Kimono My House / Propaganda - 50th Anniversary
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Tracklist
1
This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us
2
Amateur Hour
3
Falling In Love With Myself Again
4
Here In Heaven
5
Thank God It's Not Christmas
6
Hasta Manana, Monsieur
7
Talent Is An Asset
8
Complaints
9
In My Family
10
Equator
11
Propaganda
12
At Home, At Work, At Play
13
Reinforcements
14
BC
15
Thanks But No Thanks
16
Don't Leave Me Alone With Her
17
Never Turn Your Back On Mother Earth
18
Something For The Girl With Everything
19
Achoo
20
Who Don't Like Kids
21
Bon Voyage
22
Barbecutie
23
Lost and Found
24
Amateur Hour (Live at Fairfield Halls 09/11/75)
25
Alabamy Right
26
Marry Me
27
When I Take The Field On Friday (Demo)
28
Barbecutie (Demo)
29
Windy Day (Demo)
30
Marry Me (Demo)
31
A More Constructive Use Of Leisure Time (Demo)
32
Alabamy Right (Demo)
33
My Brains And Her Looks (Demo)
About This Release
This 3CD set compiles Sparks' two 1974 albums Kimono My House & Propaganda alongside a bonus CD containing demo, unreleased and live takes and B Sides. 1974 saw the group relocate from L.A. to London where they recorded some of their most memorable output. Kimono My House, containing the group's biggest single "This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both Of Us" (#4 UK Singles Charts), was the group's first real commercial breakthrough. Produced by Muff Winwood, the album slotted into the contemporary landscape of glam rock, stylistically similar to the experimental and electronic led 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 solidified their 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, twenty-six 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