Of all the material Sony Music could have reissued of Prefab Sprout, the ever-evolving pop project led by singer-songwriter Paddy McAloon, it seemed unlikely the label would have directed their ...

Since debuting in 1982 with the dreamy single “Lions In My Own Garden,” English singer-songwriter Paddy McAloon and his band Prefab Sprout have distinguished themselves from their UK contemporaries by ...

"My relationship with prog is a complex thing, which has to do with my feelings about the 70s," muses Paddy McAloon. "That period was very, very interesting. I reject the whole typical BBC documentary ...

ATRIBUTE night in celebration of the life and works of Durham based singer-songwriter Paddy McAloon and his band Prefab Sprout, will come to Newcastle later this month in support of St Oswald’s ...

Plenty of artists would be thrilled about being feted on a 2-CD anthology, but Paddy McAloon, songwriter for elusive English ensemble Prefab Sprout, is as effervescent as tap water concerning Prefab ...

The new Prefab Sprout album sounds stubbornly, gloriously out of step with the times, because it’s not “new” at all. After recording the classic Jordan: The Comeback in 1990, Prefab Sprout frontman ...

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Whether a band hadn’t formed yet, longtime members had departed, or existing members trusted their songwriter to create something without them, the following albums were released under the band’s full ...