スパークス　『Balls』『Lil' Beethoven』『Hello Young Lovers』のデラックス版　全曲公開

スパークス（Sparks）は2000年代にリリースしたスタジオ・アルバム5タイトルをデラックス・リイシュー。ボーナス曲を追加したCDおよびデジタル、そして重量盤アナログレコードが、以下のスケジュールで海外発売されます。

＜4月29日発売＞
●Balls (2000)
●Lil' Beethoven (2002)
●Hello Young Lovers (2006)

＜5月27日発売＞
●Exotic Creatures of the Deep (2008)
●The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman (2009)

4月29日発売分はストリーミング配信開始。YouTubeほかで聴けます

●Balls (2000)







●Lil' Beethoven (2002)







●Hello Young Lovers (2006)

■Balls
(2022 remaster - originally released in 2000)
* First Time on Vinyl *

1. Balls
2. More Than A Sex Machine
3. Scheherazade
4. Aeroflot
5. The Calm Before The Storm
6. How To Get Your Ass Kicked
7. Bullet Train
8. It’s A Knockoff
9. Irreplaceable
10. It’s Educational
11. The Angels

CD Bonus Tracks:
12. It's A Sparks Show [Opening theme for Sparks live shows; Previously unreleased]
13. Calm Before The Opera [Reworking of the song ‘The Calm Before The Storm’]
14. The Angels (Sparks Alternative Version)
15. More Than A Sex Machine (Sparks Definitive Version - Radio Edit)
16. The Angels (Tony Visconti version)
17. The Oblongs [Proposed pilot theme song for the animated TV series The Oblongs; Previously released in Japan]
18. A Cute Candidate [Opening Theme From In Entertainment We Trust: Music From The Motion Picture A Cute Candidate by Kuntzel+Deygas]
19. The Race For President [From In Entertainment We Trust: Music From The Motion Picture A Cute Candidate by Kuntzel+Deygas]

■Lil’ Beethoven
(2022 remaster - originally released in 2002)

1. The Rhythm Thief
2. How Do I Get To Carnegie Hall?
3. What Are All These Bands So Angry About?
4. I Married Myself
5. Ride ‘Em Cowboy
6. My Baby’s Taking Me Home
7. Your Call’s Very Important To Us. Please Hold.
8. Ugly Guys With Beautiful Girls
9. Suburban Homeboy

CD Bonus Tracks:
10. The Legend Of Lil' Beethoven [The story of ‘Lil’ Beethoven’ read by Ron Mael]
11. Wunderbar (Concerto In Koch Minor) [Originally commissioned for Günther Koch Revisited: Voll in den Mann by Bayerischer Rundfunk / Hörspiel und Medienkunst; Features the sampled voice of Günther Koch]
12. Kakadu [Originally commissioned for one word one sound by Bayerischer Rundfunk / Hörspiel und Medienkunst Concept: a song created from an assigned word and sound, Word: “Kakadu” (voice of Richard Huelsenbeck). Sound: papier schnippen / snip paper. Reading by Tammy Glover]
13. Suburban Homeboy (Extended "Ron Speaks" Version)
14. The Rhythm Thief (Instrumental Version)

■Hello Young Lovers
(2022 remaster - originally released in 2006)

1. Dick Around
2. Perfume
3. The Very Next Fight
4. (Baby, Baby) Can I Invade Your Country
5. Rock, Rock, Rock
6. Metaphor
7. Waterproof
8. Here Kitty
9. There’s No Such Thing as Aliens
10. As I Sit Down to Play the Organ at the Notre Dame Cathedral

CD Bonus Tracks:
11. We Are The Clash [Originally released on White Riot, Vol.2: A Tribute to The Clash, issued by Uncut Magazine in November 2003]
12. (Baby, Baby) Can I Invade Your Country (Alternative Lyrics)