Sweet Fanny Adams is the first of two 1974 album

Album

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s by Sweet

Sweet (band)

Sweet was a British rock band that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s as one of the most prominent glam rock acts, with the classic line-up of lead vocalist Brian Connolly, bass player Steve Priest, guitarist Andy Scott, and drummer Mick Tucker.Sweet was formed in 1968 and achieved their first...

, and also their first album simply as Sweet. The album was a turning point and change in the band's sound. It featured more of a hard rock sound than their previous pop records.

The album title is English (originally Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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) slang originating from the murder of 8-year-old Fanny Adams

Fanny Adams

Fanny Adams was a young English girl murdered by solicitor's clerk Frederick Baker in Alton, Hampshire. The expression "sweet Fanny Adams" refers to her and has come, through British naval slang, to mean "nothing at all".-Murder:On 24 August 1867 at about 1.30 pm, Fanny's mother, Harriet Adams,...

 in 1867, and means "nothing at all" as well as a similar euphemism "F.A." = "fuck all".

Sweet Fanny Adams reached #27 on the UK album charts in the year of its release by RCA Records in 1974. It was not released in the U.S. but five of its tracks appeared on the U.S. version of the album Desolation Boulevard

Desolation Boulevard

Desolation Boulevard, released in 1974, is the second album by Sweet that year. It contains an original variant of one of the band's best known songs, "Fox on the Run"....

released later the same year.

Track listing

All songs are written by Brian Connolly

Brian Connolly

Brian Francis Connolly was a Scottish musician, best known as the lead singer of the British rock band, Sweet.-Early life:...

, Steve Priest

Steve Priest

Steve Priest is a founding member and bass player/backing vocalist of the glam rock band Sweet.-Biography:...

, Andy Scott

Andy Scott (guitarist)

Andy Scott is a British musician and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead guitarist and a vocalist in the band Sweet.-Early years:Scott started out playing bass guitar...

 and Mick Tucker

Mick Tucker

Michael Thomas "Mick" Tucker was the drummer and backing vocalist of the English glam rock band, Sweet.-Bands:...

, except where noted.

Side one

1. "Set Me Free" (Scott) – 3:57
2. "Heartbreak Today" – 5:02
3. "No You Don't" (Nicky Chinn
   Nicky Chinn
   Nicky Chinn born Nicholas Barry Chinn, 16 May 1945, London, UK) is a British songwriter and record producer. Together with Mike Chapman he had a long string of hit singles in the UK and US in the 1970s and early 1980s, including several number-one records...
   
   , Mike Chapman) – 4:33
4. "Rebel Rouser" – 3:25
5. "Peppermint Twist
   Peppermint Twist
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   " (Joey Dee, Henry Glover
   Henry Glover
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   ) – 3:28

Side two

1. "Sweet F.A." – 6:14
2. "Restless" – 4:28
3. "In to the Night" (Scott) – 4:24
4. "AC-DC" (Chinn, Chapman) – 3:27

Bonus tracks on 1999 CD reissue

10. "Burn on the Flame" – 3:37
11. "Own Up, Take a Look at Yourself" (Priest, Scott, Tucker) – 3:57

Bonus tracks on 2005 remastered CD edition

10. "Blockbuster
    Block Buster!
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    " (Chinn, Chapman) – 3:13
11. "Need a Lot of Lovin'" – 3:02
12. "Hell Raiser" (Chinn, Chapman) – 3:19
13. "Burning" – 4:07
14. "The Ballroom Blitz" (Chinn, Chapman) – 4:03
15. "Rock'n'Roll Disgrace" – 3.53

Personnel

• Brian Connolly
  Brian Connolly
  Brian Francis Connolly was a Scottish musician, best known as the lead singer of the British rock band, Sweet.-Early life:...
  
   – lead vocals
  Singing
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• Steve Priest – bass
  Bass guitar
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  , lead vocals on "Restless" and "No You Don't", background vocals
  Backing vocalist
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• Andy Scott – guitar
  Guitar
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  s, lead vocals on "In to the Night", background vocals
• Mick Tucker – drums
  Drum kit
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  , background vocals