前々作と前作『Kimono My House』『Propaganda』を成功させ、続く『Indiscreet』で予想を裏切るような作品を生み出した彼ら。続いて76年10月にリリースされた6作目『Big Beat』はロンとラッセルはイギリスからアメリカに戻り、『Indiscreet』のスタイルを捨ててよりスパ-クスとしてベーシックな方向へ転換した作品。
プロデュースはルパート・ホルムズが担当し、エネルギッシュで力強い作品となりました。
発売・販売元 提供資料(2025/09/05)
Most of this album finds Sparks doing what they do best: spewing out clever, mile-a-minute lyrics over solid-rocking accompaniment (this time, provided by a superior group of studio musicians). Drummer Hilly Michaels and guitarist Jeffrey Salen lend the Mael brothers' songs considerable rock & roll authority. Standouts include the opening blast, "Big Boy" (which was featured in the film Rollercoaster), the propulsive "Fill-Er-Up," and the falsetto-delivered proclamation "I Like Girls," apparently a leftover from their previous album, Indiscreet. Generally, however, they eschew the elaborate arrangements of Indiscreet and go for a powerful, stripped-down sound. As titles such as "Everybody's Stupid" and "Thrown Her Away (And Get a New One)" suggest, the album brims with decidedly politically incorrect (and often hilarious) lyrics. ~ James A. Gardner
Rovi