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Angst in My Pants by Sparks
Angst in My Pants is an album by Sparks, released in 1982. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 13 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “I Predict”, on 5 lists with a best position of #7.
Angst in My Pants, the eleventh Sparks album, came out on Atlantic on March 29, 1982, and it finds Ron and Russell Mael in a rock-band mood, backed by a proper group of Leslie Bohem on bass, Bob Haag on guitar and David Kendrick on drums. Reinhold Mack produced, and the result is power pop with a raised eyebrow: tight, bright, punchy and very, very clever.
Russell's voice darts all over the place while Ron's keyboards tick away like a nervous clock, and the songs are packed with those acerbic, sideways lyrics the brothers made their trademark. "I Predict" finally got the brothers onto the Billboard Hot 100, climbing as high as No. 60 that May, and the title track, "Mickey Mouse" and "Eaten by the Monster of Love" are just as sharp. Atlantic put it out in both America and Britain, making it the sixth label the band had called home in the States.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Angst in My Pants on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Predict | 5 | #7 | – | 1982–2003 | |
| 2 | Mickey Mouse | 3 | #60 | – | 1982–1994 | |
| 3 | Angst in My Pants | 4 | #73 | – | 1982–2024 | |
| 4 | Eaten By the Monster of Love | 1 | #95 | – | 1982 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.