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Having made their LP debut with half an album's worth of repackaged oldies, the Sweet then followed through with an entire disc of the things, drawing from both their own recent back catalog and that of songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, to create a record of almost unholy pop pleasure. For the Sweet were not the only arrow in the Chinn and Chapman quiver. They were scoring hits, too, with New World, with their "Tom Tom Turnaround" ranking among the most mawkishly compulsive songs in the duo's entire catalog. Passing it on to the Sweet to cover for their own LP didn't simply make sense from a commercial point of view. It was also the first step toward establishing Chinnichap as a songwriting brand name that would ultimately become as self-sufficient as any Motown, Brill, or Kasenetz-Katz coupling. Two recent Sweet singles, "Funny Funny" and "Co Co," and three B-sides, "Jeanie," "Spotlight," and "Done Me Wrong Alright," do weight this supremely punningly titled set down a little -- add "Tom Tom Turnaround" and the average fan would probably have owned a full half of the record before even picking it up. It should also be acknowledged that the remainder of the record was in no way comparable with the quality of those other songs. A lackluster rendering of "Daydream" and the unappetizing American soft rock stylisms of "Santa Monica Sunshine," "Reflections," "Honeysuckle Love," and "Sunny Sleeps Late" are all little more than bland filler. However, "Chop Chop" absolutely remedies the rest of the album's failings. Another Chinn and Chapman classic, it was originally recorded by singing DJ Tony Blackburn, with members of the Sweet themselves on backing vocals. It failed to take off, and the Sweet add little more to it than Blackburn had already tried to. But, in the company of those other hits, its original failure seems incredible -- as incredible, in fact, as the Sweet's own success.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
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Phil Wainman, Producer - Chapman, Lyricist - Chapman, Composer - Nicky Chinn, Composer - Nicky Chinn, Lyricist - Sweet, Performer
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Mike Chapman, Composer - Mike Chapman, Lyricist - Andy Scott, Guitar - Sweet, Performer - Nicky Chinn, Composer - Nicky Chinn, Lyricist - Brian Connolly, Vocal - F. Trench, Arranger - Mick Tucker, Drums - Unknown, Producer - Steve Priest, Acoustic Bass - Steve Priest, Background Vocal
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Pip Williams, Arranger - Brian Holland, Lyricist - Brian Holland, Composer - Dozier Lamont, Composer - Andy Scott, Guitar - Sweet, Performer - Brian Connolly, Vocal - Mick Tucker, Drums - Unknown, Producer - Steve Priest, Background Vocal - Steve Priest, Acoustic Bass - Eddie Holland, Lyricist - Eddie Holland, Composer
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Stephen Priest, Lyricist - Stephen Priest, Composer - Brian Connolly, Lyricist - Brian Connolly, Composer - Michael Tucker, Composer - Michael Tucker, Lyricist - Reginald Connelly, Composer - Reginald Connelly, Lyricist - Andrew Scott, Composer - Andrew Scott, Lyricist - Sweet, Performer
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Mike Chapman, Composer - Mike Chapman, Lyricist - Andy Scott, Guitar - Sweet, Performer - Nicky Chinn, Composer - Nicky Chinn, Lyricist - Brian Connolly, Vocal - F. Trench, Arranger - Mick Tucker, Drums - Unknown, Producer - Steve Priest, Background Vocal - Steve Priest, Acoustic Bass
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
John Sebastian, Composer - John Sebastian, Lyricist - Sweet, Performer - F. Trench, Arranger
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Chapman, Lyricist - Chapman, Composer - Phil Wainman, Producer - Nicky Chinn, Composer - Nicky Chinn, Lyricist - Sweet, Performer
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Phil Wainman, Producer - Chapman, Lyricist - Chapman, Composer - Nicky Chinn, Composer - Nicky Chinn, Lyricist - Sweet, Performer
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Steve Priest, Composer - Steve Priest, Lyricist - Tucker, Composer - Tucker, Lyricist - Connolly, Composer - Connolly, Lyricist - Scott Addison, Composer - Scott Addison, Lyricist - Sweet, Vocal
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Mike Chapman, Composer - Mike Chapman, Lyricist - Nicky Chinn, Composer - Nicky Chinn, Lyricist - Sweet, Performer
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Steve Priest, Composer - Steve Priest, Lyricist - Phil Wainman, Producer - Tucker, Composer - Tucker, Lyricist - Connolly, Composer - Connolly, Lyricist - Scott Addison, Composer - Scott Addison, Lyricist - Sweet, Performer
