Commissioned by Sweden's national radio broadcaster, 'The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman' was a pop opera created by Sparks and released in 2009 as their twenty-second studio album. With a narrative concerning an imaginary trip by Swedish film director Bergman to Hollywood, this impressive collection touches on themes of culture clash between American and European aesthetics.
Track Listing:
1. 1956 Cannes Film Festival - Sparks
2. I Am Ingmar Bergman - Sparks
3. Limo Driver (Welcome to Hollywood) - Sparks
4. Here He Is Now - Sparks
5. Mr Bergman, How Are You? - Sparks
6. He'll Come Around - Sparks
7. En Route to the Beverly Hills Hotel - Sparks
8. Hollywood Welcoming Committee - Sparks
9. I've Got to Contact Sweden - Sparks
10. The Studio Commissary - Sparks
11. I Must Not Be Hasty - Sparks
12. Quiet On the Set - Sparks
13. Why Do You Take That Tone With Me? - Sparks
14. Pleasant Hotel Staff - Sparks
15. Hollywood Tour Bus - Sparks
16. Autograph Hounds - Sparks
17. Bergman Ponders Escape - Sparks
18. We've Got to Turn Him 'Round - Sparks
19. Escape (Part 1) - Sparks
20. Escape (Part 2) - Sparks
21. Oh My God - Sparks
22. Garbo Sings - Sparks
23. Almost a Hollywood Ending - Sparks
24. He's Home - Sparks
Year of Production: 2009
