Artist	Song
The Sweet	Slow Motion
	Lollipop Man
	All You'll Ever Get from Me
	Get on the Line
	Funny Funny
	Co-Co
	Alexander Graham Bell
	Poppa Joe
	Little Willy
	Wig-Wam Bam
	Block Buster!
	Hell Raiser
	The Ballroom Blitz
	Teenage Rampage
	The Six Teens
	Turn It Down
	Fox on the Run
	Action
	The Lies in Your Eyes
	Lost Angels
	Fever of Love
	Funk It Up
	Stairway to the Stars
	Love Is Like Oxygen

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For all you youngsters out there: THE SWEET were the pivotal band of the Glam Rock era, formed in London, England, in early 1968 as SWEETSHOP by singer Brian Connolly and drummer Mick Tucker (both formerly with pub rockers Wainwright's Gentlemen). Completing the line-up with Frank Torpey on guitar and Steve Priest on bass, the quartet recorded a one-off single ("Slow Motion") for Fontana before Torpey was replaced by Mick Stewart. After three further throwaway bubblegum singles for EMI label Parlophone, Stewart was in turn replaced by Andy Scott (formerly with psychedelic outfits The Elastic Band and Medway's Mule), and the band was signed to RCA. There, producer Phil Wainman and songwritng team Nicky Chinn/Mike Chapman took the guys under their wings and wrote 'em a handful of poppy European chart-toppers ("Funny Funny" etc.) before they adopted a slightly harder-edged approach for No. 1 single "Block Buster!". They repeated this winning formula for another 1 1/2 years, putting six consecutive Top 5 singles on the charts in GB and all over the continent. In 1974, Sweet decided to part ways with Chinnichap and write & produce their own stuff, with moderate success, though. In 1978, they had their last hit with "Love Is Like Oxygen". One year later, Connolly left the band to go solo. Now truncated to a trio, Sweet recorded three more or less forgettable albums before finally disbanding in 1981. In the late 80s, Connolly and Scott started touring with various outfits, both using the name Sweet.
Since on Feb. 10, 1997, Connolly died of heart failure and on Feb. 14, 2002, Mick Tucker died of leukemia, I thought it was high time for a little tribute to these mighty Gods of Glam. Presented here is their complete 7" output, including megamixes released in the mid-80s and solo singles recorded by various band members prior, during or (in Connolly's case) after their stay with the band, plus special versions recorded or mixed for the US and Japanese market. A collection of b-sides, outtakes, live and album stuff will follow soon.

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