{"product_id":"sweet-best-of","title":"BEST OF","description":"Sweet: Brian Connolly (vocals); Andy Scott (guitar); Steve Priest (bass); Mick Tucker (drums).\nIncludes liner notes by Vicki Arkoff.\nDigitally remastered by Kevin Reeves.\nPersonnel: Brian Connolly (vocals); Andy Scott (guitar); Mick Tucker (drums).\nLiner Note Author: Vicki Arkoff.\nRecording information: 1971-1979.\nPhotographer: Dick Barnatt.\nIs Sweet nothing more than a time capsule from the bell-bottomed '70s? Surely, the band's fey appearance doesn't do much for ensuring a legacy of pride. All glam pretensions aside, when one lines up all the band's best singles in a row it's an indisputable feast of delirious hooks, pop throwaways, and car-radio screamers. Sweet was something like a hard pop version of the Monkees in that producers-songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman dictated the group's output with an eye on the teen market. The early '70s saw a flurry of immediate singles blast out of this \"collaboration\": \"Little Willy,\" \"Wig Wam Bam,\" and \"Blockbuster\" all crackle and zap with hard pop confection.\nAfter the band broke away from Chinn and Chapman with DESOLATION BOULEVARD, Sweet took on a decidedly harder edge, shying away from its bubblegum beginnings. As evidenced here, the decision was a smart one as it culminated in the band's signature song \"Fox on the Run\" which packed an FM-ready wallop. Elsewhere, \"Lost Angels,\" \"The 6-Teens,\" and \"Love Is like Oxygen\" demonstrate the band knew its own way around a pop hook and could create songs as accessible as their earlier work with considerably more texture to boot.","brand":"Sweet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44589338067177,"sku":"NJKKU5-PR6R-00","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0654\/3523\/8633\/files\/sweet-best-of_XbdSF.jpg?v=1759252350","url":"https:\/\/www.vibinvinyl.com\/products\/sweet-best-of","provider":"Vibin' Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}