Get Ready to ROCK! » Russell Mael https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Wed, 29 Jul 2026 13:41:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Album review: SPARKS – MAD! https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/06/album-review-sparks-mad/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/06/album-review-sparks-mad/#comments Wed, 04 Jun 2025 07:25:15 +0000 petefeenstra https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=102740 MadTransgressive [Release date 23.05.25] ‘Mad!’ is the latest snapshot of the Sparks aesthetic. It’s interwoven with elements of surreal humour and satire and is bolstered by immense interlocking vocal repetition, frantic rhythms and cinematic lyrics. It’s a badge of honour with … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2025/06/album-review-sparks-mad/feed/ 0 Film review: SPARKS: Annette / Cannes Festival Opening – The Vox, Montignac-Lascaux, SW France 6 July 2021 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/07/film-review-sparks-annette-cannes-festival-opening-the-vox-montignac-lascaux-sw-france-6-july-2021/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/07/film-review-sparks-annette-cannes-festival-opening-the-vox-montignac-lascaux-sw-france-6-july-2021/#comments Fri, 09 Jul 2021 09:48:48 +0000 petefeenstra http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=73913 Sparks - AnnetteIt’s early evening in heart of Montignac-Lascaux, a small sleepy South West French town. And I’ve just discovered that the once thriving (pre-covid) art house cinema – which used to double as an outdoor gig – is showing a world … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/07/film-review-sparks-annette-cannes-festival-opening-the-vox-montignac-lascaux-sw-france-6-july-2021/feed/ 0 Album review: SPARKS – A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-sparks-a-steady-drip-drip/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-sparks-a-steady-drip-drip/#comments Fri, 15 May 2020 08:33:10 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=66393 SPARKS – A Steady Drip, DripBMG [Release date digital 15.05.20; physical 03.07.20] There are not many artists that have been going for over fifty years and still regularly tour and release good new music, and Sparks are one of those few. Their last album, 2017’s … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/album-review-sparks-a-steady-drip-drip/feed/ 0 Album review: SPARKS – Past Tense: The Best Of Sparks https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/11/album-review-sparks-past-tense-the-best-of-sparks/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/11/album-review-sparks-past-tense-the-best-of-sparks/#comments Tue, 12 Nov 2019 20:20:50 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=62992 SPARKS – Past Tense The Best Of SparksBMG [Release date 08.11.19] For many people of a certain age Sparks are famed for the high vocals and scary looking bloke on the keyboards, yet there is so much more to their music aside from the big hits ‘This … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/11/album-review-sparks-past-tense-the-best-of-sparks/feed/ 0 Album review: SPARKS – Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/11/album-review-sparks-gratuitous-sax-senseless-violins/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2019/11/album-review-sparks-gratuitous-sax-senseless-violins/#comments Sun, 10 Nov 2019 19:03:12 +0000 jason http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=62900 SPARKS - Gratuitous Sax & Senseless ViolinsBMG [Release date 01.11.19] ‘Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins’ originally came out in 1994 and came after a six year gap by Sparks since 1988’s ‘Interior Design’ album. The band were said to be on hiatus, something Ron Mael takes … Continue reading →

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