Amateur Hour
| "Amateur Hour" | ||||||||||
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 German 7" single | ||||||||||
| Single by Sparks | ||||||||||
| from the album Kimono My House | ||||||||||
| B-side | Lost and Found | |||||||||
| Released | 1974 | |||||||||
| Format | 7", 45rpm | |||||||||
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| Length | 3:37 | |||||||||
| Label | Island | |||||||||
| Writer(s) | Ron Mael | |||||||||
| Producer(s) | Muff Winwood | |||||||||
| Sparks singles chronology | ||||||||||
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"Amateur Hour" is a song by Sparks. It was released as the second single from their 1974 album Kimono My House. Bassist Martin Gordon was requested to replace his original bass part (recorded using a Rickenbacker 4001 bass) with a Fender Precision bass, belonging to his subsequent replacement in the band. [1]
A re-recording was produced in 1997 for the retrospective Plagiarism album. This new version was given a complete electronic synthpop overhaul and was performed with Erasure.
On 25 June 2009, the song "Amateur Hour" was featured in a stunt when UK magician and mentalist Mark Cairns predicted that radio personality George Lamb would choose the Sparks song, in a free choice from a list of 100 tracks that had been recently played on Lamb's BBC Radio 6 Music show.[2]
Track listing
- "Amateur Hour" — 3:37
- "Lost and Found" — 3:21
Personnel
- Russell Mael - vocals
- Ron Mael - keyboards
- Martin Gordon - bass
- Adrian Fisher - guitar
- Norman "Dinky" Diamond - drums
Chart positions
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.K. Singles Chart | 7 |
| German Singles Chart | 12 |
| Irish Singles Chart | 19 |
References
- ↑ "Kimono My House Sessions * Martin Gordon". Martingordon.de. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
- ↑ "BBC Radio 6 Music - George Lamb". Bbc.co.uk. 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2016-10-09.