Sweet Trials

Sweet Trials is the second studio album by New Zealand-born singer Mark Williams. It was released in March 1976. The album peaked at number 14 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart.

This article is about a studio album by Mark Williams. For the Sweet Trials related to the self defense case in Detroit, MI, see Ossian Sweet.

Sweet Trials
Studio album by
Mark Williams
ReleasedMarch 1976
Recorded1975/1976
StudioEMI Studios, Wellington, New Zealand
Genre
LabelEMI Music
ProducerAlan Galbraith
Mark Williams chronology
Mark Williams
(1975)		 Sweet Trials
(1976)		 Taking It All In Stride
(1977)
Singles from Sweet Trials
  1. "Sweet Wine"
    Released: October 1975
  2. "If It Rains"
    Released: April 1976

Reception

Suedo Nim from Victoria University of Wellington said Sweet Trials failed "to keep the grade" stating; "By use of mainly homespun material, a determinedly 'rocky' oriented approach to the album and brass backing leftovers from Grunt Machine, the end result is an overall lowering of quality." adding "Alan Galbraith's handling of production is competent enough but seems to have come in too heavy on the brass, at the expense of some possible rich orchestrations. The backing does tend to be loose, loud in places and superfluous in others which makes one wonder whether the album was less a solo one than a vehicle for contract groups to remain in employ. However, the album does have its highlights and Mark Williams does not disappoint.".[1]

Track listing
LP/Cassette (HSD 1046)[2]
Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Introduction"Alan Galbraith1:30
2."Sweet Wine"Reece Kirk3:13
3."No Matter How Hard You Try"Clinton Brown, Keith Norris, Kevin Bayley, Wayne Mason3:55
4."Easy for Us"Alan Galbraith, Mark Williams3:35
5."Tears"Paul Clayton3:00
6."If It Rains"Kiki Dee3:10
7."Outro"Alan Galbraith0.35
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Watch That Man"David Bowie3:47
2."I Can't Stand the Rain"Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, Bernard "Bernie" Miller5:20
3."Morning Sun Upon a Mountain"Wayne Mason4:30
4."Who Do You Think You Are?"Alan Galbraith, Mark Williams3:23
5."Sweet Trials" (featuring The Heartbreakers)Alan Galbraith4:05

Charts
Chart (1976) Peak
position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[3] 14

References
  1. "SWEET TRIALS: MARK WILLIAMS EMI". Victoria University of Wellington. 1976. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  2. "Sweet Trials by Mark Williams". Discogs. 1976. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
  3. "Charts.nz – Mark Williams – Sweet Trials". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 June 2017.


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