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Sweet hit the peak of their powers on Desolation Boulevard, a wonderfully lightweight collection of fizzy melodies and big, dumb hooks. Essentially, the album consists of three dynamic singles buoyed by a bunch of filler, but those singles -- "Ballroom Blitz," "The 6-Teens," and "Fox on the Run" -- are addictive slices of bubblegum glam rock. And the filler is ridiculously silly and enjoyable, with "Sweet F.A.," "I Wanna Be Committed," and "No You Don't" sounding like a kind of bizarre prototype for the Ramones' punky bubblegum (only without the irony, of course). Although the filler is relatively strong, there are a number of weak patches on Desolation Boulevard, but it remains an intoxicatingly fun record and one that sounds surprisingly fresh, even with all of its kitschy '70s production techniques.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Michael Chapman, ComposerLyricist - Sweet, MainArtist - Nicky Chinn, ComposerLyricist - Philip Neil Wainman, Producer
℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Mike Chapman, ComposerLyricist - Sweet, MainArtist - Nicholas Barry Chinn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Mike Chapman, ComposerLyricist - Sweet, MainArtist - Nicholas Barry Chinn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Mike Chapman, ComposerLyricist - Sweet, MainArtist - Nicholas Barry Chinn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Mike Chapman, ComposerLyricist - Sweet, MainArtist - Nicholas Barry Chinn, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Andy Scott, Composer - Mick Tucker, Composer - Stephen Priest, Composer - Sweet, MainArtist - Brian Connolly, Composer
℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Steve Priest, ComposerLyricist - Andrew Scott, ComposerLyricist - Sweet, Producer, MainArtist - Michael Thomas Tucker, ComposerLyricist - Brian Francis Connolly, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1974 Capitol Records, LLC
Andy Scott, ComposerLyricist - Sweet, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Andy Scott, Composer - Sweet, MainArtist
℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Andy Scott, ComposerLyricist - Mick Tucker, ComposerLyricist - Stephen Priest, ComposerLyricist - Sweet, MainArtist - Brian Connolly, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1975 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
Sweet hit the peak of their powers on Desolation Boulevard, a wonderfully lightweight collection of fizzy melodies and big, dumb hooks. Essentially, the album consists of three dynamic singles buoyed by a bunch of filler, but those singles -- "Ballroom Blitz," "The 6-Teens," and "Fox on the Run" -- are addictive slices of bubblegum glam rock. And the filler is ridiculously silly and enjoyable, with "Sweet F.A.," "I Wanna Be Committed," and "No You Don't" sounding like a kind of bizarre prototype for the Ramones' punky bubblegum (only without the irony, of course). Although the filler is relatively strong, there are a number of weak patches on Desolation Boulevard, but it remains an intoxicatingly fun record and one that sounds surprisingly fresh, even with all of its kitschy '70s production techniques.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:01
- Main artists: Sweet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 1988 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1988 Capitol Records, LLC
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