Interior Design (album)

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Interior Design
Studio album by Sparks
Released 1988
Recorded 1988, The Pentagon Studio, Los Angeles
Genre Rock, Synthpop
Length 38:58
Label Underdog Records
Rhino Fine Art
Producer Ron Mael, Russell Mael
Sparks chronology
Music That You Can Dance To
(1986)		 Interior Design
(1988)		 Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins
(1994)
Singles from Interior Design
  1. "So Important"
    Released: 1988
  2. "Just Got Back From Heaven"
    Released: 1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2.5/5 stars[1]

Interior Design is the fifteenth album by Sparks.

Contents

[edit] Release

Interior Design did little in the way to reverse the commercial fortunes of the group, and did not appear on the album charts in the US or the UK. The singles "So Important" and "Just Got Back From Heaven" did better, both of which reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart at #8[2] and #7[2] respectively. "Just Got Back From Heaven" also appeared on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart at #24.[2]

[edit] Re-release

CD versions of the album included a number of bonus tracks including three versions of the LPs final track "Madonna", a remix of "So Important" and the short instrumental "The Big Brass Ring".

The album was released in some territories as Just Got Back From Heaven. These versions had altered sleeve art, some of which utilised a picture of the band from the mid-seventies, and were aimed at the budget market in general.

In 2008, Sparks' own record label Lil' Beethoven Records reissued the album in a digipak sleeve retaining the bonus tracks.

[edit] Track listing

Side A
No. Title Length
1. "So Important"   4:33
2. "Just Got Back From Heaven"   4:09
3. "Lots Of Reasons"   3:47
4. "You've Got A Hold Of My Heart"   4:58
5. "Love-O-Rama"   4:44
Side two
No. Title Length
6. "The Toughest Girl In Town"   4:16
7. "Let's Make Love"   4:45
8. "Stop Me If You've Heard This Before"   3:41
9. "A Walk Down Memory Lane"   4:53
10. "Madonna"   4:39

[edit] CD Edition

No. Title Length
1. "So Important"   4:33
2. "Just Got Back From Heaven"   4:09
3. "Lots Of Reasons"   3:47
4. "You've Got A Hold Of My Heart"   4:58
5. "Love-O-Rama"   4:44
6. "The Toughest Girl In Town"   4:16
7. "Let's Make Love"   4:45
8. "Stop Me If You've Heard This Before"   3:41
9. "A Walk Down Memory Lane"   4:53
10. "Madonna"   4:38
11. "Madonna (French Version)"   4:39
12. "Madonna (German Version)"   4:39
13. "Madonna (Spanish Version)"   4:39
14. "The Big Brass Ring"   2:20
15. "So Important (Extremely Important Remix)"   7:02

[edit] Personnel

  • Russell Mael, Vocals, production
  • Ron Mael, Keyboards, production
  • Spencer Sircombe, Guitar
  • Pamela Stonebrooke, Background vocals
  • John Thomas, Keyboards, engineering

[edit] References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b c "Allmusic - Billboard Singles - Sparks". Billboard. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p5494/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2009-09-22. 
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