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Prefab Sprout

Background information
Origin County Durham, England
Genre(s) Pop, New Wave
Years active 1982 – present
Label(s) Kitchenware
EMI
Website The band's official site closed in 2004
Members
Paddy McAloon
Martin McAloon
Former members
Wendy Smith
Neil Conti
Fiona Attwood

Prefab Sprout are an English pop band from Witton Gilbert, County Durham, who rose to fame during the 1980s. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music For a record label see Kitchenware Records Kitchenware include utensils appliances dishes cookware and so on for use in the Kitchen The EMI Group is a British music company comprising the major record company EMI Music – which operates several labels and is based in Kensington in Paddy McAloon (born Patrick Joseph McAloon, 7 June 1957, Durham) is an English Singer-songwriter and member of the England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Pop music as a genre features a noticeable rhythmic element catchy melodies and hooks, a mainstream style and conventional structure A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. Witton Gilbert (pronounced 'Jilbert' is a Village and Civil parish in the City of Durham, County Durham, England. Critically acclaimed and considered by many to have released some of the best pop albums of the decade, the band enjoyed mainstream commercial success. An album or record album is a collection of related audio or Music tracks distributed to the public

Contents

Career

They debuted in 1982 with their self-released single "Lions In My Own Garden: Exit Someone" - songwriter Paddy McAloon wanted a song title where the first letters of the words spelled out "LIMOGES" (where his former girlfriend was staying at the time). Paddy McAloon (born Patrick Joseph McAloon, 7 June 1957, Durham) is an English Singer-songwriter and member of the Limoges ( Lemòtges / Limòtges in the Limousin dialect of Occitan language) is a city and commune in France, the préfecture Their debut album Swoon was released on the Kitchenware record label in early 1984. Swoon is the first album by English pop band Prefab Sprout, released in March 1984 Kitchenware Records is an Independent record label based in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. The following album, the Thomas Dolby-produced Steve McQueen, (released in America as Two Wheels Good when McQueen's estate expressed their displeasure with the title) was highly praised by critics, prompting McAloon to remark: "I'm probably the greatest songwriter in the world, you know. Thomas Dolby (born Thomas Morgan Robertson, on 14 October 1958) is an English Musician, producer and inventor Steve McQueen is the second album by English pop band Prefab Sprout, released in June 1985 Terrence Steven "Steve" McQueen (March 24 1930 – November 7 1980 was an American movie Actor, nicknamed "The King of Cool" " Subsequently, they recorded Protest Songs which was however not released until 1989. Protest Songs is the fourth album by English pop band Prefab Sprout (though the third recorded It included the song "Life of Surprises", which later became the title track for their greatest hits compilation.

Their biggest commercial success in the U. K. came with the 1988 single "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", taken from the album From Langley Park to Memphis, that reached #7 in the UK Singles Chart, their only single to reach the Top 10. From Langley Park to Memphis is the third album by English pop band Prefab Sprout, released in March 1988 The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company (OCC on behalf of the British record industry In 1990, Jordan: The Comeback, again produced by Thomas Dolby, was nominated for a BRIT Award. Jordan The Comeback is the fifth album by English pop band Prefab Sprout, released in August 1990 Thomas Dolby (born Thomas Morgan Robertson, on 14 October 1958) is an English Musician, producer and inventor The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry 's annual pop music awards Though the music was more accessible than their earlier material, the lyrics and subject matter remained characteristically oblique and suggestive (McAloon has often cited Stephen Sondheim as an influence). Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven In addition to its religious overtones, perhaps reflecting McAloon's education in a Catholic seminary, there were several allegorical songs about a character who embodied a mix of Howard Hughes, Jesse James, and Elvis Presley. Howard Robard Hughes Jr (December 24 1905 – April 5 1976 was an American Aviator, Industrialist, Film producer / director, Philanthropist Jesse Woodson James (September 5 1847—April 3 1882 was an American Outlaw in the border state of Missouri and the most famous member of the McAloon has alluded in interviews to several albums-worth of songs that he has written but are unreleased/unrecorded including amongst others, concept albums based on the life of Michael Jackson (Behind the Veil), the history of the world (Earth: The Story So Far) and Zorro the Fox about a fictional superhero. In Popular music, a concept album is an Album which is "unified by a theme which can be instrumental compositional narrative or lyrical" Michael Joseph Jackson (born August 29 1958 is an American musician entertainer and businessman Their greatest hits, Life of Surprises: The Best of Prefab Sprout, gave them their biggest U. S. hit, "If You Don't Love Me", which spent several weeks in the Top 10 on the dance charts. McAloon joked in the album liner notes about the band's lack of touring over the past decade.

Prefab Sprout released Andromeda Heights in the UK in 1997, while a short UK tour followed in 2000. The Andromeda Heights album was released in 1997 by the band Prefab Sprout and produced by Paddy McAloon and recorded by Calum Malcolm This tour, and the subsequent album, did not feature Wendy Smith, who by this time had reportedly left the band. In 2001 the band released The Gunman and Other Stories a concept album themed on the American West. The opening track "Cowboy Dreams" was a hit for the British actor, Jimmy Nail. Jimmy Nail (born March 16, 1954) is an English Actor and Singer. These albums while critically acclaimed in places, have not been as commercially successful.

After being diagnosed with a medical disorder which impaired his vision Paddy McAloon released the album I Trawl The Megahertz under his own name in 2003 on the EMI Liberty label. Paddy McAloon (born Patrick Joseph McAloon, 7 June 1957, Durham) is an English Singer-songwriter and member of the I Trawl The Megahertz is a 2003 album by English singer-songwriter Paddy McAloon. As of 2006, McAloon had suffered another setback: his hearing had deteriorated, reportedly due to Ménière's disease. Ménière's disease (meɪnˈyɛərz is a disorder of the Inner ear that can affect hearing and Balance. In early 2007 a remastered Steve McQueen was released in a 2 CD package, containing new versions of eight of the songs from the original album, in radically different arrangements performed by McAloon on acoustic guitar. Steve McQueen is the second album by English pop band Prefab Sprout, released in June 1985 A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio In Music, an arrangement refers either to a rewriting of a piece of existing Music with additional new material or to a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch such See also Acoustic Guitar (magazine An acoustic guitar is a Guitar that uses only acoustic methods to project the sound produced by its strings

Personnel

Core members:

Albums

UK Top 75 Singles

Sources

External links

British Hit Singles & Albums is a Music Reference book published in the United Kingdom by Hit Entertainment
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