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- Date Released: May 11, 2001
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Label: Stiff Records / ZTT
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We Say...
Typical of Stiff's sure-handed ability to make square things seem cool, this pint-sized 16-year-old Ohio native was a prodigy jingle singer on her way to typical Annie-type fame with a big voice and a handful of country 45s already under her tiny belt when she was drafted by Stiff in 1978. Her first British single, a kick-ass cover of Carla Thomas' "B-A-B-Y," charted there, and she was on her way. This compilation includes the winning originals written for her by Akron maestro Liam Sternberg ("Cuckoo Clock," "Who Does Lisa Like?") as well as an eclectic selection of covers, from the ubiquitous "Be Stiff" and the Damned's "New Rose" to Peter and Gordon's "I Go to Pieces" and one each from Elvises Costello ("Stranger in the House") and Presley ("Baby Let's Play House").
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They Say...
It's very easy to remember Rachel Sweet as little more than a juvenile novelty within the Stiff Records canon, one more in a long line of headline-grabbing oddities who vanished from the radar around the same time as people stopped caring what the label itself was up to. To do so, however, serves up a dreadful injustice, to Sweet of course, but also to anyone who actually sits down to listen to Sweet's Stiff Records output and discovers there a treasure trove of excellence. Her Fool Around debut album, in particular, was a masterpiece, a country-new wave hybrid a decade ahead of its time, and littered with some sensational performances -- "Who Does Lisa Like" is only the most obvious, the almost shockingly mature "Wildwood Saloon" only the most surprising. Of course there were a few obligatory bubblegum boppers in there, but when the novelty factor gets too grating, it's the songs ("Cuckoo Clock," "Girl with a Synthesizer") that jar, not the singer. Sweet's second album, Protect the Innocent, was less enthralling, although a lovely cover of the Velvet Underground's "New Age" and a strange take on the Damned's "New Rose" both thrill, while Sweet also unleashed a positively beautiful take on the oldie "I Go to Pieces." All of which lines B.A.B.Y. up as an excellent collection, and a fitting tribute to a singer who should never have been allowed to fade away as she did. At her best, she really was one of the best.
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B.A.B.Y |
3:12 |
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| 02. | |
New Rose |
2:14 |
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| 03. | |
Who Does Lisa Like? |
3:02 |
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| 04. | |
Baby Let's Play House |
2:01 |
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| 05. | |
I Go To Pieces |
2:43 |
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| 06. | |
Spellbound |
3:23 |
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| 07. | |
Stranger In The House |
4:06 |
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| 08. | |
Foul Play |
2:59 |
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| 09. | |
Suspended Animation |
3:18 |
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| 10. | |
Fools Gold |
3:03 |
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| 11. | |
Lovers Lane |
3:29 |
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| 12. | |
Pin A Medal On Mary |
3:14 |
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| 13. | |
Sad Song |
2:53 |
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| 14. | |
Take Good Care Of Me |
2:49 |
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Wildwood Saloon |
3:58 |
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Stay Awhile |
3:03 |
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| 17. | |
Cuckoo Clock |
2:49 |
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New Age |
4:15 |
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| 19. | |
Tonight Ricky |
3:21 |
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| 20. | |
Be Stiff |
2:33 |
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20 Total Tracks, 62:25 Total Length
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Credits
- Rachel Sweet - Main Performer // Barrie Guard - Producer // Martin Rushent - Producer // Peter Solley - Mixing // Liam Sternberg - Producer // Alan Winstanley - Producer
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