http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.127&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rssWith a name like Matthew Sweet, it's hard not to pigeonhole the guy as a sugary popster and leave it at that; but to do so is to unfairly ignore the range of Sweet's abilities and the extent of his influence on Power Pop in the 1990s. Sweet, after all, is a redoubtable guitar player. On his best record, <I>Girlfriend</I> (1991), he turned loose two of the most innovative players to ever put pick to string, Robert Quine of the Voidoids and Richard Lloyd of Television. Looking over their shoulders, Sweet rounded out his own mastery of the instrument, subsequently playing all the guitar parts on his sixth full-length <I>Blue Sky on Mars</I> (1997). Sweet's concerts often feature the performer flanked by an arsenal of guitars -- using a different one for nearly every song, he evokes moods from jubilation to sorrow with pinpoint precision. With a deft hand and confessional lyrics, he scrupulously renders into song the entire spectrum of human emotion, from gushy sentimentality in "Girlfriend" to bottomed-out exasperation in "Sick of Myself." - Chad DriscollPower Popen720Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:56:36 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.127&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss With a name like Matthew Sweet, it's hard not to pigeonhole the guy as a sugary popster and leave it at that; but to do so is to unfairly ignore the range of Sweet's abilities and the extent of his influence on Power Pop in the 1990s. Sweet, after all, is a redoubtable guitar player. On his best record, <I>Girlfriend</I> (1991), he turned loose two of the most innovative players to ever put pick to string, Robert Quine of the Voidoids and Richard Lloyd of Television. Looking over their shoulders, Sweet rounded out his own mastery of the instrument, subsequently playing all the guitar parts on his sixth full-length <I>Blue Sky on Mars</I> (1997). Sweet's concerts often feature the performer flanked by an arsenal of guitars -- using a different one for nearly every song, he evokes moods from jubilation to sorrow with pinpoint precision. With a deft hand and confessional lyrics, he scrupulously renders into song the entire spectrum of human emotion, from gushy sentimentality in "Girlfriend" to bottomed-out exasperation in "Sick of Myself." - Chad Driscoll http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6572873&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Fri, 1 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 6572873 tra.6572873 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 For The Kids Too! alb.6570067 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/9/9/4/4/664499_170x170.jpg 2004-10-01 00:00:00.0 2004-10-01 00:00:00.0 true Good Night tra.6572873 187000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6572873&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.6572873&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2186591&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 22 Oct 1991 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2031225&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2526088&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 22 Oct 1991 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 2526088 tra.2526088 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Girlfriend alb.102129 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/2/3/7/3/1263732_170x170.jpg 1991-10-22 00:00:00.0 1991-10-22 00:00:00.0 true I've Been Waiting tra.2526088 216000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2526088&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2526088&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9748389&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 9748389 tra.9748389 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Under The Covers Vol. 1 alb.9740714 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9748399&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 9748399 tra.9748399 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Under The Covers Vol. 1 alb.9740714 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/3/6/2/1492636_170x170.jpg 2006-04-18 00:00:00.0 2006-04-18 00:00:00.0 true Care Of Cell #44 tra.9748399 234000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9748399&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9748399&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10488733&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 22 Oct 1991 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 10488733 tra.10488733 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Girlfriend (Expanded Edition) alb.10483432 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/3/4/6/1336435_170x170.jpg 2006-06-13 00:00:00.0 1991-10-22 00:00:00.0 true Girlfriend tra.10488733 220000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10488733&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10488733&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945218&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:10:35 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 28945218 tra.28945218 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Under The Covers: Vol. 2 alb.28942503 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/4/5/2/1722540_170x170.jpg 2009-07-21 00:00:00.0 null true Second Hand News tra.28945218 193000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945218&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945218&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945222&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:10:35 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 28945222 tra.28945222 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Under The Covers: Vol. 2 alb.28942503 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/4/5/2/1722540_170x170.jpg 2009-07-21 00:00:00.0 null true Here Comes My Girl tra.28945222 262000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945222&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945222&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945216&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Sun, 9 Aug 2009 08:46:12 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 28945216 tra.28945216 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Under The Covers: Vol. 2 alb.28942503 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/4/5/2/1722540_170x170.jpg 2009-07-21 00:00:00.0 null true Sugar Magnolia tra.28945216 212000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945216&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945216&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2875762&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 13 Jul 1993 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 