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| PREFAB SPROUT |
| Newcastle, GB | | * 1982 |
Line-Up:
Wendy Smith - voc
Patrick 'Paddy' McAloon - g,kb,voc
Martin McAloon - bg
Dave Ruffy - ds
Former Members:
Mick Salmon (ds, 1982-84); Graham Lant (ds, 1984); Neil Conti (ds, 1984-cca 1985)
Albums Discography:
| # | Title | Release Date | Label | Type | UK | USA | | 1. | Swoon | 03.03.1984 | Kitchenware | | 22 | | | 2. | Steve McQueen
(in the USA "Two Wheels Good", Epic)
produced by: Thomas Dolby | 6/1985 | Kitchenware | | 21 | 178 | | 3. | From Langley Park To Memphis
produced by: Thomas Dolby | 14.03.1988 | Kitchenware | | 5 | | | 4. | Protest Songs | 6/1989 | Kitchenware/CBS | | 18 | | | 5. | Jordan: The Comeback
produced by: Thomas Dolby | 8/1990 | Kitchenware/CBS | | 7 | | | 6. | A Life Of Surprises - The Best Of Prefab Sprout | 29.06.1992 | Kitchenware/CBS |  | 3 | | | 7. | Andromeda Heights | 05.05.1997 | Columbia | | 7 | | | 8. | The Collection
(2CD) | 13.02.2001 | Legacy | | | | | 9. | The Gunman And Other Stories
produced by: Tony Visconti | 6/2001 | Liberty | | 60 | | | 10. | Original Album Classics | 07.04.2009 | Sony BMG Europe | | | | | 11. | Let's Change The World With Music | 15.09.2009 | Kitchenware | | 39 | | | 12. | Crimson / Red | 15.10.2013 | Icebreaker | | 15 | | | 13. | I Trawl The Megahertz | 2/2019 | Sony Music | | 54 | |
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Singles Discography:
| # | SP/EP Title | Release Date | Label | UK | USA | | 1. | Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone) / Radio Love | 8/1982 | Candle | | | | 2. | Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone) / Radio Love
(reissue) | 13.05.1983 | Kitchenware | | | | 3. | The Devil Has All The Best Tunes / Walk On | 10/1983 | Kitchenware | | | | 4. | Don't Sing / Green Isaac II
12" + He'll Have To Go | 13.01.1984 | Kitchenware | 31 | | | 5. | Couldn't Bear To Be Special / Spinning Belinda
12" + Donna Summer | 23.03.1984 | Kitchenware | | | | 6. | When The Love Breaks Down / Diana
7"(2) Yearning Loins / Donna Summer
12" + Cruel | 26.10.1984 | Kitchenware | 89 | | | 7. | When Love Breaks Down (remix) / The Yearning Loins
7"(2) The Devil Has All The Best Tunes / Walk On
7"(3) Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone) / Radio Love | 3/1985 | Kitchenware | 94 | | | 8. | Faron Young / Silhouettes
7"(2) When Love Breaks Down / The Yearning Loins | 6/1985 | Kitchenware | 74 | | | 9. | Appettite / Heaven Can Wait
12" + Oh, The Swiss / Faron Young (truckin' mix) / Silhouettes | 8/1985 | Kitchenware | 92 | | | 10. | When Love Breaks Down / The Yearning Loins
12"(1) + Spinning Belinda / He'll Have To Go / Donna Summer
12"(2) + Real Life Lies | 10/1985 | Kitchenware | 25 | | | 11. | Johnny Johnny / Wigs
12" + The Guest Who Stayed Forever | 2/1986 | Kitchenware | 64 | | | 12. | The Devil Has All The Best Tunes / Walk On
(reissue) | 6/1986 | Kitchenware | | | | 13. | Cars And Girls / Vendetta
10" + Real Lufe (Just Around The Corner)
12",CD + Faron Young (truckin' mix) | 2/1988 | Kitchenware | 44 | | | 14. | The King Of Rock'N'Roll / The Moving River
12" + Dandy Of The Blue River / Tin Can Pot
CD + Dandy Of The Blue River / He'll Have To Go | 4/1988 | Kitchenware | 3 | | | 15. | Hey Manhattan! / Tornado
12" + Donna Summer | 7/1988 | Kitchenware | 72 | | | 16. | Nightingales / Lions In My Own Garden
7" + The Devil Has All The Best Tunes
12"(1) + The King Of Rock'n'Roll (live)
12"(2),CD + Life Of Surprise / Bearpark | 11/1988 | Kitchenware | 78 | | | 17. | The Golden Calf / The Venus Of The Soup Kitchen
