Prefab Sprout: Classic Or Dud

I had the album leak, but I don't remember it being very different - were there demos too?

Shall we run through the albums? I know there are only about half a dozen of us who care, but anyway…

Prefab Sprout - Swoon poll

steve mcqueen poll would be literally impossible imo

XP The album had a noticeably different mix than the leak.

A Steve McQueen poll wouldn't be impossible for me, and I love that record. It's 'Appetite', with absolutely zero doubt.

i mean "appetite" is the best song ever but so is "goodbye lucille #1"

God, what a fantastic group. Like The The, they're famous for recording an immense amount of material that has never leaked, which is incredibly frustrating. The first five songs on Jordan: The Comeback may be pop music's zenith

If we'd do a Steve McQueen poll, I'd put "Bonny" just a hair above "When Love Breaks Down" and "Appetite". Prefab has a reputation for being a real "music nerd/snob" group. Anyone agree with that sentiment?

I might have to go with Bonny. "Save your speeches, flowers are for funerals".

Has anyone else come across these live performances on YouTube from 85? They are seriously incredible.

https://youtu.be/zefR13phCKM

The first pressed CDr I ever got in 1998, with a pro looking label and liner notes, was a comp of Prefab b-sides. I felt like I was holding the future.

Thanks for that live link - I saw them right around that time (three weeks before or so), will enjoy reminding myself.

Only band I've ever seen where one of the road crew sprayed breath freshener on each microphone just before show time. Seemed appropriate.

the way he sings the word "improvising" in "sound of crying", i'm like, paddy, never change

also "life of surprises" is so good too

"Only the boogie music ..."

I love Life of Surprises. Good advice throughout, not something you get much in pop.

"tell yourself that will have to do for now"

Plane! Plane! Plane!

can we please talk about "goodbye lucille #1 (johnny johnny)"

No we won't

That's it the perfect song? I'm all about "Donna Summer" right now

These days whenever I want to listen to Steve McQueen I nearly always reach for the accoustic re-recordings.

I finally found out the reasoning behind the initially annoying title and like it a lot now (and wanna hear other Goodbye Lucilles, even if they're crap)

Oh, is it one of his "concept" albums we never get to hear?

Yeah, an album's worth of v different songs all named "Goodbye Lucille".

Is he still in love with Hayley Mills?...

PS tribute next week in NYC. FAP?
http://www.thehifibar.com/event/1185649-hey-manhattan-its-prefab-new-york/

my friend just told me about Prefab Sprout. i'm completely obsessed, and he said that this song "prefigured a whole era of modern music by nearly twenty years"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3H3lKt5_BM

i'm blown out of the water. this track is amazing and sounds like it came out today

def one of my favorite songs ever

The only posts that make up for the "NEW MUSIC COMING!?!" hope crushed to disappointment when a favorite band pop up here (Prefab, The Blue Nile, The Apartments, Romeo Void, etc.) are posts like these, someone discovering the band and falling for them. Like Scrooge McDuck in his money pool, a convert being able to dive into the entire catalog at once is enviable.

Highly, highly recommend Paddy McAloon's _I Trawl the Megahertz_ if/when you get around to it. Personally, I rate it up there with _Steve McQueen_.

I still like "Appetite."

wild horses is an amazing track.

There's pictures of Paddy hanging with Spike Lee in London last week. Apparently theyre working on something together!?

voodoo up, rollmo down

Great observation by that friend of yours, flap

Jordan vs Steve

jord but also never make me choose

Jordan yeah.

Jordan is Paddy perfecting Steve, which is really close to perfect already.

I might go with Swoon over both of them.

I was just looking at PS lps on discogs and they're a lot more expensive than they were 15 years ago. Like, not break the bank expensive, but last time I bought Two Wheels Good (Steve McQueen) on vinyl, it was about $3. It is not that now.

Jordan. I think there are some wobbles in the first half (Machine Gun Ibiza), but it's completely immaculate Moondog onwards.

I forgot I started polling through the albums… I'll put up a SMcQ/2WG poll when I get five minutes.

I'll save you time...it's 'Bonny'...

I'd think it would be Appetite.

the acoustic Appetite on the reissue is like mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

i love both but steve mcqueen is definitely their best

it's got a much nicer texture & jordan's just a little too sprawling

I'd think it would be Appetite.

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, November 24, 2016 1:24 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Well, that's the one that I'd vote for!

Picking between Bonny, Appetite and Goodbye Lucille is something I've always struggled with. Such perfect songs.

the run of tracks from Bonny to Goodbye Lucille #1 is their peak, it's incredible

Umm...why not throw Faron Young into that list just for good measure?

First three songs of side 2 ain't too shabby either.

Struggling to get into PS besides 'Wild Horses' and 'When Love Breaks Down.' have listened to TWG and Jordan all the way through several times but nothing has stuck. was talking with my friend that turned me onto PS the other day, he mentioned how vicious and bitter McAloon's lyrics are delivery are throughout his records, he said they make Steely Dan's cynicism look like a party. i'm not hearing it though...

Umm...why not throw Faron Young into that list just for good measure?

First three songs of side 2 ain't too shabby either.

― yugi ex,

Horsin' Around is the only song on Steve McQueen that's less than brilliant.