There are no new acoustic versions this time, nor any demos or previously unreleased songs. And happily, Paddy has dealt with the remastering himself, in collaboration with his brother and original bandmate Martin, while providing fresh images and artwork to lavish the sleeves of the 180-gram vinyl discs. Sony has at last obliged with vinyl re-releases of the long-overshadowed Swoon (1984), From Langley Park to Memphis (1988), and Jordan: The Comeback (1990), together with a worthwhile compilation, A Life of Surprises (1992), complete with two exclusive tracks. In other words, it’s about bloomin’ time the band’s other peak-period LPs benefitted from some renewed attention. That version also came with an extra disc of eight unplugged renditions by the band’s singer-songwriter Paddy McAloon, which appeared separately on vinyl for this year’s Record Store Day as Steve McQueen Acoustic.
That incited yet another flurry of critical accolades to cement the LP’s classic status and reaffirm such tracks as “When Love Breaks Down”, “Appetite”, and “Goodbye Lucille #1” as exquisitely crafted slices of mid-’80s British indie pop. Prefab Sprout’s second album, Steve McQueen / Two Wheels Good (1985), received the whole remastered treatment way back in 2007, for a “legacy edition”.
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