Indiscreet [Import]

Sparks | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Universal
• ASIN: B00005R0VS
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,047,296 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Hospitality on Parade

2. Happy Hunting Ground

3. Without Using Hands

4. Get in the Swing

5. Under the Table With Her

6. How Are You Getting Home?

7. Pineapple

8. Tits

9. It Ain't 1918

10. The Lady Is Lingering

11. In the Future

12. Looks, Looks, Looks

13. Miss the Start, Miss the End

14. Profile [*]

15. I Want to Hold Your Hand [*]

16. England [*]

Editorial Reviews

Their 6th album from 1975, digitally remastered with original artwork and photos plus 3 bonus B-sides 'Profile', 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' & 'England.' Island. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Side 2 is a new wave revival of the 1920s, July 15, 1999

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Dave Eaton - See all my reviews

This review is from: Indiscreet (Audio CD)

All the Sparks albums from 1972 to 1976 are fantastic blends of pop, new wave, dance, rock-opera, and punk energy (without the meanness)--all before those genres really got popular. On the Indiscreet album, in addition to just plain great songs is the stretch of five songs (on side two of the vinyl album) that magically revives the 1920s sprightly style with a pop new wave kind of twist, but without the "synthesizeriness" of other new wave. "It Ain't 1918" and "Miss the Start Miss the End" are hilarious situations, if you listen to the lyrics. The Gilbert and Sullivan operatic antics on "Profile" are a lively bit of fun as well. Buy lots of real Sparks records from the 1972 to 1976 era (not the "greatest hits"), but be ready to hear a different kind of fun sparky pop music than you've heard elsewhere. Timeless.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The End Of An Era, May 29, 2001

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Clark Paull "(Sleepin' with the TV on)" (Murder City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Indiscreet (Audio CD)

"Indiscreet" is the last in a series of three albums, beginning with "Kimono My House," that saw Sparks on some kind of creative roll. It's also their last album to feature a full-on rock and roll band for several years, as they slid into a quagmire of pre-programmed electronic disco before returning to form on "Angst In My Pants." This album contains everything Sparks fans have come to love and expect from the Mael brothers: clever lyrics, eccentric arrangements, and, yes, Russell's falsetto. "Hospitality On Parade" begins almost as a string-driven dirge before big power-chording guitar licks burst in and Russell's breathy intro to "Pineapple" is, dare I say, a thing of beauty. A farewell letter of sorts, "Indiscreet" served to tide us Sparks fans over until the Mael brothers exorcised their dance-pop demons.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LAST OF THE ISLAND YEARS, January 18, 2004

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F. M. Moses "insultant1" (Blacklick, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Indiscreet (Audio CD)

One question that has probably arised in most Sparks fans' minds is why so many record labels? Though Sparks' "Indiscreet" was the bon voyage to Island records -- was the band removed from the label for not proceeding the sales intended or were the Mael brothers smart enough not to sign a ten year contract to eventually have to conform to a label's agreement?

"Indiscreet" is indeed the last of the band's Island years and what a great farewell it is! Following "Propaganda," an album that's hard to beat, "Indiscreet" combines the whimsy humour of Sparks' first four albums and creates the foundation for years to come. Anyone could reverse the tape from 82's "Angst in My Pants" to 75's "Indiscreet" without realizing the time change!

As Sparks debut album proved back in 71,' you don't need a great producer to prove the band's talent...though Todd Rundgren became the stepping stone of the band's future, Tony Visconti (T.Rex, David Bowie) only provides good assistance. Sparks are still Sparks, with or without a well-known producer. This is not to dismiss Visconti's valuable services...for he was responsible for the orchestration in "Under the Table With Her" and "It Ain't 1918." Overall, it is notable that the band is induced, not reduced, by its pressures.

"Indiscreet" and its dismissal of the band's 2nd line-up is further proof that band was Russell Mael and Ron Mael and those who joined the band were only session members, for, the band played on!