SPARKS

They played 'Police Encounters' IIRC.

when?

On Jools Holland with FFS. Such a tuneless dirge (imo)

Tokyo concert in full, magnificent

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpYYRcIDIfc&t=4722s

They played 'Police Encounters' IIRC.

and it's quite early in the set as well. The audience last tour concerts only really got going when MTYCDT came on. No excuses this time

Huge, huge thumbs up here

That rocks !

Chatting to fans before the last Manchester gig, I was surprised that a a few had deliberately avoided finding out the setlist. Personally I can't wait, but if there are people who don't want to know, ...

What do we think for this week ?

I'm predicting chart position 29

Like waterloosunset, I had a double-take at some of dinky's choices but - as said - that's the magic of Sparks.

I started my Sparks odyssey well before cds, let alone ipods or streaming, so skippin ...

Most of the time I only skip bonus tracks at the end of an album, because there weren't meant to be there in the first place. I usually like to experience each album as a whole, even if I may not abso ...

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 ...

Lil' Beethoven & Hello Young Lovers didn't have Ron & Russell on the cover. The artwork of MAD! is all Ron & Russell.
That's the difference. If you have a funny looking duo, why not put t ...

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 ...

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

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

Just seen the sad news that James passed away last week. He was one of the most enthusiastic participants in the documentary 'if this isn't a hit, I'm going to do something else, so I started directin ...

Another possibility is Ron doing his spoken version of 'Suburban Homeboy'

I reckon we're going to get

Running up a tab
My devotion
Drowning in a sea of tears
A little bit of light banter, (last song before encore)
Lord have mercy (to close)
so may we start
Goofi ...

Whatever the final position, Transgressive have done a fantastic job promoting it.

https://www.albumoftheyear.org/user/realzzzz/album/1209352-mad/

my impressions are close to this review ... sort of ...

That's a very fair review. Politely points out their views on what they ...

me too

That's 4 copies and counting so far

I actually preferred A Steady Drip to TGICIHL

Different strokes for different folks