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Desolation Boulevard Original UK Cover  by  ReleasedNovember 1974Recorded1974StudioAudio International Studios, London, , Length41:09 in association with  chronology
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Desolation Boulevard is the third studio album by the British  band , originally released in the United Kingdom in November 1974. Two noticeably different versions of the album were released: one by  in Europe, and another by  in the United States, Canada and Japan.

The RCA version contains the single "Turn It Down" and the original recording of "." The Capitol version, released in the United States in July 1975, includes the 1973  "" and the single version of "Fox on the Run." In the U.S., the album peaked at #25 on October 25, 1975.

Desolation Boulevard is considered by many to be the band's best album. , Sweet's guitarist, said of Desolation Boulevard: "Such diversity only proves that the band was never going to be just formulaic, giving this album a definitive place in Sweet history".

Cover artwork

The album artwork was done by art design group , famous for working with the likes of  and . The background photo was shot near the entrance of a rock music club called The Central, located at 8852 Sunset Boulevard in , . Today, it is the site of , which is where actor  died of a drug overdose on  morning in 1993.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by , ,  and  except where noted.

Side one "" (, ) – 4:02 "Solid Gold Brass" – 5:33 "" (Chapman, Chinn) – 3:30 "Medusa" ("Medussa", on remastered CD editions 1999 and 2005) (Scott) – 4:45 "Lady Starlight" (Scott) – 3:12 Side two "" (, ) – 8:27 "" – 4:47 "Breakdown" – 3:06 "" () – 3:59