Sweet – Desolation Boulevard

Terrific classic rock. Until a few weeks ago, I knew only a little about the band Sweet. I knew (and loved) their song “Fox on the Run” from Dazed and Confused. In Wayne’s World, Tia Carrere’s Cassandra performs the Sweet song “Ballroom Blitz” with her band Crucial Taunt at the Gas Works. And Bjorn Turoque (google it), the American air guitar champion, performs his routine to Sweet’s “Set Me Free”. Conveniently, all three songs appear on this album. That was good enough for me. I was pleasantly surprised, then, to discover the song “The Six Teens”. Apparently “Six Teens” was a single in the 70’s, but I’d certainly never heard it before. It’s an epic proto-power ballad. I found myself humming it all day. The rest of the album is filler, but none of it is bad and it doesn’t matter anyway. In my world, 4 great songs on one album is a no-brainer.