SPARKS

A Long Red Light is in my top 3 or 4 of the tracks on Mad! Like I-405 Rules, it taps into the brilliance of Lil' Beethoven while also taking things in new directions. But Red Light for me stands out ...

I thought I should add a little bit to my original post.
It wasn't meant as criticism of the production on Mad.
But I feel the big improvement in production came with TGICIHL. Mad! feels in the prod ...

A question for the historians, what song has had the longest tenure as the closer for Sparks?

My guess would be, Change

I'm just wondering if Sparks should make their next album with an outside producer???
I think Mad is a good album but somehow lost an edge or something??
I see also Mad has had 10000 or so sales in ...

We give our unadulterated and for ever love to the boys, but there is a song(s)each album that we skip through. After a week, I've decided it's 'Don't Dog It' from Mad !

From the beginning

Spar ...

Quote from the pr

MAD! also tops a total of five charts this week: the Official Physical Albums Chart, Official Independent Albums Chart, Official CD Albums Chart, Official Vinyl Albums Chart and O ...

Number 2 apparently

Oh dear, these are the same chords!!!

It’s interesting how people hear music differently! I’m seriously not hearing any similarity at all from a couple of chords. But “dtmow” morphs to me ...

Oh dear, these are the same chords!!!

It’s interesting how people hear music differently! I’m seriously not hearing any similarity at all from a couple of chords. But “dtmow” morphs to me ...

Didn’t know - that’s terrible news - Woofer has goot to be top 5 in anyone’s Sparks album list, and he seemed a very cool guy

I think this song is one of the best af the album...

but ... I would love a version without all those lalala`s

Ive been imagining a cover by Tool ;-)

MAD seems to have dropped out of the UK top 100 album chart

That's last week's chart................

This weeks comes out later today - if you are in the uk, or have a vpn, you can listen to t ...

Fingers crossed it doesn't take a dip between now and Friday.

Typically it will, because there's a load of day 1 sales from the fans (like me...), but staying power over the week is something diffe ...

Oh dear, these are the same chords!!!

It’s interesting how people hear music differently! I’m seriously not hearing any similarity at all from a couple of chords. But “dtmow” morphs to me ...

https://www.newsic.it/recensione-sparks-mad/#google_vignette

from Italy
Thanks, I dont speak Italian, but google translate came up with this

The Mael do not reinvent themselves because they do ...

Oh dear, these are the same chords!!!

It’s interesting how people hear music differently! I’m seriously not hearing any similarity at all from a couple of chords. But “dtmow” morphs to me ...

The new album is a bit underwhelming if I'm honest, but it has good songs. I love the schlager-esque sound of Lord Have Mercy and I hope they will perform it live next month.

First impression, it's ...

https://www.electriceyerock.com/2025/05/album-review-sparks-mad.html?m=1

so it might be a bit less electronic than last album ...
according to this review ...

Thanks for finding all this stuf ...

Well that’s unexpected … but Britpop has good sources

https://www.popmatters.com/sparks-mad-review
The comparison with Godley and Creme is very apposite imo