom Blitz") and create something that is pretty unique and unlikely to ever sound as inspired as it did then, i.e. this kind of heavy metal meets pop meets glam rock stuff. Damn the 70's were cool!

the sweetest things:
"Noise Pop" has become something of a movement as of late, but nothing bands are doing nowadays is as pure, unadulterated and fun as the "heavy metal" these guys were doing in the 70's. Somewhere between the Bay City Rollers and The Ramones but way more rocking than the first and more melodic and "poppy" than the second, Sweet combines syrupy pop, ("Funny, Funny", "Little Willy") with hard driving rock ("Hellraiser, "Ballroom Blitz") and create something that is pretty unique and unlikely to ever sound as inspired as it did then, i.e. this kind of heavy metal meets pop meets glam rock stuff. Damn the 70's were cool!

Sweet but incomplete:
Sweet was one of the most successful UK bands of the 1970s. Their first hit was 1971's Funny Funny, a singalong bubblegum ditty. That same year they had another huge success with the clever pop number Coco, a song about a gibbon with sweet hooks and gorgeous harmonies. As the 1970s progressed, their sound evolved into a type of bubblegum metal, power pop or glamrock. They always had the best hooks, their harmonies were tops and the expert production assured them regular top 10 status for a good many years. Songs like Blockbuster, Hell Raiser, Ballroom Blitz, Fox On The Run and Teenage Rampage are rowdy and tuneful little teen anthems which still sound fresh today. Not everything here is great, since Poppa Joe, Alexander Graham Bell, Little Willy and Wig Wam Bam are disposable and lightweight pop. The worst omissions (not sure if they were all released as singles) are Restless, Set Me Free, Sweet FA, Mother Earth and their huge 1978 hit Love Is Like Oxygen. The superior Sweet collection from the glam era and late 1970s when their sound gained a harder edge, is titled The Best of Sweet whilst the album of choice for the early pop period plus some memorable album tracks is Very Best of Sweet. Although it isn't comprehensive, this Greatest Hits album does contain most of their most successful songs.

• Blockbuster
• Hell Raiser
• Ballroom Blitz
• Teenage Rampage
• Little Willy
• Wig-Wam Bam
• Action
• New York Connection
• Lies in Your Eyes
• Reflections
• Turn It Down
• Done Me Wrong All Right
• Co-Co
• Funny Funny
• Poppa Joe
• Alexander Graham Bell
• Peppermint Twist
• Rock and Roll Disgrace
• Six Teens
• Fox on the Run