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| SPARKS |
| Los Angeles, California, USA | | * 1972 |
Russell Mael - voc
Ron Mael - kb
Former Members:
Pamela Stonebrook (voc, cca 1988)
Adrian Fisher (g, 1973-cca 7/74); Trevor White (g, cca 7/74-12/75); Jeff Salin (g,voc, 9/76-?); Warren Klein (g,voc, 9/76-?); Bob Haag (g, 1981); Spencer Sircombe (g, cca 1988); Josh Klinghoffer (g, cca 1/06); Dean Menta (g, cca 1/06)
Jim Mankey (bg, 1972); Martin Gordon (bg, 1973-74); Ian Hampton (bg, cca 7/74-12/75); Dave Swanson (9/76-?); Leslie Bohem (bg, 1981); Hans Christian Reumschussel (bg, cca 1988); Steve McDonald (bg, cca 1/06)
Peter Oxendale (kb, 1973-74); Jim Goodwin (synths, 1982-86); John Thomas (kb, 1986-cca 1988)
Harvey Feinstein (ds, 1972); Dinky Diamond (ds, 1973-12/75); Hilly (ds, 9/76-?); David Kendrick (ds, 1981, cca 1988); Tammy Glover (ds, cca 1/06)
Albums Discography:
| # | Title | Release Date | Label | Type | UK | USA | | 1. | A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing
(in the UK 2/73) | 1972 | Bearsville | | | | | 2. | Kimono My House
produced by: Muff Winwood | 5/1974 | Island | | 4 | | | 3. | Sparks
(reissued LP Halfnelson) | 10/1974 | Bearsville |  | | | | 4. | Propaganda
produced by: Muff Winwood | 01.11.1974 | Island | | 9 | 63 | | 5. | Indiscreet
produced by: Tony Visconti | 03.10.1975 | Island | | 18 | | | 6. | Big Beat
produced by: Rupert Holmes | 15.10.1976 | Island | | | | | 7. | The Best Of Sparks | 24.06.1977 | Island | | | | | 8. | Introducing Sparks | 07.10.1977 | CBS | | | | | 9. | Number One Song In Heaven
produced by: Giorgio Moroder | 1/1979 | Virgin | | 73 | | | 10. | Terminal Jive | 2/1980 | Virgin | | | | | 11. | Whomp That Sucker
produced by: Mack | 5/1981 | RCA | | | | | 12. | The History Of The Sparks | 11/1981 | Underdog | | | | | 13. | Angst In My Pants
produced by: Mack | 23.04.1982 | Atlantic | | | | | 14. | In Outer Space | 6/1983 | Atlantic | | | 88 | | 15. | Pulling Rabbits Out Of A Hat | 6/1984 | Atlantic | | | | | 16. | Music That You Can Dance To | 8/1986 | MCA/Curb | | | | | 17. | Interior Design | 7/1988 | Rhino/Fine Art | | | | | 18. |
(Mael, Mael, Mael World!!: The Best Of Sparks - 6/1991, Island) | ? | . Mael Intuition - It's A Mael | | | | | 19. | In The Swing | 5/1993 | Spectrum | | | | | 20. | The Heaven Collection | 10/1993 | Sony | | | | | 21. | The Hell Collection | 10/1993 | Sony | | | | | 22. | Just Got Back From Heaven | 7/1994 | Success | | | | | 23. | Gratuituous Sax And Senseless Violins | 14.11.1994 | Logic/BMG | | | | | 24. | 12Inch Mixes | 18.03.1996 | Bud Music | | | | | 25. | Plagiarism | 27.10.1997 | Virgin | | | | | 26. | Balls | 22.08.2000 | Oglio | | | | | 27. | Lil' Beethoven | 04.03.2003 | Artful | | | | | 28. | Best Of Sparks | 25.11.2003 | Repertoire | | | | | 29. | Hello Young Lovers | 06.02.2006 | Gut | | 66 | | | 30. | Made To Measure (A Personal Selection Of Classic Motown Cuts) | 26.06.2006 | Universal | | | | | 31. | Dick Around | 31.10.2006 | In The Red | | | | | 32. | Exotic Creatures Of The Deep | 19.05.2008 | | | 54 | | | 33. | The Seduction Of Ingmar Bergman | 18.12.2009 | Lil Beethoven | | | | | 34. | Two Hands One Mouth: Live In Europe | 12.03.2013 | Lil Beethoven |  | | | | 35. | New Music for Amnesiacs: The Ultimate Collection | 24.11.2013 | Lil Beethoven | | | | | 36. | New Music for Amnesiacs: The Essential Collection
(2CD) | 25.11.2013 | Lil Beethoven | | | | | 37. | Left Coast Angst: Live Broadcast Recordings 1982-1983
(2LP) | 17.03.2015 | Let Them Eat Vinyl | | | | | 38. | FFS
& Franz Ferdinand | 08.06.2015 | Domino | | | | | 39. | The Island Years
