The Sweet Reveal Covers Album Details

New York Connection was recorded by original member Andy Scott (guitar and vocals) and his current line-up of Pete Lincoln (lead vocals and bass guitar), Tony O’Hora (guitar, keyboards and vocals) and Bruce Bisland (drums and vocals). It features a collection of songs originally written by other artists but given a Sweet makeover.

"It’s all meant to be a bit tongue-in-cheek,” acknowledges Scott. "The whole point of doing something like this was to enjoy it. We had a stab at ‘You Spin Me Right Round’ as a bit of a wind-up, but it came together so well and sounded so right that it was very hard to turn our backs on. We definitely gave it the Sweet stamp.”

Here's the tracklist:

1) ‘New York Groove’ (written by Russ Ballard)

2) ‘Gold On The Ceilings’ (The Black Keys)

3) ‘It's All Moving Faster’ (Electric Frankenstein)

4) ‘New York Connection’ (originally the B-side of Sweet’s ‘Wig Wam Bam’)

5) ‘Shapes Of Things’ (The Yardbirds)

6) ‘You Spin Me Right Round (Like A Record)’ (Dead Or Alive)

7) ‘Because The Night’ (Bruce Springsteen, also recorded by the Patti Smith Group) Lead vocal: Tony O’Hora

8) ‘Sweet Jane’ (The Velvet Underground) Lead vocal: Andy Scott

9) ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’ (The Ramones) Lead vocal: Bruce Bisland

10) ‘Broadway’ (written by a team including Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller)

11) ‘Join Together’ (The Who)