Mael Intuition: The Best of Sparks 1974-1976

Mael Intuition: The Best of Sparks 1974-1976 Artist: Sparks
Label: Umvd Import
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 042284254625
EAN: 0042284254625
ASIN: B00000740F


Release Date: 1990-05-03

Mael Intuition: The Best of Sparks 1974-1976


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Tracks:

  1. This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us
  2. Amateur Hour
  3. Here In Heaven
  4. Thank God It's Not Christmas
  5. Hasta Manana Monsieur
  6. Complaints
  7. Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth
  8. Somthing For The Girl With Everything
  9. Achoo
  10. Propaganda
  11. At Home, At Work, At Play
  12. Reinforements
  13. B.C.
  14. Hospitality On Parade
  15. Happy Hunting Ground
  16. Without Using Hands
  17. Get In The Swing
  18. It Aint 1918
  19. In The Future
  20. Looks, Looks, Looks

Album Details

Island Records Filled a Void in the Early Days of the CD by Culling this 20 Track Collection of Sparks Since an Anthology of the Group Didn't Exist at the Time of this Set's Release in 1990. These Tracks Come from the Band's Three Most Popular Albums in the UK. And Include "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us", "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth", "Achoo", "Amateur Hour", "Thank G-d It's Not Christmas", "Hasta Manana Monsieur", "Looks Looks Looks" and Many More.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Let The Sparks Fly.......2006-11-03

How can you go wrong with a compilation comprised of tracks from Sparks' three best albums? This CD serves as an excellent introduction to the bizarre, facinating and ultimately addictive music of the Mael brothers. One word of caution, however: You will want to buy all three albums in their entirety after hearing such masterpieces as "This Town..." "Hasta Manana", "Reinforcements" "Something for the Girl With Everything" and "Happy Hunting Ground". Rock and roll is rarely this original- and this fun!

3 out of 5 stars "Lost & Found" Is Missing.......2004-05-18

This contains most of their best songs from their UK period with Island Records. The Maels or Sparks were good during this period thanks to an excellent backing group of three Brits namely Dinky Diamond, Adrian Fisher and Martin Gordon.

The Maels with their Sparks creation shot to the top in the UK with their excellent "Kimono My House" album. They almost immediately fired Gordon followed by Fisher and lastly Diamond when they packed it up to leave the UK after 3 albums.

This era or at least Kimono worked so well because of the Mael's talents plus Gordon arranging the songs plus his bass playing, Fisher excellent guitar work and Diamond's solid drumming.

Listen to the Kimono songs versus the next two albums and the Maels have lost the clue or actually Gordon arranging the songs. We go from masterpieces such as Kimono's "Hasta Manana" to later rubbish on Indiscreet like "It Ain't 1918." This rubbish will be the hallmark for the balance of their career.

The Mael's had a small reversal when they had Giorgio Moroder produce them but it was essentially a rehash of the work the Munich-based Italian did with Donna Summer. Suppoedly, the Mael's chased Moroder all over to get him to do the album and Moroder did it after cutting a sharp deal to benefit the producer.

This D does not include the excellent Kimono era B-side Lost and Found so I would probably pass on this one.

5 out of 5 stars

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