(5LP box set) | 27.11.2015 | UMC | | | | | 40. | Christmas Without a Prayer | 04.12.2015 | Lil Beethoven | | | | | 41. | Live at the Record Plant, Los Angeles, 1974 | 11.03.2016 | Roxvox | | | | | 42. | Hippopotamus | 08.09.2017 | BMG | | 7 | | | 43. | Past Tense - The Best Of Sparks | 11/2019 | BMG | | 73 | | | 44. | A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip | 15.05.2020 | BMG | | 7 | | | 45. | The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte | 26.05.2023 | Island | | 7 | | | 46. | MAD! | 02.05.2025 | Transgressive | | 2 | |
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Singles Discography:
| # | SP/EP Title | Release Date | Label | UK | USA | | 1. | Wondergirl / No More Mr Nice Guy | 11/1972 | Bearsville | | | | 2. | This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us / Barbecutie
produced by: Muff Winwood | 12.04.1974 | Island | 2 | | | 3. | Amateur Hour / Lost And Found
produced by: Muff Winwood | 12.07.1974 | Island | 5 | | | 4. | Girl From Germany / Beaver O'Lindy | 19.07.1974 | Bearsville | | | | 5. | Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth / Alabamy Right
produced by: Muff Winwood | 04.10.1974 | Island | 12 | | | 6. | Talent Is An Asset / Lost And Found
(v USA) | 10/1974 | Island | | | | 7. | Something For The Girl With Everything / Marry Me
produced by: Muff Winwood | 10.01.1975 | Island | 16 | | | 8. | Something For The Girl With Everything / Achoo
(v USA) | 3/1975 | Island | | | | 9. | Get In The Swing / Profile
produced by: Tony Visconti | 04.07.1975 | Island | 23 | | | 10. | Looks, Looks, Looks / Pineapple
produced by: Tony Visconti | 26.09.1975 | Island | 17 | | | 11. | Looks, Looks, Looks / The Wedding Of Jacqueline Kennedy To Russell Mael
(v USA) | 11/1975 | Island | | | | 12. | I Wanna Hold Your Hand / England | 19.03.1976 | Island | | | | 13. | Big Boy / Fill 'Er Up | 24.09.1976 | Island | | | | 14. | I Like Girls / England | 12.11.1976 | Island | | | | 15. | This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us
produced by: Muff Winwood | 11.03.1977 | Island | | | | 16. | A Big Surprise / Forever Young | 09.09.1977 | CBS | | | | 17. | The Number One Song In Heaven
produced by: Giorgio Moroder | 4/1979 | Virgin | 12 | | | 18. | Beat The Clock / Beat The Clock (long version)
produced by: Giorgio Moroder | 7/1979 | Virgin | 3 | | | 19. | This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us / Looks, Looks, Looks | 9/1979 | Island | | | | 20. | Tryouts For The Human Race | 12.10.1979 | Virgin | 45 | | | 21. | Tryouts For The Human Race / No. 1 Song In Heaven
(v USA) | 11/1979 | Elektra | | | | 22. | When I'm With You / When I'm With You (long version) | 18.01.1980 | Virgin | | | | 23. | Young Girls / Just Because You Love Me | 25.04.1980 | Virgin | | | | 24. | Mael Intuition | 5/1980 | Island | | | | 25. | Tips For Teens / Don't Shoot Me | 01.05.1981 | Why-Fi | | | | 26. | Funny Face / The Willys | 11.09.1981 | Why-Fi | | | | 27. | I Predict / Moustache | 4/1982 | Atlantic | | 60 | | 28. | Eaten By The Monster Of Love / Mickey Mouse | 1982 | Atlantic | | | | 29. | Cool Places / Sports
& Jane Wiedlin | 4/1983 | Atlantic | | 49 | | 30. | The Number One Song In Heaven / Beat The Clock / When I'm With You / Young Girls | 06.05.1983 | Virgin | | | | 31. | All You Ever Think About Is Sex / I Wish I Looked A Little Better
12" + Dance Goddamit (club version) / With All My Might | 11/1983 | Atlantic | | | | 32. | Pretending To Be Drunk / Kiss Me Quick | 6/1984 | Atlantic | | | | 33. | Change / This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us (acoustic) | 6/1985 | Curb/MCA | 85 | | | 34. | Music That You Can Dance To / Fingertips | 11/1986 | MCA | | | | 35. | Rosebud / Rosebud (cinematic version)
