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I Never Play Basketball Now by Prefab Sprout
Prefab Sprout
Artist Biography For Prefab Sprout
Prefab Sprout Are An English Pop Band From Witton Gilbert County Durham Formed In 1976 Who Rose To Fame During The 1980s. Though Critically Acclaimed And Considered By Many To Have Released Some Of The Best Pop Albums Of The Decade The Band Never Matched This Acclaim With Commercial Success. The Band's Best Known Lineup Comprised Paddy McAloon Vocals Guitar Keyboard Wendy Smith Vocals Guitar Keyboard Martin McAloon Bass And Neil Conti Drums . Their Biggest Commercial And Critical Success Came With 1990's Jordan The Comeback One Of Two Albums Produced By Thomas Dolby Which Was A Hit In The UK And Nominated For A BRIT Award. The Band Also Had A UK Top 10 Hit With Their 1988 Song The King Of Rock 'n' Roll. Perhaps Their Finest Album Steve McQueen Originally Released In June 1985 Was Re-Released In August 2007 As A 2-CD Deluxe Edition With A Bonus Disc Of Eight Acoustic Reinterpretations Of Some Of The Original Tracks. Of The Release The Record Company Said "Digitally Remastered By Original Producer Thomas Dolby The Album Is Sounding Even Better Than Ever. As If That Weren't Enough It Is Complemented Here With A Second Disc Containing Eight Sublime Acoustic Versions Which Have Been Specially Re-Recorded For This Release By Paddy McAloon." Steve McQueen Was Released In The US Under The Title Two Wheels Good Following Pressure From The Late Actor's Estate. Prefab Sprout Released Let's Change The World With Music - The Blueprint In 2009 On The Kitchenware Records Label Website . See Also Sprout Trivia Below. Discography Lions In My Own Garden Exit Someone / Radio Love - Feb 25 1982 Their First Record Released On Their Own Label Candle The Devil Has All The Best Tunes / Walk On - Oct 1983 Kitchenware Feat. Wendy Smith And Fiona Attwood Swoon - Mar 1984
Steve McQueen Aka Two Wheels Good US - Jun 1985
From Langley Park To Memphis - Mar 1988
Protest Songs - Jun 1989
Jordan The Comeback - Aug 1990
The Best Of Prefab Sprout A Life Of Surprises - Jul 1992 Compilation Exit Conti Hereafter Andromeda Heights - May 1997
38 Carat Collection Disc 1 - Oct 1999 Compilation 38 Carat Collection Disc 2 - Oct 1999 Compilation The Gunman And Other Stories - Jun 18 2001 Sans Smith Chronology Of Bandmembers Paddy McAloon Born Patrick Joseph McAloon Jun 7 1957 Durham Vocals / Guitars / Keyboards
Martin McAloon Born Jan 4 1962 Durham Bass Guitar
Michael Salmon Drums / Percussion
Wendy Smith Born May 31 1963 Middlesbrough Vocals / Guitars / Keyboards
Neil Conti Born Feb 12 1959 Luton Drums / Percussion
Fiona Attwood Chester-Le-Street Backing Vocals Sprout Trivia Paddy Conceived The Name "Prefab Sprout" When He Was Just 14 Back In 1972 He Revealed In An Interview With French Magazine BEST. It Was His Attempt At Creating An Unusual Name Like Groups That Were Popular At The Time Eg Tyrannosaurus Rex Moby Grape Grand Funk Railroad Etc. . The Band Has Had As Many As 11 Drummers Including Paddy McAloon Himself On Programmed Percussion! In Its Lineup. Of These Conti Was The Most Closely Identified With The Group. Source Http //www.Browningmcintosh.Com/plocktonwest/sproutfacts.Html Paddy Had Apparently Conceived Of An Album Named Let's Change The World With Music The Working Title Of The Band's Forthcoming Album Due February 2009 As Far Back As The Early 1990's "I Actually Wrote A Gulf War Album Called Let's Change The World With Music And I've Got A Couple Of Beauties But There Are Right And Wrong Times To Do Things And It Came After Another Album I Wrote Which Is Much Lighter... It's Called Billy Midnight Very Romantic. So The Gulf War Album Was A More Serious Response To That. I Keep Junking Things All The Time." - NME June 20 1992 Source Http //www.Browningmcintosh.Com/plocktonwest/sprout_Misc.Html "And I Have An Album Called Let's Change The World With Music Lots Of Songs About Music Playing On That Horrible Thing Where You Listen To A Song Like "We Are The World" And The Sentiment Is Great But It's Such A Cliché That It Sticks In Your Throat. It Plays On That Edge Between That Kind Of Thing And Real Sincerity." - NME April 15 1995 Source Http //www.Browningmcintosh.Com/plocktonwest/sprout_Misc.Html "Look Since 1990 I've Written What I Think Of As My Best Music. You Can Hear Some Of It On Andromeda Heights. But I Have Also - In Detailed Demo Form - An Album Called Let's Change The World With Music. It Was Written As The Follow Up To Jordan." - BEST Magazine France July 1997 Source Http //www.Browningmcintosh.Com/plocktonwest/sprout_Misc.Html
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