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Priest, Composer - Priest, Lyricist - Sweet, Performer - Andy Scott, Guitar - Brian Connolly, Vocal - Mick Tucker, Drums - Scott Addison, Composer - Scott Addison, Lyricist - Steve Priest, Acoustic Bass - Steve Priest, Background Vocal - Tucker, Composer - Tucker, Lyricist - Connolly, Composer - Connolly, Lyricist - Phil Wainman, Producer
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Phil Wainman, Producer - Andrew Scott, Composer - Andrew Scott, Lyricist - Sweet, Performer
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Steve Priest, Composer - Steve Priest, Lyricist - Tucker, Composer - Tucker, Lyricist - Connolly, Composer - Connolly, Lyricist - Scott Addison, Composer - Scott Addison, Lyricist - Sweet, Performer
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Steve Priest, Background Vocal - Steve Priest, Acoustic Bass - Brian Connolly, Vocal - Andy Scott, Guitar - Chapman, Lyricist - Chapman, Composer - Phil Wainman, Producer - Mick Tucker, Drums - Nicky Chinn, Composer - Nicky Chinn, Lyricist - Sweet, Performer
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Michael Chapman, Composer - Michael Chapman, Lyricist - Phil Wainman, Producer - Nicky Chinn, Composer - Nicky Chinn, Lyricist - Sweet, Vocal
(P) 1972 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Steve Priest, Acoustic Bass - Steve Priest, Background Vocal - Michael Chapman, Composer - Michael Chapman, Lyricist - Brian Connolly, Vocal - Andy Scott, Guitar - Phil Wainman, Producer - Mick Tucker, Drums - Nicky Chinn, Composer - Nicky Chinn, Lyricist - Sweet, Performer
(P) 1972 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Priest, Composer - Priest, Lyricist - Connelly, Composer - Connelly, Lyricist - Tucker, Composer - Tucker, Lyricist - Unknown, Producer - Scott Addison, Composer - Scott Addison, Lyricist - Sweet, Performer
(P) 1972 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Phil Wainman, Producer - Chapman, Lyricist - Chapman, Composer - Nicky Chinn, Composer - Nicky Chinn, Lyricist - Sweet, Performer
(P) 1972 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd.
Steve Priest, Composer - Steve Priest, Lyricist - Brian Connolly, Composer - Brian Connolly, Lyricist - Michael Tucker, Composer - Michael Tucker, Lyricist - Andrew Scott, Lyricist - Andrew Scott, Composer - Unknown, Producer - Sweet, Performer
(P) 1972 Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited under exclusive license to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited
Albumbeschreibung
Having made their LP debut with half an album's worth of repackaged oldies, the Sweet then followed through with an entire disc of the things, drawing from both their own recent back catalog and that of songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, to create a record of almost unholy pop pleasure. For the Sweet were not the only arrow in the Chinn and Chapman quiver. They were scoring hits, too, with New World, with their "Tom Tom Turnaround" ranking among the most mawkishly compulsive songs in the duo's entire catalog. Passing it on to the Sweet to cover for their own LP didn't simply make sense from a commercial point of view. It was also the first step toward establishing Chinnichap as a songwriting brand name that would ultimately become as self-sufficient as any Motown, Brill, or Kasenetz-Katz coupling. Two recent Sweet singles, "Funny Funny" and "Co Co," and three B-sides, "Jeanie," "Spotlight," and "Done Me Wrong Alright," do weight this supremely punningly titled set down a little -- add "Tom Tom Turnaround" and the average fan would probably have owned a full half of the record before even picking it up. It should also be acknowledged that the remainder of the record was in no way comparable with the quality of those other songs. A lackluster rendering of "Daydream" and the unappetizing American soft rock stylisms of "Santa Monica Sunshine," "Reflections," "Honeysuckle Love," and "Sunny Sleeps Late" are all little more than bland filler. However, "Chop Chop" absolutely remedies the rest of the album's failings. Another Chinn and Chapman classic, it was originally recorded by singing DJ Tony Blackburn, with members of the Sweet themselves on backing vocals. It failed to take off, and the Sweet add little more to it than Blackburn had already tried to. But, in the company of those other hits, its original failure seems incredible -- as incredible, in fact, as the Sweet's own success.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:26
- Main artists: Sweet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA Records Label
- Genre: Pop/Rock
(P) This Compilation 2005 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT (UK) Ltd.
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