Exotic Creatures of the Deep was also promoted in the UK by a number of live performances dubbed the "Sparks Spectacular": a record-setting twenty-date residency from May 16 through June 11, 2008 at London's Carling Islington Academy, where the group played each one of their previous twenty albums in it's entirety in chronological order. The final appearance at London's Shepherd's Bush Empire on June 13 premièred Exotic Creatures of the Deep. Russell Mael - all vocals, engineering, mixing / Ron Mael - keyboards, programming, orchestrations, mixing / Tammy Glover - drums / Dean Menta - guitars / John Thomas - mixing, engineering