Jordan: The Comeback

Jordan: The Comeback
Studio album by Prefab Sprout
Released 7 September 1990
Genre Pop, art pop
Label Kitchenware
Producer Thomas Dolby
Prefab Sprout chronology
Protest Songs
(1989)Protest Songs1989		 Jordan: The Comeback
(1990)		 A Life of Surprises: The Best of Prefab Sprout
(1992)A Life of Surprises: The Best of Prefab Sprout1992
Singles from Jordan: The Comeback
  1. "Looking for Atlantis"
    Released: July 1990
  2. "We Let the Stars Go"
    Released: October 1990
  3. "Jordan: The EP"
    Released: December 1990
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[3]
NME9/10[4]
Select4/5[5]
Sounds[6]
Vox10/10[7]

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

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".[8]

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

Personnel

Prefab Sprout

Additional musicians

References

  1. ↑ Ankeny, Jason. "Jordan: The Comeback – Prefab Sprout". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8.
  3. ↑ Robbins, Ira (5 October 1990). "Jordan: The Comeback". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Collins, Andrew (18 August 1990). "Prefab Sprout: Jordan: The Comeback". NME.
  5. ↑ Linehan, Graham (October 1990). "The King Of Jordan". Select (4): 118.
  6. ↑ Berger, George (1990). "Prefab Sprout: Jordan: The Comeback". Sounds.
  7. ↑ McCann, Ian (October 1990). "Prefab Sprout: Jordan: The Comeback". Vox (1).
  8. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r15586
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