Biography

The Sweet epitomized all the tacky hubris and garish silliness of the early '70s. Fusing bubblegum melodies with crunching, fuzzy guitars, the band looked like a heavy metal band, but were as tame as any pop group. This approach served them well, as they racked up a number of hits in both the U.K. and the U.S. By the end of the '70s, the group's time at the top of the charts had expired, but their hit singles lived on, not only as cultural artifacts, but also as the predecessors for the pop-metal of the '80s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Top Tracks

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• Action

• At Midnight

• Ballroom Blitz

• Blockbuster

• California Nights

• Chop Chop

• Co-co

• Falling In Love

• Fox On The Run

• Funny Funny

• It Makes Me Wonder

• Jeanie

• Little Willy

• Love Is Like Oxygen

• Love Is The Cure

• Mother Earth

• Play All Night

• Restless

• Santa Monica Sunshine

• Set Me Free

• Sixties Man

• Sweet F.a.

• Tell The Truth

• The The Ballroom Blitz

• Wig-wam Bam

• You're Not Wrong For Loving Me

Discography

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• Stairway to the Stars: Live and Rare

  Castle Music Ltd.

  2002

• Identity Crisis

  Repertoire

  1982

• Waters Edge

  Repertoire

  1980

• VI

  1980

• Cut Above the Rest

  Repertoire

  1979

• Short & Sweet

  Capitol

  1978

• Desolation Boulevard

  Capitol

  1974

• Sweet Fanny Adams

  RCA

  1974

• The Sweet

  Razor & Tie Music

  1973