Jordan: The Comeback
by Prefab Sprout
- Type: Album
- Released: 28 August 1990
- Label: Kitchenware
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 1:03:46
- Community rating: 3.66/5 from 6 ratings
Artists on this release: Phantom Horns, Luis Jardim, Paddy McAloon, Judd Lander, Neil Conti, Martin McAloon, Wendy Smith
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Jordan: The Comeback' is a massively ambitious, highly orchestrated double album showcasing Paddy McAloon's sophisticated pop songwriting. The band delivers incredibly lush, melodic, and romantic art pop exploring bittersweet themes of religion, aging, and celebrity with deep poetic introspection.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, christian, sophisticated, orchestral, literary
Tracklist
- Looking For Atlantis (4:01)
- Wild Horses (3:43)
- Machine Gun Ibiza (3:42)
- We Let The Stars Go - Single Version (3:34)
- Carnival 2000 - Single Version (3:21)
- Jordan: The Comeback - Single Version (4:11)
- Jesse James Symphony (2:15)
- Jesse James Bolero (4:09)
- Moon Dog (4:06)
- All The World Loves Lovers (3:50)
- All Boys Believe Anything (1:34)
- The Ice Maiden - Single Version (3:19)
- Paris Smith (2:55)
- The Wedding March (2:46)
- One of the Broken - Single Version (3:51)
- Michael (3:02)
- Mercy (1:22)
- Scarlet Nights (4:13)
- Doo-Wop In Harlem (3:43)
Credits
- Prefab Sprout - primary artist
- Gerry Judah - art direction, artwork [sleeve concept], task misc
- Andrew Biscomb - design [sleeve design], design
- Peter Barrett - design [sleeve design], design
- Adrian Moore - engineer [assistant]
- Charlie Smith - engineer [assistant]
- Chris Puram - engineer [assistant]
- Derek McCartney - engineer [assistant]
- Karen White - engineer [assistant]
- Mark Williams - engineer [assistant]
- Paul Cuddeford - engineer [assistant]
- Eric Calvi - engineer, mixed by
- Paul Gomersall - engineer, recorded by
- Tim Young - lacquer cut by, mastered by, mastering
- Bernie Grundman - mastered by, mastering
- Luis Jardim - percussion
- Martin McAloon - performer
- Neil Conti - performer
- Wendy Smith - performer
- The Douglas Brothers - photography by [group portrait], photography
- Jonathan Lovekin - photography by [sleeve], photography
- Trevor Ray Hart - photography by [sleeve], photography
- Thomas Dolby - producer
- Paddy McAloon - written-by, performer
- Judd Lander - harmonica
- Jenny Agutter - voice ["i want to have you"]
- Phantom Horns - horns
- Keith Armstrong - task misc
- Paul Ludford - task misc
- Phil Mitchell - task misc