Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be
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Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be was Sweet
's first official album, released in 1971 on RCA Records
in the UK
. The same year it was released (also by RCA) in West Germany
under the title Funny Funny, How Sweet Co-Co Can Be with a different album cover and an extra song.
This song ("Done Me Wrong All Right") was included as an extra track on the 1991 BMG Music CD
reissue. It is also the first bonus track on the 2005 CD reissue.
Sweet (band)
Sweet was a British rock band that rose to worldwide fame in the 1970s as one of the most prominent glam rock acts, with the classic line-up of lead vocalist Brian Connolly, bass player Steve Priest, guitarist Andy Scott, and drummer Mick Tucker.Sweet was formed in 1968 and achieved their first...
's first official album, released in 1971 on RCA Records
RCA Records
RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...
in the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The same year it was released (also by RCA) in West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
under the title Funny Funny, How Sweet Co-Co Can Be with a different album cover and an extra song.
This song ("Done Me Wrong All Right") was included as an extra track on the 1991 BMG Music CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
reissue. It is also the first bonus track on the 2005 CD reissue.
Side one
- "Co-Co" – 3:14
- "Chop Chop" – 3:00
- "Reflections" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland, Jr.) – 2:52
- "Honeysuckle Love" (Brian ConnollyBrian ConnollyBrian Francis Connolly was a Scottish musician, best known as the lead singer of the British rock band, Sweet.-Early life:...
, Steve PriestSteve PriestSteve Priest is a founding member and bass player/backing vocalist of the glam rock band Sweet.-Biography:...
, Andy ScottAndy Scott (guitarist)Andy Scott is a British musician and songwriter. He is best known for being the lead guitarist and a vocalist in the band Sweet.-Early years:Scott started out playing bass guitar...
, Mick TuckerMick TuckerMichael Thomas "Mick" Tucker was the drummer and backing vocalist of the English glam rock band, Sweet.-Bands:...
) – 2:55 - "Santa Monica Sunshine" – 3:20
- "Daydream" (John SebastianJohn SebastianJohn Benson Sebastian Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and autoharpist. He is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful, a band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000...
) – 3:13
Side two
- "Funny Funny" – 2:46
- "Tom Tom Turnaround" – 4:07
- "Jeanie" (Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker) – 2:58
- "Sunny Sleeps Late" – 2:58
- "Spotlight" (Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker) – 2:47
Extra track on 1991 reissue
- "Done Me Wrong All Right" (Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker) – 2:57
Bonus tracks on 2005 reissue
- "Done Me Wrong All Right" (Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker) – 2:57
- "Be With You Soon" (out-take) – 3:36
- "You're not Wrong for Loving Me" (single B-side) (Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker) – 2:49
- "Alexander Graham Bell" (single A-side) – 2:58
- "Poppa Joe" (single A-side) – 3:07
- "Little Willy" (single A-side) – 3:15
- "Man From Mecca" (single B-side) (Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker) – 2:48
- "Wig-Wam Bam" (single A-side) – 3:02
- "New York Connection" (single B-side) (Connolly, Priest, Scott, Tucker) – 3:38
- "Paperback WriterPaperback Writer"Paperback Writer" is a 1966 song recorded and released by The Beatles. Written by Paul McCartney and credited to Lennon–McCartney, the song was released as the A-side of their eleventh single...
" (Japanese single A-side, b/w "Chop Chop") (John LennonJohn LennonJohn Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
, Paul McCartneyPaul McCartneySir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
) – 2:21 - "LucilleLucille (Little Richard song)"Lucille" is a 1957 rock and roll song which was one of Little Richard's international hits.Released on Specialty Records in February 1957, Little Richard's single made number 21 on the US pop chart, and number 10 on the UK chart...
/ Great Balls of FireGreat Balls of Fire"Great Balls of Fire" is a 1957 song recorded by Jerry Lee Lewis on Sun Records and featured in the 1957 movie Jamboree. It was written by Otis Blackwell and Jack Hammer...
" (BBC Session) (Albert CollinsAlbert CollinsAlbert Collins was an American electric blues guitarist and singer whose recording career began in the 1960s in Houston and whose fame eventually took him to stages across the US, Europe, Japan and Australia...
, Little RichardLittle RichardRichard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. He was also the first artist to put the funk in the rock and roll beat and...
/ Otis BlackwellOtis BlackwellOtis Blackwell was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist, whose work significantly influenced rock 'n' roll...
, Jack Hammer) – 2:49
Personnel
- Brian Connolly - Lead vocals on all tracks except as noted.
- Steve Priest - Bass, lead vocals on "Chop Chop".
- Andy Scott - Guitars, lead vocals on "Be With you Soon".
- Mick Tucker - Drums and backing vocals.