Yes it is top it is THE SPARKS - HELLO YOUNG LOVERS

Supergroup SPARKS released a new album which is a masterpiece. Ron Mael, Russell Mael and others worked 18 months on it and they ironically put together ELECTRONIC POP, MUSICAL, MINIMAL MUSIC, ROCK [ROCK ROCK!] and some CLASSIC styles. Text somewhere between highclass easy and highclass deep. Wonderful.

10 points=maximum / 0 points=minimum

[1] DICK AROUND starts with an 80ies mainstream-standard (all i do now is dig around..)/ then classical minimal music turning into musical and something QUEEN did in the late 70ies/ then some Igor STRAWINSKY-beats/ Then the song starts again and after 3:30 we are in the late 80ies with really bad guitars/ 8 points
[2] PARFUME is the single/ The refrain is exciting (That´s why I want to spend my life with you...)/ and it´s easy with some YELLO in it. 7 points
[3] THE VERY NEXT FIGHT/ leading refrain again (it´s always the same) turning in something which could have something to do with John CALE 7 points
[4] (BABY, BABY) CAN I INVADE YOUR COUNTRY/ Baby let´s invade! Fab text! Think about VIOLET FEMMES!? 7,5 points
[5] ROCK, ROCK, ROCK/ one of the best popsongs ever/ says everything about SPARKS and the universe of POP/ A song perhaps PET SHOP BOYS try to do for more than 100 years (but they will never!)/ Think about John ADAMS. 10 points
[6] METAPHOR/ Wonderful 70ies song (not much more to say) 8 points
[7] WATERPROOF/ another 70ies-UK-song, MUSICAL-influenced and some interuptions. 7,5 points
[8] HERE KITTY/ ???? 5 points
[9] THERE`S NO SUCH THING AS ALIENS/ who still thinks that there are aliens after this song must be an idiot/ the best NO NO NO popsong ever 9,5 points
[10] AS I SIT TO PLAY THE ORGAN AT THE NOTRE DAME CATHEDRAL/ Two masterpieces in one: ByeByeBye My Baby now it´s time for me to go to work and then the notre dame organ (Did they recorded in Paris?) FAITH FAITH FAITH 9,5 points

All songs written, produced an arranged by Ron Mael and Russell Mael except track 4 [BABY BABY CAN I INVADE YOUR COUNTRY] written by Ron Mael and Russell Mael with additional lyrics by Francis Scott Key. All songs published by Warner Chappel Music Ltd. Keybords an orchestration by Ron Mael. Vocals and engeneering by Russell Mael. Recorded at Sparks Studios, Los Angeles, California. Mixing and additional engineering by John Thomas. Drums: Tammy Glover. Guitar: Dean Menta. Additional Musicians: Guitar: Jim Wilson. Bass: Steve McDonald. Designed by Paul Agar. Sparks Photography: Aaron Rapoport. Management: Sue Harris, Republic media: sue@republicmedia.net. Sparks Fan Club. Mary Martin, Secretary, PO Box 533, NC 28018 USA. © 2006 Sparks under exclusive license to Gut Records Ltd © 2006 Gut Records Ltd PO Box 9214 London W9 2BR. The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Sparks under exclusive license to Gut Records Ltd. Unauthorised copying, hiring, lending, public perfomance & broudcasting of this record prohibited. All rights of the manufacturer & of the owner of the recorded work reserved. Distributed by Pinnacle Distribution Ltd. GUTCD53 LC12894 MCPS www.gutrecords.com, www.allsparks.com.

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