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FINALLY, some worthy bonus tracks on one of these reissues

Daniel W. Kelly | Long Island, NY United States | 05/12/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Aside from the reissues of No. 1 in Heaven, which had a couple of really rare Sparks productions from the late 70s as bonus tracks, the recent Japanese reissues of their 80s output has been a mess of lame demos as bonus tracks. Finally, with this disc, which has three bonus tracks. Miniskirted is a slice of 80s synthpop perfection that totally fits into this album's sounds (it sounds like something Giorgio Moroder would have produced in 84), as does Sports, which it is GREAT to see on here, since it was originally a b-side to Cool Places. As for the 'unreleased alternate version' of All You Ever Think About Is Sex, I'm pretty sure this was made in either the late 90s or this decade, because it has a heavy techno rave feel to it, and just does not fit into this playlist. Even so, the other two bonus tracks make this a crucial reissue from the Sparks 80s era."