Desolation Boulevard [Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered]

Sweet | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 24, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sony/Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B0006SNK8K
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #142,802 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

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 [*]

11. Own up, Take a Look at Yourself [*]

12. Burn on the Flame [*]

13. Someone Else Will [*]

14. Medussa [Home Demo][#][*]

15. Burn on the Flame [Home Demo][#][*]

16. I Wanna Be Committed [*]

17. Fox on the Run [7" Version][*]

18. Miss Demeanor [*]

Editorial Reviews

Remastered & repackaged reissue of 1974 album includes nine bonus tracks, 'Teenage Rampage', 'Own Up, Take A Look At Yourself', 'Burn On The Flame', 'Someone Else Will', 'Medussa' (Home Demo - Previously Unreleased), 'Burn On The Flame' (Home Demo - Previously Unreleased), 'I Wanna Be Committed', 'Fox On The Run' (7 Inch Version), & 'Miss Demeanor'. BMG. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not your Mama's Desolation Boulevard..., April 15, 2005

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Raymond Talbot (LaBaie, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Desolation Boulevard (Audio CD)

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).

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brian, Andy, Mick And Steve Could Really Rock!!!, June 2, 2005

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John Baranyai "Book Nerd And Ex High School G... - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Desolation Boulevard (Audio CD)

I saw this band live in concert back in 1974 and the memory of that performance is still with me today. This band features the hard hitting vocals of the late , great Brian Connelly and Andy Scott paved the way for future aspiring rock guitarists. These guys were a "glam band" for a long time but their music was SOLID ROCK.Do yourself a big favour and buy his album which contains 30 year old songs which sound as fresh today as they did way back then.Rest In Peace Brian. You ae sadly missed.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Different Road Travelled, March 19, 2009

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Bicycle Day - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Desolation Boulevard (Audio CD)

Sweet was unique in that a variety of album versions were released due to the country, which has become frustrating for some fans who want a CD release of an LP they remember or are seeking out due to hearing about the band.

The top five U.S. single - The Ballroom Blitz - is not included on this CD, which is the U.K. album from 1974. An incredible version of The Who's My Generation, an "alternate" version of Lady Starlight - which appeared in the U.S. on the 1976 album, Give Us A Wink - along with The Six Teens, the power pop Fox on the Run and Breakdown are the highlights.

It may be a different road travelled, but it shows the band beginning to emerge out of the "Glam Rock" era with a distinctive sound and style that would reach its peak several years later.