Dancing Is Dangerous

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  Seven Songs for the Week #63

  Jason Carty

  I've been a Sparks fan for 30 years, which is wild because in 1994 they were seen as an old band staging a comeback, and yet 1994 is now in the first half of their career. Anyways, in spite of my decades of Sparks devotion, I only found out about this album earlier this year when it came out on Record Store Day as a 2LP release with Sparks' No.1 Song In Heaven album for the price of €145 (I did not buy it). The reason the two albums were paired up is that this is a 1979 synth pop album written and produced by Ron & Russell. And it's glorious. The album is now on streaming and out as a stand alone release. Noel remains anonymous apparently. There's a wild video for this track that Sparks have found and put on their YouTube channel directed by Micky Dolenz. I did think of just adding the single version, but it sounds like a needle drop on the reissue, so here's the full 9+ minutes.

  Video: https://youtu.be/2nmn_AQ6fE0