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Jordan: The Comeback

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Released
  
7 September 1990

Artist
  
Prefab Sprout

Producer
  
Thomas Dolby

Label
  
Kitchenware

Release date
  
7 September 1990

Genres
  
Pop music, Art Pop

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Jordan The Comeback (1990)
  
A Life of Surprises The Best of Prefab Sprout (1992)

Nominations
  
Brit Award for MasterCard British Album of the Year

Similar
  
Prefab Sprout albums, Other albums

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Jordan: The Comeback is the fifth album by English pop band Prefab Sprout, released in September 1990.

Contents

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Content

Jordan: The Comeback showed Prefab Sprout continuing their musical evolution from the prickly jangle guitars of Swoon, their debut. The use of synths is more prominent, lending the album a poppier feel, and Paddy McAloon explores other genres on some songs, from samba to doo wop.

The album with its cover designed by Gerry Judah was critically acclaimed: it was nominated for Best Album at the Brit Awards, and reached #7 on the charts in the UK. The next album, 1997's Andromeda Heights, was released seven years later, with only their greatest hits collection appearing in the meantime.

The 64-minute album was, unusually, issued as a single vinyl LP running for over 30 minutes each side.

Themes

Jordan: The Comeback is to some extent a concept album, though what the concepts are is somewhat opaque. NME described the album as covering "Love, Elvis, God and Death"—all the big topics. Allmusic described songwriter and lead singer Paddy McAloon as "chasing his twin preoccupations of religion and celebrity, creating a loose thematic canvas perfect for his expanding musical palette".

Singles

Three singles were released from the album in the UK: "Looking for Atlantis", "We Let The Stars Go" and a four-track EP titled "Jordan: The EP" on which the featured track was "Carnival 2000".

Track listing

All tracks composed by Paddy McAloon

  1. "Looking for Atlantis" – 4:03
  2. "Wild Horses" – 3:44
  3. "Machine Gun Ibiza" – 3:43
  4. "We Let the Stars Go" – 3:39
  5. "Carnival 2000" – 3:23
  6. "Jordan: The Comeback" – 4:13
  7. "Jesse James Symphony" – 2:15
  8. "Jesse James Bolero" – 4:10
  9. "Moon Dog" – 4:12
  10. "All the World Loves Lovers" – 3:50
  11. "All Boys Believe Anything" – 1:34
  12. "The Ice Maiden" – 3:19
  13. "Paris Smith" – 2:55
  14. "The Wedding March" – 2:50
  15. "One of the Broken" – 3:55
  16. "Michael" – 3:02
  17. "Mercy" – 1:23
  18. "Scarlet Nights" – 4:17
  19. "Doo Wop in Harlem" – 3:44

Prefab Sprout

  • Paddy McAloon
  • Martin McAloon
  • Neil Conti
  • Wendy Smith
  • Additional musicians

  • Luís Jardim – percussion
  • Judd Lander – harmonica on "Looking for Atlantis"
  • Jenny Agutter – "I Want to Have You" vocals on "Wild Horses"
  • Phantom Horns – horns on "Carnival 2000"
  • Songs

    1Looking for Atlantis4:04
    2Wild Horses3:44
    3Machine Gun Ibiza3:43

    References

    Jordan: The Comeback Wikipedia


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