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Iwas thinking that the Sparks fans are separated in two categories.Those who prefer the Bearsville and the Island years(woofer,kimono)and the others who like Moroder ones(number one in heaven,terminal jive)or the dance oriented in the eightees.I believe its a historical need to talk a bit about the ''Sparks phenomenon'' and its contribution both to new wave and alternative dance.

I like both eras of the band, but when pushed I will go with the Moroder-influenced 80's period.

I love the Sparks!
I never got into their earlier stuff. I know people who prefer that over their synth stuff, but I don't know why. Actually, I will have to give it another try. The earliest album I have by them is No. 1 in Heaven, which is the first al

Angst in my pants is a great serious-fun album!If you listen closely to the songs,a type of melancholy comes up,especially in ''Serlock Holmes'' and ''angst in my pants''!Who knows ,maybe the eightees,was a difficult place for Maels!Of course there is ''m

I liked both incarnations, but especialy love what they did for Telex!

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<br>I liked both incarnations, but especialy love what they did for Telex!
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Maels produced Talex album''sex(birds and bees)'',in J'M2.`They also wrote lurics,but with not so good results!Also contributed in another French band mamed''Bijou'',but don't know much more.If anyone can help me...

Didn't know about "Bijou" so I did a google and...
We were spending a lot of time in France at that time (1979) and we were really good friends with a journalist named John William Thoury. He was also Bijou’s manager and he was a big Sparks fan. He ask

Thanks,hensoneno,nice information!

JIM: Who was Adrian Munsey?
RUSSELL: He was a real eccentric character who was on Virgin Records and I don’t know what he had done prior to when we worked with him (Sparks produced one single by this artist in 1979)
He had the concept, I think he wa

Ihave Noel's second album,not the''is there more to life than dancing...'' one.It's pretty good dance based pop-rock,with Simon Phillips on drums(great session man)!The first one with sparks contribute, is a bit rare.About Andrian Munsey,i believe that wa

Firefall, you are totally right on that. Sparks do have really devoted fans though, especially fans of their early stuff. I'm a mid-period Sparks fan, actually not a big fan, but I love some of their songs. My favourite album is Sparks In Outer Space a