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░ ██ ██ Artist: The Sweet ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Cut Above The Rest █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2010 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2010-05-10 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: 7T's Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Remastered ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ After recording Level Headed, an album that mostly █
█ forsaked their hard rock leanings for pure pop, █
█ longtime lead vocalist Brian Connolly left Sweet █
█ for good. The rest of the group decided to press █
█ on as a trio, combining their pop/rock sound with █
█ a variety of other musical styles in a bid to gain █
█ a more progressive image. The result was Cut Above █
█ the Rest, a bizarre combination of the █
█ hard-rocking pop that dominated classic Sweet █
█ singles with progressive flights of fancy in a █
█ 10cc/Electric Light Orchestra vein, plus a dash of █
█ lounge lizard-ish soft rock balladry thrown in to █
█ cover all the pop/rock bases. There's no way an █
█ album that tries do so many things at once could █
█ succeed at all of them, but Cut Above the Rest is █
█ a surprisingly listenable affair. When the █
█ elements jell, the songs are positively addictive: █
█ "Play All Night" is a blistering rocker that █
█ contrasts glam rock guitar riffs with candy-coated █
█ vocal harmonies worthy of Queen, and "Mother █
█ Earth" is an odd but fascinating hybrid of pop █
█ hooks and prog instrumental virtuosity that sounds █
█ like Electric Light Orchestra collaborating with █
█ Manfred Mann's Earth Band. "Eye Games" is another █
█ successful experiment, a purely acoustic tune with █
█ perceptive and witty lyrics about the dating █
█ rituals that take place in nightclubs. On the █
█ downside, Cut Above the Rest is weighed down by an █
█ unfortunate penchant for melodramatic balladry: █
█ the attractive harmonies that light up "Big Apple █
█ Waltz" are undone by its sappy romance lyrics, and █
█ "Hold Me" is histrionic to the point of being █
█ unintentionally funny. Despite these lapses, Cut █
█ Above the Rest is a distinctive and memorable █
█ outing whose experimental edge and strong █
█ craftsmanship make it stand out amongst Sweet's █
█ late-'70s output. It is too erratic for the casual █
█ listener, but hardcore Sweet fanatics will find █
█ plenty enjoy on this album. ~ Donald A. Guarisco █
█ █
█ Digitally remastered and expanded edition of the █
█ British Pop/Glam Rock band's 1979 including three █
█ bonus tracks. This edition of Cut Above The Rest, █
█ their first album after the departure of vocalist █
█ Brian Connolly, comes with it's original UK █
█ sleeve. On it's original release, Cut Above The █
█ Rest hit the Top 50 chart in Germany. Includes the █
█ German Top 20 single 'Call Me' plus the 'Big Apple █
█ Waltz' 45 .Now comes with three rare bonus tracks. █
█ Detailed liner notes and pictures of associated █
█ singles sleeves are a feature of the artwork. 7Ts. █
█ 2010. █
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░ 1. Call Me 3:42 ░
░ 2. Play All Night 3:15 ░
░ 3. Big Apple Waltz 4:03 ░
░ 4. Dorian Gray 4:44 ░
░ 5. Discophony (Dis-Kof-O-Ne) 5:25 ░
░ 6. Eye Games 1:58 ░
░ 7. Mother Earth 6:31 ░
░ 8. Hold Me 6:06 ░
░ 9. Stay with Me 5:06 ░
░ 10. Call Me (7" Version) (Bonus Track) 2:54 ░
░ 11. Why Don't You (Bonus Track) 3:25 ░
░ 12. Mother Earth (7" Version) (Bonus Track) 3:59 ░
░ 51:08 ░
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