Cut Above the Rest [Import]

Track Listings

1. Call Me

2. Play All Night

3. Big Apple Waltz

4. Dorian Gray

5. Discophony

6. Eye Games

7. Mother Earth

8. Hold Me

9. Stay With Me

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
Reissued 1979 album. This was the bands first LP without vocalist Brian Connolly. Guitarist Andy Scott proves he's no slouch in the singing department on this 9-track release, which hit No. 49 in Germany, and includes the singles 'Call Me' and 'Big Apple Waltz'.

Tracks:

Call Me
Play All Night
Big Apple Waltz
Dorian Gray
Discophony
Eye Games
Mother Earth
Hold Me
Stay With Me

Album Description

Reissued 1979 album. This was the bands first LP without vocalist Brian Connolly. Guitarist Andy Scott proves he's no slouch in the singing department on this 9-track release, which hit No. 49 in Germany, and includes the singles 'Call Me' and 'Big Apple Waltz'.

Customer Reviews:

A CUT ABOVE MOST.......2005-05-19

Too many people judge this album due to the lack of the late great Brian Connelly.I think it is certainly one of their best,and one I still play often.It has numerous classic tunes,'Call me' should have charted in the U.K.,'Big Apple Waltz' also,and there certainly is not a weak track on the album.'Discophony' is very tongue in cheek,and such as 'Eye games', 'Dorian Gray' or 'Mother Earth' would also have made good singles.The main things about the Sweet were they could write very good songs,play their instruments well, and all very good vocalists.Certainly one of the best 70s bands, and their music sounds as fresh as ever. Hippie d

Just the three of them.......2003-12-27

The sweet has always been one of my favourite groups. My favourite era is the one between 75 and 80. This one dates from 79.
It is their first without Brian and one can only deplore it.
Although they do an acceptably nice job on singing here, it is hard to replace such a talented vocalist.
The best songs are eye games, mother earth and Hold me (which I think is one of the best songs they ever wrote). It's too bad they didn't use the version of mother earth showcased on the platinum rare album which is a whole lot better,true, the cut above... version still gets the job done. Nice lyric also and Scott singing suits it fine. The other songs are rather mediocre. So, people unfamiliar to the sweet should better avoid this one and go for a compilation album. Fans will probably highly enjoy this one,or at least some songs on it.

Not the same "Mighty" Sweet without Brian Connolly.......2003-08-18

Brian Connolly's departure from the MIGHTY SWEET was a devastating blow to a band that produced some of the best and most influential rock music in history.

The Sweet released some of the best records throughout the '70s. Their previous release, Level Headed, was a unique album, yet very different from the band's hard rocking sound of their past 4 albums. It is very sad that "The Sweet" (WITH Brian Connolly) was not meant to be after Level Headed because the potential for some more incredible music was there.

Recorded in 1979, CATR is not a bad album at all, but it definitely wasn't the same thrill anymore. They were no longer the same force... Without Connolly, gone was the magic and the charisma. The musical nucleus of the band continued with their 3 highly accomplished musicians, but they had lost their incredible frontman and their irreplaceable voice. The Sweet had arguably the best vocals of all time, and Connolly was their main man.

The original CATR LP artwork was replaced by an ugly looking pic on the CD version. By the time CATR was released, The Sweet were no longer the voice of rebellion. CATR has actually very good songs (especially Mother Earth, Call Me and Dorian Grey), but the new Sweet sounds a little downbeat and without direction. All songs in CATR are really good, but none are superb, as in their previous releases. The 3 remaining members should have given up "The Sweet" name and changed it for STP (Scott, Tucker and Priest), as they had originally tried to do. By the way, drummer Mick Tucker sings lead vocals on Dorian Grey and Eye Games, a treat for every Sweet fan. Mick was one of the best drummers England ever produced. Still, CATR is a highly recommended album from a band that was one of the most influential of all time.

I give CATR "only" 4 stars because The Sweet were in a musical league of their own. Most of their other albums deserved six stars out of five!

