100 Great Songs to Publish a Book to, #49: The Sweet, Fox on the Run

For all their historical classification as glam rock, The Sweet did turn out some decent tunes back in the day, and in my opinion deserve a kinder verdict than posterity tends to hand down to them.  Fox on the Run was written by the band, and shows creativity and talent which goes beyond the narrow and quite mean label ascribed to their output.  But fame did not agree with lead singer Brian Connolly, and years of alcohol abuse finally killed him in 1997 aged only 51.  The drummer, Mick Tucker, did not fare much better, dying in 2002 aged 54; however, the other two are still going, each with their own versions of the band.

Onslaught is available for pre-order at the special introductory price of $2.99 in the US here, in the UK here, in Canada here, and in Australia here.