We never polled the SPARKS cover art

kimono as a sorta not-quite roxy music cover from a not-quite roxy music band. propaganda and big beat are great also.

kimono as not-quite-roxy is great

halfway through the arduous c&p I realised that taken together these weren't quite as uniformly amazing as I remembered, but I still think these guys have a lot of gr8 covers

also I have to say I have a soft spot for balls

Voted for Pulling Rabbits. I'm a sucker for hand puppets.

^sock

Puppet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSRildGCw64

http://s.pixogs.com/image/R-327546-1355839328-1530.jpeg

kimono, propaganda, or in outer space

like I say I personally like balls but in general their gs&sv&onwards renaissance isn't that well-represented by the covers

I love the big beat cover but don't particularly love big beat

Propaganda wins

propaganda is one of the best covers ever imo

i'm stubbornly attached to the discreet cover

er, the *indiscreet* cover

always loved indiscreet, too

russell's "injured" pose is kind of amazing

Indiscreet, Propaganda or Whomp That Sucker might get my vote.

Has an actual Sparks albums poll been done before?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b0/Introducing_Sparks_-_Sparks.jpg

Fun to imagine these as Hall & Oates covers.

weird, the copy I have of the first album has completely different art

http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=RXVfBRZ1wHfNcM&tbnid=yB3faP1WQ_mo2M:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgraphikdesigns.free.fr%2Fsparks-bearsville-lp-album.html&ei=dWuzUbLfMIycigLqsIDADw&bvm=bv.47534661,d.cGE&psig=AFQjCNEf7FAIKKopLIoY38JsHyhahwcs6g&ust=1370799344962103

http://graphikdesigns.free.fr/sparks-ron-russell-mael/sparks-todd-rundgren.jpg

anyway Propaganda, no contest

oh yeah they released it twice, once as halfnelson & once as sparks. I guess I included the wrong one

Regarding "introducing"..

It does look like Russell is 'dressed up as' Ron, is it?

he's "doing" ron for sure

^realise that sounds icky but they posed as a fkn married couple so

Then again, the pic on the other side looks like Russell doing Russell so maybe.. Unless Ron doing Russell didn't work so they sacked it.

propaganda if you include the back cover and insert as well.

if not, then maybe indiscreet

Yeah, propaganda is the one..

A friend of mine recognised the petrol station as one local to him, and did ask Russell if it was. It wasn't.

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Kimono and Propaganda are both classic, but I'm voting Indiscreet. My favorite musically too, and bonus points for the grocery shopping gatefold.

http://www.vinylrecords.ch/S/SP/Sparks/Indiscreet/sparks-indiscreet-09.jpg

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Pretty much agree with this poll.

Tough to argue (now)