- Sparks (band)( Sparks )【 25 albums 250 lyrics 】
- Sparks are an American pop and rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1972 by brothers Ron (keyboards) and Russell Mael (vocals). The duo formed in 1968 under the name Halfnelson. Known for their quirky approach to songwriting, Sparks' music is often accompanied by intelligent, sophisticated, and acerbic lyrics, and an idiosyncratic, theatrical stage presence, typified in the contrast between Russell's animated, hyperactive frontman antics and Ron's deadpan scowling. They are also noted for Russell Mael's distinctive falsetto voice and Ron Mael's intricate and rhythmic keyboard playing style.
While achieving chart success in various countries around the world including the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy and the United States, they have enjoyed a cult following since their first releases. During the late 1970s, when in collaboration with Giorgio Moroder (and Telex subsequently), Sparks reinvented themselves as a new wave/synth-pop band, and abandoned the traditional rock band line-up. Their frequently changing styles and visual presentations have kept the band at the forefront of modern, artful pop music.
The 2002 release of Lil' Beethoven, their 'genre-defying opus', as well as the more recent albums Hello Young Lovers (2006, their 20th studio album), Exotic Creatures of the Deep (2008), and their latest fantasy musical The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman (2009–2010) have brought Sparks renewed critical and commercial success, and seen them continue to 'steer clear of pop conventions.' The band also released an album with Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand, as the supergroup FFS, titled FFS, released in 2015.
Sparks are best known for the songs 'This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us', which reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart in 1974; the disco hit 'The Number One Song in Heaven' in 1979; 'When I'm With You' which topped the French Singles Chart in 1980; the single 'I Predict', which provided Sparks' first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 60 in May 1982; the 1983 single 'Cool Places' with the Go-Go's rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist Jane Wiedlin, and 'When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way'' which topped the German and European charts in 1994/95 and was the top airplay record in Germany for 1994. - Sorted by ＞ Sorted by album (Time) Sorted by song name (Characters) Sorted by other
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Terminal Jive
2013-08
1.Young Girls -
Angst In My Pants
2013-08
1.Sextown U.S.A.2.I Predict -
A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing
2013-05
1.Here Comes Bob -
Two Hands One Mouth: Live In Europe
2013
1.Hospitality On Parade
2.Sherlock Holmes
3.Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth
4.Metaphor
5.Suburban Homeboy
6.At Home, At Work, At Play
7.Sparks Overture (Provided)
8.Propaganda9.Under The Table With Her
10.My Baby's Taking Me Home
11.Singing In The Shower
12.The Wedding Of Jacqueline Kennedy To Russell Mael
13.Excerpts From The Seduction Of Ingmar Bergman
14.Dick Around
15.This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us
16.The Rhythm Thief -
The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman: La Film Festival Edit
2011-07
1.1956 Cannes Film Festival
2.I Am Ingmar Bergman
3.Limo Driver (Welcome To Hollywood)
4.Here He Is Now
5.Mr. Bergman, How Are You?
6.He'll Come 'Round
7.En Route To The Beverly Hills Hotel
8.Hollywood Welcome Committee
9.I've Got To Contact Sweden
10.The Studio Commissary
11.I Must Not Be Hasty
12.Quiet On The Set13.Why Do You Take That Tone With Me?
