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It's very easy to remember Rachel Sweet as little more than a juvenile novelty within the Stiff Records canon, one more in a long line of headline-grabbing oddities who vanished from the radar around the same time as people stopped caring what the label itself was up to. To do so, however, serves up a dreadful injustice, to Sweet of course, but also to anyone who actually sits down to listen to Sweet's Stiff Records output and discovers there a treasure trove of excellence. Her Fool Around debut album, in particular, was a masterpiece, a country-new wave hybrid a decade ahead of its time, and littered with some sensational performances -- "Who Does Lisa Like" is only the most obvious, the almost shockingly mature "Wildwood Saloon" only the most surprising. Of course there were a few obligatory bubblegum boppers in there, but when the novelty factor gets too grating, it's the songs ("Cuckoo Clock," "Girl with a Synthesizer") that jar, not the singer. Sweet's second album, Protect the Innocent, was less enthralling, although a lovely cover of the Velvet Underground's "New Age" and a strange take on the Damned's "New Rose" both thrill, while Sweet also unleashed a positively beautiful take on the oldie "I Go to Pieces." All of which lines B.A.B.Y. up as an excellent collection, and a fitting tribute to a singer who should never have been allowed to fade away as she did. At her best, she really was one of the best.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
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Simon Climie, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Isaac Hayes, ComposerLyricist - David Porter, ComposerLyricist - Roger Bechirian, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Liam Sternberg, Producer - Bob Painter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Gower, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Bidmead, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Beavis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Watt-Roy, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Earle, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Hanson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Glenn Mortimer Charles, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Leah Sweet, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Nardini, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Michael William Gallagher, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Gillieron, Soprano Saxophone, Tin Whistle, AssociatedPerformer - Brinsley Ernst Pieter Schwarz, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Rob Wells, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Rushent, Producer - Brian Robertson, ComposerLyricist - Alan Winstanley, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Morgan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Deano Giovannone, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John DeCarlo, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Peter Solley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Climie, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Bechirian, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Painter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Liam Hillard Sternberg, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Gower, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Bidmead, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Beavis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Watt-Roy, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Earle, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Hanson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Glenn Mortimer Charles, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Leah Sweet, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Nardini, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Gillieron, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Brinsley Ernst Pieter Schwarz, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Sugden, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Rob Wells, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Rushent, Producer - Alan Winstanley, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Arthur Gunter, ComposerLyricist - Joe Morgan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Deano Giovannone, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John DeCarlo, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Peter Solley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Climie, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Bechirian, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Painter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Mackay, Producer - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Liam Hillard Sternberg, ComposerLyricist - Chris Gower, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Barrie Guard, Producer - Guy Bidmead, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Beavis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Watt-Roy, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Earle, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Hanson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Glenn Mortimer Charles, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Leah Sweet, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Nardini, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Gillieron, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Brinsley Ernst Pieter Schwarz, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Sugden, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Rob Wells, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Rushent, Producer - Alan Winstanley, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Liam Hillard Sternberg, ComposerLyricist - Joe Morgan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Deano Giovannone, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John DeCarlo, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Peter Solley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Climie, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - ELVIS COSTELLO, ComposerLyricist - Roger Bechirian, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Painter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Liam Hillard Sternberg, Producer - Chris Gower, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Bidmead, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Beavis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Earle, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Hanson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Glenn Mortimer Charles, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Leah Sweet, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Nardini, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Gillieron, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Brinsley Ernst Pieter Schwarz, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Sugden, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Rob Wells, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Graham Parker, ComposerLyricist - Martin Rushent, Producer - Alan Winstanley, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Morgan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Deano Giovannone, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John DeCarlo, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Peter Solley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Climie, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Bechirian, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Painter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Liam Hillard Sternberg, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Gower, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Bidmead, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Beavis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Earle, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Hanson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Glenn Mortimer Charles, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Leah Sweet, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Nardini, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Gillieron, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Brinsley Ernst Pieter Schwarz, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Sugden, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Rob Wells, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Graham Parker, ComposerLyricist - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Martin Rushent, Producer - Alan Winstanley, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Sweet, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Peter Solley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Climie, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Wicks, ComposerLyricist - Roger Bechirian, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Painter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Will Birch, ComposerLyricist - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Liam Hillard