And the girl in the corner, let no one ignore her, cuz she thinks she's the passionate one...

I love this band. In the 70's beyond your Led Zep's and your Who's, there were a ton of everyman rock bands out there. Sweet combined the theatricality of Queen with the pop sensabilities of band like the Raspberries. Hugely successful in England, the band had a respectable string of hits in America as well. However, unlike other bands that have been anthologized over and over again, Sweet's legacy usually is a track on a "best of the 70's" collection hawked on overnight TV. Captiol Records issued The Best Of Sweet as par of their budget "Ten Best" series. It's got most of their biggest hits (except "Little Willy", which was on another label), and doesn't have a bad moment.

Worth the price of admission alone is the 7 minute version of "Love Is Like Oxygen", which is the pinnacle of power-pop. The song evolves from a simple chorus chant and goes into prog-rock territory. Also standing out is "Ballroom Blitz", sounding like an outtake from "Rocky Horror Picture Show" 2 years before the movie even came out. "Action" and "Fox On The Run" are great car songs in the Cheap Trick vein. Everything on here sounds like it could've been released this year.

Hopefully a better compilation having more songs from their English releases will come out in the future, but in the meantime this won't dissappoint.