12" + Rosebud (FM mix) | 2/1987 | MCA | | | | 36. | So Important / Big Brass Ring
12" + So Important (extremely important mix)
CD + Madonna | 7/1988 | Fine Art | | | | 37. | So Important / Just Got Back From Heaven | 8/1989 | Carrere | | | | 38. | National Crime Awareness Week / (13 Minutes Of Heaven) / National Crime Awareness Week (Perkins playtime mix)
& Finitribe | 01.11.1993 | Finiflex | | | | 39. | When Do I Get To Sing "My Way" / When Do I Get To Sing "My Way" (Grid mix) / When Do I Get To Sing "My Way" (Rapino Brothers mix)
CD + When Do I Get To Sing "My Way" (Vince Clarke mixes) | 17.10.1994 | Logic | 38 | | | 40. | (When I Kiss You) I Hear Charlie Parker Singing / (When I Kiss You) I Hear Charlie Parker Singing (Beatmasters mix)
12",CD1 + (When I Kiss You) I Hear Charlie Parker Singing (Bernard Butler mix)
CD2 + This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us | 27.02.1995 | Logic/BMG | 36 | | | 41. | When Do I Get To Sing "My Way" / National Crime Awareness Week
CD + Now That I Own The BBC | 01.05.1995 | Logic | 32 | | | 42. | Now That I Own The BBC / Beat The Clock | 26.02.1996 | Logic/BMG | 60 | | | 43. | The Number One Song In Heaven | 20.10.1997 | Roadrunner | 70 | | | 44. | This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us
vs Faith No More | 24.11.1997 | Roadrunner | 40 | | | 45. | More Than Sex Machine | 10/1999 | WEA | | | | 46. | The Calm Before The Storm | 31.07.2000 | Strange Ways/Indigo | | | | 47. | Dick Around | 30.01.2006 | Gut | | | | 48. | Perfume | 13.02.2006 | Gut | | | | 49. | Dick Around / Waterproof / Interview With Sparks | 18.09.2006 | Gut | | | | | Dick Around / Hospitality On Parade | 01.01.2007 | | | | | 50. | Good Morning | 12.05.2007 | | | | | 51. | Lighten Up Morrissey | 23.03.2009 | | | | | 52. | Hippopotamus | 25.03.2017 | BMG | | | | 53. | Your Fandango
& Todd Rundgren | 23.04.2021 | | | | | 54. | We Love Each Other So Much | 29.06.2021 | | | | | 55. | Do Thngs My Own Way | 30.01.2025 | Transgressive | | | | 56. | JanSport Backpack | 25.02.2025 | Transgressive | | | | 57. | Drowned In A Sea Of Tears | 02.04.2025 | Transgressive | | | | 58. | The Happy Dictator
& Gorillaz | 11.09.2025 | Kong Studios Essex | 73 | |
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Videos:
1. Lil' Beethoven - Live In Stockholm - 5/2006, Demon Vision/Warner Music, live, 137 min
Movies:
1. The Sparks Brothers (18.6.2021, documentary, directed by Edgar Wright)
WWW Links:
http://www.allsparks.com
Various:
disbanded 12/75
reunited 1976
appeared on the LP:
Yoko Ono: Yes, I'm A Witch Too (22.1.16)
Russell Mael:
produced by SP:
Adrian Munsey And The Lost Sheep: C'est Sheep (6/79, Virgin)
Ron Mael:
produced by SP:
Adrian Munsey And The Lost Sheep: C'est Sheep (6/79, Virgin)
Press References:
| &musiQ | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 2002 | 9 | | 85 | Novinky | album review | | Big Beng! | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1997 | 40 | 13.11.1997 | 6 | Infokus | | | Melody Maker | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1974 | 28 | 13.07.1974 | 16 | New Pop Singles | single review | | 1974 | 28 | 13.07.1974 | 22 | MM Band Breakdown | profile, interview | | 1974 | 28 | 13.07.1974 | 32 | | | | 1974 | 44 | 02.11.1974 | 9 | | | | 1974 | 44 | 02.11.1974 | 49 | Albums | album review | | 1974 | 45 | 09.11.1974 | 9 | | | | 1974 | 46 | 16.11.1974 | 35 | Caught In The Act | gig review | | 1974 | 47 | 23.11.1974 | 1 | | | | 1975 | 3 | 18.01.1975 | 19 | Singles | single review | | 1975 | 12 | 22.03.1975 | 13 | | interview | | 1975 | 21 | 24.05.1975 | 35 | Caught In The Act | gig