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Sparks

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Not Forgotten: Sparks – No.1 in Heaven

  • April 24, 2019
  • Jon Bryan
Career reinventions don’t come much more well executed than Sparks’ recently reissued 1979 album, No.1 in Heaven. While brothers Ronald and Russell Mael had found an enthusiastic audience for their…
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Album Review: Sparks – Hippopotamus

  • September 16, 2017
  • Jon Bryan
When Sparks roared back to relevance with 2002‘s Lil’ Beethoven, it was treated as a glorious return to form. How long that form would last was another matter. Was it…
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Not Forgotten: Sparks – Lil’ Beethoven

  • April 9, 2016
  • Jon Bryan
Having comprehensively out smarted Roxy Music with their art pop in the mid-70s, and proved you could be an influential synth pioneer and still have a sense of fun by…
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News: Universal to release Sparks box set – The Island Years

  • September 23, 2015
  • Jim F
Aside from being (approximately) half of pop supergroup F.F.S. it shouldn’t be forgotten that Sparks, aka Ron and Russell Meal, were a rather brilliant group before their latest collaboration. For…
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Not Forgotten: Sparks – Balls

  • August 19, 2015
  • Jon Bryan
One of the great things about Sparks down the decades has been their innate ability to innovate and inspire those that follow in their wake. The fact that those that…
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Live Review: Glastonbury Festival – Sunday 28th June 2015

  • July 11, 2015
  • Kevin Paterson
After Saturday’s packed line up, there was no let up on the third and final day of live music. The Pyramid Stage has a reputation to open each day with…
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Album Review: FFS – FFS

  • June 11, 2015
  • Jon Bryan
FFS are a supergroup in the purest sense. Two musical acts, seperated by a generation, combining to release an album which will hopefully combine the best bits of their respective…
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Playlist: Sparks’ Dieter Meier picks out some of his favourite music videos for Backseat Mafia

  • September 14, 2014
  • Jim F
It’s been quite a journey. As he approaches his seventh decade, Dieter Meier can look back on a life well lived. Conceptual artist, lyricist, singer and one half of influential…
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Not Forgotten – Sparks – Exotic Creatures of the Deep

  • April 10, 2014
  • Jon Bryan
Following up the undisputed best album of your career must be an unenviable task. There was no way that Oranges & Lemons was ever going to be a match for…
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NOT FORGOTTEN – SPARKS – HELLO YOUNG LOVERS

  • November 17, 2013
  • Jon Bryan
Once in a blue moon a new album is released by a well established act that stands out as the best of their career. It’s a rare thing for sure…
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