The album, issued on the Columbia label (SX 6043), has been described as "one of the finest British R&B albums of the mid-'60s."
Style and content
Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Dave Thompson says that it ".. follows in the footsteps of its predecessors, a punchy R&B stomper that could (even should) have been recorded live, so high is the energy, and so abandoned the backing of the Blue Flames."[6]
^Rock Stars Encyclopedia – Page 362 0789446138 Dafydd Rees, Luke Crampton – 1999 – GEORGIE FAME &THE BLUE FLAMES 1966 May Sweet Things hits UK #6.
^John Tobler (1991), Who's Who in Rock & Roll, 0517056879, p. 1988: "His third album with the Blue Flames, 'Sweet Things', lingered in the chart, but the band was dismissed so that Fame ..."
^The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 1857431618- Page 163 The Blue Flames, 1961; Band replaced with the Tornados: London residencies, Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, ... 1, UK), 1966; Sweet Things, 1966; Sunny, 1966; Sitting In The Park, 1967; Because I Love You (own composition), 1967; The Ballad of Bonnie and Clyde
^Bob Brunning – Blues: The British Connection −1986 Page 75 "Georgie's soul music side was ably reflected on his next album Sweet Things in early 1966."
