Indiscreet (Sparks album)

Indiscreet is the fifth album by the American rock band Sparks. It was released in 1975 and later re-released with three bonus tracks. The album was produced by Tony Visconti, with whom the group reunited in 1997 to produce several tracks for their retrospective album Plagiarism. The song "How Are You Getting Home?" was used in Leos Carax's film Holy Motors.

Indiscreet
Studio album by Sparks
Released	October 1975
Recorded	1975
Genre	Glam rock[1] pop rock[2]
Length	41:32
Label	Island
Producer	Tony Visconti
Sparks chronology
Propaganda (1974) Indiscreet (1975) Big Beat (1976)
Singles from Indiscreet
"Get In The Swing" b/w "Profile" Released: July 1975 "Looks, Looks, Looks" b/w "Pineapple" Released: September 1975

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Classic Rock	[4]

Release

Indiscreet was released in October 1975, nearly a year after Sparks' previous album. It was not as successful as Kimono My House or Propaganda; reaching #18 on the UK Album Chart[5] and #169 in the US.[6] The group's next two albums were even less successful in Europe and the US. They would not garner significant attention until 1979's No. 1 In Heaven.

"Get In The Swing" and "Looks, Looks, Looks" were released as singles. Like the parent album they were only moderately successful reaching #27 and #26 in the UK.[5]

Re-release

Indiscreet was re-issued and remastered by Island in 1994 and 2006. The first issue by the Island Masters subsidiary added the B-side "Profile" and the non-album single "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", and its B-side "England". The '21st Century Edition' did not include "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" or "England"; in their stead it included the rare "The Wedding of Jacqueline Kennedy to Russell Mael" and a live recording of "Looks, Looks, Looks".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ron Mael; except where indicated.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hospitality On Parade"	4:00
2.	"Happy Hunting Ground"	3:44
3.	"Without Using Hands"	3:20
4.	"Get in the Swing"	4:08
5.	"Under the Table With Her"	2:20
6.	"How Are You Getting Home?"	2:57

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Pineapple"	Russell Mael	2:45
8.	"Tits"		4:57
9.	"It Ain't 1918"		2:08
10.	"The Lady is Lingering"		3:40
11.	"In the Future"		2:12
12.	"Looks, Looks, Looks"		2:35
13.	"Miss the Start, Miss the End"		2:46

Island Masters bonus tracks (1994)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Profile"		3:30
15.	"I Wanna Hold Your Hand"	John Lennon and Paul McCartney	2:54
16.	"England"		3:16

21st Century Edition bonus tracks (2006)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"Profile"		3:30
15.	"The Wedding of Jacqueline Kennedy to Russell Mael"	Russell Mael	1:36
16.	"Looks, Looks, Looks (live at Fairfield Halls 09/11/75)"		4:02

Personnel

Sparks

• Russell Mael – vocals
• Ron Mael – keyboards
• Ian Hampton – bass
• Trevor White – guitar
• Norman "Dinky" Diamond – drums

with:

• Mike Piggott – fiddle on "It Ain't 1918"
• Tony Visconti – orchestral arrangements

References

1. "The Quietus - Reviews - Sparks". The Quietus. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 13, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. AllMusic review
4. Makowski, Peter (December 2006). "Still able to start a fire: Sparks Reissues". Classic Rock. p. 101. Missing or empty |url= (help)
5. "The Official Charts Company - Sparks". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2008-07-22.
6. "Allmusic - Billboard Albums - Sparks". Billboard. Retrieved 2008-12-04.