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Exotic Creatures Of The Deep | 
 enlarge | Artist: Sparks
Label: Lil' Beethoven Records
Category: Music
List Price: £11.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 858
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5037300753362
ASIN: B0017PCWAI
Release Date: May 19, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| » | Intro | | » | Good Morning | | » | Strange Animal | | » | I Can't Believe That You Would Fall For All The Crap In This Song | | » | Let The Monkey Drive | | » | Intro Reprise | | » | I've Never Been High | | » | (She Got Me) Pregnant | | » | Lighten Up, Morrissey | | » | This Is The Renaissance | | » | The Director Never Yelled "Cut" | | » | Photoshop | | » | Likeable |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
21 albums in (complete with a 21-night London residency playing every one of those albums), it seems that Sparks are defying the odds and delivering their finest works to date. As with previous albums Lil' Beethoven, and Hello Young Lovers, this is pop music, but it's fun, accessible, demented, clever and unlike anything else being made--everything good pop music should be. The narrative approach of the last two albums appears to have been ditched in favour of proper songs (relatively speaking), and a thankful return for Russell Mael's patent falsetto. Thus, "Good Morning" bursts forth, riding on a catchy synth-bass riff that Scissor Sisters would sell their wardrobes for, and "Let the Monkey Drive" builds up into a thrilling, disturbed crescendo. The layered harmonies and multi-part song structures are still in place, but toned down, which makes the material more accessible. And even the hilarious song titles such as "(She Got Me) Pregnant" and the indie-boy baiting of "Lighten Up Morrissey" belie the fact that underneath all the drama and clever lyrics, Ron and Russell Mael are making the best pop music in the world today. --Thom Allott
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Shooting Sparks July 2, 2008
Just after "Kimono My House" was released, when interviewed by the British Music Press, Ron Mael hoped to "Produce a classic song every 6 months".
Well chaps you surpassed that achievement years ago. This one alone contains at least half a dozen classics. Absolutely brilliant, melodic, powerful and in the case of 'Let The Monkey Drive', probably the funniest song ever. What is there not to like about this album?
NOTHING!!
When are they going headline Glastonbury?
Probably never-cos' no other band can live with them!!
Quality from start to finish July 2, 2008
How do Sparks do it? After twice as many years in the music world as some of today's 'stars' have had in their lifetimes they are still producing songs with great music and droll, cynical lyrics which give a wry view of human relationships and our view of the world. How many bands would - or could - write a song about the Renaissance (or is that Renàissance)? As soon as I could I played twice this from end to end and loved it even more the second time. Congratulations to Ron and Russell (and Susie!).
Mael Brothers do it AGAIN! June 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
21st album and still producing works of sheer genius. Experimental whilst still being poppy, Sparks are quite literally, the most magnificent group to ever walk this planet and this album is a fine successor to the previous two brilliant albums. And it's got a chimp on the cover.
Sheer brilliance... June 16, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Two men in their circa 60th years have no right making records as brilliant as this; for me it is their BEST EVER record, and have been a fan since Halfnelson.
Highlights are very track, but I love Let The Monkey Drive, She Got Me Pregnant, Photoshop and Likeable.
Buy...
 Hopefully Just a Taster...is that asking too much? June 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Sparks consistently shines. This album (hopefully) concludes their trilogy of orchestrated brilliant sometimes lyrically repetitive pop. Russell Mael's voice is beautiful in the intro and myschievious in the song "I can't believe that you would fall for all the crap in this song." If you loved "Lil' Beethoven and Hello Young Lovers then you know this will grow on you and you'll love it too. As a Sparks fan I'm hoping their new critical success paves the way for them to release their 21 night gig live on CD/DVD or amp up their next album with dance numbers like "Armies of the Night" "Sherlock Holmes" "La Dolce Vita." To gripe and gripe their album "Balls" was lovely and met with lukewarm critical success. I hope now that Sparks are critic darlings they have the Balls to detour from this orchestra pop formula. The formula is cool but time for a change and Sparks can always change they made a career out of it. C'mom Ron bust out that Pan Flute from "Now that I own the BBC" I wanna hear "the ghost of Liberace" part 2.
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