Hello Young Lovers
by Sparks

Hello Young Lovers by Sparks
Year: 2006
Release date: 2006-02-06
Overall rank: 8,870th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 44 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2006 (145th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,536th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,870th)

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Sparks bestography

Hello Young Lovers is ranked 10th best out of 38 albums by Sparks on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Sparks is Kimono My House which is ranked number 1002 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,732.

Sparks album bestography « Higher ranked (7,085th)
Hippopotamus
This album (8,870th)
Hello Young Lovers
Lower ranked (9,388th) »
A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Hello Young Lovers rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,870th | 2000s rank: 1,536th | 2006 rank: 145th

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Hello Young Lovers ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 44 votes)
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01/22/2026 01:10 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,08779/100
 
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10/22/2025 22:56 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,42765/100
 
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09/09/2025 11:17 TonySayers61  Ratings distribution  23,80964/100
 
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06/17/2025 10:16 H-sie  Ratings distribution  1,11676/100
 
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03/09/2025 07:03 TheHutts  Ratings distribution  2,03276/100

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This album is rated in the top 15% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.2/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.3.

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85/100
From 04/06/2021 09:57 | #268257
Quite incredible. Nothing sounds like it. Except maybe Bohemian Rhapsody.
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85/100
From 02/23/2019 06:21 | #232436
Dick Around and As I Sit Down To Play The Organ are two of the greatest songs ever written, and possibly the greatest of Sparks' entire career. Not a bad feat 35 years after their debut
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70/100
From 07/16/2012 15:29 | #46570
Quirky, off-beat alt/rock/pop, these guys are at their best when at their weirdest. "dick around" and "here kitty", as the best examples, are fun and funny tracks.
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From 05/11/2011 20:52 | #21586
Songs like Dick Around and Metaphor make having this album a blessing. The one thing which strikes you most about this album is that it is hard to see what is coming next. While the strings from Lil Beethoven are absent from the majority of tracks (although they still appear) there is the definate new sense of life which was on the previous album. Like they are being imagintive once again. Such a climax at the end too. The following album has it's moments too but I would advise getting this and the album before first.
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