Sweet Fanny Adams (album)

Sweet Fanny Adams
Studio album by
The Sweet
ReleasedApril 1974 (Germany)[1]
26 April 1974 (UK)[2][3][4]
Recorded1972 (track 14 & 16)
19 June 1973 (track 18)
January 1974
StudioAudio International Studios, London;[5] Advision Studios, London[5]
GenreHard rock,[6] glam rock,[6] bubblegum,[6] heavy metal
Length39:37 (original)
46:14 (1997 reissue)
53:48 (1999 reissue)
75:16 (2005 reissue)
LabelRCA (UK)
Capitol (US)
ProducerPhil Wainman
The Sweet chronology
The Sweet
(1973) 		Sweet Fanny Adams
(1974) 		Desolation Boulevard
(1974)
Singles from Sweet Fanny Adams
  1. "Block Buster!"
    Released: 5 January 1973 (UK)[7]
    May 1973 (US)[7]
  2. "Hell Raiser"
    Released: 27 April 1973[8]
  3. "The Ballroom Blitz"
    Released: 14 September 1973 (UK, Ireland)[9]
    December 1973 (Spain)[9]
    April 1975 (US, Canada)[9]
  4. "Peppermint Twist"
    Released: 15 March 1974 (Aus)[10]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]

Sweet Fanny Adams is the second album by Sweet, released on 26 April 1974 through RCA Records.[2][3][4]

Also their first album simply as Sweet. The album was a turning point and change in the band's sound, featuring more of a hard rock sound than their previous pop record.

The album title is English (originally Royal Navy) slang originating from the murder of eight-year-old Fanny Adams in 1867 and means "nothing at all" as well as a similar euphemism "F.A." = "fuck all".

Sweet Fanny Adams reached No. 27 on the UK Albums Chart in the year of its release by RCA Records in 1974 and No. 2 in the albums chart of West Germany. It was not released in the US, but five of its tracks appeared on the US version of the album Desolation Boulevard released in July 1975.

  1. ^ "Sweet — Sweet Fanny Adams". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Sweet on tour" (PDF). Record Mirror. 27 April 1974. p. 28. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Monica, The Boy Is Mine, Album". BPI. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  4. ^ a b Wenig, Christina (25 April 2024). "Zeitsprung: Am 26.4.1974 erscheint „Sweet Fanny Adams" von The Sweet". uDiscover Germany (in German). Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  5. ^ a b Sweet Fanny Adams (LP sleeve). RCA Records. 1974. 172832. {{cite AV media notes}}: Unknown parameter |people= ignored (help)
  6. ^ a b c d Sweet Fanny Adams at AllMusic
  7. ^ a b "Sweet — Block Buster". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Sweet — Hell Raiser". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  9. ^ a b c "Sweet — The Ballroom Blitz".
  10. ^ "Sweet — Peppermint Twist".