Off the Record (Sweet album)


Off the Record is the fifth studio album by British glam rock band Sweet, released in March 1977 through RCA.
The band produced it with assistance from engineers Louis Austin and Nick Ryan. The album peaked at No. 151 on the Billboard 200 on 14 May 1977.
"Stairway to the Stars" was withheld from the RCA album release and later issued as a single as a follow-up to "Lost Angels" and "Fever of Love". All three singles proved to be commercial flops.
The German power metal act Gamma Ray covered "Lost Angels" on their 2013 Master of Confusion EP.

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Off the Record.

Original release

Bonus tracks on 1990 reissue

  2. "A Distinct Lack of Ancient" – 4:07
  3. "Stairway to the Stars" – 3:05
  4. "Why Don't You Do It to Me" – 3:11

Bonus tracks on 1999 reissue

  2. "A Distinct Lack of Ancient" – 4:09
  3. "Why Don't You Do It to Me" – 3:14

Bonus tracks on 2005 reissue

  2. "A Distinct Lack of Ancient" – 4:07
  3. "Funk It Up" – 5:27
  4. "Stairway to the Stars" – 3:03
  5. "Why Don't You Do It to Me" – 3:13
  6. "Midnight to Daylight" – 4:09
  7. "Lost Angels" – 3:46
  8. "She Gimme Lovin'" – 4:06
  9. "Hard Times" – 4:40

US Track listing

;Side one
  1. "Fever of Love" – 3:59
  2. "Lost Angels" – 4:02
  3. "Midnight to Daylight" – 3:30
  4. "Laura Lee" – 4:16
  5. "Windy City" – 7:27
;Side two
  1. "Stairway to the Stars" – 3:05
  2. "Live for Today" – 3:22
  3. "Funk It Up " – 3:33
  4. "Hard Times" – 4:00
  5. "She Gimme Lovin'" – 4:04
Unlike the RCA issue, the Capitol cover featured the album title.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Off the Record.
;Sweet
;Production