Hippopotamus (album)

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Hippopotamus
Studio album by
Sparks
ReleasedSeptember 8, 2017
Recorded2016
StudioSparks Studio, Los Angeles
Genre
Length55:10
Label
Producer
Sparks chronology
FFS
(2015) 		Hippopotamus
(2017) 		A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip
(2020)
Singles from Hippopotamus
  1. "Hippopotamus"
    Released: March 25, 2017
  2. "What the Hell Is It This Time?"
    Released: May 16, 2017
  3. "Edith Piaf (Said It Better Than Me)"
    Released: July 29, 2017

Hippopotamus is the 23rd studio album by American rock group Sparks. It was released on September 8, 2017, through BMG Rights Management and The End Records, their first record issued on a major label for decades.[5]

Following the 2009 radio musical The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman and Sparks' subsequent collaboration with Franz Ferdinand in FFS, the release of Hippopotamus marked a return to the traditional Sparks format of "short, literate, witty pop songs",[6] mixing elements from the band's various stylistic periods.[7]

Hippopotamus was met with critical acclaim,[8] and entered the UK Albums Chart at no. 7,[9] Sparks' first UK top-ten appearance in over 40 years.[10]

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