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By the late '70s, brothers Ron and Russell Mael were at an impasse. Their outlandish and theatrical glam rock band Sparks had achieved notable success earlier in the decade when they moved from Los Angeles to England and released a string of oversexed, over-produced, over-the-top albums that would be some of their best-received work, starting with 1974's stellar (and ridiculous) Kimono My House. Things quickly cooled off after a couple years, however, as the brothers returned to their native Los Angeles, reconfigured their backing band, and put out one disappointing record after another. With poor record sales, a dwindling fan base and their fate in the balance, they made a bold about face. Disco was in full swing, and Italian producer Giorgio Moroder was one of the principle voices of the genre, visible for both hits under his own name and his iconic production on Donna Summer's 1977 number one hit "I Feel Love." In 1978, Sparks and Moroder began work on what would become No. 1 in Heaven, abandoning rock and guitars for synthesizers, sequencers, and disco beats. The experiment was a commercial success. Of the album's six tracks, four were released as singles and three spent time on the charts, guided by Moroder's trademark spaced-out synths, pushy disco rhythms, and chunky bass lines. Gratefully, neither Sparks nor Moroder toned down their outside-the-box musical personas to achieve this success, and the weird, theatrical tension of the Mael brothers' songwriting is fully intact. Songs like "Tryouts for the Human Race" and "Beat the Clock" are every bit as idiosyncratic as earlier Sparks tunes, only with trippy disco synths filling in for operatic glam rock elements. The album ends with "The Number One Song in Heaven," a stage-setter for the moody atmospheres and lonely dance floor scenes that would come to be synth pop at large over the next two decades. Indeed, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, and others would go on to cite the album as a formative influence. Even Joy Division, in all their darkness, were quick to point out that during the recording of "Love Will Tear Us Apart," this album was one of the only things they were listening to. The strange, campy, and surreal aspects of Sparks all gel with the party-chasing interstellar energy of Moroder's production touches, creating a timeless sound from unexpected bedfellows and sending out ripples that may have grown bigger than the initial splash could have predicted.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
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Giorgio Moroder, Composer - Russell Mael, Composer - Ron Mael, Composer - Sparks, MainArtist - Imagem Music GbmH / Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH Co. KG, MusicPublisher
(C) 2018 Repertoire Records (UK) Limited (P) 1979 Warner / Chappell Music
Ron Mael, Composer - Sparks, MainArtist - Imagem Music GbmH, MusicPublisher
(C) 2018 Repertoire Records (UK) Limited (P) 1979 Warner / Chappell Music
Giorgio Moroder, Composer - Russell Mael, Composer - Ron Mael, Composer - Sparks, MainArtist - Imagem Music GbmH / Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH Co. KG, MusicPublisher
(C) 2018 Repertoire Records (UK) Limited (P) 1979 Warner / Chappell Music
Russell Mael, Composer - Ron Mael, Composer - Sparks, MainArtist - Imagem Music GbmH, MusicPublisher
(C) 2018 Repertoire Records (UK) Limited (P) 1979 Warner / Chappell Music
Giorgio Moroder, Composer - Russell Mael, Composer - Ron Mael, Composer - Sparks, MainArtist - Imagem Music GbmH, MusicPublisher
(C) 2018 Repertoire Records (UK) Limited (P) 1979 Warner / Chappell Music
Giorgio Moroder, Composer - Russell Mael, Composer - Ron Mael, Composer - Sparks, MainArtist - Imagem Music GbmH / Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH Co. KG, MusicPublisher
(C) 2018 Repertoire Records (UK) Limited (P) 1979 Warner / Chappell Music
Giorgio Moroder, Composer - Russell Mael, Composer - Ron Mael, Composer - Sparks, MainArtist - Imagem Music GbmH / Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH Co. KG, MusicPublisher
(C) 2018 Repertoire Records (UK) Limited (P) 1979 Warner / Chappell Music
Giorgio Moroder, Composer - Russell Mael, Composer - Ron Mael, Composer - Sparks, MainArtist - Imagem Music GbmH / Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH Co. KG, MusicPublisher
(C) 2018 Repertoire Records (UK) Limited (P) 1979 Warner / Chappell Music
