Title: a smash!!
Product review: My first Sparks album, and what a treasure. Producer Tony Visconti helped them stretch their sound to new realms like swing jazz ("Looks, Looks, Looks"), marching band ("Get in the Swing") and pre-punk futuristic bombasity ("In The Future"). Songs like "How Are You Getting Home" retain the glam-rock wit and charm, while the uber-metal march of "Hospitality On Parade" adds a powerful irony to a song about the settlement of the Americas.Songwriter Ron Mael is in rare form here with a period piece about people stuck in a period-piece lifestyle ("It Ain't 1918") and the witty lament of a celibate marriage ("Tits") which doubles as a hell of a drinking song! Russell Mael offers a rare composition with the operatic sendup to a favorite fruit ("Pineapple") and lets not forget the irony of "Under the Table With Her", which is played with appropriate pomp by a string quartet.The brothers' greatest masterpiece in my book, at their glam-rocking, experimental best.
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