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Matthew Sweet (born 6 October 1964) is a Nebraska-born [[Power Pop]] musician who gained some success with the [[Alternative Rock]] boom early in [[The Nineties]], tapered off, and instead settled into recording and touring for a devoted fanbase.
Beginning to write and record songs as a teenager, Sweet moved to Athens, Georgia to attend college, attracted by the city's alternative music scene. After some stints in Community Trolls, Oh-OK and The Buzz of Delight, he was signed to Columbia Records in 1985. After his debut ''Inside'' flopped, he was dropped and instead moved to A&M Records, where he made another unsuccessful album, ''Earth''. These albums suffered from severe cases of multiple producers and over-use of synths (with the first being recorded in [[I Am the Band|one-man band mode]]) and received given mixed reviews at best. A&M also gave him the boot after ''Earth'', and he moved to Zoo Entertainment instead.
Suffering from a [[Creator Breakdown]] after a divorce, Sweet entered the studio in 1990 to record a new album, with his new crack band formed of ex-Voidoids members Ivan Julian (guitar), Robert Quine (guitar), Fred Maher (drums) and ex-[[Television (
For his followup ''Altered Beast'', Sweet recruited famous guest musicians such as [[Fleetwood Mac|Mick Fleetwood]], [[Elvis Costello|Pete Thomas]], [[Big Star (
Sweet's albums began reversing from the [[Darker and Edgier]] course with ''Blue Sky on Mars'', but its reception was lukewarm given that it lacked his earlier secret weapon: Lloyd and Quine's gnarly, edgy guitar work. It failed to spawn even an [[Alternative Rock]] hit like his previous albums, leaving him to the status of [[Cult Classic]]. Not that that's discouraged him - to this day he continues writing hooky [[Power Pop]] albums for his fanbase. Well, okay, except ''In Reverse''. And he did reunite with Lloyd for ''Kimi Ga Suki''.
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Sweet has a ''huge'' following in [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|Japan]], which can be attributed to the fact that he is [[One of Us]]: the videos for "Girlfriend" and "I've Been Waiting" used clips from ''[[Space Adventure Cobra]]'' and ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' before anime became really popular Stateside. ''Kimi Ga Suki'' was originally a Japan-only release as a "thank you" for his fanbase there before unexpected popularity also brought it to the USA.
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* ''Inside'' (1986)
* ''Earth'' (1989)
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* ''Under the Covers'' - [[Cover Album|Cover Albums]] recorded with [[The Bangles|Susanna Hoffs]]; the first volume (2006) focused on tracks from [[The Sixties]], the second (2009) from [[The Seventies]]
* ''Sunshine Lies'' (2008)
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* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: Not just the fandom - Sweet's self-imposed speed in writing ''Kimi Ga Suki'' and reunion with Richard Lloyd resulted in one of his better-received albums in a while.
* [[Cover Album]]: Two of them.
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* [[Dream Team]]: Sweet seems to have a talent for getting famous musicians to play on his albums - asides from the ''Altered Beast'' cast, [[Van Dyke Parks]] guests on ''Living Things'', and ''In Reverse'' also included famous session musicians Jim Keltner on drums and Carol Kaye on bass).
* [[Epic Rocking]]: "Thunderstorm".
* [[Fake
* [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|Japanese Love Matthew Sweet]]
* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: "Sick of Myself".
* [[One of Us]]: Asides from his love of anime and a tattoo of [[Urusei Yatsura|Lum]], ''Blue Sky on Mars''' title is a ''[[Total Recall]]'' reference, "Evangeline" is about the comic of the same name (specifically, it's from the point of view of the character Johnny 6) and ''Altered Beast'' is named after a Sega Mega Drive game.
* [[Religion Rant Song]]: "Divine Intervention" isn't as angry as [[XTC]]'s "Dear God", but it does pull a [[Holding Out for
* [[Self
* [[Sure Why Not]]: "Girlfriend" was originally named "Goodfriend", but Sweet changed the title after people misheard the lyric. Notably, both "girlfriend" and "good friend" are present in the song's lyrics.
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