Sparks have a new album out. It's called MAD ! It's immediately recognisable as a Sparks album. It couldn't be anything else. It's their 26th album since they formed in Los Angeles in 1971. When I was 5 years old and still in Zimbabwe where I was born. My family came back to England where my parents were from the following year.
I've grown up left home. Taught for 36 years n ten different countries. Lived and loved. Wined and dined. Drank and smoked a lot. Generally tried to live life to the full. .Lived in Newcastle for the best part of twenty years and am now doing what I hope will be my last working position. Teaching business people online.
All that time Sparks have been being Sparks. Putting out records, touring, giving interviews. Their body of work is always diverse but has certain characteristics, They're celebratory, cerebral, pleased with themselves. Acerbic. Droll. Quality product.
MAD ! Isn't bad. Lush, cinematic informed. They're super trouper. I love a lot of their records.. Have never disliked any that I've ever heard. They're frenetic but lack the irritating qualities of those who have run our of things to say because they clearly never will. I wouldn't like to listen to them all the time but they're up there. As someone who writes a blog on a daily basis I'm hardly entitled to have a pop at them. In fact they are precisely the kind of artists I started the blog to write about. God bless them !
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