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Big Beat is the sixth album by Sparks released in 1976. The release was their final album for Island Records in the UK and their first for Columbia 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.[1] "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. [2]
[edit] 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" - 3:41
Side 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
[edit] 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)" - 3:38
[edit] Personnel
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[edit] References
- ^ Black, Johnny (September 2006). ""Sparks Interview"". Mojo Magazine Issue 154.
- ^ 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.
