King of Sweet

{{More citations needed|date=September 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = King of Sweet | type = compilation | artist = [[His Name Is Alive]] | cover = HNIA-KingOfSweet-1993.jpg | alt = | released = 1993 | recorded = 1989–1992 | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Rock and roll|Rock]] | length = 72:00 | label = Perdition Plastics | producer = [[His Name Is Alive]] | prev_title = [[Mouth by Mouth]] | prev_year = 1993 | next_title = [[Stars on ESP]] | next_year = 1996 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = [[Allmusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r218525|first=Heather|last=Phares}}</ref> | rev2 = | rev2Score = }} '''''King of Sweet''''' is a compilation album by [[His Name Is Alive]], originally released in a limited run by the Perdition Plastics label in 1993. Most, if not all, of the songs had previously appeared on the band's many self-released cassettes in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and some of them had appeared in different versions on the band's 4AD releases.

==History== By 1993, [[His Name Is Alive]]'s albums were generally being released by [[4AD]] in both the USA and the UK. However, leader [[Warren Defever]] did not have an exclusive contract with 4AD. Defever stated in interviews that the arrangement with 4AD was quite loose; 4AD president [[Ivo Watts-Russell]] would release what he was interested in, and Defever was free to release the rest elsewhere. While this mostly resulted in homemade cassettes released through Defever's Time Stereo imprint, a CD called ''King of Sweet'' appeared in the fall of 1993. The CD was made up mostly of songs that had appeared on the self-released cassettes, including several songs that eventually appeared on [[Home Is in Your Head]]. In particular, there are four songs that are based on ''Home Is In Your Head'''s "Are You Coming Down This Weekend?", albeit in much longer versions than the 18-second version that had originally appeared.

The song "Honey Babe, My Blue-Eyed Babe," was recorded in a different version for ''[[Mouth by Mouth]]'' under the name "Underwater". "Underwater", however, didn't make the final cut of the album, and remained unreleased until the 1999 compilation ''[[Always Stay Sweet]]''.

The original CD release was a limited edition of 2000 numbered copies, making this a highly sought-after and expensive release. It is now available in a remastered form as a downloadable purchase from the Silver Mountain Media website.

==Track listing== # "Take a Look around You" # "A Bird in Every Tree" # "This Weekend" # "Drive the Dreamy Demon Down" # "Lake (Theme for Sweet Hearts)" # "Blissfield (Sweet Corn)" # "Bears (King of Sweet)" # "Ode on a Dave Asman" # "A Dave in the Life" # "Honey Babe, My Blue-Eyed Babe" # "The Shepherd's Flute Is Always Playing" # "Are You Coming Down This Weekend?" # "Soul Resides in the Horse Barn" # "Driftin Blues" # "Meet Me by the Moonlight, Alone"

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:1993 compilation albums]] [[Category:His Name Is Alive albums]] [[Category:Rock compilation albums]] [[Category:Rock albums by American artists]]