Sweet: Desolation Boulevard (Capitol)
Robot A. Hull, Creem, August 1975
BOY, IS IT INSPIRING to note any major metamorphosis in rock lately, mainly cuz every band and its mommy SOUNDS ALIKE (zombies snoring, that's what they sound like: mumble, mumble).
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