Music That You Can Dance To by Sparks

Music That You Can Dance To

by Sparks

Released: September 15, 1986

Dance-pop, hi-NRG

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Why This Album Matters

This album matters because its strongest editorial story is: Chart Success.

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The Album

In the US and Canada, the album replaced the 1985 single Change with Armies of the Night. "Music That You Can Dance To" is the fourteenth studio album by American pop band Sparks, released in September 1986. The album was issued by MCA Records in the US and Consolidated Allied Records in the UK.

Stories and details

Interesting Facts

This release followed their previous album, Pulling Rabbits…

This release followed their previous album, Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat, which came out in 1984.

The album was distributed across various labels: Consolidated…

The album was distributed across various labels: Consolidated Allied Records in the UK, Curb Records in Germany, and MCA Records in the US, where Curb was the distributor at the time.

To promote the album, Sparks released three singles…

To promote the album, Sparks released three singles: Music That You Can Dance To, Rosebud, and Fingertips, each of which was also available in extended remix versions.

Notably, the UK and US remixes of Music…

Notably, the UK and US remixes of Music That You Can Dance To differed.

Fingertips was released as a club promo in…

Fingertips was released as a club promo in the US, paired with The Scene.

Then

Reception

Music That You Can Dance To was released in September 1986 and, like its predecessor Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat 1984, did not achieve significant success on the album charts. Although these singles did not make a significant impact on the mainstream charts, they performed well on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, with Music That You Can Dance To reaching No. 6 Sparks' highest peak on the club chart—and the Double A-side Fingertips/The Scene reaching No. 38. The single Change, released in the UK on London Records in 1985, reached No. 85 on the UK Singles Chart and was promoted with an appearance on the British television talk show Wogan.

Full background

The Complete Album Story

"Music That You Can Dance To" is the fourteenth studio album by American pop band Sparks, released in September 1986. The album was issued by MCA Records in the US and Consolidated Allied Records in the UK. This release followed their previous album, Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat, which came out in 1984.

Music That You Can Dance To was released in September 1986 and, like its predecessor Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat 1984, did not achieve significant success on the album charts. The album was distributed across various labels: Consolidated Allied Records in the UK, Curb Records in Germany, and MCA Records in the US, where Curb was the distributor at the time.

In the US and Canada, the album replaced the 1985 single Change with Armies of the Night. To promote the album, Sparks released three singles: Music That You Can Dance To, Rosebud, and Fingertips, each of which was also available in extended remix versions. Notably, the UK and US remixes of Music That You Can Dance To differed. Fingertips was released as a club promo in the US, paired with The Scene. Although these singles did not make a significant impact on the mainstream charts, they performed well on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart, with Music That You Can Dance To reaching No. 6 Sparks' highest peak on the club chart—and the Double A-side Fingertips/The Scene reaching No. 38.

The single Change, released in the UK on London Records in 1985, reached No. 85 on the UK Singles Chart and was promoted with an appearance on the British television talk show Wogan. However, none of the other singles from Music That You Can Dance To achieved notable popularity in the UK.

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