Indiscreet

by Sparks

Indiscreet cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October 1975
  • Label: Island
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 51:12
  • Community rating: 3.75/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Trevor White, Ian Hampton, Mike Piggott, Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Dinky Diamond

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recruiting David Bowie's famed producer Tony Visconti to expand their frantic sound, the Mael brothers delivered a gorgeously orchestrated, wildly theatrical pop spectacle. 'Indiscreet' is a wonderfully eclectic, fiercely melodic art-pop triumph, perfectly balancing remarkably lush, highly complex symphonic vaudeville with deeply sarcastic, intensely playful surrealist humor.

Genres

Descriptors: complex, melodic, witty, theatrical, operatic

Tracklist

  1. Hospitality On Parade (3:58)
  2. Happy Hunting Ground (3:43)
  3. Without Using Hands (3:19)
  4. Get In The Swing (4:07)
  5. Under The Table With Her (2:19)
  6. How Are You Getting Home ? (2:56)
  7. Pineapple (2:44)
  8. Tits (4:56)
  9. It Ain't 1918 (2:07)
  10. The Lady Is Lingering (3:40)
  11. In The Future (2:12)
  12. Looks, Looks, Looks (2:34)
  13. Miss The Start, Miss The End (2:46)
  14. Profile (3:30)
  15. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (2:56)
  16. England (3:16)

Credits

  • Sparks - primary artist
  • Tony Visconti - arranged by [orchestral arrangements], producer
  • Ian Hampton - bass
  • Dinky Diamond - drums, membranophone
  • Trevor White - guitar
  • Ron Mael - keyboards, written-by, keyboard
  • Gered Mankowitz - photography by [back cover]
  • Richard Creamer - photography by [front cover and inside photography]
  • Russell Mael - vocals, written-by, vocal
  • Mike Piggott - fiddle

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