Sweet Revenge (Amanda Lear album)

Infobox Album
Name = Sweet Revenge
Type = studio
Artist = Amanda Lear


Caption =
Released = 1978
Recorded = 1977/1978
Genre = Pop, Disco, Euro Disco
Length =
Label = Ariola-Eurodisc 25 900 OT
Producer = Anthony Monn
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:wxfpxqq5ldte]
Last album = I Am a Photograph
This album = Sweet Revenge
Next album = The Pyjama Girl Case

Sweet Revenge is a studio album by French singer Amanda Lear, first released on West German label Ariola Records in February 1978. The album contained European hit singles "Follow Me", "Enigma (Give A Bit Of Mmh To Me)", "Gold" and "Run Baby Run".

The rights to the Ariola-Eurodisc back catalogue are currently held by Sony BMG Music Entertainment - "Sweet Revenge" remains the only original Ariola album by Amanda Lear to have been re-released on compact disc.

Track listing

ide A

Segued medley. Total time: 18:45.
# "Follow Me" (Anthony Monn - Amanda Lear) - 3:50
# "Gold" (Charly Ricanek - Amanda Lear) - 3:45
# "Mother, Look What They've Done To Me" (Anthony Monn - Amanda Lear) - 4:45
# "Run Baby Run" (Anthony Monn - Amanda Lear) - 3:45
# "Follow Me (Reprise)" (Anthony Monn - Amanda Lear) - 3:40

ide B

# "Comics" (Charly Ricanek - Amanda Lear) - 3:40
# "Enigma (Give A Bit Of Mmh To Me)" (Rainer Pietsch - Amanda Lear) - 5:08
# "The Stud" (Rainer Pietsch - Amanda Lear) - 3:30
# "Hollywood Flashback" (Anthony Monn - Amanda Lear) - 4:31

Release history

* 1978 West Germany: Ariola-Eurodisc 25 900 OT. Gatefold sleeve and free poster.
* 1978 Italy: Polydor 2480 465 - additional track: B5. "Queen Of China Town" (Rainer Pietsch - Amanda Lear) - 4:15
* 1979 South Africa: "Golden Hits" Ariola ARD 2501, Double album; disc 1 "I Am A Photograph" #1, disc 2 "Sweet Revenge".

CD re-release

*1992 Germany: BMG-Ariola 262 819.

Charts

ingle releases

7"

* 1978 "Follow Me" / "Mother Look What They've Done To Me" (West Germany - Ariola 11 950 AT)
* 1978 "Follow Me" / "Mother Look What They've Done To Me" (Austria - Ariola 11 950 AT)
* 1978 "Follow Me" / "Mother Look What They've Done To Me" (France - Eurodisc 11950)
* 1978 "Follow Me" / "Mother Look What They've Done To Me" (France - Eurodisc 911163)
* 1978 "Follow Me" / "Mother Look What They've Done To Me" (Netherlands - Ariola 11950 AT)
* 1978 "Follow Me" / "Mother Look What They've Done To Me" (UK - Ariola ARO 125)
* 1978 "Follow Me" / "Mother Look What They've Done To Me" (Italy - Polydor 2121 357)
* 1978 "Follow Me" / "Mother Look What They've Done To Me" (Yugoslavia - RTB S 54 024)
* 1978 "Follow Me" / "Run Baby Run" (Spain - Ariola 15616-A)
* 1978 "Enigma (Give A Bit Of Mmh To Me)" (Single Edit) 4:30 / "Run Baby Run" (West Germany - Ariola)
* 1978 "Enigma (Give A Bit Of Mmh To Me)" (Single Edit) / "Run Baby Run" (France - Eurodisc)
* 1978 "Enigma (Give A Bit Of Mmh To Me)" (Single Edit) / "Run Baby Run" (Netherlands - Ariola 100 065)
* 1978 "Enigma (Give A Bit Of Mmh To Me)" (Single Edit) / "Run Baby Run" (Italy - Polydor 2121 363)
* 1978 "Enigma (Give A Bit Of Mmh To Me)" (Alternative Single Edit) 3:30 / "Hollywood Flashback" (South Africa - Ariola ARS 223)
* 1978 "Enigma (Give A Bit Of Mmh To Me)" (Alternative Single Edit) / "Hollywood Flashback" (Zimbabwe - Ariola ARS 223)
* 1978 "Enigma (Give A Bit Of Mmh To Me)" (Single Edit) / "Gold" (Japan - Columbia Ariola YK-110-Y)
* 1978 "Run Baby Run" / "Follow Me (Part Two - Reprise)" (Belgium - Ariola 132-AT)
* 1978 "Run Baby Run" / "Follow Me (Part Two - Reprise)" (Netherlands - Music Master 5110 10/10)
* 1978 "Run Baby Run" / "Follow Me (Reprise)" (UK - Ariola ARO132)
* 1978 "Run Baby Run" / "Follow Me" (Portugal - Ariola 5015 616)
* 1989 "Run Baby Run" / "The Stud" (South Africa - Ariola ARS 222)
* 1978 "Gold" / "Lili Marleen (German/French Version)" (Non-Album Version - From album Never Trust A Pretty Face) (France - Eurodisc 100 101)
* 1978 "Gold" / "Lili Marleen" (France - Eurodisc 911 200)
* 1978 "Gold" (Italy - Polydor AS 5000 486, Promo)
* 1982 "Follow Me" / "Hollywood Is Just A Dream When You're Seventeen" (1981) (Czechoslovakia - Supraphon 1143 2625)
* 1989 "Gold" (Ian Levine Remix - 7" Edit) 3:50 / "Follow Me" (Ian Levine Remix - 7" Edit) 3:41 (West Germany - Ariola 111 978)

12"

* 1978 "Follow Me (Wally MacDonald Disco Mix)" 10:48 /"Enigma (Give A Bit Of Mmh To Me)" (Canada - IGM Inter Global Music IGM-005, yellow vinyl)
* 1978 "Follow Me (Wally MacDonald Disco Mix)" / "Enigma (Give A Bit Of Mmh To Me)" (Canada - Epic 1264 8490)
* 1978 "Follow Me (Wally MacDonald Disco Mix)" / "Follow Me (Wally MacDonald Disco Mix)" (Canada - Siamese SIA 003)
* 1978 "Run Baby Run" / "Follow Me (Reprise)" (UK - Ariola AROD 132/12, red vinyl)
* 1989 "Gold / Follow Me '89" (Ian Levine Remixes) "Gold" (Extended House Mix) 8:44 / "Gold" (Deep House Dub Mix) 6:08 / "Follow Me" (High Energy Mix - Extended) 6:28 (12" - West Germany Ariola 611 978)
* 1989 "Gold / Follow Me '89" (Ian Levine Remixes) "Gold" (Radio House Version) 3:50 / "Follow Me" (High Energy Radio Mix) / "Gold" (Extended House Mix) 8:44 / "Follow Me" (High Energy Mix - Extended) 6:28 (12" - West Germany Ariola 661 978)

CD

*1989: "Gold / Follow Me '89" (Ian Levine Remixes) "Gold" (Radio House Version) 3:50 / "Follow Me" (High Energy Radio Mix) / "Gold" (Extended House Mix) 8:44 / "Follow Me" (High Energy Mix) 4:28 (West Germany, Ariola 661978)

Russian compilation CD's

N.B.: Sound quality: vinyl.
* "I Am A Photograph" / "Sweet Revenge"
* "Sweet Revenge" / "Never Trust A Pretty Face"