2875762 tra.2875762 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.0 Altered Beast alb.171839 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/9/8/9/1379896_170x170.jpg 1993-07-13 00:00:00.0 1993-07-13 00:00:00.0 true The Ugly Truth tra.2875762 197000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2875762&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2875762&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9748388&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 9748388 tra.9748388 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Under The Covers Vol. 1 alb.9740714 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http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9748392&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 9748392 tra.9748392 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Under The Covers Vol. 1 alb.9740714 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/3/6/2/1492636_170x170.jpg 2006-04-18 00:00:00.0 2006-04-18 00:00:00.0 true Cinnamon Girl tra.9748392 164000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9748392&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9748392&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9748395&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 9748395 tra.9748395 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Under The Covers Vol. 1 alb.9740714 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/6/3/6/2/1492636_170x170.jpg 2006-04-18 00:00:00.0 2006-04-18 00:00:00.0 true Different Drum tra.9748395 169000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9748395&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.9748395&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945200&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:10:35 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 28945200 tra.28945200 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Under The Covers: Vol. 2 alb.28942503 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/4/5/2/1722540_170x170.jpg 2009-07-21 00:00:00.0 null true Back Of A Car tra.28945200 152000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945200&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945200&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945201&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:10:35 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 28945201 tra.28945201 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Under The Covers: Vol. 2 alb.28942503 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/4/5/2/1722540_170x170.jpg 2009-07-21 00:00:00.0 null true Couldn't I Just Tell You tra.28945201 207000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945201&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945201&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945199&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:10:35 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 28945199 tra.28945199 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Under The Covers: Vol. 2 alb.28942503 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/4/5/2/1722540_170x170.jpg 2009-07-21 00:00:00.0 null true I've Seen All Good People: Your Move/All Good People tra.28945199 447000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945199&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945199&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945221&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:10:35 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 28945221 tra.28945221 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Under The Covers: Vol. 2 alb.28942503 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/4/5/2/1722540_170x170.jpg 2009-07-21 00:00:00.0 null true You're So Vain tra.28945221 262000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945221&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945221&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945220&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:10:35 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 28945220 tra.28945220 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Under The Covers: Vol. 2 alb.28942503 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/4/5/2/1722540_170x170.jpg 2009-07-21 00:00:00.0 null true All The Young Dudes tra.28945220 232000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945220&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945220&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10488736&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 22 Oct 1991 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 10488736 tra.10488736 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Girlfriend (Expanded Edition) alb.10483432 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/3/4/6/1336435_170x170.jpg 2006-06-13 00:00:00.0 1991-10-22 00:00:00.0 true Evangeline tra.10488736 285000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10488736&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10488736&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10488731&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 22 Oct 1991 00:00:00 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 10488731 tra.10488731 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Girlfriend (Expanded Edition) alb.10483432 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/5/3/4/6/1336435_170x170.jpg 2006-06-13 00:00:00.0 1991-10-22 00:00:00.0 true Divine Intervention tra.10488731 337000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10488731&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.10488731&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2031227&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Sun, 1 Jan 1995 00:00:00 -0800 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 2031227 tra.2031227 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 100% Fun alb.202613 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/1/3/0/6/1266031_170x170.jpg 1995-03-14 00:00:00.0 1995-01-01 00:00:00.0 true We're The Same tra.2031227 183000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2031227&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.2031227&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945217&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss Power Pop Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:10:35 -0700 Top Tracks by Matthew Sweet on Rhapsody Online 28945217 tra.28945217 Matthew Sweet art.127 0.99 Under The Covers: Vol. 2 alb.28942503 http://image.listen.com/img/170x170/0/4/5/2/1722540_170x170.jpg 2009-07-21 00:00:00.0 null true Go All The Way tra.28945217 211000 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945217&variant=play&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=tra.28945217&variant=data&rws=%2Fmatthew-sweet%2Ftop-tracks.rss