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[[caption-width-right:350:''Hot dog! Jumping frog! Alberquerque!'']]
[[caption-width-right:350:''Hot dog! Jumping frog! Alberquerque!'']]
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* ''Let's Change the World With Music'' (2009)
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* ''Let's Change the World With Music'' (2009)(2009)[[note]]originally recorded in 1992 as a follow-up to ''Jordan'', but was rejected by their label.[[/note]]
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* BigApplesauce: "Hey Manhattan!"
* EpicRocking: Mostly averted, but "I Trawl The Megahertz" clocks in at 22:06.
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* RockstarSong: "Electric Guitars."
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* RockstarSong: "The King of Rock'n'Roll", "Electric Guitars.""
-->''We were songbirds, we were Greek gods, we were singled out by fate\\
We were quoted out of context; it was... great!''
* SelfDemonstratingSong: "Goodbye Lucille #1 (Johnny Johnny)", the second time the chorus comes around:
-->''Life's not complete 'til your heart's missed a ([[{{Beat}} drum fill]]) beat''
* SpokenWordInMusic: Most of ''I Trawl The Megahertz'', especially the title track. Paddy wrote it while recovering from eye surgery which left him blind and insomniac, so he spent his nights listening to call-in radio shows, recording some of it and editing it into one long monologue which he then had Yvonne Connors recite.
* WordSaladLyrics: Done deliberately in "The King of Rock'n'Roll", as a quote from the fictional novelty song that was the narrator's [[OneHitWonder only hit]].
-->''Hot dog! Jumping frog! Albequerque!''
-->''We were songbirds, we were Greek gods, we were singled out by fate\\
We were quoted out of context; it was... great!''
* SelfDemonstratingSong: "Goodbye Lucille #1 (Johnny Johnny)", the second time the chorus comes around:
-->''Life's not complete 'til your heart's missed a ([[{{Beat}} drum fill]]) beat''
* SpokenWordInMusic: Most of ''I Trawl The Megahertz'', especially the title track. Paddy wrote it while recovering from eye surgery which left him blind and insomniac, so he spent his nights listening to call-in radio shows, recording some of it and editing it into one long monologue which he then had Yvonne Connors recite.
* WordSaladLyrics: Done deliberately in "The King of Rock'n'Roll", as a quote from the fictional novelty song that was the narrator's [[OneHitWonder only hit]].
-->''Hot dog! Jumping frog! Albequerque!''
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* JustLikeRobinHood: Discussed in "Appetite":
-->''So if you take - Then put back good\\
If you steal - be Robin Hood''
-->''So if you take - Then put back good\\
If you steal - be Robin Hood''
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* DeafComposer: In 2013, [=McAloon=] revealed that he had tinnitus, which limited his ability to record in the studio.
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* MarketBasedTitle: ''Steve [=McQueen=]'' was titled ''Two Wheels Good'' in the U.S. after [[Creator/SteveMcQueen the actor's estate]] [[ScrewedByTheLawyers objected]].
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'''Prefab Sprout''' are an English SophistiPop band who were most popular in the 1980s. The band is led by singer-songwriter and [[IAmTheBand only constant member]] Paddy [=McAloon=].
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'''Prefab Sprout''' are an English SophistiPop band who were most popular in the 1980s. The band is led by singer-songwriter and [[IAmTheBand only constant member]] Paddy [=McAloon=].
[=McAloon=]. For most of their career, the band consisted of [=McAloon=] (lead vocals, guitar, other instruments), his brother Martin (bass), Wendy Smith (vocals, keyboards, guitar) and Neil Conti (drums). Smith and Conti left the band in 2000, while Martin [=McAloon=] continued to be listed as a member until 2010.
