''Sheer Greed'' is the first album of the British

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band

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, released in January 1980 by

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. The album was published during the explosion of the

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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

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. ''Hollywood Tease'' was released as a single, and reached No. 50. The song "Hollywood Tease" was later covered by the bands

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(featuring Phil Lewis) and Sheer Greed (featuring Gerry and

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). The American glam metal band

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recorded a version of "My Number" on the album '' Love + War'' in 1989. "Do You Love Me?" is a cover of the song from

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' album '' Destroyer'' of 1976.

Track listing

;Side one # "Hollywood Tease" ''( Phil Lewis,

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)'' - 2:39 # "The Things You Say" ''(Lewis, Gerry Laffy)'' - 3:53 # "Lovely Lorraine" ''(Lewis, Collen, G. Laffy)'' - 2:36 # "Strawberries" ''(Lewis)'' - 2:54 # "Little Miss Ann" ''(Lewis, G. Laffy)'' - 2:40 # "Doctor Doctor" ''(Lewis, Collen, G. Laffy)'' - 2:42 ;Side two #

"Do You Love Me?" ''(

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, Kim Fowley)'' - 3:17 # "Take Me Dancing" ''(Lewis, Collen, G. Laffy)'' - 2:29 # "What's Up?" ''(G. Laffy, Simon Laffy)'' - 2:33 # "Passing Clouds" ''(Lewis)'' - 4:58 # "My Number" ''(Lewis, G. Laffy)'' - 3:52 # "Heartbreak America" ''(Lewis)'' - 2:43

Personnel

Band members

* Phil Lewis - lead vocals *

- lead guitar, backing vocals * Gerry Laffy - rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

- bass guitar, backing vocals *

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- drums, backing vocals

Production

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- producer, engineer *

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- producer on tracks 3, 7, 10, 12 *Dougie Bennet - engineer on tracks 3, 7, 10, 12

References

External links

Video for Girl's cover of Kiss's "Do You Love Me"Video for Girl's "My Number"
{{Authority control Girl (band) albums 1980 debut albums New Wave of British Heavy Metal albums Albums produced by Chris Tsangarides Jet Records albums