14.Pleasant Hotel Staff
15.Hollywood Tour Bus
16.Autograph Hounds
17.Bergman Ponders Escape
18.We've Got To Turn Him 'Round
19.Escape (Part 1)
20.Escape (Part 2)
21.Oh My God
22.Garbo Sings
23.Almost A Hollywood Ending
24.He's Home -
Interior Design
2010
1.A Walk Down Memory Lane
2.Just Got Back From Heaven
3.Let's Make Love
4.Lots Of Reasons
5.Love-O-Rama
6.Madonna7.So Important
8.Stop Me If You've Heard This Before
9.The Toughes Girl In Town
10.You Got A Hold Of My Heart
11.The Big Brass Ring (Provided) -
Exotic Creatures Of The Deep
2008
1.Intro (Provided)
2.Good Morning
3.Strange Animal
4.I Cant Believe You Would Fall For All The Crap In This Song
5.Let The Monkey Drive
6.I've Never Been High7.She Got Me Pregnant
8.Lighten Up, Morrissey
9.This Is The Renaissance
10.The Director Never Yelled Cut
11.Photoshop
12.Likeable -
Pulling Rabbits Out Of A Hat
1984
1.A Song That Sings Itself
2.Everybody Move
3.Kiss Me Quick
4.Love Scenes
5.Pretending to Be Drunk
6.Progress7.Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat
8.Sisters
9.With All My Might
10.Sparks In The Dark (Part Two) (Provided)
11.Sparks In The Dark (Part One) (Provided) -
Whomp That Sucker
1981
1.Upstairs -
Indiscreet
1975
1.It Ain't 1918 -
Sparks In Outer Space
1.A Fun Bunch of Guys from Outer Space
2.All You Ever Think About Is Sex
3.Cool Places
4.Dance Godammit
5.I Wish I Looked a Little Better6.Lucky Me, Lucky You
7.'Please, Baby, Please'
8.Popularity
9.Prayin' for a Party
10.Rockin' Girls -
Shortcuts - The 7' Mixes 1979 - 1984 (Remastered)
1.Tryouts for the Human Race - Remastered
2.Pretending to Be Drunk (Remastered)
3.My Other Voice (Remastered)
4.Wacky Women (Remastered)
5.Don't Shoot Me (Remastered)
6.Moustache (Remastered)
7.Nicotina (Remastered)
8.I Wish I Looked a Little Better (Remastered)
9.Rockin' Girls (Remastered)
10.With All My Might (Remastered)11.Please, Baby, Please (Remastered)
12.All You Ever Think About Is Sex (Remastered)
13.The Number One Song in Heaven - Remastered
14.Beat the Clock - Remastered
15.La Dolce Vita (Remastered)
16.Funny Face (Remastered)
17.I Predict (Remastered)
18.Modesty Plays (Short Version) (Remastered)
19.Cool Places (Remastered) -
Pulling Rabbits out of a Hat (Remastered) [Bonus Track Version]
1.Pulling Rabbits out of a Hat (Remastered)
2.With All My Might (Extended Vocal Club Mix) [Bonus Track] (Remastered)
3.Progress (Extended Vocal Club Mix) [Bonus Track] (Remastered)
4.Pretending to Be Drunk (Extended New Mix Version) [Bonus Track] (Remastered)
5.Kiss Me Quick (Remastered)6.Sisters (Remastered)
7.A Song That Sings Itself (Remastered)
8.Everybody Move (Remastered)
9.Love Scenes (Remastered) -
Propaganda
1.At Home At Work At Play
2.Reinforcements
3.B.C.
4.Thanks But No Thanks5.Don't Leave Me Alone With Her
6.Achoo
7.Who Don't Like Kids
8.Bon Voyage -
Profile: Ultimate Sparks Collection
1.Wonder Girl -
Profile: The Ultimate Sparks Collection
1.When I'm With You -
No 1 In Heaven
1.Academy Award Performance
2.Beat the Clock
3.La Dolce Vita4.My Other Voice
5.The No. 1 Song in Heaven
6.Tryouts For The Human Race -
Music That You Can Dance To
1.Change
2.Fingertips (Provided)
3.Let's Get Funky
4.Modesty Plays5.Music That You Can Dance To
6.Rosebud
7.Shopping Mall Of Love
8.The Scene -
Live at the Record Plant, 1974
1.Something for the Girl with Everything - Live
2.Talent Is an Asset - Live
3.Thank God It's Not Christmas - Live4.Here in Heaven - Live
5.This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us - Live -
Live 1976 - 1982 (Remastered)
1.Nothing To Do (Remastered) - Live At The Capitol Theatre, Passaic Nj Nov 27 1976
2.Beat The Clock (Remastered) - Live At My Father's Place, Roslyn Ny May 26Th 1982
