Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!execu!sequoia!memqa!pete From: pete@minster.york.ac.uk Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa Subject: Re: Prefab Sprout Message-ID: <658149354.27286@minster.york.ac.uk> Date: 9 Nov 90 10:25:59 GMT References: <9011080129.AA15848@gaffa.MIT.EDU> Sender: Love-Hounds-request@gaffa.MIT.EDU Reply-To: pete@SoftEng.UUCP (pete) Organization: Department of Computer Science, University of York, England Lines: 26 Approved: love-hounds@eddie.mit.edu Really-From: pete@minster.york.ac.uk In article <9011080129.AA15848@gaffa.MIT.EDU> Love-Hounds@gaffa.MIT.EDU writes: >Really-From: MasterMind > >I haven't seen any word of the new Prefab Sprout album _Jordan: The Comeback_ >here on gaffa. Has no one heard of them (which I doubt), or does no one other >than me like them? > >_Jordan: The Comeback_ is a welcome surprise from Prefab Sprout. The band has >a sound similar to the Dream Academy. This is their fourth album. The first >one, _Swoon_, has a sound which is indescribable. It is nothing like their >later albums. Their second album, _Steve McQueen_ (known as _Two Wheels Good_ >in America, where Steve McQueen refused to release the rights to use his name), >has a country feel to it, with Paddy McAloon's lyrics. You may have heard the >songs "When Love Breaks Down" and "Appetite" (They seem to be more popular in >Europe. Here in America they seem to get little attention) Prefab Sprout's >third album, the title of which escapes me at the moment, was overproduced and >lacked the band's distinctive style. So _Jordan: The Comeback_ is >appropriately titled. In fact ``Jordan: The Comeback'' is their FIFTH album, and ``From Langley Park To Memphis'' is either their third or fourth depending on where you live! I say this because ``Protest Songs'' was recorded after ``Steve McQueen'' but not released in the UK until after ``From Langley Park To Memphis''. I suppose it hasn't made it across to the States yet... Pete Fenelon (pete@minster.york.ac.uk)