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.

Sparks - Angst In My Pants (1982) {2013 Repertoire Records Remaster}

Sparks - Angst In My Pants (1982) {2013 Repertoire Records Remaster}

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© 2013 Repertoire Records / Warner | REP 5311

Rock / Pop Rock / New Wave / Dance Rock / Glam Rock

Although mired in a rut of merely "good" albums, Sparks had offered occasional glimpses of their old greatness on each, fanning the dim hope that they might climb again to previous heights. The faithful were rewarded with Angst in My Pants, the first album in years (and, sadly, the last) that puts their pop genius to good use. The differences between this album and the inferior Whomp That Sucker are subtle but important. First, the material is much better (OK, that's not so subtle). Second, the band is brought up in the mix at the expense of the synthesizer, and the result feels more like their old power pop than the new wave/disco sound of recent efforts.