Prefab Sprout – Steve McQueen
(Kitchenware Records 1985 KWLP3)
Matrix No’s: A3/B3 – UK Pressing
Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
– date written in top left corner
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Prefab Sprout are an English pop band from Witton Gilbert, County Durham, England who rose to fame during the 1980s. Nine 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. The band formed in 1978 in Newcastle.
Their 1985 album Steve McQueen was released in the US with the title Two Wheels Good and peaked at number 180 in the Billboard 200. Frontman Paddy McAloon is regarded as one of the great songwriters of his era and the band have been described as “one of the most beloved British pop bands of the ’80s and ’90s”.
Steve McQueen is the second studio album by English pop band Prefab Sprout, released in June 1985 by Kitchenware Records. The album peaked at No. 21 on the UK Albums Chart and No. 180 on the US Billboard 200. The album was released in the United States as Two Wheels Good due to a legal conflict with the estate of American actor Steve McQueen.
The album cover references Steve McQueen’s lifelong passion for Triumph motorcycles and the 1963 film The Great Escape, starring McQueen and featuring prominent motorcycle chase scenes (with stunts performed by himself on a Triumph motorcycle).
Track listing
All tracks written by Paddy McAloon, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | “Faron Young” (retitled “Faron” on US release) | 3:50 |
| 2. | “Bonny” | 3:45 |
| 3. | “Appetite” | 3:56 |
| 4. | “When Love Breaks Down” (UK and US releases feature different mixes of the song) | 4:08 |
| 5. | “Goodbye Lucille #1” (retitled “Johnny Johnny” for single release) | 4:31 |
| 6. | “Hallelujah” | 4:20 |
| 7. | “Moving the River” | 3:57 |
| 8. | “Horsin’ Around” | 4:39 |
| 9. | “Desire As” | 5:19 |
| 10. | “Blueberry Pies” | 2:24 |
| 11. | “When the Angels” | 4:29 |
Personnel
Prefab Sprout
- Neil Conti – drums, percussion
- Martin McAloon – bass
- Paddy McAloon – composition, guitar, keyboards, vocals
- Wendy Smith – keyboards, backing vocals
Additional personnel
- Kevin Armstrong – guitar (6, 9)
- Matt Barry – engineering (assistant)
- Dana – engineering (assistant)
- Thomas Dolby – instruments, mixing, production
- East Orange – sleeve design
- Brian Evans – engineering
- Tim Hunt – engineering
- Mark Lockhart – saxophone (9)
- Andy Scarth – engineering
- Chris Sheldon – engineering
- Mike Shipley – mixing, mixdown engineering
- Kathy Smith – engineering (assistant)
- Sven Taits – engineering (assistant)
- Phil Thornally – mixing (4)
- John Warwick – photography, hand-colouring
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