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Sparks 1974 compiles Sparks two 1974 albums Kimono My House amp Propaganda alongside a bonus CD containing demo, unreleasedand live takes and B Sides. 1974 saw the group relocate from L.A. to London where they recorded some of their most memorableoutput. Kimono My House, containing the groups biggest single This Town Aint Big Enough For Both Of Us 4 UK Singles Charts, was thegroups first real commercial breakthrough. Produced by Muff Winwood, the album slotted into the contemporary landscape of glam rock, stylistically similar to the experimental and electronicled output of David Bowie and Roxy Music. Propaganda was released subsequently in November 74, peaking at number 9 in the UK album charts. The Mael Brothers solidifiedtheir style of demented, sinister pop songs with tracks like Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth, Something For The Girl With Everything and Achoo. Packaged in a deluxe 7 3CD fold out card set with an illustrated booklet containing a liner note from Guardian critic Jude Rogers. You wonder if he ever thought that fifty years, twentysix albums and a critically acclaimed film later that Sparks rather deliciously would endure. The works of their breakthrough year can also still be our protein, still exercise our heartbeats, still sound like no one else, so peculiarly wonderful. Jude Rogers, The Guardian
