Sweet hit the peak of their powers on Desolation Boulevard, a wonderfully lightweight collection of fizzy melodies and big, dumb hooks. Essentially, the album consists of three dynamic singles buoyed by a bunch of filler, but those singles — "Ballroom Blitz," "The 6-Teens," and "Fox on the Run" — are addictive slices of bubblegum glam rock. And the filler is ridiculously silly and enjoyable, with "Sweet F.A.," "I Wanna Be Committed," and "No You Don't" sounding like a kind of bizarre prototype for the Ramones' punky bubblegum (only without the irony, of course). Although the filler is relatively strong, there are a number of weak patches on Desolation Boulevard, but it remains an intoxicatingly fun record and one that sounds surprisingly fresh, even with all of its kitschy '70s production techniques.
This is not your mom's version of the North American "Desolation Boulevard" if you want all those songs you need (and want) to get the "Sweet Fanny Adams" album also. This being said and done, SWEET continue their adolescence here. The songs are about growing up teens (the Sixteens), Rebellion and of course girls. By now we know to expect the great guitar riffs and vocal harmonies SWEET is so good at delivering. Also a rarety for SWEET, a slow song! The original version of "Lady Starlight", it slightly differs from the one that was included on the North American release of the album give us a wink. Slightly less polished but, the song remains the same (Ha ha ha). Also, nice of them to include the original and single version of "Fox on the Run" which are very different. Again a lot of very nice extras like "Burn on the Flame" which in my opinion is one of the best "B" side songs to never have made it to an album (until now that is).
Sweet - Desolation Boulevard 1974 (Remastered Bonus Edition)
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Tracklist:
1. The Six Teens
2. Solid Gold Brass
3. Turn It Down
4. Medussa
5. Lady Starlight
6. Man With The Golden Arm
7. Fox On The Run
8. Breakdown
9. My Generation
10. Teenage Rampage (bonus track)
11. Own Up, Take A Look At Yourself (bonus track: B-side of "Teenage Rampage")
12. Burn On The Flame (bonus track: B-side of "The six teens" )
13. Someone Else Will (bonus track: B-side of "Turn it down")
14. Medussa (bonus track: Home demo - prev. unreleased)
15. Burn On The Flame (bonus track: Home demo - prev. unreleased)
16. I Wanna Be Comitted (bonus track)
17. Fox On The Run (bonus track: 7" version )
18. Miss Demeanor (bonus track: B-side of "Fox on the run")
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