A very particular album that reveals new aspects and details with every listen.

#zot2017

Sparks - Hippopotamus (BMG Rights Management, September 08, 2017)

The return after almost ten years since their last record release from Ron and Russell Mael's Sparks (excluding the collaboration with Franz Ferdinand in 2015), one of the longest-standing bands in the history of pop-rock music and active since the early seventies, is this album titled "Hippopotamus," released on BMG Rights Management last September. Recorded in Los Angeles, the album is a collection of songs belonging to the art-rock genre, featuring a distinctly pop and easy-listening sound. Fun and imaginative, as is customary for the duo, the album alternates between chamber pop songs ("Edith Piaf," "Bummer," "A Little Bit Like Fun," "Life With the Macbeths") and more glam pieces ("Missionary Position," "Unaware," "I Wish You Were Fun," "The Amazing Mr. Repeat"). Rich in inventiveness and unique arrangements that draw from cabaret elements and delve into the realm of musicals, "Hippopotamus" is a work more theatrical than cinematic, incorporating vintage characteristics typical of a seventies sound while modernizing it in some way for today’s times. It’s an album that by its nature will likely be loved by a few, amuse many, and leave hardly anyone indifferent (especially on the first listen). So, it’s definitely a success.

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Sparks - Hippopotamus (Official Video)