Sweet - Desolation Boulevard - 1974
This thing explodes the way those great records of 1975 do. A Night at the Opera. Destroyer. Desolation Boulevard.
Side One is all Chinn and Chapman but not bubblegum. It's Rocky Horror style metal. "Let's be in it together"??? LOL
Side Two is all Sweet and it contains one of the signature songs of the 70s. A song that proved that what they learned from C&C, they were able to integrate into their own more proggy, metal sensibilities. Of course, that song is "Fox On the Run".
For the kind of record this is, it's a 5 star record. There are no ballads, no experimental guitar noodling. Okay, maybe a little on Sweet F.A. (and that song is problematic, lyrically, but...it's 1975. Springsteen was problematic).
If you never listen to another Sweet record, listen to this one.
But not the European version. You want to US version. That's the one with Ballroom Blitz on it.
5 out of 5
ASide: Ballroom Blitz, The 6-Teens, No You Don't, AC/DC, I Wanna Be Committed, Sweet F.A., Fox On the Run, Set Me Free
BlindSide: Into the Night, Solid Gold Brass
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