Give Us a Wink

Give Us a Wink

Infobox Album |
Name = Give Us a Wink
Type = Album
Artist = Sweet


Released = March 1976
Recorded = 1976, Musicland Studios, Munich, AIR Studios, London,
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 46:04
Label = RCA, Capitol (US)
Producer = Sweet
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9fqxq85ldae link]
Last album = "Strung Up"
(1975)
This album = "Give Us a Wink"
(1976)
Next album = "Off the Record"
(1977)

"Give Us a Wink" is an album released in March 1976 by the British rock band Sweet. It was their first album to be fully written and fully produced by the band themselves. Two singles, "The Lies in Your Eyes" and "Action", were released from this album. Though "The Lies in Your Eyes" failed to chart in the UK, it was very popular in other parts of Europe as well as Australia. "Action" became a top 20 hit in the US.

The US version flipped the sides of the UK LP and added "Lady Starlight", a track from the UK "Desolation Boulevard" album that wasn't available in the US at the time.

The original album was released with a die-cut cover that caused the eye to wink as the sleeve was removed and placed back into the cover.

"Action" has been covered by Raven (on their album "Rock Until You Drop"), Black 'n Blue (on their album "Black 'n Blue") and Def Leppard (as a successful single and later on the album "Retro Active").

UK track listing

All songs written by Scott, Priest, Connolly, Tucker.
# "The Lies in Your Eyes" – 3:47
# "Cockroach" – 3:47
# "Keep It In" – 5:00
# "4th of July" – 4:22
# "Action" – 3:44
# "Yesterdays Rain" – 5:16
# "White Mice" – 5:00
# "Healer" – 7:18

A reissued/remastered CD of the UK version was released in 2005 with three bonus tracks.

US track listing

All songs written by Scott, Priest, Connolly, and Tucker, except where noted.
# "Action" – 3:44
# "Yesterdays Rain" – 5:16
# "White Mice" – 5:00
# "Healer" – 7:18
# "The Lies in Your Eyes" – 3:47
# "Cockroach" – 3:47
# "Lady Starlight" (Scott) – 3:10
# "Keep It In" – 5:00
# "4th of July" – 4:22

Personnel

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*Brian Connolly – lead vocals, string machine
*Andy Scott – guitars, vocals, celli, synthesizers, voice bag
*Steve Priest – bass, vocals, celli
*Mick Tucker – percussion, vocals, celli, phased gong

Guest musicians

*Trevor Griffin – piano solo on "Fourth of July"

Production

*Sweet - producer
*Mack – engineer
*Louie Austin – engineer
*Nick Ryan – engineer


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