The Sweet: Sweet Fanny Adams (RCA)
Gary Sperrazza!, Shakin' Street Gazette, 11 September 1974
AS YOU'VE DOUBTLESS read by now, Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman are two British songwriters who hit on a tried-and-true success formula: injecting rock and roll with teenage lyrics back into the Top 30. Not here, though ... in England.
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