Whomp That Sucker

Sparks’s eighties run began in earnest with Whomp That Sucker, where the Maels started working with a new core LA-based band and adjusted to the world of new wave as if it had been waiting for them all along. The focused punch of “Funny Face,” a none more Sparks tale of someone so perfect looking they despair until a looks-destroying accident gives them peace, and the hilariously suspect advice of “Tips for Teens” helps lead into an album of Martian marital partners and misidentification among other scenarios.