{"product_id":"sweet-best-of","title":"Sweet - BEST OF |","description":"\u003cp\u003eSweet: Brian Connolly (vocals); Andy Scott (guitar); Steve Priest (bass); Mick Tucker (drums).\n\u003cbr\u003eIncludes liner notes by Vicki Arkoff.\n\u003cbr\u003eDigitally remastered by Kevin Reeves.\n\u003cbr\u003ePersonnel: Brian Connolly (vocals); Andy Scott (guitar); Mick Tucker (drums).\n\u003cbr\u003eLiner Note Author: Vicki Arkoff.\n\u003cbr\u003eRecording information: 1971-1979.\n\u003cbr\u003ePhotographer: Dick Barnatt.\n\u003cbr\u003eIs Sweet nothing more than a time capsule from the bell-bottomed '70s? Surely, the band's fey appearance doesn't do much for ensuring a legacy of pride. All glam pretensions aside, when one lines up all the band's best singles in a row it's an indisputable feast of delirious hooks, pop throwaways, and car-radio screamers. Sweet was something like a hard pop version of the Monkees in that producers-songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman dictated the group's output with an eye on the teen market. The early '70s saw a flurry of immediate singles blast out of this \"collaboration\": \"Little Willy,\" \"Wig Wam Bam,\" and \"Blockbuster\" all crackle and zap with hard pop confection.\n\u003cbr\u003eAfter the band broke away from Chinn and Chapman with DESOLATION BOULEVARD, Sweet took on a decidedly harder edge, shying away from its bubblegum beginnings. As evidenced here, the decision was a smart one as it culminated in the band's signature song \"Fox on the Run\" which packed an FM-ready wallop. Elsewhere, \"Lost Angels,\" \"The 6-Teens,\" and \"Love Is like Oxygen\" demonstrate the band knew its own way around a pop hook and could create songs as accessible as their earlier work with considerably more texture to boot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 1993-05-08\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGenre: Rock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: CD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Sweet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45222220267635,"sku":"TTDNO3-67AV-SS","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0500\/7837\/files\/sweet-best-of_C3oLY.jpg?v=1783834020","url":"https:\/\/www.lovevinylrecords.com\/products\/sweet-best-of","provider":"Love Vinyl Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}