Sparks - In Outer Space (1983) {2013 Repertoire Records Remaster}

Sparks - In Outer Space (1983) {2013 Repertoire Records Remaster}

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Rock / Pop Rock / New Wave / Dance Rock / Synth Pop

Sparks' 12th album got off to the best possible start when the first single, "Cool Places," a breakneckedly breezy duet with the Go-Go's' Jane Wiedlin, spun off to become the Mael brothers' first ever Top 50 hit in their American homeland. It would also be their last, but an entire generation of new fans arose regardless to pursue the siblings through both their future convolutions and their past ones too. In Outer Space's almost ruthless distillation of all that had gone before was, then, an ideal place for them to start. Like the duo's Giorgio Moroder era, In Outer Space represented a creative rejuvenation that its immediate predecessors had scarcely dared hint at. Even within the quickly dated framework of the album's production, the tunes bristle with a locomotive curiosity that neither Whomp That Sucker nor Angst in My Pants could muster and, if there's nothing here as instantly striking as, say, "This Town Ain't Big Enough" or "Equator," neither is there anything as ultimately grating as "I Predict" or "Wacky Women." Or, rather, there is "Praying for a Party," but it is readily forgivable in the face of the rib-tickling "All You Ever Think About Is Sex," or the unapologetically romantic "Rockin' Girls" -- "you're the only girl I've ever met who hates "Hey Jude"," muses Russell; "maybe that's the reason I'm so in love with you." Another Wiedelin duet, the dynamically slush-laden "Lucky Me, Lucky You," too, never fails to entrance, the ultimate losers' love story transplanted to a shipwrecked tropical paradise, while "I Wish I Looked a Little Better" offers up an entertainingly cracked mirror image to Whomp's own highlight, "Funny Face." But, though the moral of that story might well be "be careful what you wish for," the same cannot be said for In Outer Space. Sparks' fans had been crying out for a return to true glory since Terminal Jive. They got it, and it was even better than they dreamed. tracklist: 01. Cool Places 02. Popularity 03. Prayin' For A Party 04. All You Ever Think About Is Sex 05. Please Baby Please 06. Rockin' Girls 07. I Wish I Looked A Little Better 08. Lucky Me, Lucky You 09. A Fun Bunch Of Guys From Outer Space 10. Dance Godammit Bonus Tracks: 11. All You Ever Think About Is Sex (Single version) Single A-Side, (US) Atlantic 789797, ℗ 1983 12. Sports (Single B-Side), (Germany) Oasis 613809, ℗ 1983 13. Cool Places feat. Jane Wiedlin (12 Inch Mix) Single A-side, (USA) Atlantic 089863, ℗ 1983 14. All You Ever Think About Is Sex (12 Inch Club Version) Single A-side, (USA) Atlantic 086990, ℗ 1983 15. Dance Godammit (12 Inch Club Version) Single B-side, (USA) Atlantic 086990, ℗ 1983