In 2019, SWEET embarked on the biggest tour of their long career to date with the ‘Still Got The Rock’ tour in Europe and the UK. In between, they even found time to fly to Australia to play as co-headliners on the ‘Rock The Boat Cruise 2019’. The band was fired up and looking forward to the future.
But suddenly in 2020, the whole world was in turmoil, triggered by a global pandemic and all wheels came to a standstill overnight. But for SWEET, there had to be a way out, otherwise musical creativity in all its forms would be lost forever.
So, in what was a new isolation for everyone, they began to produce an album with the ‘new’ guys Paul Manzi and Lee Small and the ‘old guard’ Andy Scott and Bruce Bisland. The album was given the title ‘Isolation Boulevard’ to suit the situation. The songs are re-recordings of 12 classics from Sweet’s extensive collection.
There was little time between the lockdowns in the UK to achieve the desired goal. On top of this, there were numerous technical obstacles that had to be overcome. With this in mind, the overall performance of everyone involved is all the more impressive, from the driving drums and bass to the ‘in your face’
guitars and stratospheric vocals.
In the end, it was a pleasure for everyone to record ‘Isolation Boulevard’, despite being under very strict distancing rules. The result speaks for itself.
Tracklist:
01 – Fox On The Run
02 – Still Got The Rock
03 – Action
04 – Love Is Like Oxygen
05 – Hellraiser
06 – The Six Teens
07 – Blockbuster
08 – Set Me Free
09 – Teenage Rampage
10 – Turn It Down
11 – New York Groove
12 – Ballroom Blitz
Line-Up:
– Andy Scott – guitars, synthesizers and vocals
– Bruce Bisland – drums and vocals
– Paul Manzi – lead vocals
– Lee Small – bass and vocals
– Steve Mann – keyboards on „Love Is Like Oxygen“
