SPARKS
21ST CENTURY SPARKS COLLECTION
A WELCOME INVITATION TO REASSESS THE OFT-NEGLECTED BUT INGENIOUS BACK CATALOGUE AMASSED BY THE DYNAMIC DUO DURING THIS CENTURY’S FIRST DECADE
BMG
★★★★
Given Edgar Wright’s documentary The Sparks Brothers and their acclaimed rock opera movie Annette, Sparks’ profile hasn’t been higher since the late 70s. They never disappeared, though: When Do I Get to Sing ‘My Way’ was a hit in 1994, and there have also been so far unfulfilled projects with Tim Burton and Francis Ford Coppola. It’s time, then, to celebrate the eccentric duo with a series of vinyl represses and expanded CDs of their first five 21st century albums.