| Protect the Innocent | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Rachel Sweet |
| Cover: | Rachel Sweet Protect the Innocent.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Genre: | New wave |
| Prev Title: | Fool Around |
| Prev Year: | 1978 |
| Next Title: | ...And Then He Kissed Me |
| Next Year: | 1981 |
Protect the Innocent is the second album by American singer Rachel Sweet. It was released on February 15, 1980, and was issued by Stiff Records and Columbia Records.[1] [2] The album was produced by Martin Rushent and Alan Winstanley, with the latter also handling engineering.[3]
In a 1980 review, Billboard noted the "good production and musicianship" on Protect the Innocent and found that the album shows that Sweet "has possibilities beyond the new wave audience."[4] Critic Robert Christgau likened her to "a new-wave Linda Ronstadt" and was less receptive, citing Sweet's self-penned "Tonight Ricky" as the album's only interesting song.