Iconic Album Artwork

This album cover for Sweet Sensation's Take It While It's Hot (1989) makes me SO happy. Honestly, I don't really remember people dressing like this, but it certainly evokes an era of free-spirited fashion jumpoffs, the likes of which we have not seen since. (However, I do think that if Mama Knowles and Destiny's Child had been around in 1989, she would have created similar fashion travesties for them to sport at the Billboard Awards and the lighting of the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center!)

To recap: Sweet Sensation exploded onto the scene in 1989 at the tail-end of the Latin Freestyle diva-wave. Their first album (pictured above) contained the hits "Hooked On You" (click on the title for the HOT fashion show video where they wear some pretty interesting creations from the House of HEINOUS!) and "Sincerely Yours". Their follow-up album contained their hit cover of "Love Child" and a (gasp!) #1 Billboard hit in "If Wishes Came True", after which they were never heard from again.

Now...WHY is this??? Looking at this cover again, doesn't it seem to you that they were quite possibly lip-syncing Boricua drag queens?! I mean, look CLOSELY at the beastess on the right. And note the lack of ANY sort of cleavage on all three 'gurls'. There's something a little amiss here...aww Sweet Sensation, it's ok! I love you anyway.

xoxo,

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