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Prefab Sprout's first album of new material since 2001, Let's Change the World with Music, was released on 7 September 2009. The album is actually a collection of McAloon solo demos originally recorded in the early 1990s, intended for an unmade full band Prefab Sprout album.
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications UK [1]A Life of Surprises: The Best of Prefab Sprout: Released: 26 June 1992; Label: Kitchenware/Columbia Formats: CD, LP, MC
A Life of Surprises: The Best of Prefab Sprout is a compilation album by the English pop band Prefab Sprout, released by Epic Records in July 1992. [2] The album reached No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart.
Steve McQueen is the second studio album by English pop band Prefab Sprout, released in June 1985 by Kitchenware Records.The album was released by Epic Records in the United States as Two Wheels Good in anticipation of legal conflict with the estate of American actor Steve McQueen.
Reflecting on the song in 2000, Prefab Sprout drummer Neil Conti declared "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" "the f***ing kiss of death for this band because it pushed everything in a poppy direction and the record company just wanted more of that. And that song was a joke!
Jordan: The Comeback is the fifth studio album by English pop band Prefab Sprout, released by Kitchenware Records and CBS on 28 August 1990. A 19-track album encompassing a variety of musical styles and themes, Jordan has been considered by the band and critics alike to be Prefab Sprout's most ambitious project.
Three new Prefab Sprout songs were released as B-sides for the "Cars and Girls" single, all recorded quickly in a Newcastle studio with minimal production. [12] Two of the songs, "Vendetta" and "Nero the Zero", date to the band's early years. They are known to have been played live as early as 1980. [13] [14]
Prefab Sprout enjoyed success in the 1980s and early 1990s and peaked commercially with "The King of Rock 'N' Roll", which was a top ten single in the UK singles chart. [5] In a 1991 interview with Rolling Stone during the Jordan: The Comeback world tour, McAloon said he had never seen a positive royalty cheque for his work with Prefab Sprout.