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| From | GODSCOMIC@aol.com |
| Subject | Re: Sparks Report? |
| Date | Wed, 6 Aug 2003 01:15:53 EDT |
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The new album reminds me of Philip Glass, except for one thing. I hate
Philip Glass.
I also think L'il Beethoven may be their strongest album since Angst, but
won't go so far as to claim it best since Propaganda. At least not yet.
In a message dated 8/5/2003 10:01:13 PM Pacific Standard Time,
audities-owner@smoe.org writes:
> So then the MC -- who really annoyingly kept referring to them as "The
> Sparks" -- announced that they were coming on to play their new album, L'IL
> BEETHOVEN. This disturbed me slightly because I hadn't heard the new
> record and at least two people whose taste I tend to trust had said it was
> godawful. Well, what the hell do they know: based on the performance I
> saw, this is at least the best Sparks album since ANGST IN MY PANTS, and
> once I live with the album a few days (bought it this afternoon too), I may
> change that to "best since PROPAGANDA." The album's overall sonic concept
> might bug some people -- Charity pointed out that it sounds kind of like
> they recorded one multi-part suite that's about half again longer than
> "Bohemian Rhapsody" and then sliced and diced that into a 45-minute album,
> which is a fair cop but not necessarily a bad thing. We thought that the
> repetition (something they've done to smaller degrees throughout their
> career) actually helps the songs quite a bit.
>
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