3.Big Boy (Remastered) - Live At The Bottom Line, Ny Dec 21 1976
4.This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us (Remastered) - Live At The Bottom Line, Ny Dec 21 1976
5.Amateur Hour (Remastered) - Live At The Capitol Theatre, Passaic Nj Nov 27 1976
6.Equator (Remastered) - Live At The Capitol Theatre, Passaic Nj Nov 27 1976
7.B.c. (Remastered) - Live At The Capitol Theatre, Passaic Nj Nov 27 19768.Everybody's Stupid (Remastered) - Live At The Capitol Theatre, Passaic Nj Nov 27 1976
9.I Bought The Mississippi River (Remastered) - Live At The Capitol Theatre, Passaic Nj Nov 27 1976
10.Talent Is An Asset (Remastered) - Live At The Capitol Theatre, Passaic Nj Nov 27 1976
11.Something For The Girl With Everything (Remastered) - Live At The Capitol Theatre, Passaic Nj Nov 27 1976
12.I Want To Be Like Everybody Else (Remastered) - Live At The Capitol Theatre, Passaic Nj Nov 27 1976
13.I Predict (Remastered) - Live At My Father's Place, Roslyn Ny May 26Th 1982 -
Kimono My House
1.Amateur Hour -
In Outer Space (Remastered Bonus Track Version)
1.Popularity (Remastered)
2.Prayin' for a Party (Remastered)
3.Lucky Me, Lucky You (Remastered)4.A Fun Bunch of Guys from Outer Space (Remastered)
5.All You Ever Think About Is Sex (Single Version) [Bonus Track] (Remastered) -
Gratuitous Sax
1.Frankly, Scarlett, I Don't Give A Damn
2.Gratuitous Sax
3.Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil
4.I Thought I Told You To Wait In The Car
5.Let's Go Surfing
6.Now That I Own The Bbc7.Senseless Violins
8.The Ghost Of Liberace
9.Tsui Hark
10.When Do I Get to Sing My Way
11.When I Kiss You I Hear Charlie Parker Playing -
Angst in My Pants (Remastered Bonus Track Version)
1.Angst in My Pants - Remastered
2.I Predict (Club Mix) [Bonus Track] (Remastered)
3.Modesty Plays (Short Version) [Bonus Track] (Remastered)
4.The Decline and Fall of Me (Remastered)
5.Tarzan and Jane (Remastered)6.Instant Weight Loss (Remastered)
7.Eaten by the Monster of Love - Remastered
8.Mickey Mouse - Remastered
9.Sherlock Holmes - Remastered -
Miscellaneous
1.Happy Haunting Ground
2.That's Not Nastassia
3.Mickey Mouse
4.The Greatest Show On Earth
5.Something for the Girl With Everything
6.The Decline and Fall of Me
7.Eaten By the Monster of Love
8.Angst in My Pants
9.Funny Face
10.Don't Shoot Me
11.Where's My Girl
12.Suzie Safety
13.The Willys
14.Just Because You Love Me
15.The Number One Song In Heaven
16.Girl From Germany
17.Tarzan And Jane
18.Talent Is An Asset
19.Rock 'n' Roll People in a Disco World
20.Wacky Women
21.I Married a Martian
22.Cool Places (Sparks and Jane Wiedlin)
23.Moustache
24.Tips for Teens
25.Everybody's Stupid
26.White Women
27.Gone With The Wind
28.Baby, Baby Can I Invade Your Country?
29.Irreplaceable
30.I Married Myself
31.What Are All These Bands So Angry About?
32.In My Family33.In The Future
34.Barbecutie
35.Marry Me
36.England
37.Lost And Found
38.Hippopotamus
39.Without Using Hands
40.Profile
41.Miss The Start, Miss The End
42.Get In The Swing
43.Number 1 Song In Heaven
44.Perfume (Clor's Eau De Perfume remix)
45.As One
46.Christmas Without a Prayer
47.The Very Next Flight
48.I'm Not
49.Those Mysteries
50.Confusion
51.Throw Her Away (And Get a New One)
52.I Want to Hold Your Hand
53.Change (Live)
54.Stereo (Remastered)
55.Noisy Boys (Remastered)
56.No More Mr. Nice Guys
57.Underground
58.When Do I Get to Sing 'My Way' (radio edit)
59.This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us
60.Mickey Mouse (Live)
61.Cool Places (feat. Jane Wiedlin)
62.Wunderbar
63.The Calm Before the Storm
64.Armies of the Night
【Correction of errors in the album information】