Hippopotamus by Sparks

Album cover for Hippopotamus - Sparks
1. Probably Nothing
1:21
2. Missionary Position
4:18
3. Edith Piaf (Said It Better Than Me)
4:32
4. Scandinavian Design
4:11
5. Giddy Giddy
3:10
6. What the Hell Is It This Time?
4:03
7. Unaware
3:54
8. Hippopotamus
3:48
9. Bummer
3:58
10. I Wish You Were Fun
4:04
11. So Tell Me Mrs. Lincoln Aside from That How Was the Play?
4:01
12. When You're a French Director
2:46
13. The Amazing Mr. Repeat
2:60
14. A Little Bit Like Fun
3:58
15. Life with the Macbeths
4:13

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. 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", mixing elements from the band's various stylistic periods. Hippopotamus was met with critical acclaim, and entered the UK Albums Chart at no. 7, Sparks' first UK top-ten appearance in over 40 years.