Give Us A Wink is a Rock album by Sweet, originally released in 1976. On Gatefold: 69 pressings tracked, owned by 6 collectors.
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Give Us a Wink is the fourth album by Sweet. It was the first album to be fully written and produced by the band member. Previously they had relied on cover songs or writers such as Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman. Give Us a Wink contains two single, "Action" and "The Lies in Your Eyes" that were recorded and released prior to the album itself. "Action" reached the Top 10 in 1975 in numerous European countries and Canada but stalled at No. 15 in the UK and No. 20 in the US. Though "The Lies in Your Eyes" reached only No. 35 in the UK, it was very popular in other parts of Europe as well as Australia. A third single, "4 July" was released in Australia only but failed to chart. Consequently it completed the move to the hard rock style that had always been the trademark of the self-penned single B-sides backing the more pop oriented singles written by Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman since their breakthrough in 1971. Give Us a Wink reached No. 3 in Sweden, No. 9 in Germany and made it into the Top 20 in Norway, Canada and Australia. In the US it reached No. 27 but it didn't chart at all on Sweet's home territory, the UK. The US version flipped the sides of the LP album and added "Lady Starlight" as 3rd track on side two, a title from the European version of the 1974 Desolation Boulevard album that wasn't available in the US at the time. The original LP was released with a die-cut cover that caused the eye to wink as the sleeve was removed and placed back into the cover. .
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- Andy ScottGUITAR , VOCALS, CELLO , SYNTHESIZER, VOICE GUITAR , VOCALS, CELLO , SYNTHESIZER, VOICE , LINER NOTES GUITAR , VOCALS, SYNTHESIZER, TALKBOX , INSTRUMENTS
- Brian ConnollyLEAD VOCALS LEAD VOCALS, INSTRUMENTS LEAD VOCALS, STRINGS
- Mick TuckerDRUMS PERCUSSION , VOCALS, CELLO , GONG PERCUSSION , VOCALS, GONG
- Steve PriestBASS GUITAR, HARMONICA, BACKING VOCALS BASS GUITAR, HARMONICA, LEAD VOCALS, BACKING VOCALS BASS GUITAR, VOCALS
- Trevor GriffinPIANO PIANO , SOLOIST PIANO, SOLOIST
6 collectors on Gatefold own this · 69 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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