Action: The Sweet Anthology

Compilation album by Sweet

Released

28 April 2009

Recorded

1971–80

Sweet chronology

Live at the Rainbow 1973
(1999)

Action: The Sweet Anthology
(2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Austin Chronicle	^[2]
Blender	^[3]
MusicTAP	^[4]
Rolling Stone	^[5]

Action: The Sweet Anthology is a double compilation album of British 1970s rock band Sweet's music, released on 28 April 2009 by Shout! Factory. It features songs originally released on RCA Records and Polydor Records, including all their single records spanning from their 1971 UK breakthrough "Funny Funny" and up to their last non-charting "Sixties Man" before the original band broke up in 1982. The album also contains a few album tracks, as well as some B-sides that were never before released on compact disc in the United States.^[6]

Track listing

Disc one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Funny Funny"	Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman	2:49
2.	"You’re Not Wrong for Loving Me"	Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Andy Scott, Mick Tucker	2:50
3.	"Co–Co"	Chinn, Chapman	3:13
4.	"Alexander Graham Bell"	Chinn, Chapman	2:57
5.	"Poppa Joe"	Chinn, Chapman	3:12
6.	"Little Willy"	Chinn, Chapman	3:15
7.	"Wig-Wam Bam"	Chinn, Chapman	3:03
8.	"Blockbuster"	Chinn, Chapman	3:16
9.	"Hell Raiser"	Chinn, Chapman	3:18
10.	"Ballroom Blitz"	Chinn, Chapman	4:03
11.	"Teenage Rampage"	Chinn, Chapman	3:36
12.	"The 6-Teens"	Chinn, Chapman	4:04
13.	"Rebel Rouser"	Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker	3:24
14.	"Turn It Down"	Chinn, Chapman	3:28
15.	"A.C.D.C."	Chinn, Chapman	3:26
16.	"Fox on the Run"	Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker	3:25

Disc two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Action"	Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker	3:45
2.	"Sweet F.A."	Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker	6:14
3.	"The Lies in Your Eyes"	Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker	3:37
4.	"No You Don’t"	Chinn, Chapman	4:32
5.	"4 July"	Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker	4:26
6.	"Lost Angels"	Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker	4:04
7.	"Funk It Up (David's Song)"	Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker	3:32
8.	"Fever of Love"	Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker	4:07
9.	"Stairway to the Stars"	Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker	3:11
10.	"Love Is Like Oxygen" (Album version)	Scott, Trevor Griffin	6:52
11.	"Cover Girl"	Scott, Tucker, Priest, Connolly	3:35
12.	"California Nights"	Scott, Tucker, Priest, Connolly	3:41
13.	"Call Me"	Scott	3:41
14.	"Big Apple Waltz"	Priest, Scott	4:03
15.	"Give the Lady Some Respect"	Ray McRiner	3:27
16.	"Sixties Man"	Pip Williams, Peter Hutchins	4:09

Personnel

Andy Scott – guitar, synthesizer, background vocals
Steve Priest – lead vocals on "California Nights", "Call Me", "Big Apple Waltz", "Give the Lady Some Respect", and "Sixties Man", bass, background vocals
Brian Connolly – lead vocals on all other tracks, background vocals
Mick Tucker – drums, percussion, background vocals

Notes

↑ Allmusic review
↑ The Austin Chronicle review
↑ Blender review
↑ MusicTAP review
↑ Rolling Stone review
↑ "Action: The Sweet Anthology". Shout! Factory. Retrieved 16 April 2009.

The Sweet

Mick Tucker Steve Priest Brian Connolly Andy Scott Frank Torpey Mick Stewart Mal McNulty Paul Mario Day Phil Lanzon Malcolm Pearson Jeff Brown Ian Gibbons Steve Mann

Studio albums	Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be Sweet Fanny Adams Desolation Boulevard Give Us a Wink Off the Record Level Headed Cut Above the Rest Waters Edge Identity Crisis

Live albums	Strung Up Live in Denmark 1976 Live at the Rainbow 1973

Compilation albums	Gimme Dat Ding The Sweet's Biggest Hits The Sweet The Sweet Singles Album Strung Up The Golden Greats The Ballroom Blitz & More Sweet Hits Platinum Rare Action: The Sweet Anthology

Singles	"Little Willy" "Wig-Wam Bam" "Block Buster!" "The Ballroom Blitz" "The Six Teens" "Fox on the Run" "Action" "Love Is Like Oxygen"

Related articles	Discography

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