The Sweet discography explained

Artist:The Sweet
Studio:15
Live:11
Singles:52
Video:13
Music Videos:33
Compilation:24
1Option:4
1Option Name:Box sets

The following is a comprehensive discography of British rock band Sweet.

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[1]
AUS
[2]
AUT
[3]
CAN
[4]
FIN
[5]
GER
[6]
NL
[7]
NOR
[8]
SWE
[9] [10]
US
[11]
Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be
  • Released: 26 November 1971
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC
1
Sweet Fanny Adams
  • Released: 26 April 1974[12]
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
2733692124
Desolation Boulevard
  • Released: 15 November 1974[15]
  • Label: RCA, Capitol
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
1359917225
Give Us a Wink
  • Released: 16 February 1976
  • Label: RCA, Capitol
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
1711915327
Off the Record
  • Released: April 1977
  • Label: RCA, Capitol
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
5159029112014151
Level Headed
  • Released: January 1978[18]
  • Label: RCA, Capitol
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
40175215262652
Cut Above the Rest
  • Released: April 1979
  • Label: Polydor, Capitol
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
8749151
Waters Edge
  • Released: April 1980
  • Label: Polydor, Capitol
  • Formats: LP, MC
  • Released in the US and Canada as Sweet VI
Identity Crisis
  • Released: November 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC
A
(by Andy Scott's Sweet)
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: SPV
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
The Answer
(by Andy Scott's Sweet)
  • Released: 1995
  • Label: Pseudonym
  • Formats: CD
Sweetlife
(by Andy Scott's Sweet)
  • Released: 1 March 2002
  • Label: Delicious
  • Formats: CD
New York Connection
(by Andy Scott's Sweet)
  • Released: 27 April 2012
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
Isolation Boulevard
(by Andy Scott's Sweet)
Full Circle
(by Andy Scott's Sweet)
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum details
Live at the Marquee
  • Released: March 1989
  • Label: SPV, Maze
  • Formats: CD, 2×LP
Rock & Roll Disgrace – Live in Japan
  • Released: November 1992
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
Land of Hope and Glory
  • Released: April 1993
  • Label: Receiver
  • Formats: CD
Blockbuster – Live on Stage
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Music de Luxe
  • Formats: CD
Greatest Hits – Live
  • Released: 2 November 1994
  • Label: AIM
  • Formats: CD
Live in Denmark 1976
  • Released: 1998
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
Live at the Rainbow 1973 – The Complete Concert
  • Released: 25 October 1999
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: CD
LiveIn America
  • Released: July 2009
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD
Live – Are You Ready?
Desolation Boulevard Revisited
  • Released: 6 November 2012
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: digital download
Sweet Fanny Adams Revisited
  • Released: 19 April 2013
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: CD

