Falling In Love With Myself Again is oddball pop at it's cringingly quirkiness but starts with a swaying organ/guitar riff and the line "Kiss her Kiss her, friends do concur" is sung excellently in their Viennese waltz style. Here in Heaven is built over a Horror movie soundtrack and filled to the brim in a schlock rock fantasia as Russell's trembling, anxiety inducing vocals complement the spooky synth, as he coos in ghostly groans. Thank God it's not Christmas is an ecstatic tune full of melody and hard organ infused rock, the chugging beat and regal tone remind me of Marc Bolan; who Russell must have taken some of his crisp tremolo vocal from. Talent is an Asset starts with an arresting intro of handslaps, dawdling bass line and vibraphone twinkles and anchors another of their European folk ditties dripping in Glammed up theatrical vocal. The album is more cohesive than prior albums with a formula of overdriven guitars, organs and syncopated rhythms overlaid by their European whimsy that frankly can lack any real feeling and be a bit overdone like the overwrought track, Complaints and the sweet but forgettable In My Family. Equator is excellent with it's the high and hollow macabre vocal of Russell Mael set to a plodding classical piano; full of Russell's best high spirited vocals and a carousel melody of blaring keyboards and Asian response vocals all culminating in an Acapella section with the vocals isolated in the mix. Barbecutie is a New Wave sounding track with it's pre-punk guitars revving along with a piano in a muddy mix, while the final track Lost and Found has a church organ that sounds like the sound of a Cathedral at certain points and captivating slow down middle 8.
Thursday 10 January 2019
Sparks (1974) Equator - LOST 70s GEMS
Spark's third album and first of two in 1974 was their most successful and fondly remembered with the bizarro glam rock coming to the fore via pop rock hooks. This Town Ain't Big Enough for The Both of Us was a memorable, cinematic track with a glassy synth progression playing like on a demented loop while Russell sings in his winsome delicate vocals before the title refrain which overlays a Native American tribal beat and is sung a little too briskly too convey the awesome name of the song. Amateur Hour was the second hit that starts with a lilting Japanese guitar riff; a circular heavy metal riff with an Oriental flavour before another of their syncopated passages. Russell's nasal falsetto soars over the jumped up Rock n Roll like a clear aria, though I'm not a fan of the overlapping chorus the melodious 'ooh' middle 8 is fantastic.
Falling In Love With Myself Again is oddball pop at it's cringingly quirkiness but starts with a swaying organ/guitar riff and the line "Kiss her Kiss her, friends do concur" is sung excellently in their Viennese waltz style. Here in Heaven is built over a Horror movie soundtrack and filled to the brim in a schlock rock fantasia as Russell's trembling, anxiety inducing vocals complement the spooky synth, as he coos in ghostly groans. Thank God it's not Christmas is an ecstatic tune full of melody and hard organ infused rock, the chugging beat and regal tone remind me of Marc Bolan; who Russell must have taken some of his crisp tremolo vocal from. Talent is an Asset starts with an arresting intro of handslaps, dawdling bass line and vibraphone twinkles and anchors another of their European folk ditties dripping in Glammed up theatrical vocal. The album is more cohesive than prior albums with a formula of overdriven guitars, organs and syncopated rhythms overlaid by their European whimsy that frankly can lack any real feeling and be a bit overdone like the overwrought track, Complaints and the sweet but forgettable In My Family. Equator is excellent with it's the high and hollow macabre vocal of Russell Mael set to a plodding classical piano; full of Russell's best high spirited vocals and a carousel melody of blaring keyboards and Asian response vocals all culminating in an Acapella section with the vocals isolated in the mix. Barbecutie is a New Wave sounding track with it's pre-punk guitars revving along with a piano in a muddy mix, while the final track Lost and Found has a church organ that sounds like the sound of a Cathedral at certain points and captivating slow down middle 8.
Falling In Love With Myself Again is oddball pop at it's cringingly quirkiness but starts with a swaying organ/guitar riff and the line "Kiss her Kiss her, friends do concur" is sung excellently in their Viennese waltz style. Here in Heaven is built over a Horror movie soundtrack and filled to the brim in a schlock rock fantasia as Russell's trembling, anxiety inducing vocals complement the spooky synth, as he coos in ghostly groans. Thank God it's not Christmas is an ecstatic tune full of melody and hard organ infused rock, the chugging beat and regal tone remind me of Marc Bolan; who Russell must have taken some of his crisp tremolo vocal from. Talent is an Asset starts with an arresting intro of handslaps, dawdling bass line and vibraphone twinkles and anchors another of their European folk ditties dripping in Glammed up theatrical vocal. The album is more cohesive than prior albums with a formula of overdriven guitars, organs and syncopated rhythms overlaid by their European whimsy that frankly can lack any real feeling and be a bit overdone like the overwrought track, Complaints and the sweet but forgettable In My Family. Equator is excellent with it's the high and hollow macabre vocal of Russell Mael set to a plodding classical piano; full of Russell's best high spirited vocals and a carousel melody of blaring keyboards and Asian response vocals all culminating in an Acapella section with the vocals isolated in the mix. Barbecutie is a New Wave sounding track with it's pre-punk guitars revving along with a piano in a muddy mix, while the final track Lost and Found has a church organ that sounds like the sound of a Cathedral at certain points and captivating slow down middle 8.
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