Imogen Heap announces new album 'Sparks'

Grammy and Ivor Novello award winning recording artist Imogen Heap will release her highly anticipated 4th solo album "Sparks" on March 3rd, 2014 through RCA Records.

Imogen Heap has asked her fans to accompany her in completing the final leg of her new album "Sparks". Those who pre-order the limited edition deluxe box set are asked to send in their footprints which will be used to create the album cover. This strictly limited edition deluxe box will be available a week earlier than the standard releases on February 24th, 2014.

Designed and developed over the past two years by Imogen and her creative team with CSV (the company behind Radiohead's special packaging) it will be the very first time that Imogen has released a deluxe package. The pre-order is open now until September 30th. The submitted footprints will also be a part of a "special ticket" which will be included within the deluxe box set. This ticket is made from a one-of-a-kind blended paper containing various items that Imogen has used in the physical recording of the songs for the album. In addition, the ticket will give fans access to one of the sound checks on her world tour where they will get to meet Imogen in person and see her rehearsing and setting up before the show. To find out more about the deluxe box set and to make a pre-order please visit: http://www.imogenheap.com/deluxeboxset

Says Heap, "The album began with someone sending in the sound of a striking match for what became Lifeline in March 2011. I then dived into the most immense, intense creative 2 and a half years of my life that took me all over the planet, collaborating on so many projects with so many people and often totally spontaneously. The album is then in some ways for me grounded with fans' footprints bringing the finishing touch for the album art, as so many of them came along for the ride."

"Sparks" will be available in two CD formats – a standard edition and a double disc casebound edition with instrumental versions of all tracks. The deluxe package will contain 12 individual CDs, the album on CD, 14 HD music videos, plus videos documenting the making of each song and the entire album, a double 10" vinyl album, a special deck of playing cards which unlock exclusive web content and a 120 page coffee-table-style book telling the story of "Sparks" along with the special ticket of blended items.

While working on "Sparks," Heap turned songs into projects and projects into songs to bring her out of her studio and 'let life in' rather than postponing things until her album was done.

One of the songs will only be finished once she's dead! The Listening Chair whizzes us through her first 35 years in 5 minutes and will be added to every 7 years with another minute of a cappella song!

In late August 2009, Heap released the critically acclaimed Ellipse (RCA Records) and won the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non Classical. The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard Top 200, #1 on the Internet Album Chart and #2 on the Digital Album chart. The release is Heap's first Top 5 record and marks her highest-ever chart position.

Full track listing for "Sparks" standard edition:

01. You Know Where to Find Me
02. Entanglement
03. The Listening Chair
04. Cycle Song
05. Telemiscommunications
06. Lifeline
07. Neglected Space
08. Minds Without Fear
09. Me The Machine
10. Run-Time
11. Climb To Sakteng
12. The Beast
13. Xizi She Knows
14. Propeller Seeds

To find out more about the deluxe box set and to make a pre-order please visit: http://www.imogenheap.com/deluxeboxset

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