Tracklist
| A1 | Big Boy | 3:17 | |
| A2 | I Want To Be Like Everybody Else | 2:53 | |
| A3 | Nothing To Do | 3:05 | |
| A4 | I Bought The Mississippi River | 2:27 | |
| A5 | Fill-Er-Up | 2:17 | |
| A6 | Everybody's Stupid | 3:35 | |
| B1 | Throw Her Away (And Get A New One) | 3:38 | |
| B2 | Confusion | 3:21 | |
| B3 | Screwed Up | 4:16 | |
| B4 | White Women | 3:20 | |
| B5 | I Like Girls | 2:53 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Island Records Ltd.
- Copyright © – Island Music Ltd.
- Copyright © – Half Music
- Published By – Island Music Ltd.
- Produced For – Widescreen Productions
- Manufactured By – Island Records Ltd.
- Distributed By – Island Records Ltd.
- Pressed By – Island Records Manufacturing Ltd
Credits
- Art Direction – Ron Coro
- Bass – Sal Maida
- Design – Tom Steele*
- Drums – Hilly Boy Michaels*
- Engineer [Additional] – Michael Barbiero
- Engineer, Remix – Godfrey Diamond
- Guitar – Jeffrey Salen*
- Keyboards – Ron Mael
- Photography By – Richard Avedon
- Plated By – EG*
- Producer – Rupert Holmes
- Producer [Associate] – Jeffrey Lesser
- Vocals – Russell Mael
- Written-By [All Songs] – Ron Mael
Notes
Thick printed inner sleeve with lyrics and photo of Russel and Ron.
Month of release from Record Collector Magazine Nov 1994 p.99
Note on runout Variants 3 and 4; the 2nd "1" on both sides are stamped - tilted 90dgr.
Month of release from Record Collector Magazine Nov 1994 p.99
Note on runout Variants 3 and 4; the 2nd "1" on both sides are stamped - tilted 90dgr.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched variant 1): ILPS 9445 A1 EG I-13
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched variant 1): ILPS 9445 B1 EG I-18
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched variant 2): ILPS 9445 A1 EG I-11
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched variant 2): ILPS 9445 B1 EG I-31
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched variant 3): I-7 ILPS 9445 A1 1 EG
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched variant 3): I-7 ILPS 9445 B1 1 EG
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched variant 4): I-15 ILPS 9445 A1 1 EG
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched variant 4): I-18 ILPS 9445 B1 1 EG
Other Versions (5 of 38)
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Big Beat (LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing) | Columbia | PC 34359 | US | 1976 | ||
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Big Beat (LP, Album) | Island Records | 28 142 XOT | 1976 | |||
| Big Beat (LP, Album) | Columbia | PC 34359 | Canada | 1976 | |||
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Big Beat (LP, Album) | Island Records | ILPS 19445 | Italy | 1976 | ||
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Big Beat (LP, Album, Promo) | Columbia | PC 34359 | US | 1976 |
Recommendations
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Edited one year agoMojo (362-Jan 2024) featured Sparks as that months "How to Buy" top ten as voted by Mojo readers, including this album. I love all of Sparks albums (some more than others of course) but was surprised at some of those that made the top ten.
1 - Gratuitous Sax & Senseless Violins
2 - Kimono My House
3 - Music That You Can Dance To
4 - Lil' Beethoven
5 - Propaganda
6 - Hello Young Lovers
7 - Introducing Sparks
8 - The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte
9 - No. 1 In Heaven
10 - Big Beat -
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