Prefab Sprout

[MasterMind <VNOZICK@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU>]

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.

The following are the tracks on _Jordan: The Comeback_  (19 songs in all!)

Looking For Atlantis (The first single, and a poor choice, IMHO)
Wild Horses
Machine Gun Ibiza
We Let the Stars Go
Carnival 2000
	*
Jordan: The Comeback
Jesse James Symphony
Jesse James Bolero
Moondog
	*
All the World Loves Lovers
All Boys Believe Anything
The Ice Maiden
Paris Smith
The Wedding March
	*
One of the Broken
Michael
Mercy
Scarlet Nights
Doo-Wop In Harlem

I recommend "Jesse James Symphony", "Jesse James Bolero", "Doo-Wop In Harlem",
"Jordan: The Comeback" (I think this is already a single in England), "The
Wedding March" (I love the big-band feel of this song.), "One of the Broken"
(Paddy (?) sounds great saying the first line 'Hi, this is God here.') and
almost all of the other songs.  ("Looking For Atlantis" has even grown on me,
albeit, after about 20 listenings.)  The album is much better than there last
attempt.  It really is a comeback.


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    Valerie Nozick           "...And then with the charm around him
vnozick@eagle.wesleyan.edu   He loosened it so if it slipped between my breasts
                             He would rescue it..."--Kate Bush
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