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
AUS
AUT
CAN
FIN
GER
NOR
SWE
US
Gimme Dat Ding
The Sweet's Biggest Hits
  • Released: October 1972
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
58330
  • DEN: Silver
The Sweet
  • Released: July 1973
  • Label: Bell
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
46191
Sweet Singles Album
  • Released: September 1975
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC
2
Strung Up
  • Released: November 1975
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: 2×LP, MC, 8-track
  • Double live and compilation album
101017124
Sweet's Golden Greats
  • Released: October 1977
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: LP, MC
Teenage Rampage
  • Released: 1981
  • Label: Starcall
  • Formats: LP
53
Sweet 16 – It's It's... Sweet's Hits
  • Released: August 1984
  • Label: Anagram
  • Formats: LP, MC
4917
Hard Centres – The Rock Years
  • Released: July 1987
  • Label: Zebra
  • Formats: CD, LP
Starke Zeiten
  • Released: March 1988
  • Label: Ariola
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
26
Blockbusters
  • Released: December 1989
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: CD, LP, MC
The Best of Sweet
  • Released: 1992
  • Label: Capitol
  • Formats: CD
The Ballroom Blitz & More Sweet Hits
  • Released: January 1993
  • Label: BMG/RCA
  • Formats: CD, MC
19
Gold – 20 Super Hits
  • Released: 20 September 1993
  • Label: BMG/RCA
  • Formats: CD, MC
44
Ballroom Hitz – The Very Best of Sweet
  • Released: February 1996
  • Label: PolyGram TV
  • Formats: CD, MC
15UK: Silver
Originals – The Best 37 Glamrock Songs Ever
  • Released: 30 November 1998
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: 2×CD
The Greatest Hits
  • Released: February 2000
  • Label: Camden/BMG
  • Formats: CD
UK: Gold
Ballroom Hitz
  • Released: June 2001
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: 2×CD
The Very Best of Sweet
  • Released: February 2005
  • Label: Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD
72
Action: The Ultimate Story
  • Released: 18 September 2015
  • Label: RCA/Sony Music
  • Formats: 2×CD, digital download
17
The Lost Singles
  • Released: 25 May 2018
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
50
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: 25 September 2020
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: 3×CD, digital download
49
Greatest Hitz 1969–1978
  • Released: 7 October 2022
  • Label: BMG
  • Formats: 3×CD, 2×LP
53
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
GER
Finale 1985–2015
  • Released: 2015
  • Label: Angel Air
  • Formats: 4×CD
Are You Ready? – The RCA Era
  • Released: 14 April 2017
  • Label: RCA/Sony Music
  • Formats: 7×LP
61
Sensational Sweet Chapter One: The Wild Bunch
  • Released: 10 November 2017
  • Label: RCA/Sony Music
  • Formats: 9×CD
28
The Polydor Albums
  • Released: 1 December 2017
  • Label: Caroline
  • Formats: 4×CD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
AUS
AUT
[19]
CAN
[20]
": 11 August 1973. RPM 100 Singles. RPM. 19. 26. 2022-01-25. Library and Archives Canada. GER
IRE
[21]
NL
[22]
NOR
[23]
SWE
[24]
US
[25]
"Slow Motion"1968rowspan="4"
"The Lollipop Man"1969
"All You'll Ever Get from Me"1970
"Get on the Line"
"Funny, Funny"1971139357121Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be
"Co-Co"2421332299
"Alexander Graham Bell"3324rowspan="10"
"Poppa Joe"19721170316122
"Little Willy"465119673
  • US: Gold
"Wig-Wam Bam"4155146618
"Block Buster!"1973129130111373
"I'm on My Way"
"Hell Raiser"24941245
"It's Lonely Out There"
"The Ballroom Blitz"2151112235
  • CAN: Gold
  • UK: Silver
"Teenage Rampage"197421016111127
  • UK: Silver
"The Six Teens"948941510711Desolation Boulevard
"Turn It Down"41144410
"Peppermint Twist" 4Sweet Fanny Adams
"Fox on the Run"19752132122265
  • CAN: Gold
  • US: Gold
Desolation Boulevard
"Action"154352752220Give Us a Wink
"The Lies in Your Eyes"1976351417596
"4th of July"
"Lost Angels"7411135Off the Record
"Fever of Love"19771297
"Stairway to the Stars"15
"Funk It Up (David's Song)" 8788
"Love Is Like Oxygen"197899238108208
  • UK: Silver
Level Headed
"California Nights" 862376
"Call Me"197929Cut Above the Rest
"Mother Earth"
"Big Apple Waltz"
"Give the Lady Some Respect"1980Waters Edge
"Sixties Man"
"Falling in Love" 1982Identity Crisis
"It's It's... The Sweet Mix"19844536rowspan="2"
"Sweet 2th – The Wigwam Willy Mix"198585
"Love Is Like Oxygen" (live) / "Reach Out... I'll Be There" 1989Live at the Marquee
"X-Ray Specs" (by Andy Scott's Sweet) 1991
"Stand Up" (by Andy Scott's Sweet) 1992A
"Am I Ever Going to See Your Face Again" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)
"Fox on the Run" (Sweet & Foxy '98)1998Originals – The Best 37 Glamrock Songs Ever
"Do It All Over Again" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)2002Sweetlife
"I Saw Her Standing There" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)2010
"Defender" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)2015Action – The Ultimate Story
"Still Got the Rock" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)
"Everything" 2021 (by Andy Scott's Sweet)2021rowspan="5"
"Let It Snow" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)
"Defender" 2022 (by Andy Scott's Sweet)2022
"Don't Bring Me Water" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)2023
"Changes" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)
"Burning Like a Falling Star" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)2024Full Circle
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Videos

