{{For|the British hard rock band|Sheer Greed (band)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2015}} {{Infobox album | name = Sheer Greed | type = Album | artist = Girl | cover = girl_sheergreed-album-cover.jpg | alt = | released = January 1980 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|Hard rock|glam rock}} | length = 37:16 | label = Jet | producer = {{hlist|Chris Tsangarides|Nick Tauber|Girl}} | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Wasted Youth | next_year = 1982 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 =AllMusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/sheer-greed-r38934/review | title = Girl Sheer Greed review | accessdate = 2011-07-20 | last = Heibutzki | first = Ralph | publisher = AllMusic}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Billboard'' | rev2Score = (unrated)<ref name="bboardreview">{{cite news|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1980/BB-1980-06-21.pdf|title=Review: Girl – Sheer Greed|magazine=Billboard|date=21 June 1980|access-date=30 May 2020|volume=85|number=25|page=94|via=American Radio History|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> | rev3 = ''Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal'' | rev3Score = 7/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = 1 November 2005 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | isbn = 978-1894959315 | page= 133}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Record Mirror'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Girl: ''Sheer Greed'' |last=Dome |first=Malcolm |date=26 January 1980 |magazine=Record Mirror |page=12}}</ref> | noprose = yes }}
'''''Sheer Greed''''' is the first album of the British glam rock band Girl, released in January 1980 by Jet Records. The album was published during the explosion of the new wave of British heavy metal phenomenon and its sales took advantage of the favourable attitude towards hard rock bands in the UK in that period. ''Sheer Greed'' peaked at No. 33 in the UK Albums Chart.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/Sheer%20Greed | title = Sheer Greed The Official Charts Company | accessdate = 2011-07-20 | publisher = Official Charts Company }}</ref> ''Hollywood Tease'' was released as a single, and reached No. 50.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/hollywood-tease/ |title = hollywood tease {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company}}</ref>
The song "Hollywood Tease" was later covered by the bands L.A. Guns (featuring Phil Lewis) and Sheer Greed (featuring Gerry and Simon Laffy). The American glam metal band Lillian Axe recorded a version of "My Number" on the album ''Love + War'' in 1989.
"Do You Love Me?" is a cover of a song from Kiss' 1976 album ''Destroyer''.
==Track listing== ;Side one # "Hollywood Tease" ''<small>(Phil Lewis, Phil Collen)</small>'' – 2:39 # "The Things You Say" ''<small>(Lewis, Gerry Laffy)</small>'' – 3:53 # "Lovely Lorraine" ''<small>(Lewis, Collen, G. Laffy)</small>'' – 2:36 # "Strawberries" ''<small>(Lewis)</small>'' – 2:54 # "Little Miss Ann" ''<small>(Lewis, G. Laffy)</small>'' – 2:40 # "Doctor Doctor" ''<small>(Lewis, Collen, G. Laffy)</small>'' – 2:42
;Side two #<li value="7">"Do You Love Me?" ''<small>(Paul Stanley, Bob Ezrin, Kim Fowley)</small>'' – 3:17 # "Take Me Dancing" ''<small>(Lewis, Collen, G. Laffy)</small>'' – 2:29 # "What's Up?" ''<small>(G. Laffy, Simon Laffy)</small>'' – 2:33 # "Passing Clouds" ''<small>(Lewis)</small>'' – 4:58 # "My Number" ''<small>(Lewis, G. Laffy)</small>'' – 3:52 # "Heartbreak America" ''<small>(Lewis)</small>'' – 2:43
==Personnel== ===Band members=== *Phil Lewis – lead vocals *Phil Collen – lead guitar, backing vocals *Gerry Laffy – rhythm guitar, backing vocals *Simon Laffy – bass guitar, backing vocals *Dave Gaynor – drums, backing vocals
===Production=== *Chris Tsangarides – producer, engineer *Nick Tauber – producer on tracks 3, 7, 10, 12 *Dougie Bennet – engineer on tracks 3, 7, 10, 12
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (1980) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{album chart|UK2|33|date=19800210|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 September 2024}} |}
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==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVOZkIggPj8 Video for Girl's cover of Kiss's "Do You Love Me"] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCGDGNhvlo8 Video for Girl's "My Number"]
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