review | | 1975 | 33 | 16.08.1975 | 3 | | interview | | 1975 | 39 | 27.09.1975 | 19 | Singles | single review | | 1975 | 39 | 27.09.1975 | 23 | Albums | album review | | 1975 | 43 | 25.10.1975 | 63 | Caught In The Act | gig review | | 1975 | 44 | 01.11.1975 | 28 | Caught In The Act | gig review | | 1976 | 1 | 03.01.1976 | 4 | | | | 1976 | 2 | 10.01.1976 | 5 | | | | 1976 | 3 | 17.01.1976 | 5 | | | | 1976 | 3 | 24.01.1976 | 26 | Albums | album review | | 1976 | 39 | 25.09.1976 | 3 | New Singles | single review | | 1976 | 40 | 02.10.1976 | 5 | | | | 1976 | 48 | 27.11.1976 | 48 | Singles Extra | single review | | 1977 | 35 | 27.08.1977 | 9 | | | | 1977 | 41 | 08.10.1977 | 25 | Singles | single review | | 1979 | 39 | 13.10.1979 | 30 | Singles | single review | | 1980 | 3 | 19.01.1980 | 19 | Singles | single review | | 1980 | 6 | 09.02.1980 | 24 | Albums | album review | | 1981 | 18 | 02.05.1981 | 31 | Singles | single review | | 1981 | 19 | 09.05.1981 | 22 | | album review | | 1981 | 37 | 12.09.1981 | 23 | Singles | single review | | 1982 | 16 | 17.04.1982 | 4 | Fast Forward | | | 1983 | 19 | 07.05.1983 | 23 | Singles | single review | | 1993 | 12 | 20.03.1993 | 37 | Info Freako | | | 1993 | 45 | 06.11.1993 | 29 | Singles | single review | | 1993 | 48 | 27.11.1993 | 8 | | | | 1994 | 45 | 19.11.1994 | 39 | Albums | album review | | 1994 | 46 | 26.11.1994 | 17 | Live | gig review | | 1994 | 48 | 10.12.1994 | 33 | Albums | album review | | 1995 | 3 | 21.01.1995 | 5 | News | | | 1995 | 7 | 18.02.1995 | 34 | Singles | single review | | 1995 | 13 | 01.04.1995 | 21 | Live | gig review | | 1995 | 15 | 15.04.1995 | 4 | News | | | 1995 | 17 | 29.04.1995 | 34 | Singles | single review | | 1995 | 17 | 29.04.1995 | 40 | Info Freako | profile | | 1995 | 25 | 24.06.1995 | 16 | Live | gig review | | 1995 | 27 | 08.07.1995 | 17 | Live - Lesbian & Gay Pride | gig review | | 1996 | 1 | 06.01.1996 | 14 | Live | gig review | | 1996 | 9 | 02.03.1996 | 34 | Singles | single review | | 1997 | 36 | 06.09.1997 | 45 | Singles | single review | | 1997 | 43 | 25.10.1997 | 49 | Singles | single review | | 1997 | 44 | 01.11.1997 | 46 | Albums | album review | | 1997 | 48 | 29.11.1997 | 42 | Singles | single review | | 1997 | 51 | 20.12.1997 | 70 | Live | gig review | | New Musical Express | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1973 | 0 | 23.06.1973 | 41 | Albums | album review | | 1974 | 0 | 13.04.1974 | 6 | | | | 1974 | 0 | 18.05.1974 | 20 | Albums | album review | | 1974 | 0 | 25.05.1974 | 5 | | | | 1974 | 0 | 06.07.1974 | 3 | News Desk - Recording News | | | 1974 | 0 | 13.07.1974 | 43 | Front Row Reviews | gig review | | 1974 | 0 | 07.09.1974 | 2 | News Desk | | | 1974 | 0 | 28.09.1974 | 5 | | | | 1974 | 0 | 26.10.1974 | 18 | Platters | album review | | 1974 | 0 | 21.12.1974 | 6 | | | | 1975 | 0 | 11.01.1975 | 2 | News Desk | | | 1975 | 0 | 29.03.1975 | 2 | News Desk | | | 1975 | 0 | 29.03.1975 | 13 | Thrills | | | 1975 | 0 | 21.06.1975 | 2 | News Desk | | | 1975 | 0 | 02.08.1975 | 2 | News Desk | | | 1975 | 0 | 11.10.1975 | 20 | Platters | album review | | 1975 | 0 | 01.11.1975 | 35 | On The Town | gig review | | 1975 | 0 | 27.12.1975 | 3 | News Desk | | | Rock & Pop | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1991 | 22 | 08.11.1991 | 6 | Dopisy | discography | | 1995 | 8 | 25.04.1995 | 27 | Recenze | album review | | 1995 | 22 | 07.11.1995 | 6 | Galerie | | | 1997 | 9 | | 118 | Recenze - Singly | single review | | 1999 | 12 | | 117 | Recenze - Singly | single review | | 2006 | 6 | | 66 | Recenze DVD | | | 2006 | 7 | | 58 | Recenze | album review |
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