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goodbye to the beat". "My Baby's Taking Me Home" largely consists of the title repeated over 100 times with no other words being used, other than a spoken interlude. Similarly, "Your Call Is Very Important To Us" uses a corporation style call-hold message: "Your call is very important to us. Please hold" which is then sung with some additional words: "At first she said your call is very important to us, then she said please, please hold." The only other lyrics in the song are "Red light", "Green light", "I'm Getting Mixed Signals" and "Sorry, I'm Going To Have To Put You Back On Hold". These elements are layered with a simple piano line to create a highly textured effect.
360:, while critically acclaimed, did not chart inside the top 100 in the UK, Germany or the US. It was released in a limited edition which had hardcover book binding. The album was promoted by the single "Suburban Homeboy" but it, too, did not chart. The single was backed two b-sides, an extended version of "Suburban Homeboy", entitled "Suburban Homeboy (Extended 'Ron Speaks' Version)", and "Wunderbar (Concerto In Koch Minor)", which samples the voice of German sports commentator Günther Koch. The band had initially planned to release the album as Lil' Beethoven rather than Sparks, so that it wasn't pigeonholed with their previous albums, but eventually decided against it. 300:, had not been at all successful and was generally perceived as Sparks treading water. The duo had already written an entire album's worth of material for a follow-up, but found that they were unenthusiastic with the results and so the album was scrapped, a decision which they admitted was difficult but ultimately crucial for them to continue challenging themselves and evolving their sound. 444: 439: 434: 429: 424: 31: 496:
pictured the album as "nine songs of lethal grandeur built from swollen waves of strings and fistfuls of piano and one-man operatic chorales". Reviewer David Frickle said the album was a "perfect cocktail", remarking that there was virtually no rock guitar apart for one song, before concluding
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magazine named the album as one of its Best New Albums of 2002, describing it as "possibly the most exciting and interesting release ever from such a long established act", and later in 2003 saying "it really does feel like one of the best albums ever recorded." In a four out of five star review,
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saw the duo move into a more classical-influenced sound, with a heavy reliance on repetitive lyrics and piano lines, synthesized orchestration and multi-tracked vocals in place of percussion. Opening track "The Rhythm Thief" is an overall introduction to the band's new direction by declaring "say
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A DVD produced by Demon Vision was also released of a live performance of the album. The live performance was filmed in March 2004 at the Södra Teatern in Stockholm, Sweden. The DVD features the album performed in full and in order, followed by a set of twelve other Sparks songs.
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in a deluxe edition. This version had a black sleeve as opposed to the white original, and included three audio tracks (two of which were exclusive), a video of "The Rhythm Thief" (directed by long-time collaborators Kuntzel+Deygas), a short film by
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was issued on LP and CD as part of the "21st Century Sparks" collection. The CD included the same bonus tracks as the 2004 reissue and two additional tracks. This time the album charted, entering the UK independent albums top 50 at no. 8.
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set to music. The band's contribution, "Wunderbar", placed Koch's highly-spirited exclamations over an orchestral backing. The duo acknowledged that making the track provided them a blueprint for the direction that they would take on
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Sparks then decided to change tack, dropping the synthpop sound, reducing the musical palette and developing the music upon piano lines and lyrics of Ron Mael and the vocals of Russell Mael.
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was "brilliant". "It may take a few listens to get there, because this is unlike any record that you're likely to hear this year". In an enthusiastic review,
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The album was critically applauded, which led to renewed interest in the band. In a review titled "What the world’s been waiting for—Sparks’ very own
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declared: "it feels like you're listening to another record entirely -- every time you play it. And that is the magic of
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praised the album as being "an audacious mélange of crafty lyrics and beguilingly repetitive orchestral melodies.
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praised it as a "fantastic record", for its "grand symphonic sweep of piano-based orchestral music."
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In 2001, the Maels were commissioned by a German broadcasting company to produce a song for
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By 2002, Sparks had released eighteen albums, the last several of them in the
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vein. While this had been successful, breaking them in the US with 1983's "
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Easlea, Daryl (July 2003). "Record Collector Interview: Sparks".
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The album was received to critical acclaim in the UK and the US.
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Described by the band themselves as a "career-defining opus",
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Tammy Glover – drums, timpani, percussion and backing vocals
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All tracks are written by Ron Mael and Russell Mael
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Index


Studio album
Sparks
Genre
Art pop
chamber pop
neo-classical
glam rock
Label
Palm
Producer
Ron Mael
Russell Mael
Sparks
Balls
Hello Young Lovers
Singles
rock
Sparks
new wave
synthpop
Cool Places
When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way'
Plagiarism
Balls
Günther Koch
Interior Design
Yamaha S80
Ron Mael
AllMusic

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