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- Date Released: January 1, 1977
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Alternative
- Label: Lil' Beethoven / Revolver
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By calling this 1977 release Introducing Sparks, the Mael siblings were being ironic -- this was their seventh album, and they were famous in England even though they only had a small following in their own country. The second of two albums that Sparks recorded for Columbia, Introducing Sparks gained a reputation for being its least essential album of the 1970s. To be sure, this LP isn't in a class with either Big Beat (Sparks' previous Columbia release) or Island gems such as Propaganda and Kimono My House. But it isn't a bad album either -- uneven and imperfect, yes, but generally decent. Some of the album's more memorable songs range from the opener "A Big Surprise" and the Beach Boys-minded "Over The Summer" (a '60s-like ode to summer love) to the Greek-influenced "Goofing Off." On the hilarious "Occupation," Sparks outlines various career options and has fun lampooning all of them -- for example, Russell Mael says of athletes: "We athletes run around and round/We moan and groan and hit the ground/And when we get to 35/We sell cosmetics and survive." Although not recommended to casual listeners, Introducing Sparks has more plusses than minuses and is worth hearing if you're a hardcore Sparks aficionado.
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A Big Surprise |
3:45 |
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| 02. | |
Occupation |
5:16 |
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| 03. | |
Ladies |
3:08 |
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| 04. | |
I'm Not |
3:28 |
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| 05. | |
Forever Young |
3:27 |
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| 06. | |
Goofing Off |
4:27 |
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| 07. | |
Girls On The Brain |
3:41 |
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Over The Summer |
3:50 |
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| 09. | |
Those Mysteries |
5:02 |
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09 Total Tracks, 36:04 Total Length
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Credits
- Sparks - Main Performer // Alan Broadbent - ? // David Foster - ? // Tom Bahler - Vocals (Background) // Ben Benay - ? // Al Capps - Vocals (Background) // Stan Farber - Vocals (Background) // Ed Greene - ? // Jim Haas - Vocals (Background) // Ron Hicklin - Vocals (Background) // Ron Mael - Keyboards // Ron Mael - Vocals // Ron Mael - Performer // Ron Mael - ? // Russell Mael - Vocals // Russell Mael - Performer // David Paich - ? // Marc Piscitelli - Vocals (Background) // Mike Porcaro - ? // Reinie Press - ? // Lee Ritenour - ? // Lee Ritenour - ? // Lenny Roberts - Engineer // Thom Rotella - ? // Nick Uhrig - Vocals (Background)
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