![]() After meeting Vishal Dadlani of Indian production duo Vishal–Shekhar in Singapore, Heap and Dadlani wrote and recorded the fourth single from the album, "Minds Without Fear", in the Samode Palace in Jaipur for the debut episode of the MTV India musical television series The Dewarists. Heap began working on a project in late 2011 to restore an abandoned Georgian walled garden in Bedfords Park near her home in Romford, London with the charity organization Clear Village–founded by her then-boyfriend, Simon Parkinson–and 20 volunteers, and wrote "Neglected Space" as part of the project, releasing the song on 21 October 2011. The album's second single, "Propeller Seeds", was released on 8 July 2011 through Megaphonic Records. On 28 March, the track was premiered worldwide through her website via Ustream alongside a remix by British record producer Tim Exile. Each of the singles were released with the same title with different numbers corresponding to their chronological release dates. Heap revealed in March 2011 that she was beginning to work on the lead single from the album, "Lifeline", then under the working title "Heapsong1", asking fans to send in sounds and words to be used in the song. Sparks included several of Heap's collaborations with other artists, including Vishal–Shekhar ( left), Deadmau5 ( center), and B.o.B. I don't want to do another album which is twelve songs over a long period of time without anybody hearing anything." That's kind of the ideal scenario for me. I found it really tiring and draining and for one person, it just felt like too much.I really want to get in the position for new recordings where I do one song and release it the next day. I know I'm certainly not going to be doing another record like this one, going in start to finish and two years later having an album. "I have no idea what I'm going to be doing next year which is a really nice feeling. The album was released with a standard edition, a deluxe edition, and a deluxe box set, the last of which was nominated for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards and for Special Catalogue Release of the Year at the 2015 AIM Independent Music Awards. In the United States, Sparks sold ten thousand album-equivalent units, debuting and peaking at number 21 on the Billboard 200 chart and at number one on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart, giving Heap her second chart-topper on the latter. ![]() ![]() Lyrically, the record covers a number of mostly disparate themes, among them being technology, relationships, sex, and Heap's life. It is also loosely a concept album, where each song makes use of different technological innovations such as crowdsourcing, 3D audio effects, reactive music, and a pair of musical gloves developed by Heap. The album is primarily an electropop record, also incorporating of other genres such as dance-pop, ambient, bhangra, a cappella, Bhutanese folk, and spoken word. Recorded between 20 across four different continents, with a new song being written and released every three months, it was primarily written and produced by Heap, with additional writing and production from collaborators Deadmau5, Vishal–Shekhar, and B.o.B, as well as production from Nick Ryan. Sparks is the fourth studio album by English singer Imogen Heap, released on 19 August 2014 through Megaphonic Records in the United Kingdom and through RCA Records in the United States. ![]()
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