Rachel Sweet "Protect The Innocent" LP (1980)

Details: "Protect the Innocent" is Rachel Sweet's second album containing tracks by Lou Reed and Graham Parker. The backing musicians are uncredited. Promo version. Gold-stamped on back, white Stiff Records labels. Description: "Despite being part of the Stiff Records roster, Rachel Sweet didn't really have anything to do with punk or even new wave -- but then again, if more teenage pop music had been like Protect the Innocent in the late '70s, we might not have needed a new wave so badly. Rachel had a big, big voice and a refreshing degree of smarts about what to do with it, able to sing pop, rock & roll, and country-accented stuff with enthusiasm, taste, and gale-force impact, and she was never in better form than on Protect the Innocent. Martin Rushent and Alan Winstanley's production is sharp, clear, and keeps Rachel's pipes upfront at all times, and the backing band (uncredited, but said to be Fingerprintz) sounds lean, spunky, and tuneful. And Rachel? Well, it's not every 18-