Sparks - In Outer Space (1983) {2013 Repertoire Records Remaster}
Sparks - In Outer Space (1983) {2013 Repertoire Records Remaster}
EAC rip (secure mode) | FLAC (image)+CUE+LOG -> 431 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 136 Mb
Full Artwork @ 300 dpi (jpg) -> 69 Mb | 5% repair rar
© 2013 Repertoire Records / Warner | REP 5312
Rock / Pop Rock / New Wave / Dance Rock / Synth Pop
Sparks' 12th album got off to the best possible start when the first single, "Cool Places," a breakneckedly breezy duet with the Go-Go's' Jane Wiedlin, spun off to become the Mael brothers' first ever Top 50 hit in their American homeland. It would also be their last, but an entire generation of new fans arose regardless to pursue the siblings through both their future convolutions and their past ones too. In Outer Space's almost ruthless distillation of all that had gone before was, then, an ideal place for them to start. Like the duo's Giorgio Moroder era, In Outer Space represented a creative rejuvenation that its immediate predecessors had scarcely dared hint at.
Even within the quickly dated framework of the album's production, the tunes bristle with a locomotive curiosity that neither Whomp That Sucker nor Angst in My Pants could muster and, if there's nothing here as instantly striking as, say, "This Town Ain't Big Enough" or "Equator," neither is there anything as ultimately grating as "I Predict" or "Wacky Women." Or, rather, there is "Praying for a Party," but it is readily forgivable in the face of the rib-tickling "All You Ever Think About Is Sex," or the unapologetically romantic "Rockin' Girls" – "you're the only girl I've ever met who hates "Hey Jude"," muses Russell; "maybe that's the reason I'm so in love with you." Another Wiedelin duet, the dynamically slush-laden "Lucky Me, Lucky You," too, never fails to entrance, the ultimate losers' love story transplanted to a shipwrecked tropical paradise, while "I Wish I Looked a Little Better" offers up an entertainingly cracked mirror image to Whomp's own highlight, "Funny Face." But, though the moral of that story might well be "be careful what you wish for," the same cannot be said for In Outer Space. Sparks' fans had been crying out for a return to true glory since Terminal Jive. They got it, and it was even better than they dreamed.
Sparks - In Outer Space (1983) {2013 Repertoire Records Remaster}
Repertoire INFO
tracklist:
01. Cool Places
02. Popularity
03. Prayin' For A Party
04. All You Ever Think About Is Sex
05. Please Baby Please
06. Rockin' Girls
07. I Wish I Looked A Little Better
08. Lucky Me, Lucky You
09. A Fun Bunch Of Guys From Outer Space
10. Dance Godammit
Bonus Tracks:
11. All You Ever Think About Is Sex (Single version) Single A-Side, (US) Atlantic 789797, ℗ 1983
12. Sports (Single B-Side), (Germany) Oasis 613809, ℗ 1983
13. Cool Places feat. Jane Wiedlin (12 Inch Mix) Single A-side, (USA) Atlantic 089863, ℗ 1983
14. All You Ever Think About Is Sex (12 Inch Club Version) Single A-side, (USA) Atlantic 086990, ℗ 1983
15. Dance Godammit (12 Inch Club Version) Single B-side, (USA) Atlantic 086990, ℗ 1983
Exact Audio Copy V0.99 prebeta 5 from 4. May 2009
EAC extraction logfile from 21. February 2015, 19:49
Sparks / In Outer Space (2013 Remastered)
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Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : Monkey's Audio Lossless Encoder
Selected bitrate : High Lossless Compression
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
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Additional command line options : -v
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EAC extraction logfile from 21. February 2015, 19:49
Sparks / In Outer Space (2013 Remastered)
Used drive : hp CDDVDW SH-216BB Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Used output format : Monkey's Audio Lossless Encoder
Selected bitrate : High Lossless Compression
Quality : High
Add ID3 tag : No
Command line compressor : C:\Program Files (x86)\Monkey's Audio\MAC.exe
Additional command line options : -v
TOC of the extracted CD
Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 3:24.34 | 0 | 15333
2 | 3:24.34 | 3:51.59 | 15334 | 32717
3 | 7:16.18 | 3:02.37 | 32718 | 46404
4 | 10:18.55 | 4:08.05 | 46405 | 65009
5 | 14:26.60 | 3:42.19 | 65010 | 81678
6 | 18:09.04 | 4:46.33 | 81679 | 103161
7 | 22:55.37 | 2:59.22 | 103162 | 116608
8 | 25:54.59 | 3:37.19 | 116609 | 132902
9 | 29:32.03 | 3:59.39 | 132903 | 150866
10 | 33:31.42 | 3:23.18 | 150867 | 166109
11 | 36:54.60 | 3:32.58 | 166110 | 182067
12 | 40:27.43 | 3:23.58 | 182068 | 197350
13 | 43:51.26 | 4:40.11 | 197351 | 218361
14 | 48:31.37 | 5:06.46 | 218362 | 241357
15 | 53:38.08 | 3:59.67 | 241358 | 259349
Range status and errors
Selected range
Filename C:\Users\Arthur\Desktop\Sparks - In Outer Space (2013 Remastered).wav
Peak level 98.8 %
Range quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 88D02099
Copy CRC 88D02099
Copy OK
No errors occurred
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You may have a different pressing from the one(s) in the database
End of status report
Sparks - In Outer Space (1983) {2013 Repertoire Records Remaster}
Sparks - In Outer Space (1983) {2013 Repertoire Records Remaster}
All thanks goes to the original releaser!
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