Hello Young Lovers (studio album) by Sparks

Hello Young Lovers by Sparks
Year: 2006
Release date: 2006-02-06
Overall rank: 8,953rd   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 42 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2006 (150th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,586th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,953rd)
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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 907 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,919.

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Hello Young Lovers track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 75.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.1.

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85/100
From 04/06/2021 09:57
Quite incredible. Nothing sounds like it. Except maybe Bohemian Rhapsody.
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From 02/23/2019 06:21
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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From 07/16/2012 15:29
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
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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