Sweet Fanny Adams (album)
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| Studio album by Sweet | |||||
| Released | April 1974 | ||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 42:44 | ||||
| Label | RCA Records/Capitol | ||||
| Producer | Phil Wainman | ||||
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Sweet Fanny Adams is the first of two 1974 albums by Sweet (also their first LP record simply as Sweet).
[edit] Track listing
- "Set Me Free" 3:57 (Andy Scott)
- "Heartbreak Today" 5:02 (Scott/Tucker/Connolly/Priest)
- "No You Don't" 4:33 (Nicky Chinn/Mike Chapman)
- "Rebel Rouser" 3:25 (Scott/Tucker/Connolly/Priest)
- "Peppermint Twist" 3:28 (Joey Dee/Henry Glover)
- "Sweet F.A." 6:14 (Scott/Tucker/Connolly/Priest)
- "Restless" 4:28 (Scott/Tucker/Connolly/Priest)
- "Into The Night" 4:24 (Andy Scott)
- "A.C.D.C." 3:27 (Nicky Chinn/Mike Chapman)
[edit] Name
The name is English slang "sweet Fanny Adams" comes from the phrase by Frederick Baker, the killer of 8 years old Fanny Adams in 1867, and means "nothing at all" as well as a similar euphemism "F.A." = "fuck all".
[edit] Credits
- Brian Connolly - Lead and backing vocals, Handclaps and Tambourine.
- Steve Priest - Lead vocals on tracks 3 & 7, Backing vocals, Bass guitar and six-string bass.
- Mick Tucker - Backing vocals, All drums and Percussion, Voice effects.
- Andy Scott - Lead vocals on track 8, Backing vocals, All Guitars, Moog, Piano and Cellos.
Produced by Phil Wainman for Chinebridge Ltd.
- This album reached #27 in the UK in the year of its release by RCA Records in 1974.
Sweet Fanny Adams was released in the U.S. on Bell and promptly sank, and tracks 1, 3, 6, 8 & 9 formed the backbone for the band's U.S. version of the album Desolation Boulevard released the following year on Capitol.
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