Sternberg, Producer - Chris Gower, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Bidmead, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Beavis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Earle, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Hanson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Glenn Mortimer Charles, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Leah Sweet, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Nardini, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Gillieron, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Brinsley Ernst Pieter Schwarz, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Sugden, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Peter Solley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Climie, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Mason, ComposerLyricist - Mark Middler, ComposerLyricist - Roger Bechirian, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Painter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - David Mackay, Producer - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Gower, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Barrie Guard, Producer - Guy Bidmead, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Beavis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Earle, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Hanson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Glenn Mortimer Charles, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Leah Sweet, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Nardini, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Gillieron, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Brinsley Ernst Pieter Schwarz, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Sugden, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Rob Wells, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Rushent, Producer - Alan Winstanley, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Morgan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steven Everitt, ComposerLyricist - Deano Giovannone, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John DeCarlo, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Peter Solley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Climie, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Bechirian, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Painter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Liam Hillard Sternberg, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Gower, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Bidmead, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Beavis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Earle, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Hanson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Leah Sweet, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Nardini, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Gillieron, Soprano Saxophone, Tin Whistle, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Sugden, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Peter Solley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Climie, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ivor Raymonde, ComposerLyricist - Roger Bechirian, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Painter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Michael Edwin Hawker, ComposerLyricist - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Liam Hillard Sternberg, Producer - Chris Gower, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Bidmead, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Beavis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Norman Watt-Roy, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - John Earle, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Hanson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Glenn Mortimer Charles, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Leah Sweet, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Nardini, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Gillieron, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Brinsley Ernst Pieter Schwarz, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Sugden, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Peter Solley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Climie, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Bechirian, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Painter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Liam Hillard Sternberg, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Chris Gower, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Bidmead, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Beavis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Earle, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Hanson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Glenn Mortimer Charles, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Leah Sweet, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Nardini, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Gillieron, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Brinsley Ernst Pieter Schwarz, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Sugden, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Rob Wells, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Rushent, Producer - Alan Winstanley, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Joe Morgan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lewis Allen Reed, ComposerLyricist - Deano Giovannone, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John DeCarlo, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Rob Wells, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Martin Rushent, Producer - Alan Winstanley, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Joe Morgan, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Deano Giovannone, Guitar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - John DeCarlo, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Peter Solley, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Simon Climie, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Roger Bechirian, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Painter, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Rachel Sweet, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Liam Hillard Sternberg, Producer - Chris Gower, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Guy Bidmead, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Ray Beavis, Tenor Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - John Earle, Baritone Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Dick Hanson, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Hugh Glenn Mortimer Charles, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Leah Sweet, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Nardini, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Paul Gillieron, Soprano Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Brinsley Ernst Pieter Schwarz, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Mark Sugden, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Robert Curtis Lewis, ComposerLyricist - Gerald Vincent Casale, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1978 Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
It's very easy to remember Rachel Sweet as little more than a juvenile novelty within the Stiff Records canon, one more in a long line of headline-grabbing oddities who vanished from the radar around the same time as people stopped caring what the label itself was up to. To do so, however, serves up a dreadful injustice, to Sweet of course, but also to anyone who actually sits down to listen to Sweet's Stiff Records output and discovers there a treasure trove of excellence. Her Fool Around debut album, in particular, was a masterpiece, a country-new wave hybrid a decade ahead of its time, and littered with some sensational performances -- "Who Does Lisa Like" is only the most obvious, the almost shockingly mature "Wildwood Saloon" only the most surprising. Of course there were a few obligatory bubblegum boppers in there, but when the novelty factor gets too grating, it's the songs ("Cuckoo Clock," "Girl with a Synthesizer") that jar, not the singer. Sweet's second album, Protect the Innocent, was less enthralling, although a lovely cover of the Velvet Underground's "New Age" and a strange take on the Damned's "New Rose" both thrill, while Sweet also unleashed a positively beautiful take on the oldie "I Go to Pieces." All of which lines B.A.B.Y. up as an excellent collection, and a fitting tribute to a singer who should never have been allowed to fade away as she did. At her best, she really was one of the best.
© Dave Thompson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 01:02:08
- Main artists: Rachel Sweet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Stiff Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1978 Stiff Records Limited This Compilation ℗ 1978 Stiff Records Limited
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