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Sweet F.A.
Artist
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Love and Rockets
Label
Beggars Banquet
Catalogue Number
BBP180
Release Date
20 October 1997
  • Sweet F.A. 2LP + My Dark Twin 2CD Bundle:

    $48.99
    • My Dark Twin: The Sweet F.A. Sessions CD, 2×CD, Limited Edition

    • Sweet F.A. Vinyl, 2×LP First time on vinyl

    Available: 20 October 1997

Having signed to Rick Rubin’s American Recordings label, the band was guided by the legendary producer in a return to more guitar-based songs for 1996's Sweet F.A. The album cover features a striking photo of a burnt guitar which was retrieved from the debris after a fire broke out at Rubin’s mansion, where the band were living while working on songs for the album. They lost all of their gear, some of their demo recordings, and nearly their lives as well. The resulting album was inspired by some of their earliest influences – The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, The Doors, Can. It spins tales of passion and loss, carried on a fluid, moody throb. Undulating, hypnotic rhythms twine around melancholy lyrics which examine life at a primal level, as ethereal electronic effects play counterpoint to earthquake reverberating guitars. The track “Sweet Lover Hangover” was an alternative radio hit.

Digital Tracklist

  1. 1 Sweet F.A. 4:08 Buy

    Sweet F.A.

  2. 2 Judgement Day 4:21 Buy

    Judgement Day

  3. 3 Use Me 4:10 Buy

    Use Me

  4. 4 Fever 5:01 Buy

    Fever

  5. 5 Sweet Lover Hangover 5:06 Buy

    Sweet Lover Hangover

  6. 6 Pearl 4:12 Buy

    Pearl

  7. 7 Shelf Life 3:21 Buy

    Shelf Life

  8. 8 Sad and Beautiful World 5:57 Buy

    Sad and Beautiful World

  9. 9 Natacha 4:53 Buy

    Natacha

  10. 10 Words of a Fool 6:34 Buy

    Words of a Fool

  11. 11 Clean 5:38 Buy

    Clean

  12. 12 Here Comes The Comedown 3:47 Buy

    Here Comes The Comedown

  13. 13 Spiked 3:59 Buy

    Spiked

  14. 14 Sweet F.A. Reprise 1:12 Buy

    Sweet F.A. Reprise

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