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Originally Posted by ladyislingering
I love when people actually know who they are. It's weird and oddly heartwarming in a way (Sparks fans are usually interesting and kind people). To say I love Sparks is an understatement, as my bedroom in my youth was literally covered wall-to-wall in posters and magazine clips. My only regret is that I wasn't young enough at some point to collect what was released on vinyl when it was released (all of my records are resale) so that my purchase would have impacted the bros' personal economy in some way.
When I was first getting into Sparks I was delighted to learn that I share the same birthday as Ron Mael. This year I plan on sending him a postcard. I'm also thinking up a tattoo, very soon, to immortalize my borderline-creepy fangirling.
A couple albums I feel have been ignored by a lot of Sparks fans: Pulling Rabbits out of a Hat (1984) and Interior Design (1989). On that note I'll admit that I have both of those albums on vinyl but neither of them have been played more than a couple times through the past several years.
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Nice stories there. Well I was a kid when I first heard Sparks and that was around 1979 when most of the singles off the
No.1 in Heaven album were in the charts and on tv here and fell in love with them around this period and over the following years gradually purchased the back and future albums of theirs.
Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat always had a sour story with me. I actually bought it on vinyl when it came out and the record actually had a slab of plastic melded onto the vinyl meaning I couldn't play the last couple of songs and the shop was too far away for me to exchange it. I actually think
Interior Design to be one of the weakest albums
The Sparks were always much bigger in europe especially in France and Germany. They were only really popular in the UK in 1974/1975 and 1979 periods. Despite that though, they do have a big loyal fanbase here.
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