Jordan: The Comeback
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| Studio album by Prefab Sprout | ||
| Released | August, 1990 | |
| Genre | Pop/Synthpop | |
| Producer(s) | Thomas Dolby | |
| Prefab Sprout chronology | ||
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| Protest Songs (album) (1989) |
Jordan: The Comeback (1990) |
Andromeda Heights (1997) |
Jordan: The Comeback is the fifth album by English pop band Prefab Sprout, released in August 1990.
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 was critically acclaimed: it was nominated for Best Album at the Brit Awards, and reached #7 on the charts in the UK. It was--by Prefab Sprout's admittedly modest standards--a commercial success. The next album, 1997's Andromeda Heights, was released seven years later, with only a greatest hits collection appearing in the meantime, so the band never capitalised on its commercial momentum.
[edit] 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. All Music Guide described songwriter and lead singer Paddy McAloon as "chas[ing] his twin preoccupations of religion and celebrity, creating a loose thematic canvas perfect for his expanding musical palette". [1]
[edit] Track listing
- "Looking for Atlantis" – 4:03
- "Wild Horses" – 3:44
- "Machine Gun Ibiza" – 3:43
- "We Let the Stars Go" – 3:39
- "Carnival 2000" – 3:23
- "Jordan: The Comeback" – 4:13
- "Jesse James Symphony" – 2:15
- "Jesse James Bolero" – 4:10
- "Moondog" – 4:12
- "All the World Loves Lovers" – 3:50
- "All Boys Believe Anything" – 1:34
- "The Ice Maiden" – 3:19
- "Paris Smith" – 2:55
- "Wedding March" – 2:50
- "One of the Broken" – 3:55
- "Michael" – 3:02
- "Mercy" – 1:23
- "Scarlet Nights" – 4:17
- "Doo-Wop in Harlem" – 3:44
