Sparks – Angst In My Pants

I did not enjoy this pressing. It seemed lifeless to me. I don't have an OG of this title, but I have several other Sparks OGs from this period, and they all sound so much better.

Owners, tell me, is the cover of the same poor quality as the previous reissue? A blurry upscaled image with shoddy color reproduction on thin cardboard? Are there b/w inner with the original image?

These may be individually numbered in a gold stamp above the gold promo text.

Mine is S 753358, different from the photo here.

Must have been a way to try to crack down on those selling promo copies.

Sounds absolutely excellent, both through headphones and over my speakers. Certain instruments sound less grating than on streaming and the whole thing is just generally bigger and spaced out farther. I don't know if the Mael brothers oversaw the remastering of this, but it's a brilliant update to an already fantastic album. Worthy of note, my copy came with a bubbled centre label on side B; to anyone else who comes across this, don't worry, it's more than likely a second label is underneath the bubbled one, just remove it very carefully and you'll be fine.

This is an audiophile-quality pressing. The second I threw it on, I was certain that it came from an analog source -- no early 80s digital recording could sound this warm. It's dead quiet as well, at least mine is. Of course, none of this matters if the album sucks. This one doesn't. It's my favorite Sparks album and that says a lot. Every song is just killer.

Anyone know if this comes with a download card? words words words

Good sounding pressing. Has the same matrix number as the 2022 pressing "44320- V252-A Miles.RM50.Abbey Road". So, it must sound similar or identical to this 2022 edition. They are both coloured vinyl, but the the 2022 vinyl is more transparent. Didn´t come with CD although it was new and sealed. I understand the CD is made from the vinyl anyway. Got mine new for 16 euros. Somebody here paid 174 euros!?!?! Just keep looking, there are copies out there. Even Amazon has them for 30 euros and they will reduce that price soon. Absolutely worth buying. All the songs are good. Sparks are always a good laugh and they have great harmonies & melodies.... Maybe the only group/singer that still make good music after 50 years.

Sounds very good to me. Sadly no original to compare it with which are hard to find and expensive. I recommend this one.

Sherlock Holmes is great, so is Moustache, Instant Weight Loss and of course Angst In My Pants.

I came here thinking i could score a cheap copy of this rather obscure but good Sparks record only to find out that there aren´t many available and that the ones that are, fetch not a small amount of money.