40 Years Ago: Prefab Sprout’s Swoon
A track-by-track breakdown of Paddy McAloon’s idiosyncratic debut
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9 min readMar 7, 2024
Paddy McAloon is a musical genius. As a melodicist, I would put him in the company of heroes like Brian Wilson, Paul McCartney, Burt Bacharach, and Jimmy Webb, and as a lyricist, the only competition I can think of is Elvis Costello. He’s that good.
