Jordan: The Comeback

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Jordan: The Comeback

Studio album by Prefab Sprout
Released	August, 1990
Genre	Pop/Synthpop
Producer(s)	Thomas Dolby
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]