- Big Beat (album)
Infobox Album |
Name = Big Beat
Type =Album
Artist = Sparks
Released = 1976
Recorded = 1976
Genre = Rock
Length = 43:06
Label =Island Records
Producer =Rupert Holmes
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:az60tro9kl4x link]
Last album = "Indiscreet"
(1975)
This album = "Big Beat"
(1976)
Next album = "Introducing Sparks "
(1977)
Misc = Singles
Name =Big Beat
Type =studio
Single 1 =Big Boy" b/w "Fill-er-up
Single 1 date =1976
Single 2 =I Like Girls"
Single 2 date =1976
Single 3 =
Single 3 date =
Single 4 =
Single 4 date ="Big Beat" is the sixth
album by Sparks released in 1976. The release was their final album forIsland Records in the UK and their first forColumbia Records in the US."Big Boy" and "Fill-er-up" were performed for a cameo appearance in the 1976
disaster film "Rollercoaster", after Kiss turned down the role.cite journal | author=Black, Johnny | title="Sparks Interview" | year=2006|month=September|journal=Mojo Magazine Issue|volume=154] "I Like Girls" was rerecorded for the album, having been a live favourite from their pre-1974 days. It had previously been recorded in 1973, but deemed unsatisfactory. http://graphikdesigns.free.fr/sparks-big-beat-lp.html Russell Mael : "The song was written at the time of the original L.A. band. On returning to America, after our 1972 European tour, we jetted to Bearsville studios in up-state New York (Woodstock) to record the stage favourite "I Like Girls". Nick James produced the song but it didn't come as well as expected.]Track listing
Side one
# "Big Boy" - 3:30
# "I Want To Be Like Everybody Else" - 2:57
# "Nothing To Do" - 3:09
# "I Bought The Mississippi River" - 2:29
# "Fill-er-up" - 2:20
# "Everybody's Stupid" - 3:41Side two
#- "Throw Her Away (and Get A New One)" - 3:15
#- "Confusion" - 3:27
#- "Screwed Up" - 4:20
#- "White Women" - 3:24
#- "I Like Girls" - 2:58
21st Century Edition Track listing
# "Big Boy" - 3:30
# "I Want To Be Like Everybody Else" - 2:57
# "Nothing To Do" - 3:09
# "I Bought The Mississippi River" - 2:29
# "Fill-er-up" - 2:20
# "Everybody's Stupid" - 3:41
# "Throw Her Away (And Get A New One)" - 3:15
# "Confusion" - 3:27
# "Screwed Up" - 4:20
# "White Women" - 3:24
# "I Like Girls" - 2:58
# "I Want to Hold Your Hand " - 2:56 (Beatles cover)
# "England" - 3:18
# "Gone with the Wind" - 3:07
# "Intrusion/Confusion" - 2:47
# "Looks Aren't Everything (Demo)" - 3:28
# "Tearing The Place Apart (Demo)" - 3:38Personnel
*
Russell Mael , vocals
*Ron Mael , keyboards
* Sal Maida, bass (Viva!)
* Jeffrey Salen, guitar (Tuff Darts )
* Hilly Boy Michaels, drumsExternal links
* [http://graphikdesigns.free.fr/sparks-big-beat.html Sparks - The "Big Beat" album files]
* [http://www.sparks-fanatics.com/sparks-albums/big_beat.html Sparks - "Big Beat" fansite]References
- "Throw Her Away (and Get A New One)" - 3:15
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