Sheer Greed

For the British hard rock band, see Sheer Greed (band).

Sheer Greed
Studio album by
Girl
ReleasedJanuary 1980
Genre
Length37:16
LabelJet
Producer
Girl chronology
Sheer Greed
(1980) 		Wasted Youth
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Billboard(unrated)[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal7/10[3]
Record Mirror[4]

Sheer Greed is the first album of the British glam rock band Girl, released in January 1980 by Jet Records. The album was published during the explosion of the new wave of British heavy metal phenomenon and its sales took advantage of the favourable attitude towards hard rock bands in the UK in that period. Sheer Greed peaked at No. 33 in the UK Albums Chart.[5] Hollywood Tease was released as a single, and reached No. 50.[6]

The song "Hollywood Tease" was later covered by the bands L.A. Guns (featuring Phil Lewis) and Sheer Greed (featuring Gerry and Simon Laffy). The American glam metal band Lillian Axe recorded a version of "My Number" on the album Love + War in 1989.

"Do You Love Me?" is a cover of a song from Kiss' 1976 album Destroyer.

Track listing

Side one
  1. "Hollywood Tease" (Phil Lewis, Phil Collen) - 2:39
  2. "The Things You Say" (Lewis, Gerry Laffy) - 3:53
  3. "Lovely Lorraine" (Lewis, Collen, G. Laffy) - 2:36
  4. "Strawberries" (Lewis) - 2:54
  5. "Little Miss Ann" (Lewis, G. Laffy) - 2:40
  6. "Doctor Doctor" (Lewis, Collen, G. Laffy) - 2:42
Side two
  2. "Do You Love Me?" (Paul Stanley, Bob Ezrin, Kim Fowley) - 3:17
  3. "Take Me Dancing" (Lewis, Collen, G. Laffy) - 2:29
  4. "What's Up?" (G. Laffy, Simon Laffy) - 2:33
  5. "Passing Clouds" (Lewis) - 4:58
  6. "My Number" (Lewis, G. Laffy) - 3:52
  7. "Heartbreak America" (Lewis) - 2:43

Personnel

Band members

Production

Charts

Chart (1980) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[7] 33

References

  1. ^ Heibutzki, Ralph. "Girl Sheer Greed review". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Review: Girl – Sheer Greed" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 25. 21 June 1980. p. 94. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 133. ISBN 978-1894959315.
  4. ^ Dome, Malcolm (26 January 1980). "Girl: Sheer Greed". Record Mirror. p. 12.
  5. ^ "Sheer Greed The Official Charts Company". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
  6. ^ "hollywood tease | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company".
  7. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2024.