Russell Mael, Composer - Ron Mael, Composer - Sparks, MainArtist - Imagem Music GbmH, MusicPublisher
(C) 2018 Repertoire Records (UK) Limited (P) 1979 Warner / Chappell Music
Giorgio Moroder, Composer - Russell Mael, Composer - Ron Mael, Composer - Sparks, MainArtist - Imagem Music GbmH / Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH Co. KG, MusicPublisher
(C) 2018 Repertoire Records (UK) Limited (P) 1979 Warner / Chappell Music
Russell Mael, Composer - Ron Mael, Composer - Sparks, MainArtist - Imagem Music GbmH, MusicPublisher
(C) 2018 Repertoire Records (UK) Limited (P) 1979 Warner / Chappell Music
Giorgio Moroder, Composer - Russell Mael, Composer - Ron Mael, Composer - Sparks, MainArtist - Imagem Music GmbH / Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH Co KG, MusicPublisher
(C) 2018 Repertoire Records (UK) Limited (P) 1979 Warner / Chappell Music
Giorgio Moroder, Composer - Russell Mael, Composer - Ron Mael, Composer - Sparks, MainArtist - Imagem Music GmbH / Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH Co KG, MusicPublisher
(C) 2018 Repertoire Records (UK) Limited (P) 1979 Warner / Chappell Music
Russell Mael, Composer - Ron Mael, Composer - Sparks, MainArtist - Imagem Music GmbH, MusicPublisher
(C) 2018 Repertoire Records (UK) Limited (P) 1979 Warner / Chappell Music
Giorgio Moroder, Composer - Russell Mael, Composer - Ron Mael, Composer - Sparks, MainArtist - Imagem Music GmbH / Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH Co KG, MusicPublisher
(C) 2018 Repertoire Records (UK) Limited (P) 1979 Warner / Chappell Music
Albumbeschreibung
By the late '70s, brothers Ron and Russell Mael were at an impasse. Their outlandish and theatrical glam rock band Sparks had achieved notable success earlier in the decade when they moved from Los Angeles to England and released a string of oversexed, over-produced, over-the-top albums that would be some of their best-received work, starting with 1974's stellar (and ridiculous) Kimono My House. Things quickly cooled off after a couple years, however, as the brothers returned to their native Los Angeles, reconfigured their backing band, and put out one disappointing record after another. With poor record sales, a dwindling fan base and their fate in the balance, they made a bold about face. Disco was in full swing, and Italian producer Giorgio Moroder was one of the principle voices of the genre, visible for both hits under his own name and his iconic production on Donna Summer's 1977 number one hit "I Feel Love." In 1978, Sparks and Moroder began work on what would become No. 1 in Heaven, abandoning rock and guitars for synthesizers, sequencers, and disco beats. The experiment was a commercial success. Of the album's six tracks, four were released as singles and three spent time on the charts, guided by Moroder's trademark spaced-out synths, pushy disco rhythms, and chunky bass lines. Gratefully, neither Sparks nor Moroder toned down their outside-the-box musical personas to achieve this success, and the weird, theatrical tension of the Mael brothers' songwriting is fully intact. Songs like "Tryouts for the Human Race" and "Beat the Clock" are every bit as idiosyncratic as earlier Sparks tunes, only with trippy disco synths filling in for operatic glam rock elements. The album ends with "The Number One Song in Heaven," a stage-setter for the moody atmospheres and lonely dance floor scenes that would come to be synth pop at large over the next two decades. Indeed, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, and others would go on to cite the album as a formative influence. Even Joy Division, in all their darkness, were quick to point out that during the recording of "Love Will Tear Us Apart," this album was one of the only things they were listening to. The strange, campy, and surreal aspects of Sparks all gel with the party-chasing interstellar energy of Moroder's production touches, creating a timeless sound from unexpected bedfellows and sending out ripples that may have grown bigger than the initial splash could have predicted.
© Fred Thomas /TiVo
Informationen zu dem Album
- 1 Disc(s) - 15 Track(s)
- Gesamte Laufzeit: 01:17:14
- Künstler: Sparks
- Komponist: Various Composers
- Label: Repertoire Records (UK) Limited
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock Punk – New Wave
(C) 2018 Repertoire Records (UK) Limited (P) 1979 Warner / Chappell Music
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