SPARKS - Past Tense - The Best of Sparks (Sealed) (3CD)

BMG will issue a new Sparks compilation in November; called Past Tense: The Best of Sparks.It will be available on three physical formats; a three-CD set features 58 tracks, from 1967’s ‘Computer Girl’ (recorded under the name Urban Renewal Project) to ‘Check Out Time 11AM’ from 2017’s Hippopotamus; a two-CD edition of the same compilation distils the offering down to 39 tracks, while the 3LP vinyl set includes 27 songs from the Sparks back catalog. Ron and Russell Mael have ‘hand-picked’ the selections, by the way and sleeve notes come courtesy of Simon Price.