Let's Change The World with Music

Prefab Sprout | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Tompkins Square
• ASIN: B00417HV0U
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #109,164 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

*** This North American release on Tompkins Square is housed in a Deluxe digipak, containing artist photos and extensive notes by Paddy McAloon ! ***

Prefab Sprout return with the eagerly anticipated new album Let s Change The World With Music , their first album in eight years.

Prefab Sprout s classic pop and elegant ballads have provided us with uplifting songs carrying a poignant emotional weight. Rising to fame in the 80 s, Prefab Sprout are one of Britain s most beloved bands. Singer-songwriter Paddy McAloon is revered for his critically acclaimed, intelligent songwriting and is regularly lauded as one of the great British songwriters.

The band s stature has risen steadily in recent years, due in part to the 2007 reissue of their classic album Steve McQueen which earned an 8.6 from Pitchfork, who called it some of the most beautiful, enduring British pop music ever made.

Let s Change The World With Music was written and produced by Paddy McAloon at Andromeda Heights and mixed in Scotland by Calum Malcolm. Paddy began work on Let s Change The World With Music in 1992 in what was the follow-up to Jordan: The Comeback .

The 11-tracks are rejoiceful and uplifting, striking an endearingly familiar chord, all the while sounding fresh and timeless. Highlights are aplenty and include the celestial Ride , the jazzy sway of I Love Music and the melancholic Sweet Gospel Music .

Seven of Prefab Sprout s albums have reached the Top 40 in the UK. Their 1988 album Langley Park To Memphis charted at No. 5 and their 90 s album Jordan: The Comeback yielded a Brit Award nomination for Album of the Year. The band s classic single, "The King of Rock 'N' Roll" peaked at No. 7.

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This CD has made my year!, November 20, 2009

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Scott Stevens "Floydian Slip" (Texarkana, AR) - See all my reviews
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I've been a fan of Prefab Sprout since 1988, when, as a lover of vinyl and a frequent visitor of my local record store noticed FROM LANGLEY PARK TO MEMPHIS staring at me (this was when albums were cheaper and you could buy an album because it looked interesting). After that I found TWO WHEELS GOOD at a pawn shop on cassette (have since bought all their stuff on CD). But enough of my rambling...

I can't seem to play anything else other than this CD...I absolutely love it. True, it's just Paddy...no Neil, no Wendy, no Martin even. I love Paddy's passion, in his songwriting and his voice. I've never been disappointed in Paddy McAloon or Prefab Sprout. If you love Prefab Sprout you should love this one. It's great!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Paddy Goes It Alone, October 25, 2009

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Bob Drake "BobDrake" (Bronx, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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It was revealed about the time that Steve McQueen(UK)/Two Wheels Good(US) was remastered and re-released with added Paddy McAloon acoustic versions of some tracks that Paddy was coping with both blindness and deafness. So if he releases some older demos under the Prefab Sprout brand, give the man a break. Maybe his infirmities have brought him closer to his God as well. His is a remarkable legacy.

And I, like NME, believe that Steve McQueen IS one of the top 100 albums of all time. Thomas Dolby, who produced the album in 1985, and oversaw the remastering in 2006, states on his blog, "If you never heard this album, I urge you to seek it out. You won't regret it. And, if you like my music, please know that you don't have a complete overview unless you own this album and 1990's `Jordan: The Comeback'-because these two works are as close to my heart as anything I've ever put out under my own name." Enough said.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific, September 18, 2009

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Ilovemusic (Spain) - See all my reviews

Paddy's comeback has been unbelievably good. 12 wonderful songs, mixture of Andromeda Heights and Jordan, the comeback. He keeps being one the most intelligent and sensitive music writers of all times. The twelve songs are magic and lyric. I miss Wendy in the background chorus but it is just a question of nostalgy.

Only one slightly negative point, the recording. It is not bad in general but, I cannot understand why most recordings nowadays are registered so loud. It's not necessary doing so and Paddy, who was very comitted in his recordings quality, have missed this in "Let's change the world with music".

Whatever it is, the important thing is the music into the record. This is beautiful, moving and of course A MUST HAVE if you like Prefab Sprout. The return has been a surprise for me and now I am delighted.

Thanks Paddy and keep up the good work (included recording quality). Your records deserve reference recording techniques.

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