Jordan: The Comeback

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Jordan: The Comeback
Studio album by Prefab Sprout
Released	August, 1990
Genre	Pop
Producer	Thomas Dolby
Prefab Sprout chronology
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

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. "Moondog" – 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. "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

v • d • e Prefab Sprout Paddy McAloon · Martin McAloon Wendy Smith · Neil Conti · Fiona Attwood · Michael Salmon Albums Swoon · Steve McQueen · From Langley Park to Memphis · Protest Songs · Jordan: The Comeback · The Best of - A Life of Surprises · Andromeda Heights · 38 Carat Collection · The Gunman and Other Stories Singles "Don't Sing" · "Faron Young" · "When Love Breaks Down" · "Johnny, Johnny" · "Cars and Girls" · "The King of Rock 'N' Roll" · "Hey Manhattan" · "Looking For Atlantis" · "We Let The Stars Go" · "Jordan - The EP" · "The Sound of Crying" · "If You Don't Love Me" · "All The World Loves Lovers" · "Life of Surprises" · "A Prisoner of The Past" · "Electric Guitars"