Released on CD in 2012 and JUST put out on vinyl in 2025.
This is a covers album. Andy Scott, using the name Sweet that he split with Steve Priest, put together a new band, released some originals and then started quite a regurgitation campaign.
The album is named after the early Sweet composition of the same name which showed up on that Hershey Bar record from 1973.
For me, the New York Groove/Empire State of Mind mashup is worth the price of admission. But there are other New York-centric treats here. Like Andy Scott's Glam Metal version of "Gold on the Ceiling" and my fave, "You Spin me Round"/ It's a covers record by a bunch of fogey Boomers doing what they love to do. I'm a Sweet fan, so this is right up my alley. Also, Electric Frankenstein is a band I would not have known were it not for this comp.
Honestly, this is one of the best sets of covers I've heard. They make Sweet Jane into an epic and You Spin Me Round is bonkers great.
4.5 out of 5
ASide: New York Groove/Empire State of Mind, All Moving Faster,
BlindSide: You Spin Me Round, Sweet Jane
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