"This is the number one song in heaven, Why are you hearing it now, you ask?" This week we are rerunning a Season 1 episode where we took a look at the synth pop group SPARKS, NO. 1 IN HEAVEN (1979) [new content recorded for intro!]

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Nº 1 in Heaven is the eighth studio album by American pop and rock duo Sparks. Recorded with Italian disco record producer Giorgio Moroder, the album marked a change of musical direction for the group and became influential on later synth-popbands.

Released on March 1, 1979 by Virgin Records (with initial copies on colored vinyl) and later licensed to Elektra Records in the US, Nº 1 in Heaven renewed interest in the band after disappointing sales of their preceding studio albums Big Beat (1976) and Introducing Sparks (1977). It is the band's only album on Elektra, the fourth label that the band was signed to in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._1_in_Heaven

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