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The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz, Live in Berlin 1976, 1 LP, Sealed
Sold Date:
October 4, 2024
Start Date:
September 27, 2024
Final Price:
$16.00
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1
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Brand New Sealed. LP presume Mint.
In some ways, the Sweet epitomized all the tacky hubris and garish silliness of the early '70s. Fusing bubblegum melodies with crunching, fuzzy guitars, the band looked like a heavy metal band, but were as tame as any pop group. It was a dichotomy that served them well, as they racked up a number of hits in both the U.K. and the U.S. Most of those songs were written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, a pair of British songwriters who had a way with silly, simple, and catchy hooks. Chinn/Chapman and Sweet were smart enough to latch on to the British glam rock fad, building a safer, radio-friendly, and teen-oriented version of Queen, T. Rex, and Gary Glitter. By the end of the '70s, the group's time at the top of the charts had expired but their hit singles lived on not only as cultural artifacts, but also as the predecessors for the pop-metal of the '80s
1Ballroom Blitz2Someone Else Will + Bock Buster3AC DC4Lies in Your Eyes5The Six Teens6Action7Keep It in8Turn It Down9Set Me Free10Fox on the Run
