Frankie SparoBest Frankie Sparo Albums Ranked
6.8
Avg Score
2
Opinions
3
Albums
1
Reviewer
Summary from 2 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated Frankie Sparo's catalog across 3 albums from 2 opinions, with an overall average of 6.8/10. The top-rated Frankie Sparo album is Welcome Crummy Mystics (2002) with a 7.5/10 average from 1 rating, followed by My Red Scare. The discography on Wavelength spans 2000 to 2002.
Welcome Crummy Mystics
“When listening to a downcast, boozy, rough-voiced troubadour, we wait for the moments of vulnerable beauty to shine through. Hearing one of Tom Waits' love songs in a cover version by a traditionally "good" singer, for example, can be enjoyable, but it's no match for the real thing. The extra emotional kick in a song like "I Hope That I Don't Fall In Love With You" comes from hearing his mournful ”
Arena Hostile - EP
“Frankie Sparo is a singer/songwriter guy based in Montreal. Earlier this year, he toured Europe opening for A Silver Mt. Zion, and the stripped-down Godspeed unit served as backing band during his set. When the caravan swung through Amsterdam, they dropped into radio station VPRO for a live broadcast, and this four song EP is the document. Frankie Sparo must be one of those artists that works bet”
My Red Scare
“Montreal is the Chicago of the Great White North. I'm not talking about the buildings or the baseball teams or the median waistline, but the tone of their respective independent music scenes. The parallels are striking. A handful of influential labels in each town have supported artists making an effort to expand the boundaries of rock. Both have embraced recent developments in electronic music. B”
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