Sweet: "Faulty Winks" Review (1976)

Sweet’s "Give Us A Wink", a one-page album review in Record Mirror & Disc, February 28, 1976..

SWEET: 'Give Us A Wink' (RCA RS 1036)

The childishly vulgar sleeve is matched by the less than subtle record it contains. But then Sweet are not a particularly stylish band. What they do aspire to these days is credibility within the rock fraternity. They are a little further along that road, though they don't deserve to be with this indulgent outing of dated harmonies and the belief that extended solos and bash bash drumming are where it's at.

They have learnt how to write simple pop songs then blow them out of all proportion with the result that tracks blend into one another exposing the worst of heavy rock music it's similarity. Only the really taut 'Action' and hypnotic 'Healer' stand repeated plays. The rest is pretentious and for people who are aware that winking makes you go deaf.