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Angus_Desire · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 1:13 am Post subject:

"Kimono My House" does the trick. I've written a review of it on Amazon.com if anyone wants to read it.

I don't think Terminal Jive is all that bad, although musically it wasn't deviating from anything that was in the charts at the time. If Sparks had started in 1980 with that album, I don't know if they would have managed to produce a follow up.

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Snowbird · Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 3:32 pm Post subject:

I don't really have a favorite album... but it was "Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins" with "My Way" being the very first song I heard of Sparks.
It was that very special song and that album that got me hooked on the music of Ron and Russell and on them. That all was back in 1994...
It didn't take me very long to buy all their albums... ;-)

So I just had to vote for "Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins" as being my favorite album!

E-Clect-Eddy · Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:16 pm Post subject:

difficult choices to be made: No 1 in Heaven just got my vote before Kimono, Introducting and Sparks/Halfnelson, one vote is not enough.
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Achoo · Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:16 pm Post subject:

Have to say that I think this is a totally unfair poll.

How you can expect anyone to put Propaganda over Kimono or visa versa is beyond me.....lol

Every track on both LP's gives you that "wow this song is better than the last song" feeling.................even on shuffle mode ! ! !

It just ain't right, they are inseparable, I'm gonna have a little lie down now, it's all too much....................achoo achoo achoo!
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deadcalm · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 4:49 am Post subject:

The Hurt and Heal "POLL" Game sorted this out earlier !! If you Look..
Its By far the coolest way of sorting out the List of Albums in the
Correct Order !!... Hopefully it will rerun when HYL is Released

Flipcat · Newbie Joined: 28 Jan 2006 Posts: 5 Location: Kansas City

It has to be Indiscreet. Great album. Produced by Tony Visconti. Say no more.

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12stringbassist · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 5:23 pm Post subject:

Hi,

I voted Propaganda (as my desert island disc) as it means a lot to me and is for me their most consistent work, end to end.

But the two latest albums are absolutely monumental pieces of work.
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Pip · Newbie Joined: 23 Feb 2006 Posts: 8 Location: CA/UK

O.K. it would have been Plagiarism but, inspired by the London concert (online) I went out and bought Indiscreet today.

I'm shocked, so shocked, by how diverse but consistently excellent it is! N.b. I find Kimono and Propoganda genius but too infuriating to actually play, which is why I hadn't got around to buying classic no.3 hitherto.

Oh, I know it's another topic but I consider HYL a great and unified album, wheras Lil' B is more a fascinating experiment. Unfortunately HYL suffers the same drawbacks as prog-rock, which is why Indiscreet trumps it.

My first post, btw!

Pip

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Still only one vote for Sparks Halfnelson.

How very, very strange.

Vote now.

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SparksMarie · Groupie Joined: 25 Feb 2006 Posts: 204 Location: Denmark

Hey, where is Hello Young Lovers? I was going to place my vote there, but I have voted for Lil' Beethoven instead, simply because the lyrics are so incredibly witty and I have nothing remotely negative to say about this album - it's just amazing

My favourite tracks from this record are definitely Ugly Guys With Beautiful Girls and The Rhythm Thief

Roger Ramjet · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 8:46 am Post subject:

My favourite has to be indiscreet, then propaganda, then kimono.
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E-Clect-Eddy · Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:50 pm Post subject:

I'm sure the moderator is able to do something about that. Didn't he add an option to another poll recently? Anyway we'd have to start a new in case some of us wanna change our vote...!
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Nemo · Certified Fan Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 51

My top three:

A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing
Kimono My House
Indiscreet

DK · Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2006 3:11 pm Post subject:

A new album poll would be great:)

My top 5 at the moments:

1. Hello Young Lovers
2. Lil'Beethoven
3. Indiscreet
4. Gratuitous Sax
5. Kimono My House

LizB · Certified Fan Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Posts: 80 Location: UK

I think for me it has to be 'Propaganda'... got into Sparks through 'This Town' on Radio Luxembourg, bought 'Kimono' and loved it, but found 'Equator' a little strange (tho I now LOVE it)
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Annika · Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 3:48 pm Post subject:

Kimono my house is the far best album, but Introcducing sparks is not far after in my opinion.
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Alan Liddell · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 5:56 am Post subject:

I like the diversity of styles and production on Indescreet but for an album where every second is brilliant it would have to be Kimono My House. My all time top 10 would probably be

1 Kimono My House
2 Indescreet
3 Propaganda
4 Hello Young Lovers
5 No.1 In Heaven
6 Li'l Beethoven
7 Gratuitous Sax
8 A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing
9 Sparks
10 Introducing Sparks

powpowpow · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:35 am Post subject:

all time top ten (when can we start a new best album poll?)

1. angst in my pants
2. number one in heaven
3. propaganda
4. indiscreet
5. in outer space
6. lil beethoven
7. whomp
8. woofer
9. hyl
10. kimono

sometimes that jiggles around a bit, but the top three stay forever
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