Indiscreet is the fifth studio album by Sparks, released in October 1975 by Island Records. While retaining the glam rock sound of Kimono My House and Propaganda, the album emphasised the theatrical elements of their work, with greater use of orchestral arrangements and drawing from non-rock orientated styles such as jazz, big band, swing, vaudeville, and classical music. The album was produced by Tony Visconti, with whom the group reunited in 1997 to produce several tracks for their retrospective album Plagiarism. The song "How Are You Getting Home?" was used in Leos Carax's film Holy Motors.
Indiscreet was released in October 1975, nearly a year after Sparks' previous album and would be the third album recorded with a British-based line-up. It was not as successful as Kimono My House or Propaganda; reaching No. 18 on the UK Albums Chart The group's next two albums were even less successful in Europe and the US. They would not garner significant attention until 1979's No. 1 In Heaven.
"Get in the Swing" and "Looks, Looks, Looks" were released as singles. Like the parent album they were only moderately successful, reaching No. 27 and No. 26 respectively in the UK Singles Chart, which resulted in the Mael brothers splitting up the British-based version of Sparks and returning home to America.
Indiscreet was re-issued and remastered by Island in 1994 and 2006. The first issue by the Island Masters subsidiary added the B-side "Profile" and the non-album single "I Wanna Hold Your Hand", and its B-side "England". The 21st Century Edition did not include either "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" or "England"; in their stead it included the rare "The Wedding of Jacqueline Kennedy to Russell Mael" and a live recording of "Looks, Looks, Looks".
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