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Prefab Sprout - When Love Breaks Down (Whistle Test) (04:12)

Prefab Sprout, performing 'When Love Breaks Down' (from the album 'Steve McQueen') on 'The Old Grey Whistle Test' in 1985. Brought to you by www.prefabsprout.net

Prefab Sprout - Let There Be Music (03:45)

An exclusive chance to hear 'Let There Be Music,' the opening track from Prefab Sprout's new album, 'Let's Change The World With Music,' due to be released 07/09/09. Brought to you by www.prefabsprout.net

Prefab Sprout-The King of Rock n' Roll (03:57)

"I wrote it in 20 minutes. I got off the bus one day, picked the guitar up and wrote it. I thought it was so funny I couldn't play it to anyone. It was so ridiculous that I thought we couldn't record it...". Paddy...

Prefab Sprout - Appetite (03:54)

Music video for Prefab Sprout's 1985 single 'Appetite,' taken from the album 'Steve McQueen.' Brought to you by www.prefabsprout.net

Prefab Sprout - Cars & Girls (04:25)

Music video for Prefab Sprout's 1988 single 'Cars & Girls,' taken from the album 'From Langley Park To Memphis.' Brought to you by www.prefabsprout.net

Prefab Sprout Reviews

Where the heart is

Prefab Sprout Where The Heart Is(Sony)

May 6, 2000

Manchester Bridgewater Hall

Credibility and career-plans, you'll understand, mean nothing to Mr [B]McAloon[/B]....

Apr 28, 2000

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Prefab Sprout Biography

Prefab Sprout are an English band from Witton Gilbert, County Durham, who rose to fame during the 1980s. Eight of their albums have reached the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart, and one of their singles, "The King of Rock 'N' Roll", peaked at number seven in the UK Singles Chart. According to the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, Prefab Sprout formed in 1978 in Newcastle.

Prefab Sprout have had minimal chart success in the United States. Their 1985 album Steve McQueen was released in the U.S. as Two Wheels Good and peaked at number 180 in the Billboard 200. In spite of limited American success, frontman Paddy McAloon has been hailed as one of the greater songwriters of his era.

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Prefab Sprout Similar Artists

Prefab Sprout's Best Songs

1. When Love Breaks Down
2. Appetite
3. Faron Young
4. Cars And Girls
5. Bonny
6. The King of Rock 'n' Roll
7. Looking for Atlantis
8. Moving the River
9. Desire As
10. Goodbye Lucille #1

Prefab Sprout Discography

Prefab Sprout albums.

Steve McQueen - 06/1985 (CBS Records/GB)
Swoon - 1988 (Columbia Records/GB)
Jordan: The Comeback - 08/1990 (Kitchenware Records/GB)
Andromeda Heights - 05/1997 (Kitchenware Records/GB)
From Langley Park to Memphis - 19/05/1997 (Columbia Records/GB)
Let's Change the World With Music - 07/09/2009 (Sony Music Entertainment/GB)

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