- Audio CD (17 Jan 2005)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Original recording remastered
- Label: Bmg
- ASIN: B0006L5RXS
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 22,463 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Blockbuster |
| 2. Hell Raiser |
| 3. Ballroom Blitz |
| 4. Teenage Rampage |
| 5. Co-Co |
| 6. The Six Teens |
| 7. Love is like Oxygen |
| 8. Papa Joe |
| 9. Funny Funny |
| 10. Turn It Down |
| 11. Alexander Graham Bell |
| 12. Lies In Your Eyes |
| 13. Action |
| 14. Its It’s the Sweet Mix |
| 15. Little Willy |
| 16. Wig-Wam Bang |
| 17. Fox On The Run |
| 18. Restless (Bonus Track) |
| 19. Set Me Free (Bonus Track) |
| 20. Burn On The Flame (Bonus Track) |
Product Description
1-Blockbuster! 2-Hell Raiser 3-Ballroom Blitz 4-Teenage Rampage 5-Co-Co 6-The Six Teens 7-Love Is Like Oxygen 8-Poppa Joe 9-Funny Funny 10-Turn It Down 11-Alexander Graham Bell 12-The Lies In Your Eyes 13-Action 14-Sweet & Foxy 98 Dance Mix 15-Little Willy 16-Wig Wam Bam 17-Fox On The Run 18-Restless 19-Set Me Free 20-Burn On The Flame
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
With a style that mixed lightweight, teenybopper music with heavy metal (a strange mix, indeed), Sweet ultimately ended up falling between the two, not pleasing anybody from either camp. Before that, they scored a string of UK hits including a number one (Blockbuster) and five number twos (Co-co, Hell raiser, Ballroom blitz, Teenage rampage, Fox on the run). Note that Fox on the run is an original song, not a cover of Manfred Mann's song. Little Willy and Wig-wam-bam both made number four in the UK. Their last major hit, Love is like oxygen, made the top ten in Britain and America - it actually did slightly better in America than Britain.
All seventeen of the Sweet's UK hits (including the minor hits) are here together with three album tracks that illustrate what Sweet wanted to do with their music. Having had their career controlled others (the production team of Chinn and Chapman), they cut loose on titles such as Restless and Set me free.
This is the definitive Sweet hits compilation. If you enjoy British glam-rock of the early seventies with a hard edge, you are likely to enjoy Sweet's music.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
At last! The pretty much definitive hits collection that we all have been waiting for. After so many years of looking at half baked compilation sweet albums, this is the one to buy. Every track a classic from the early papa jo and co co right through to the latter hit of love is like oxygen (shame that the extended version is missing) all in all a great retrospective.
Now bring on the definitive Slade collection!
Now bring on the definitive Slade collection!
22 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Sweet was one of the most successful UK bands of the 1970s. They started out with Funny Funny in 1971, a singalong vocal pop hit and that same year they had another huge success with the clever pop song Coco, a song about a monkey, with sweet hooks and gorgeous harmonies.
As the 1970s progressed, their sound evolved into a type of bubblegum metal, power pop or glamrock, as on the brilliant Blockbuster, Hell Raiser and Ballroom Blitz. The very best tracks are the aforementioned, plus the amazing Fox On The Run.
Not everything is great here, since Poppa Joe, Alexander Graham Bell, Little Willy and Wig Wam Bam are disposable and lightweight pop. But their 1978 hit Love Is Like Oxygen is much more mature, a type of tuneful hard rock.
The album includes some of their best album tracks like Restless, Set Me Free and Burn On The Flame, that display Sweet's more serious hard rock side. Overall a very enjoyable mix of vocal and hard edged pop plus some serious glam rock excursions.
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