Towards the end of 2020, former Sparks and Radio Stars composer and bassist Martin Gordon was driven to the edge of sanity by the double whammy of COVID lockdown and the nightly TV rantings of the American President. Then came the hour-long phone conversation in which Trump encouraged politician Brad Raffensperger to ‘find’ enough votes for him to retain the presidency. We all know how that one worked out.

Just before the emergence of COVID, Gordon performed with the Ensemble Modern in West Africa. “Another Words” was inspired by this step into the contemporary classical world, and features voice, orchestra and loops. The work also sees the return of Gordon’s trademark barracuda Rickenbacker bass, as first heard on the Sparks album “Kimono My House” and as recently not referred to in any films at all.

“Another Words” features 31 separate compositions. But do not be alarmed! None of the pieces last longer than one minute and so the album is highly suitably for the limited attention spans of today's music consumers.

The CD package includes all sorts of additional material including full sleeve notes and an extra track not available digitally.

Kappaleet:
1. People Who Have Been Forged
2. Eleven Thousand
3. Very Very Very Very Sad
4. The Black Robe, the Black Shield
5. Magnified Many Times Over
6. I Saw You On Television
7. Certified
8. Go Through the Machines
9. Cut Them in Half Again
10. The Challenge That You Have
11. There Was Dead People
12. The Actual Number Were Two
13. Slow Motion Replay Magnified
14. She Stuffed the Ballot Boxes
15. There Was No Water Main Break
16. These People Left Their Station
17. I Have a Much Better Link
18. There's No Way
19. What Was That Number Cleta?
20. They Moved Out
21. But Have They Moved the Inner Parts of the Machines?
22. Ballots
23. More Ballots
24. I Don't Even Know Why You Have a Side
25. That's So Illegal
26. Ok Cleta Wait
27. Criminal Events
28. People That Want to Find Answers
29. You Don't Care About Anything
30. All We Know Is What You Tell Us
31. Thank You Everyone