Prefab Sprout is a big part of my childhood, since my older brother listened alot to their music in the late 80s/early 90s. I always found them a bit too sugar-sweet for my tastes, especially the really popular stuff like "King of Rock n' Roll"....

On my recent visit to Dublin, I decided to buy the new remastered version of "Steve McQueen" (or "Two Wheels Good" as it is known in the US) because I kept hearing about how this band was really underrated and that is absolutely true. I really enjoy this particular album and Paddy McAloon is indeed a criminally underrated songwriter. My favorite song from the band at the moment is "Goodbye Lucille (Johnny Johnny)". I just love the lyrics and the intense vocals of Paddy in the second half of the song. I have yet to delve into the 2nd disc of the remaster with the new acoustic versions and I'm wondering which Prefab album I should get next. Any recommendations?


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Spin magazine highly recommended their album back in '88 or '89. I ventured the $16 (a sizeable chunk for a kid my age at the time) and got it. What a mistake, I hated it

I've never trusted stupid album reviews since


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In the early 90's a friend of mine introduced me 2 their music.
It was classy and Paddy McAloon got a lot of respect from pop/rock journalists in Europe.
They just were 2 good 4 the charts and general public.
Don't know about their albums but love the Best of.

When love breaks down,Goodbye Lucille,We let the stars go,appetite,cars & girls,Machine gun Ibiza...great pop songs!
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They did some good stuff, not heard them for an age though... I want to hear When Love Breaks Down now...

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Yup, we just did 2 recent threads on the Sprouts here:


http://www.prince.org/msg/8/219179

http://www.prince.org/msg/8/225181

I think their "Jordan the Comeback" album is Essential!!!






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