Sweet Things (Georgie Fame album)

Sweet Things is the 1966 third album with the Blue Flames by Georgie Fame which reached No.6 in the album Top Ten in the UK.[2] Following this album his band The Blue Flames was replaced with The Tornados.[3][4][5]

Sweet Things
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1966
Recorded1965–1966
Genre
Length39:05
LabelColumbia
ProducerDenny Cordell
Georgie Fame UK chronology
Fame at Last!
(1964)
Sweet Things
(1966)
Sound Venture
(1966)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Record Mirror[1]

The album, issued on the Columbia label (SX 6043), has been described as "one of the finest British R&B albums of the mid-'60s."

Style and content

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Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Dave Thompson says that it ".. follows in the footsteps of its predecessors, a punchy R&B stomper that could (even should) have been recorded live, so high is the energy, and so abandoned the backing of the Blue Flames."[6]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sweet Thing"William "Mickey" Stevenson2:35
2."See Saw"Don Covay2:46
3."Ride Your Pony"Naomi Neville2:42
4."Funny How Time Slips Away"Willie Nelson3:17
5."Sitting In The Park"Billy Stewart3:26
6."Dr. Kitch"Chris Blackwell, Lord Kitchener4:00
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."My Girl"Ronald White, Smokey Robinson2:58
8."Music Talk"Clarence Paul, Stevie Wonder, Ted Hull3:22
9."The 'In' Crowd"Billy Page2:59
10."The World Is Round"Rufus Thomas2:41
11."The Whole World's Shaking"Sam Cooke3:12
12."Last Night"Bob Laine5:07

Personnel

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Source:[7]

References

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  1. ^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (7 May 1966). "George Fame: Sweet Thing" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 269. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
  2. ^ Rock Stars Encyclopedia – Page 362 0789446138 Dafydd Rees, Luke Crampton – 1999 – GEORGIE FAME &THE BLUE FLAMES 1966 May Sweet Things hits UK #6.
  3. ^ John Tobler (1991), Who's Who in Rock & Roll, 0517056879, p. 1988: "His third album with the Blue Flames, 'Sweet Things', lingered in the chart, but the band was dismissed so that Fame ..."
  4. ^ The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 1857431618- Page 163 The Blue Flames, 1961; Band replaced with the Tornados: London residencies, Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, ... 1, UK), 1966; Sweet Things, 1966; Sunny, 1966; Sitting In The Park, 1967; Because I Love You (own composition), 1967; The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
  5. ^ Bob Brunning – Blues: The British Connection −1986 Page 75 "Georgie's soul music side was ably reflected on his next album Sweet Things in early 1966."
  6. ^ Dave Thompson. "Sweet Things – Georgie Fame". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  7. ^ Adapted from back cover credits, Columbia SX6043, 1966
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