The Sweet (or simply Sweet) enjoyed a varied career during the 1970s – from their perspective, maybe it was a little too varied. Following a run of disposable pop hits, they sought but never quite achieved credibility as long-haired, leather-clad rockers.
As albums such as Sweet Fanny Adams, Desolation Boulevard, Give Us A Wink (with its cocky declaration: ‘Queen are a bunch of winkers’) and Off The Record would prove, the four-piece could hold more than their own amid the Deep Purples, Led Zeppelins, Uriah Heeps, Bowies and, yes, even Queens of this world.