Video albums

TitleAlbum details
Ballroom Blitz
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: CMV
  • Formats: VHS
Live at the Marquee
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Sound & Vision
  • Formats: VHS
Gold
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: BMG Video
  • Formats: VHS
Six of the Best Part One
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: DVD
Six of the Best Part Two
Here and Now
  • Released: August 2003
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: DVD
Sweetlike – Most Famous Hits
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Planet Song
  • Formats: DVD
The Very Best Of
  • Released: 2003
  • Label: Umbrella Music/Wienerworld
  • Formats: DVD
Glitz, Blitz, & Hitz
  • Released: February 2004
  • Label: Wienerworld, Creem
  • Formats: DVD
Block Buster
  • Released: November 2006
  • Label: All Stars
  • Formats: DVD
The Definitive Collection
  • Released: March 2007
  • Label: Self-released
  • Formats: DVD
Action – The Ultimate Story
  • Released: 18 September 2015
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: 3xDVD
Finale – Live in Berlin 2015
  • Released: 18 December 2015
  • Label: Stuff Music
  • Formats: DVD

Music videos

YearVideoAlbum
1971"Funny Funny"Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be
"Co-Co"
"Jeanie"
"Alexander Graham Bell"non-album
1972"Poppa Joe"
1973"The Ballroom Blitz"
1974"Teenage Rampage"
"The Six Teens"Desolation Boulevard
"Turn It Down"
1975"Fox on the Run"
"Action"Give Us a Wink
1976"The Lies in Your Eyes"
"Lost Angels"Off the Record
1977"Fever of Love"
1978"Love Is Like Oxygen"Level Headed
"California Nights"
"Fountain"
"Lettres d'Amour"
1980"Give the Lady Some Respect"Waters Edge
"Sixties Man"
2002"Sweetlife" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)Sweetlife
"Do It All Over Again" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)
"You're Crazy" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)
"Never Say Forever" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)
"Airheads!" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)
2015"Still Got the Rock" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)Action – The Ultimate Story
2021"Set Me Free" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)Isolation Boulevard
"Stand Up" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)A
"Everything" 2021 (by Andy Scott's Sweet)Sweetlife
2022"Defender" 2022 (by Andy Scott's Sweet)non-album
2023"Don't Bring Me Water" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)
"Changes" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)
2024"Burning Like a Falling Star" (by Andy Scott's Sweet)Full Circle

References

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Specific

External links

Sweet discography (fan site)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SWEET full Official Chart History Official Charts Company. 2022-01-25. www.officialcharts.com.
  2. Book: David Kent. Australian Chart Book 1970 - 1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 302.
  3. Web site: Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal. 2022-01-25. austriancharts.at.
  4. Peak positions for the Sweet's albums in Canada:
  5. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5. 1st. Helsinki. fi.
  6. Web site: Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts. 2022-01-25. www.offiziellecharts.de.
  7. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2022-01-25. dutchcharts.nl.
  8. Web site: norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal. 2022-01-25. norwegiancharts.com.
  9. Web site: Sweet - Se alla låtar och listplaceringar. 2022-01-25. NostalgiListan. sv.
  10. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal. 2022-01-25. swedishcharts.com.
  11. Sweet – Billboard 200. 2022-01-25. Billboard. en-US.
  12. 27 April 1974. Sweet on tour. Record Mirror. 28. 24 January 2022.
  13. 5 June 1976. International. Billboard. 64. 25 January 2022.
  14. United Kingdom. Sweet. 25 January 2022.
  15. 12 October 1974. Sweet LP and single coming. Record Mirror. 3. 24 January 2022.
  16. United States. Sweet. 25 January 2022.
  17. Canada. Sweet. 24 January 2022.
  18. 31 December 1977. Capitol Sets Release. Record World. 12. 24 January 2022.
  19. Web site: Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal. 2022-01-25. austriancharts.at.
  20. Peak positions for the Sweet's singles in Canada:
  21. Web site: The Irish Charts - All there is to know. 2022-01-25. irishcharts.ie.
  22. Web site: Dutch Charts - dutchcharts.nl. 2022-01-25. dutchcharts.nl.
  23. Web site: norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal. 2022-01-25. norwegiancharts.com.
  24. Web site: swedishcharts.com - Swedish Charts Portal. 2022-01-25. swedishcharts.com.
  25. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1993. Record Research. 1994. 9780898201048. 586.