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Alex Robertson Sparks Guru
Joined: 11 Jan 2002 Posts: 44531 Location: Crawley,West Sussex
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Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2025 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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With a fair wind and a bit of good luck my copy should be here in the next couple of days…the postal service is notoriously bad in this area, but I’m hoping it’ll arrive sooner rather than later! |
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MostlyLoveOfMusic Newbie
Joined: 17 Sep 2025 Posts: 3 Location: England, UK
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2025 4:09 am Post subject: |
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Looking forward to the CD arriving today. Spotify confirms that it is another strong batch of 4 tracks.
I'm not the first to mention that a follow-up MADDEST! EP would be a nice thing to conclude the trilogy - and hopefully it would be heavy as hell! |
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miss sparks Sparks Guru

Joined: 16 Sep 2010 Posts: 25231 Location: England
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2025 9:14 am Post subject: |
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Cd arrived in post today, Best song Porcupine. Cd sleeve includes song lyrics. |
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Alex Robertson Sparks Guru
Joined: 11 Jan 2002 Posts: 44531 Location: Crawley,West Sussex
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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2025 9:50 am Post subject: |
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Arrived right when promised despite my misgivings about Royal Mail deliveries!! |
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freeke Sparkologist
Joined: 05 Mar 2009 Posts: 497 Location: Turku, Finland
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 3:47 am Post subject: |
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Porcupine is ok, but Fantasize, Mess Up and They are just great!!! Russell's vocals are absolutely incredible.
The songs may have been recorded for MAD!, I don't know(?), but they are more "vocally-driven" and all the better for it.
(Sounds like they lifted the acoustic guitar from Left Out In The Cold and used it on They.🙂)
I like MAD! I love MADDER!❤️ |
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Andy M Groupie
Joined: 10 Nov 2009 Posts: 220 Location: Barnetby, UK
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 5:30 am Post subject: |
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Madder: weirder than Mad!, better than Mad!
Is it just me, or does Mess Up resemble Shadow Stabbing a Shadow by Sparks collaborators Grand Popo Football Club? |
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Henry McHenry Groupie
Joined: 23 Jun 2021 Posts: 174 Location: Wiesbaden Germany
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 5:50 am Post subject: |
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freeke wrote: | Porcupine is ok, but Fantasize, Mess Up and They are just great!!! Russell's vocals are absolutely incredible.
The songs may have been recorded for MAD!, I don't know(?), but they are more "vocally-driven" and all the better for it.
(Sounds like they lifted the acoustic guitar from Left Out In The Cold and used it on They.🙂)
I like MAD! I love MADDER!❤️ |
I Do agree…! |
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deadcalm Sparks Guru

Joined: 26 Feb 2004 Posts: 2815 Location: Kidderminster West Mids UK
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Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2025 5:54 am Post subject: |
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"They" is the one that is most interesting to me. Sort of a throwback back sound to the "Woofer" period. With a modern take . Mess up and Porcupine are ones that do not connect. Fantasize could be a grower.  _________________ I Think that went very Well |
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Crabby Sub-Deity
Joined: 26 Feb 2024 Posts: 908 Location: Belfast
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Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2025 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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I love the EP........that's all!! |
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Andy M Groupie
Joined: 10 Nov 2009 Posts: 220 Location: Barnetby, UK
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2025 2:53 am Post subject: |
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The unboxing Madder! video on the Sparks You Tube channel is very funny; when Ron removes the cd the wrong way from its card case it's simply hilarious. |
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Crabby Sub-Deity
Joined: 26 Feb 2024 Posts: 908 Location: Belfast
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2025 3:30 am Post subject: |
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Absolutely Andy, and Ron did me quite a favour because l realised after seeing him ripping the cd cover it was much easier to take the disc out from the opening on the opposite side!
Great music combined with public service information ,l expect no less from them.....😂 |
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SteveBoyce Sub-Deity
Joined: 17 Jan 2002 Posts: 820
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 8:31 am Post subject: |
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I like the EP much better than the main album... |
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Crabby Sub-Deity
Joined: 26 Feb 2024 Posts: 908 Location: Belfast
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 8:48 am Post subject: |
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I just play them one after another and pretend it's one complete album....it works for me! |
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Judes Fan-in-Training
Joined: 21 Jul 2025 Posts: 15
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 5:10 pm Post subject: |
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MostlyLoveOfMusic wrote: | I'm not the first to mention that a follow-up MADDEST! EP would be a nice thing to conclude the trilogy - and hopefully it would be heavy as hell! |
I'm tempted to say that this won't happen, based purely on the fact that the MAD! LP deluxe edition was obviously designed to hold the MADDER! EP (as demonstrated so well on the unboxing video), along with the MAD! CD which came with it, but there doesn't appear to be room for anything else. Unless MADDEST! will come in another package into which you can slot your copies of both MAD! and MADDER! I would look forward to the video explaining that.
I'll be happy to be proved wrong though! |
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PETER RAWCLIFFE Sparks Guru

Joined: 23 May 2008 Posts: 7840 Location: Cleethorpes
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Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2025 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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Crabby wrote: | I just play them one after another and pretend it's one complete album....it works for me! |
That's Madder than Mad!  _________________ WRITTEN OF COURSE BY THE MIGHTIEST HAND |
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