Track Listing

1. Too Many Questions
2. Black & Gold
3. 21st Century Life
4. Sick
5. Waiting for Time
6. Recycle It!
7. Cottonmouth
8. Hot Mess
9. Pocket
10. Cut Me Loose
11. Sally
12. Cling Wrap
13. Can't Stop This!
14. Still Hungry (hidden track)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4700 in Music
• Released on: 2008-04-28
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks
• Dimensions: .22 pounds
• Running time: 57 minutes

Amazon.co.uk review
Australian-born soul starlet Sam Sparro has been making ears prick up of late. His savvy blend of soul, funk and modern electronica nods to 70s and 80s legends like Stevie Wonder and Hall and Oates, but Sparro brings a sassy style and modern production ethic that renders his music 21st Century fresh. Armed with a smooth, mercurial voice, Sparro sashays slickly through disco, funk and soul, moving waists with the punchy electro-funk of "Too Many Questions", "Black & Gold" and "Cut Me Loose", soaring soul like "Hot Mess" and darker material like "Pocket’ and the synth-laden "Sick" (which comes over all Calvin Harris admittedly minus the kitsch, ironic appeal). "Clingwrap" is pop-lite Prince, and there’s the occasional slower track like "Waiting For Time" and "Cottonmouth", but mostly this is an upbeat collection for good time people. His Daft Punk-meets-Jamiroquai single "Black & Gold" has already earned him deserved comparisons to contemporary blue-eyed soul boys like Jamie Lidell; Sam Sparro is assured enough to make him a star.--Danny McKenna

CD Description
This is the assured and confident self-titled debut from Australian born Sam Sparro. Having a diverse and internationalbackground (via Sydney to L.A. to London), Sam stands out from the usual crowd. With his mix of soul and electro-funk recalling influences from legends such as Stevie Wonder to contemporaries like Jamie Lidell and Seal, this is a deeply modern sensuous soul album. Includes the single 'Black & Gold'.

Customer Reviews

Disco(mbobulation)Ball
It takes a brave man (or a somewhat foolish manager) to time ones'
debut album release with that of Mrs.Ciccone-Ritchie's latest
extravaganza but Mr Sparro gets my vote straight off the bat
with this scintillating slice of chic, sophisticated electrofunk.

Anybody who can manage to weave the word 'discombobulated' into a pop song
(trust me it's there in 'Cottonmouth') immediately gains my full attention and respect.

It's a very strong first showing indeed, 'Black And Gold' having been
around for a little while now as an amuse-bouche to whet our appetites
until the whole three courses (plus petit fours and coffee) arrived at the table.

And what a damned fine meal we have set out before us here.

It's as though a hyperactive schoolboy has been rooting around
in his elder brother's 70's and 80's funky disco collection,
absorbing the best and ditching the rest.
The retro references are witty, cunningly integrated and sharply performed.
(I sense an encyclopedic knowledge and enthusiasm for the genre).

Mr Sparro's voice shifts comfortably between a rich (and slightly sleazy)
baritone and a finely honed falsetto (watch out Mr Shears !) navigating
the thirteen numbers in this collection with confidence and authority.

This largely uptempo set would feel as at home in the surburban drawing
rooms of Purley as it doubtless will in the darker corners of West Hollywood.

Highpoints for the yet-to-be initiated include : aforementioned groovetastic single
'Black And Gold'; '21st Century Life' for it's punch-in-the-guts slap bass;
'Cottonmouth' for it's smart-arse, loping elegance;'Hot Mess' for it's hot hook chorus
and personal favorite 'Pocket' which has pretty much everything in it that I want from a pop song.

Full Marks Mr Sparro. It's shiny shirt and disco flares for me tonight for sure....
....and I want to dance with somebody !

Hidden Track!
It's a good dance/modern disco album packed with funky dance tracks all the way through the album anyway this album has a hidden track play track 13 can't stop this wait for like 8 minutes and you'll hear still hungry boring track but still but it's a bonus! my favorites on this album are black and gold cut me loose 21st century life too many questions sick hot mess can't stop this and sally.

1 Too Many Questions 10/10
2 Black And Gold 10/10 Got To #2 In The UK Singles Chart.
3 21st Century Life 10/10 Got To #44 In The UK Singles Chart.
4 Sick 10/10
5 Waiting For Time 7/10
6 Recycle It! 7/10
7 Cottonmouth 8/10
8 Hot Mess 10/10
9 Pocket 10/10 Australian Airplay Chart #33 His Next Album Is Out On 31st August 2009.
10 Cut Me Loose 10/10
11 Sally 9/10
12 Clingwrap 9/10
13 Can't Stop This 10/10
HIDDEN TRACK
14 Still Hungry 5/10

This album got to #4 in the UK Albums Chart Should Of Been #1.
Overall i give it a 10/10 It's a must buy if you liked this album buy Confessions on a Dance Floor All Clubbed Up: the Best of Kelly Llorenna Un-Break My Heart: the Remix Collection X.

It's a grower!
After hearing and getting addicted to Black and Gold, I was anxiousto see if Sam Sparro's album would live up to my expectations.
If you're buying it solely on the basis of Black and Gold, I would be a bit wary, perhaps wait for another single, because there are no other songs in that vein on the album.
However, I've really enjoyed the album as a whole. Despite thinking on first listen that some of it was a bit cheesy - indeed some lyrics are but I don't care - I've found it completely addictive and can't stop listening to it. It's sort of like Happy Hour at a gay club, which I mean in an entirely complimentary way! It's so upbeat and fun, perfect for the summer weather which is attempting to shine through. Brilliant for anyone who likes to sing along, too.
Anyone who likes the more upbeat songs of Basement Jaxx and Scissor Sisters would probably like this album in all its electro-disco-funk brilliance.
Stand out tracks are Sick, Cottonmouth, Clingwrap and Pocket.
If for no other reason than this album comes across as unashamedly fun and a bit different to everything in the R n B saturated charts (which I like some of but think there's a bit too much) it deserves five stars.