Name: Desolation Boulevard
Brand: Sony Uk
SKU: 180952154
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Desolation Boulevard

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Album: Desolation Boulevard
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Six Teens	More Info...	0:04
2)	Solid Gold Brass	More Info...	0:05
3)	Turn It Down	More Info...	0:03
4)	Medussa	More Info...	0:04
5)	Lady Starlight	More Info...	0:03
6)	Man With the Golden Arm	More Info...	0:08
7)	Fox On the Run	More Info...	0:04
8)	Breakdown	More Info...	0:03
9)	My Generation	More Info...	0:04
10)	I Wanna Be Committed (Full Length Version)	More Info...	0:04
11)	Medussa	More Info...	0:06
12)	Burn On the Flame	More Info...	0:04
13)	Turn It Down	More Info...	0:03
14)	Are You Coming to See Me? (Early Version of 'Medussa')	More Info...	0:01
15)	Fox On the Run	More Info...	0:01
16)	Lady Starlight (Andy Scott Demo)	More Info...	0:04

Album: Desolation Boulevard
#	Song Title		Time
1)	The Six Teens	More Info...	0:04
2)	Solid Gold Brass	More Info...	0:05
3)	Turn It Down	More Info...	0:03
4)	Medussa	More Info...	0:04
5)	Lady Starlight	More Info...	0:03
6)	Man With the Golden Arm	More Info...	0:08
7)	Fox On the Run	More Info...	0:04
8)	Breakdown	More Info...	0:03
9)	My Generation	More Info...	0:04
10)	I Wanna Be Committed (Full Length Version)	More Info...	0:04
11)	Medussa	More Info...	0:06
12)	Burn On the Flame	More Info...	0:04
13)	Turn It Down	More Info...	0:03
14)	Are You Coming to See Me? (Early Version of 'Medussa')	More Info...	0:01
15)	Fox On the Run	More Info...	0:01
16)	Lady Starlight (Andy Scott Demo)	More Info...	0:04

Performer Notes

Sweet: Andy Scott (vocals, guitars, synthesizer); Steve Priest (vocals, bass); Mick Tucker (vocals, drums, timpani, tubular bells, gong); Brian Connolly (vocals).
Producers: Phil Wainman, Mike Chapman, Sweet, Nicky Chinn.
Recorded at Audio International Studios, London, except "Fox On The Run" recorded at Kingsway Studio, London.
Sweet originally began as a pre-packaged pop outfit for the producers/songwriters Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. By combining the crunch of hard rock with the hooks of bubblegum pop, the pair provided Sweet with its first handful of mindlessly effective hits in the early glam soaked '70s, notably "Little Willy," "Blockbuster," "Wig Wam Bam," and "Ball Room Blitz." Underneath this teen-pop glitz however, a real rock and roll band was smoldering. Determined to make its own statement and get out from under the Chinn-Chapman control center, the band took a leap of faith and cut DESOLATION BOULEVARD completely on its own.
What is surprising is not so much the band's desire for independence but that Sweet succeeded on all fronts with this release. Keeping the power hooks intact, the band displays its own knack for songwriting. DESOLATION BOULEVARD contains the band's biggest single, "Fox on the Run," a telling rocker featuring the band's multi-octave vocals. The other highlight on the album is the softer "The 6-Teens," which harkens back to the band's pop formula with considerably more texture than the their earlier hits.