Sweet Fanny Adams

by The Sweet

Sweet Fanny Adams cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 2 April 1974
  • Label: RCA
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 1:00:37
  • Community rating: 4.09/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Mick Tucker, Steve Priest, Andy Scott, Brian Connolly

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Often cited as the quintessential glam-metal album, 'Sweet Fanny Adams' firmly established The Sweet as a formidable hard-rock force. Abandoning their earlier bubblegum origins, the band crafted a volatile blend of massive, screeching guitar hooks, sophisticated vocal harmonies, and aggressive, heavy-metal-adjacent rhythmic energy.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. Set Me Free (3:58)
  2. Heartbreak Today (5:01)
  3. No You Don't (4:35)
  4. Rebel Rouser (3:24)
  5. Peppermint Twist (3:28)
  6. Sweet F.A. (6:14)
  7. Restless (4:27)
  8. In to the Night (4:23)
  9. AC-DC (3:27)
  10. Blockbuster (3:12)
  11. Need a Lot of Lovin' (3:01)
  12. Hell Raiser - Live (3:18)
  13. Burning (4:06)
  14. The Ballroom Blitz (4:02)
  15. Rock & Roll Disgrace (3:53)

Credits

  • The Sweet - primary artist, concept by [sleeve concept]
  • Steve Priest - lead vocals, bass guitar, 6-string bass, written-by
  • Andy Scott - lead vocals, guitar [all guitars], synthesizer [moog], piano, cello, written-by
  • Brian Connolly - lead vocals, handclaps, tambourine, written-by
  • Mick Tucker - vocals, drums, timpani, tubular bells, gong, effects [voice effects], written-by
  • Chinn And Chapman - written-by
  • Joey Dee - written-by

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