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Lil' Beethoven
Lil' Beethoven is the 19th album by the American rock band Sparks, released in 2002.
Background.
By 2002, Sparks had released eighteen albums, the last several of them in the new wave/synthpop vein. While this had been successful, breaking them in the US with 1983's "Cool Places" and in Germany with "When Do I Get To Sing 'My Way'?" in 1995, it had not secured them much critical acclaim or a consistent audience. 1997
After "Balls", the band resurfaced in 2002 with the release of the album which has been described as their "genre-defying opus". "Lil' Beethoven", featuring quasi-classical arrangements strings and choirs. "Lil' Beethoven" led to renewed interest in the band. "Record Collector" magazine named the album as one of its "Best New Albums of 2002", describing it as "...possibly the most exciting and interesting release ever from such a long established act" and later