The Sweet: As Sweet As It Was
Dave Thompson, Goldmine, 28 February 1997
FEW BANDS ever led a life full of as many personalities as The Sweet. In their British homeland, they were as unfashionable as last year's haircut, and that despite scoring 15 consecutive hit singles in under five years, and four best selling albums in three.
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