Hi everyone, I've started a YouTube channel featuring my lyrical analysis of Ron and Russell Mael's songwriting for Sparks.. It's only a...

In 1980, Sparks released an album that's unfairly considered to be a misstep, and as with anything by Ron & Russell Mael, it shouldn’t be...

The Number One Song In Heaven, a two-part single by Sparks in collaboration with Georgio Moroder, was the first time that a rock band had...

Sparks’ self-proclaimed “career-defining opus” is misunderstood, and I’d like you to consider another way of looking at it. Think of it...

Sparks’ career can be neatly split into two halves. For the first half they’d switch genre, hop labels and seek out new audiences in...

It’s my theory that Ron and Russell Mael make intricately-plotted concept albums in which the concept is a closely guarded secret. They...

'Number 1 in Heaven' is far more clever than people have realised. It's been praised for its innovation and for changing what a rock band...