Waters Edge Explained

Waters Edge
Type:	studio
Artist:	Sweet
Cover:	Waters Edge album cover.jpg
Released:	April 1980^[1]
Recorded:	1980
Genre:	pop rock, hard rock
Length:	36:02 (Europe) 34:41 (US/Canada)
Label:	Polydor
Producer:	Sweet, Pip Williams
Prev Title:	Cut Above the Rest
Prev Year:	1979
Next Title:	Identity Crisis
Next Year:	1982

Waters Edge is the eighth studio album by British glam rock band Sweet, released in 1980. The album was a commercial disappointment and yielded no hits.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Steve Priest, Andy Scott and Mick Tucker except where noted.

European release

1. "Sixties Man" (Peter Hutchins, Pip Williams) - 4:12
2. "Getting in the Mood for Love" - 3:04
3. "Tell the Truth" (Priest, Scott, Gary Moberley) - 3:34
4. "Own Up" - 3:19
5. "Too Much Talking" (Ray McRiner) - 3:57
6. "Thank You for Loving Me" (Scott, Moberley) - 3:43
7. "At Midnight" (Scott) - 3:20
8. "Waters Edge" - 2:59
9. "Hot Shot Gambler" (Priest) - 3:34
10. "Give the Lady Some Respect" (McRiner) - 4:30

The song "Own Up" is different from "Own Up, Take a Look at Yourself", released as B-side to the single "Teenage Rampage" in 1974.

Bonus tracks on 2010 reissue

11. "Tall Girls" - 4:30
12. "Oh Yeah!" - 2:21
13. "Sixties Man" (single version) - 3:52
14. "Give The Lady Some Respect" (single version) - 3:27

US/Canada release (LP only)

This album was released in the US and Canada under the title VI with different cover and sleeve. VI is a generic title referring to the fact that this was Sweet's sixth album released on Capitol Records. The track listing also differed from the Polydor version:

Side One

1. "Sixties Man" - 4:08
2. "Own Up" - 3:16
3. "Too Much Talking" - 3:57
4. "Tell the Truth" - 3:30
5. "Getting in the Mood for Love" (edited) - 3:01

Side Two

1. "Thank You for Loving Me" - 3:40
2. "At Midnight" - 3:16
3. "Waters Edge" - 2:54
4. "Hot Shot Gambler" - 3:32
5. "Give the Lady Some Respect" (single version) - 3:27

To date, the VI version of this album has never been reissued on CD.

Personnel

Sweet

• Steve Priest - bass guitar, lead vocals (tracks 1, 2, 8, 9, 10), co-lead vocals (tracks 3, 6), backing vocals
• Andy Scott - guitars, synthesisers, lead vocals (tracks 5, 7), co-lead vocals (tracks 3, 6), backing vocals
• Mick Tucker - drums, percussion, lead vocals (track 4), backing vocals

Additional personnel

• Gary Moberley - keyboards
• Pip Williams - production (tracks 1, 10)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Great Rock Discography. 807.