Sparks – Big Beat

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EXPECTED 10TH OCTOBER 2025

Released in October 1976, after Ron and Russell had moved from the UK back to the US, ‘Big Beat’ left their established backing band behind, ditching the baroque stylings of Indiscreet for something all-together more back-to-basics, with the recording overseen by producer Rupert Holmes. Still three years away from topping the US chart with his single ‘Escape (The Piña Colada Song)’, 1976 also saw him contributing to Barbra Streisand’s multi-million selling soundtrack to The Star Is Born. Quite where an energetic and muscular Sparks’ collection that sat closer to the emerging Punk scene sits in all of this is open to debate.

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TRACKLIST

A1. Big Boy

A2. I Want To Be Like Everybody Else

A3. Nothing To Do

A4. I Bought The Mississippi River

A5. Fill-Er-Up

A6. Everybody’s Stupid

B1. Throw Her Away (And Get A New One)

B2. Confusion

B3. Screwed Up

B4. White Women

B5. I Like Girls