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Sparks

Imogen Heap

Sparks

The English electronic singer-songwriter's fourth album was created using fan-made field recordings

ADM rating[?]

6.8

Label
Megaphonic Records
UK Release date
18/08/2014
US Release date
19/08/2014
  1. 8.5 |   Beardfood

    An absolute delight
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  2. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    An album that somehow manages to take numerous different projects and turn them into something meaningful
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  3. 8.0 |   The Music

    The album’s a journey packed with ghosts, aliens and mystery. And brilliance
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  4. 8.0 |   The Observer

    Persevere and you'll be well rewarded; its feverish, idea-glutted electropop frequently resolves into something thrilling
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  5. 8.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    If only more 'popular' music was this ambitious and well-realised. Imogen Heap is the kind of pop star we can all get behind. Sparks will serve to cement her burgeoning reputation
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  6. 8.0 |   All Music

    It sometimes walks the line between close listening and a wash of sound, but it's intriguing from whatever angle it is approached.
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  7. 8.0 |   The 405

    This is a rare gem. It's not only an awe-inspiring clutch of noises, capable of making you laugh, cry and dance, it's also wildly intelligent
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  8. 7.0 |   Uncut

    A somewhat disjointed but nonetheless fascinating work. Print edition only

  9. 6.7 |   Consequence Of Sound

    In contrast to her previous albums, in which several individual songs stood out and invited a “top that” response, Sparks works on a far more holistic level.
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  10. 6.4 |   Sputnik Music (staff)

    An album containing its share of diamonds, but only if you’re willing to sift through the rough in order to find them
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  11. 6.0 |   Q

    Qualifies as authentic outsider art. Print edition only

  12. 6.0 |   The FT

    It’s hard to discern any overarching idea in Sparks
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  13. 4.0 |   Loud And Quiet

    Somewhere, at a dinner party in middle England, ‘Telemiscommunications’ is skipped for being a little depressing. I’d just forgo the whole lot and enjoy the sound of cutlery
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  14. 4.0 |   The Guardian

    In its dogged determination to be unique, it has sacrificed structure and direction, and it gets bogged down in the sheer volume of all the voices
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