Sweet Fanny Adams (album)
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Sweet Fanny Adams | ||||
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Released | April 1974 (Germany)[1] 26 April 1974 (UK)[2][3][4] | |||
Recorded | 1972 (track 14 & 16) 19 June 1973 (track 18) January 1974 | |||
Studio | Audio International Studios, London;[5] Advision Studios, London[5] | |||
Genre | Hard rock,[6] glam rock,[6] bubblegum,[6] heavy metal | |||
Length | 39:37 (original) 46:14 (1997 reissue) 53:48 (1999 reissue) 75:16 (2005 reissue) | |||
Label | RCA (UK) Capitol (US) | |||
Producer | Phil Wainman | |||
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Sweet Fanny Adams is the second album by Sweet, released on 26 April 1974 through RCA Records.[2][3][4]
Also their first album simply as Sweet. The album was a turning point and change in the band's sound, featuring more of a hard rock sound than their previous pop record.
The album title is English (originally Royal Navy) slang originating from the murder of eight-year-old Fanny Adams in 1867 and means "nothing at all" as well as a similar euphemism "F.A." = "fuck all".
Sweet Fanny Adams reached No. 27 on the UK Albums Chart in the year of its release by RCA Records in 1974 and No. 2 in the albums chart of West Germany. It was not released in the US, but five of its tracks appeared on the US version of the album Desolation Boulevard released in July 1975.
Track listing
[edit]Notes taken from the original album booklet.[5]
All tracks are written by All songs written and composed by Sweet, except where noted.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Set Me Free" | Andy Scott | 3:57 |
2. | "Heartbreak Today" | 5:02 | |
3. | "No You Don't" | Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn | 4:35 |
4. | "Rebel Rouser" | 3:25 | |
5. | "Peppermint Twist" | Joey Dee, Henry Glover | 3:29 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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6. | "Sweet F.A." | 6:15 | |
7. | "Restless" | 4:29 | |
8. | "Into the Night" | Scott | 4:35 |
9. | "AC-DC" | 3:29 | |
Total length: | 39:37 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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10. | "The Ballroom Blitz" | Chapman, Chinn | 4:03 |
11. | "Teenage Rampage" | Chapman, Chinn | 3:34 |
Total length: | 46:14 |
No. | Title | Length |
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12. | "Burn on the Flame" | 3:37 |
13. | "Own Up, Take a Look at Yourself" | 3:57 |
Total length: | 53:48 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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14. | "Block Buster!" | Chapman, Chinn | 3:12 |
15. | "Need a Lot of Lovin'" | 3:00 | |
16. | "Hell Raiser" | Chapman, Chinn | 3:26 |
17. | "Burning" | 4:04 | |
18. | "The Ballroom Blitz" | Chapman, Chinn | 3:56 |
19. | "Rock 'n' Roll Disgrace" | 3:50 | |
Total length: | 75:16 |
Songs covered by other artists
[edit]- "Set Me Free" was covered by NWOBHM band Saxon on their 1984 album Crusader, American thrash metal band Heathen on their 1987 debut album Breaking the Silence, Seattle punk rockers Fastbacks on their 1987 debut album ...And His Orchestra, Mötley Crüe vocalist Vince Neil on his 1993 solo debut Exposed, Eric Singer Project on the 1998 album Lost and Spaced, and Christian metal act Stryper on 2011's The Covering.
- "No You Don't" was covered by Pat Benatar on her 1979 debut album In the Heat of the Night and by Jean Beauvoir's Crown of Thorns on their 1993 self-titled album.
- "AC-DC" was covered by Joan Jett on her 2006 album Sinner as the title "A.C.D.C.",[11] as well as by Vince Neil on his 2010 album Tattoos & Tequila as "AC/DC".[12][13]
Influence
[edit]The late 1980s Indiana-based glam metal band Sweet F.A., which released a pair of major-label albums in 1989 and 1991, named themselves after the Sweet song. English rock group Love and Rockets titled their 1996 album Sweet F.A..
Personnel
[edit]Notes taken from the original album booklet.[5]
- Sweet
- Brian Connolly – lead vocals (except as noted), handclaps^, tambourine^
- Steve Priest – lead vocals (tracks 3, 7), bass guitar and 6-string bass^
- Mick Tucker – vocals, timpani^, tubular bells^, gong^, effects^ (drums is uncredited)
- Andy Scott – lead vocals (track 8), guitars, Moog synthesiser track 1, piano^, cello^
^credited only (uncredited)
Charts
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Certifications and sales
[edit]Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[22] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Sweet — Sweet Fanny Adams". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Sweet on tour" (PDF). Record Mirror. 27 April 1974. p. 28. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Monica, The Boy Is Mine, Album". BPI. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ a b Wenig, Christina (25 April 2024). "Zeitsprung: Am 26.4.1974 erscheint „Sweet Fanny Adams" von The Sweet". uDiscover Germany (in German). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d The Sweet (1974). Sweet Fanny Adams (LP sleeve). RCA Records. 172832.
- ^ a b c d Sweet Fanny Adams at AllMusic
- ^ a b "Sweet — Block Buster". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ "Sweet — Hell Raiser". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ a b c "Sweet — The Ballroom Blitz".
- ^ "Sweet — Peppermint Twist".
- ^ Prono, Luca (27 November 2018). Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Popular Culture. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313335990 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Vince Neil Covers Elton, Presley, Cheap Trick on 'Tattoos & Tequila' | Billboard". Billboard. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ "Vince Neil - Tattoos & Tequila (2010)". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
- ^ Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. 1993. p. 302. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – The Sweet – Sweet Fanny Adams" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
- ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – The Sweet – Sweet Fanny Adams" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Sweet – Sweet Fanny Adams". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
- ^ "Sweet - Se alla låtar och listplaceringar". NostalgiListan (in Swedish). Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2022-04-02.
- ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
- ^ "British album certifications – The Sweet – Sweet Fanny Adams". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 2 April 2022.