Strung Up (Sweet album)

Strung Up

Compilation album by Sweet

Released

November 1975

Recorded

1973 - 1975

Genre

Glam rock, hard rock

Length

74:16

Label

RCA

Producer

Sweet

Sweet chronology

The Sweet Singles Album
(1975)

Strung Up
(1975)

Give Us a Wink
(1976)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Strung Up is a 1975 double live/compilation album by Sweet released by RCA Records in 1975. The first disc contains seven songs recorded live during a concert at the Rainbow Theatre, London on 21 December 1973. The second one contains ten selections of their songs recorded since 1973, including three songs that have not been released previously on any album, ("Burn On The Flame" and "Miss Demeanour") but only one ("I Wanna Be Committed") is brand new. The album also includes a unique mix of "Action" that comes to an abrupt end, and does not include the final decaying echo of the shorter single and longer Give Us a Wink album versions.

Strung Up was not originally released in the United States. In Japan it was released by Capitol Records under the title Anthology. In Italy it was released as 2 separate albums - the studio set entitled Strung Up (released 1975) and the live set entitled Live In England (1976).

Until the 2016 Sony/RCA release, the album had been re-issued on CD only in the United States in 1997 on Chinebridge Records and in Japan (as Anthology). These releases include the standard album version of Action. In 1999 RCA released a CD entitled Live at the Rainbow 1973 that contains the concert from the original album in its entire length.

In 2016 the CD release had all original tracks plus Ballroom Blitz, Teenage Rampage and Blockbuster added to the live set and The Lies In Your Eyes, Fever Of Love, Teenage Rampage, Hell Raiser and an extended version of I Wanna Be Committed added to the studio set.

Track listing

All tracks written by Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Andy Scott and Mick Tucker, except where noted.

Live album: Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hellraiser"	Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman	3:51
2.	"Burning"/"Someone Else Will"		5:41
3.	"Rock 'n' Roll Disgrace"		4:08
4.	"Need a Lot of Lovin'"		2:52
Total length:			16:32

Live album: Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Done Me Wrong Alright"		8:06
2.	"You're Not Wrong for Lovin' Me"		3:10
3.	"The Man with the Golden Arm"	Elmer Bernstein, Sylvia Fine	7:50
Total length:			19:06

Compilation album: Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Action"		3:35 [3:43 on CD]
2.	"Fox on the Run"		3:22
3.	"Set Me Free"	Scott	3:56
4.	"Miss Demeanour"		3:26
5.	"Ballroom Blitz"	Chinn, Chapman	4:00
Total length:			18:26

Compilation album: Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Burn on the Flame"		3:34
2.	"Solid Gold Brass"		5:27
3.	"The Six Teens"	Chinn, Chapman	3:58
4.	"I Wanna Be Committed"	Chinn, Chapman	4:01
5.	"Blockbuster"	Chinn, Chapman	3:12
Total length:			20:11

References

↑ Thompson, Dave. "Review: Strung Up". Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 23 June 2010.

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" "Peppermint Twist" "Fox on the Run" "Action" "Love Is Like Oxygen"

Related articles	Discography

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