Sweet - Give Us a Wink - 1976
Sweet was always seen by many as ventriloquist band. Puppets of Phil Wainman and the writing team of Chinn and Chapman.
But they would always insist that the B-Sides of their singles should be written by them and, for the most part, that's what happened.
And then, after Desolation Boulevard, they took their success and peeled away and wrote and produced this album all on their own.
It does get a bit indulgent. "Healer" dives deep into that quasi funk, prog sound...for 7 minutes.
"Cockroach" sounds like they have been listening to a LOT of Priest and Sabbath and want to go in that direction. Sure. Why not. They aren't as good as those guys but they try.
Here's your trivia:
The first side of this record was engineered by Mack. Mack, who, four years later, would produced the megahit album The Game for Freddie, Brian, Roger and John.
Honestly, I think this is the best work Mack did.
This is heavy rock made for the radio of the 70s.
Sadly, this record is all over the place and can't really find a place to land. Sweet demanded that they be taken seriously and they wound up sounding very confused.
Or maybe this is who they really always were.
3.5 out of 5
A Side: Action, The Lies In Your Eyes
BlindSide: Yesterday's Rain, Keep It In
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