Off the Record

Off the Record Artist: Sweet
Label: Bmg
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 743216601028
EAN: 0743216601028
ASIN: B00000K1YN


Release Date: 1999-05-03

Off the Record


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Tracks:

  1. Fever Of Love
  2. Lost Angels
  3. Midnight To Daylight
  4. Windy City
  5. Live For Today
  6. She Gimme Lovin'
  7. Laura Lee
  8. Hard Times
  9. Funk It Up
  10. A Distinct Lack Of Ancient
  11. Why Don't You Do It To Me

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Album Description

Unavailable in the U.S., this is the hit English glam rock group's 1977 album for RCA. 11 tracks, all digitally remastered & including the single 'Funk It Up (David's Song)' and the bonus tracks 'A Distinct Lack Of Ancient' & 'Why Don't You Do It To Me'. Also features the original cover art. 1999 release.

Album Details

Reissue of the 1977 Release.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excellent.......2004-05-09

I was spinning the LP of this last night and just had to write a review. I originally thought that Give Us a Wink was the best Sweet album, but now I'm not so sure. They're all great, but I really have come to appreciate this one more and more over the years. It's one of those records that I can listen to from start to finish and love all the tracks (yes, even Funk It Up). This was the last of their really hard rocking records, and on songs such as Windy City, Live for Today, Hard Times, and She Gimme Lovin, the band rocks like crazy. What makes it so good, though, is the inclusion of the more poplike songs, such as Lost Angels (a true classic), Stairway to the Stars (sadly not on the CD), and the beautiful and then rocking Laura Lee (with a lovely bare two-part vocal section by Brian and Steve in the second verse), all of which create a diverse, memorable listening experience. The vocals, as usual, are astonishing in their power and originality; the lyrics are better than on some other efforts; and the sound is absolutely gorgeous, with some of Andy Scott's meatiest guitar tones and a great full-bodied sound throughout. These guys were greatly underrated supertalents, and this record is a must-have!

4 out of 5 stars One of their best.......2003-09-12

The import is a bit different than my original LP, so thats why I bought it. This album is partly responsible for my rock and roll influence and my twisted, deranged, freakish nature. I purchased it new in 1978 when I was 11, so nuff' said. Sweet fans know what I mean.

3 out of 5 stars Go backward from here..........2003-09-05

Well I didn't think this album was very good. I think the first couple of songs are ok but the rest have a certain pretension and the sound wasn't that good. Around this stage they were starting to add synths and got away from the raw stuff, but maybe Brian Connolly was making it tough for them - alcoholism, the same thing that eventually killed him (liver failure). Cut Above (no Connolly) is maybe a little better than this one. After that is die-hard material.

4 out of 5 stars Sweet's finest.......2003-02-14

"Off the record" from 1977 is Sweet's best album and gives you a lighter alternative to Deep Purple and Nazareth. The early silly bubblegum pop is no longer present. The album is very even and it has melody, hard rock riffs, good vocals. If you like for example Slade you'll probably also like this release. There's a lot of outstanding songs like "Fever of love", "Lost angels", "Midnight to daylight", "Live for today" and "She gimme loving". Only "Funk it up" doesn't work on this solid 4 star album.

"Off the record" is much better than the musically comparable "Give us a wink" and "Level headed".

5 out of 5 stars

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