#3023 Sparks - Terminal Jive

After their music-hall//stripped-down-rock//disco albums comes Sparks' new wave album. There might not be a band in the history of rock better able to adapt to the styles of the now (the Stones are an underrated also-ran in this category). And as always (Big Beat excepted) they bring a generous dollop of their own style, blending #1iH's disco with their own slinky sensibilities to end up with something synthy and insistent, something between Blondie, U2, ELO - one band I like and two bands I "actually-like" like. Good, lightly strange fun 3.5/5