THE SWEET - Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be Import pop-rock masterpiece VG+

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THE SWEET

"Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be"

RCA 38-345

VG+
Record Grade: VG+, full gloss, surface marks on both sides that should not materially affect play

Cover Grade: Fair to Good; there is a 4 inch tear at the opening which is taped with clear tape; above average wear and the corners are crumpled, especially the bottom right corner. The jacket is made of rather flimsy material. On the bright side, there is no writing or water or moisture damage.

Labels: Orange

While this is an import, it is not from the U.K. No country is name but I believe it is a South African pressing. At the bottom of the back cover it states "Manufactured by the Teal Record Company, Ltd.".

ABOUT THE ALBUM:

by Dave Thompson

Having made their LP debut with half an album's worth of repackaged oldies, the Sweet then followed through with an entire disc of the things, drawing from both their own recent back catalog and that of songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, to create a record of almost unholy pop pleasure. For the Sweet were not the only arrow in the Chinn and Chapman quiver. They were scoring hits, too, with New World, with their "Tom Tom Turnaround" ranking among the most mawkishly compulsive songs in the duo's entire catalog. Passing it on to the Sweet to cover for their own LP didn't simply make sense from a commercial point of view. It was also the first step toward establishing Chinnichap as a songwriting brand name that would ultimately become as self-sufficient as any Motown, Brill, or Kasenetz-Katz coupling. Two recent Sweet singles, "Funny Funny" and "Co Co," and three B-sides, "Jeanie," "Spotlight," and "Done Me Wrong Alright," do weight this supremely punningly titled set down a little -- add "Tom Tom Turnaround" and the average fan would probably have owned a full half of the record before even picking it up. It should also be acknowledged that the remainder of the record was in no way comparable with the quality of those other songs. A lackluster rendering of "Daydream" and the unappetizing American soft rock stylisms of "Santa Monica Sunshine," "Reflections," "Honeysuckle Love," and "Sunny Sleeps Late" are all little more than bland filler. However, "Chop Chop" absolutely remedies the rest of the album's failings. Another Chinn and Chapman classic, it was originally recorded by singing DJ Tony Blackburn, with members of the Sweet themselves on backing vocals. It failed to take off, and the Sweet add little more to it than Blackburn had already tried. But, in the company of those other hits, its original failure seems incredible -- as incredible, in fact, as the Sweet's own success.

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