12",CD + Bonny (live) | 2/1989 | Kitchenware | 82 | | | 18. | Looking For Atlantis / Michael
12" + King Of Rock'n'Roll / Cars And Girls
CD + When Love Breaks Down | 7/1990 | Kitchenware | 20 | | | 19. | Let The Stars Go / Cruel
12",CD1 + Don't Sing / Couldn't Bear To Be Special
CD2 + Faron Young / Hey Manhattan (JFK version) | 08.10.1990 | Kitchenware | 50 | | | 20. | Jordan: The Comeback EP
(Carnival 2000 / One Of The Broken / The Ice Maiden / Jordan: The Comeback) | 12/1990 | Kitchenware | 35 | | | 21. | The Sound Of Crying
(The Sound Of Crying (Edit) / The Sound Of Crying (Full Version) / Looking For Atlantis / The Golden Calf)
(The Sound Of Crying (Edit) / Nightingales / One Of The Broken / Faron Young (Truckin' Mix)) (08.06.92, Kitchenware) | 01.06.1992 | Kitchenware | 16 | | | 22. | If You Don't Love Me
CD1 + If You Don't Love Me (String Driven Thing) / Nero The Zero / Real Life (Just Around The Corner) | 27.07.1992 | Kitchenware | 22 | | | | CD2 + If You Don't Love Me (No Strings Attached) / Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone) / Hey Manhattan (JFK Version) | 03.08.1992 | Kitchenware | | | | 23. | All The World Loves Lovers
CD1 + Machine Gun Ibiza / 'Till The Cows Come Home / Enchanted | 21.09.1992 | Kitchenware | 36 | | | | CD2 + Knock On Wood / Desire As / Moondog | 28.09.1992 | Kitchenware | | | | 24. | Life Of Surprises / The King Of Rock'n'Roll
12",CD + If You Don't Love Me | 29.12.1992 | Kitchenware | 24 | | | 25. | I Remember That / The World Awake | 15.03.1993 | Kitchenware | | | | 26. | A Prisoner Of The Past | 4/1997 | Columbia | 30 | | | 27. | Electric Guitars | 23.06.1997 | Columbia | 53 | |
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Videos:
1. A Life Of Surprises - The Video Collection - 9/1992, SMV
Various:
Dave Ruffy:
appeared on the LP:
Edwyn Collins: Hope And Dispair (6/89, Demon)
Kirsty MacColl: Titanic Days (2/94, ZTT)
Adam Ant: Wonderful (22.4.95, EMI)
Edwyn Collins: Understated (25.3.13, AED)
Press References:
| Melodie | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1988 | 2 | | 21 | Melodie ze světa | | | Melody Maker | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1983 | 20 | 14.05.1983 | 23 | Singles | single review | | 1984 | 2 | 14.01.1984 | 18 | Singles | single review | | 1984 | 2 | 14.01.1984 | 28 | It's Alive | gig review | | 1984 | 9 | 03.03.1984 | 4 | Fast Forward - Record News | | | 1984 | 10 | 10.03.1984 | 20 | It's Alive | gig review | | 1984 | 10 | 10.03.1984 | 28 | Albums | album review | | 1984 | 12 | 24.03.1984 | 4 | Fast Forward - Record News | | | 1984 | 12 | 24.03.1984 | 22 | Singles | single review | | 1984 | 19 | 12.05.1984 | 21 | It's Alive | gig review | | 1984 | 37 | 27.10.1984 | 4 | Fast Forward - Record News | | | 1984 | 37 | 27.10.1984 | 26 | Singles | single review | | 1990 | 0 | 20.10.1990 | 22 | Live! | gig review | | 1992 | 22 | 30.05.1992 | 4 | News | | | 1992 | 23 | 06.06.1992 | 29 | Singles | single review | | 1992 | 25 | 20.06.1992 | 33 | Albums - Retroactive | album review | | 1992 | 32 | 08.08.1992 | 28 | Singles | single review | | 1992 | 38 | 19.09.1992 | 9 | Advance - Periscope | | | 1992 | 39 | 26.09.1992 | 32 | Singles | single review | | 1993 | 2 | 09.01.1993 | 25 | Singles | single review | | 1997 | 20 | 17.05.1997 | 58 | Albums | album review | | 1997 | 20 | 17.05.1997 | 63 | Singles | single review | | 1997 | 26 | 28.06.1997 | 55 | Singles | single review | | Rock & Pop | | Year | Issue | Date | Page | Column | Type | | 1992 | 16 | 10.08.1992 | 17 | | profile | | 1992 | 16 | 10.08.1992 | 29 | Recenze | album review | | 2001 | 7 | | 14 | Pelmel | |
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