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* ''I Trawl the Megahertz'' (2019[[note]]originally released as a Paddy [=McAloon=] solo album in 2003, it was reissued in 2019 credited to Prefab Sprout, which was [=McAloon=]'s original intent.[[/note]])
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* ''I Trawl the Megahertz'' (2019[[note]]originally (2019)[[note]]originally released as a Paddy [=McAloon=] solo album in 2003, it was reissued in 2019 credited to Prefab Sprout, which was [=McAloon=]'s original intent.[[/note]])
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* NewSoundAlbum: Every single one of them.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: ''Swoon'' has a jangly, guitar driven IndiePop sound instead of the SophistiPop style that they would perform for the rest of their career.
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'''Prefab Sprout''' are an English SophistiPop band who were most popular in the 1980s.
1980s. The band is led by singer-songwriter and [[IAmTheBand only constant member]] Paddy [=McAloon=].
!Discography
* ''Swoon'' (1984)
* ''Steve [=McQueen=]'' (1985)
* ''From Langley Park to Memphis'' (1988)
* ''Protest Songs'' (1989)
* ''Jordan: The Comeback'' (1990)
* ''Andromeda Heights'' (1997)
* ''The Gunman and Other Stories'' (2001)
* ''Let's Change the World With Music'' (2009)
* ''[=Crimson/Red=]'' (2013)
!Discography
* ''Swoon'' (1984)
* ''Steve [=McQueen=]'' (1985)
* ''From Langley Park to Memphis'' (1988)
* ''Protest Songs'' (1989)
* ''Jordan: The Comeback'' (1990)
* ''Andromeda Heights'' (1997)
* ''The Gunman and Other Stories'' (2001)
* ''Let's Change the World With Music'' (2009)
* ''[=Crimson/Red=]'' (2013)
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* IAmTheBand: Though he denies it, Paddy [=McAloon=] basically ''is''.
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* IAmTheBand: Though he denies used to deny it, Paddy [=McAloon=] basically ''is''.''was'' for most of the band's tenure. Due to his ongoing health issues this trope is now in full effect as they essentially make it impossible for him to work with other musicians and Paddy has openly admitted that he can now only work on his own.
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->''Now my rhythm ain't so hot, but it's the only friend I've got,\\
I'm the king of rock 'n' roll completely.\\
All the pretty birds have flown now I'm dancing on my own,\\
I'm the king of rock 'n' roll completely.''
-->"The King Of Rock'n Roll"
I'm the king of rock 'n' roll completely.\\
All the pretty birds have flown now I'm dancing on my own,\\
I'm the king of rock 'n' roll completely.''
-->"The King Of Rock'n Roll"
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* RockstarSong: "Electric Guitars"
Guitars."
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* OneHitWonder: "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" is about one, and is itself [[LifeImitatesArt their only UK top 20 single]].
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* PerfectlyCromulentWord: "rollmo" in "Machine Gun Ibiza".
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* PerfectlyCromulentWord: "rollmo" in "Machine Gun Ibiza". It's become a running joke in the fandom.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Missing his girlfriend who was away in the French town of Limoges, Paddy set about writing a song with the word "Limoges" in it. The result was Prefab Sprout's debut single, "Lions In My Own Garden: Exit Someone".
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* Car Song: "Cars and Girls" is a StealthParody in the verses and an aversion in the chorus.
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* ChristianRock: The closing sequence of ''Jordan: The Comeback'' toys with it but remains ambiguous enough to avert the trope. However, ''Let's Change The World With Music'' ditches the ambiguity and definitely qualifies.
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! Tropes associated with Prefab Sprout
* {{Eagleland}}: Paddy's love of Americana comes across quite strongly in several of the albums.
* IAmTheBand: Though he denies it, Paddy [=McAloon=] basically ''is''.
* OneHitWonder: "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" is about one, and is itself [[LifeImitatesArt their only UK top 20 single]].
* OopNorth: They come from County Durham.
* RockstarSong: "Electric Guitars"
* {{Eagleland}}: Paddy's love of Americana comes across quite strongly in several of the albums.
* IAmTheBand: Though he denies it, Paddy [=McAloon=] basically ''is''.
* OneHitWonder: "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" is about one, and is itself [[LifeImitatesArt their only UK top 20 single]].
* OopNorth: They come from County Durham.
* RockstarSong: "Electric Guitars"
