(Sparks' 21st album)
01. Intro
02. Good Morning
03. Strange Animal
04. All The Crap In This Song
05. Let The Monkey Drive
06. Intro Reprise
07. I've Never Been High
08. She Got Me Pregnant
09. Lighten Up, Morrissey
10. This Is The Renaissance
11. The Director Never Yelled Cut
12. Photoshop
13. Likeable
To showcase and bring attention to their latest album ‘Exotic Creatures Of The Deep’, Sparks played a 21-show concert in London in mid 2008, known collectively as the ‘Sparks Spectacular’. The group performed a different album each night, starting with debut album ‘Halfnelson’ from 1971, and concluding with their latest effort, 'Exotic Creatures Of The Deep' (2008). Whilst the albums were performed chronologically, there were some days off during the run to allow the Mael brothers to recouperate. Ron & Russell spent nearly 2 months beforehand to learn 5 million or so notes necessary to reproduce their entire discography live. The concerts were indeed spectacular!
Above you'll find a track-listing for ‘Exotic Creatures Of The Deep’. The brothers are really proud of the new album and think that it is really good. The new album injects rock instrumentation into still predominantly classical orchestrations, but the tunes themselves are more wide-ranging than on the previous 2 albums. Melodic highlights come fast and furious.
'Exotic Creatures Of The Deep' sees Ron Mael's tried and trusted methodology of multi-layered recording producing a lush and operatic ambience. The mood is mostly infectiously upbeat, if not a trifle irritating in places, but the appeal of the album is in its detailed, meticulous production. It is operatic rock with a sense of humor.
Ron & Russ didn’t want to run the risk of ‘Exotic Creatures’ being ignored by the music press and only a small number of people hearing it, hence the decision to launch the ‘Sparks Spectacular’ marathon beforehand.
The album's winning stylistic experimentation is sure to make the it a milestone in Sparks history
A first single from the album, ‘Good Morning’, was released shortly after the album.
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