After "Balls", the band resurfaced in 2002 with the release of an album described as their "genre-defining opus" – "Lil' Beethoven", featuring quasi-classical arrangements of strings and choirs. "Lil' Beethoven" led to renewed interest in the band. "Record Collector" magazine named the album as one of its "Best New Albums of 2002", describing it as "...possibly the most exciting and interesting release ever from such a long established act" and later in 2003 saying "...it really does feel like one of the best albums ever made." A UK and European tour had the band playing the entire album each night in the first half of the show, with fan favourites making up the second. The line-up now included former Faith No More guitarist Dean Menta in addition to Tammy Glover on drums. Long-time fan Morrissey invited Sparks to perform at the 2004 Meltdown Festival, of which he was curator. They performed their breakthrough "Kimono My House" album, followed by "Lil Beethoven", both in their entirety. Also in this period, the duo appeared in the music video for the Darkness' Justin Hawkins's cover of "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us", in which Ron and Russell play the referee and MC at a darts match between Hawkins and darts champion Phil Taylor. This version of "This Town" reached No.6 in the UK charts. Sparks would later release "Lil' Beethoven"'s closing track "Suburban Homeboy" as a single.