Highly recommended !..........2003-01-26

...Okay, this was the 1st "Brianless" cd that The Sweet made and he was the "Voice" of Sweet. However the 3 remaining members still managed to make a great album. Mother Earth was a minor hit in the U.S. and reminds me a little like "Love Is Like Oxygen". Stay With Me and Play All Night are 2 other outstanding songs on this cd. The only thing missing is the neat cover that my vinyl album had on it. The picture on the cd is terrible (when did John Oates join the group? hee hee). But its the music that counts and this cd has plenty of great songs. God Bless Brian and Mick!...

Unbelievably Good!.......2002-11-25

A heavily criticised bubblegum band switches to harder rock leaving its successful songwriters behind and after a number of hit singles, its trade mark lead singer leaves the band. The band reduced to three memebers soldiers on with its next release. It makes number 150 in the US and doesn't even chart in the UK.
Not the stuff to recommend an album you would think. I agree with the earlier critiques of the album except that I don't think they went far enough.
The tunes on this album are simply gorgeous. The musical skill and craftmanship are superb. How they managed to write "Mother Earth" is just beyond me. "Discophony" is another super track with some great solos in the middle and showed that messers Scott, Preist and Tucker had as vindictive a hatred for disco as myself at the time. The classic line in the song goes "Disco ain't what you're masturbating, rock and roll will still keep on celebrating, I'll always be the there."
Earlier tunes on the album such as "Call Me", "Play All Night" and "Big Apple Waltz" are just the pinnacle of commercial musicianship. "Dorian Gray" is an interestingly crafted song with another great solo and the harmonies in "Eye Games" are simply as "SWEET" as syrup. "Hold Me" and "Stay with Me" are interesting changes in tempo and finish the album off in a great way.
Sweet albums didn't sell that well, despite their enormous success in the singles market. Bad PR may have had something to do with this, I'm not totally sure. Whatever the case, many of their albums are just super music and I feel the world missed out badly by not buying more of them in the late '70's. They deserve to be sitting on the same pedestal as bands such as Queen, Pink Floyd and Styx (whom I also love). In my opinion, this album was their best ever and is surprisingly different to most of their other great stuff. I stongly recommend it and would suggest that the reader of this review not make the same mistake that the critics and record promoters of the late '70's did.

Prime Cuts Volume 5 (A Cut Above The Rest)

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Prime Cuts Volume 5 (A Cut Above The Rest)
Chris Blackwell-composer , and Douglas Hubbard-composer
Manufacturer: de Wolfe
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000ME8ETS

Product Description

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Nuclear Monstrosity
Razor Ride
Manufacturer: Razor Ride
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000CA96YE
Release Date: 2005-07-19

Tracks:

Pandemic
Lust for the Wench
Infernal Devil Sex
Bring out Your Dead
Breeding the Sin
Sleepman
Nuclear Monstrosity
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Abortion Witch
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Fashionist?: A Cut Above The Rest
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Brickhouse Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00025YHF2
Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

Fashionistus Sakral Choir - Waldorf
Overtathroomboogie - Leroy Hanghofer
Freemind - DJ T.
Blow - Tiefschwarz
Mir Geht's Gut - Skai
Mein Schatzi - MC 7Even, Munk, Princess Superstar
Some Velvet Morning [Extended Mix] - Kate Moss, Primal Scream
Creeps [Steve Bug Remix]
Kinda New [Tiefschwarz Vocal Remix] - Spektrum
Fake Boys [Ascildiscko Remix]
Wording Rappinghood [Playgroup Remix] - Chicks on Speed
Fame [Headman Club Remix] - Kid Alex
Ich Bin So [Wackside 'So Sind Wir' Mix No Rap] - Sabrina Setlur
Discoteca
Fashionist [Disghost's Mix] - Waldorf
Einfach [Album Version]
Keep on Waiting - DJ Hell
Voltage Is OK [Richard Cameron Remix]
Koks & Prada [Album Version] - Christian Kreuz

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Cut Above the Rest
Sweet
Manufacturer: Repertoire/Hepcat
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002B74TC
Release Date: 2002-11-08

Music Review:

Music Review

Music Review

1. Call Me
2. Play All Night
3. Big Apple Waltz
4. Dorian Gray
5. Discophony
6. Eye Games
7. Mother Earth
8. Hold Me
9. Stay With Me