Sparks – Indiscreet

Album Cover

When I was growing up there were a number of albums which had a profound influence on me and this was one of them. My brother Jem received this record for his birthday (he actually wanted 'Number One Song In Heaven' but our Mum couldn't find it). After a moment of disappointment we soon realised that this one had oodles of great songs on it and even today I never get tired of listening to it.

We would pogo around to cracked songs like 'Happy Hunting Ground' and croon to 'Looks, Looks, Looks' but not before getting strangely disturbed by 'T*Ts'. Some people say that it's over produced but for me it's an album full of songs that made a perfect kind of non-sense and to this day most of the albums that I enjoy have a similar absurd streak in them.