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- Artist: Sweet
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- Release Date: 1974
- Total Time: 42:42
- Genre: Rock
Review
Sweet hit the peak of their powers on Desolation Boulevard, a wonderfully lightweight collection of fizzy melodies and big, dumb hooks. Essentially, the album consists of three dynamic singles buoyed by a bunch of filler, but those singles -- "Ballroom Blitz," "The 6-Teens," and "Fox on the Run" -- are addictive slices of bubblegum glam rock. And the filler is ridiculously silly and enjoyable, with "Sweet F.A.," "I Wanna Be Committed," and "No You Don't" sounding like a kind of bizarre prototype for the Ramones' punky bubblegum (only without the irony, of course). Although the filler is relatively strong, there are a number of weak patches on Desolation Boulevard, but it remains an intoxicatingly fun record and one that sounds surprisingly fresh, even with all of its kitschy '70s production techniques. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Ballroom Blitz | Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman | Sweet | (4:06) |
| The Six Teens | Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman | Sweet | (4:05) |
| No You Don't (Lyrics) | Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman | Sweet | (4:36) |
| A.C.D.C. (Lyrics) | Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman | Sweet | (3:28) |
| I Wanna Be Committed (Lyrics) | Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman | Sweet | (3:13) |
| Sweet F.A. (Lyrics) | Sweet | (6:15) | |
| Fox on the Run (Lyrics) | Sweet | (3:27) | |
| Set Me Free (Lyrics) | Sweet | (3:59) | |
| Into the Night | Sweet | (4:25) | |
| Solid Gold Brass (Lyrics) | Sweet | (5:35) |
