The Band That Was Always Homeless

Sparks holds the record for label instability, having burned through six different American record companies in just over a decade. It was not until 1982 that they finally found a stable home in both the US and the UK.

Being signed to a record label is usually a sign of stability, but for the duo Sparks, it was a constant revolving door. Their 1982 album Angst in My Pants finally broke their chaotic streak of jumping between distributors. For the first time in nearly a decade, the band was finally under the same management in both their home and foreign markets. This shift marked a rare moment of professional consistency for the famously eccentric pop pioneers.