Popdose: Hooks ‘N’ You: Prefab Sprout, “The Gunman and Other Stories”
jefito
· 1 year ago
Another terrific post, Will. Thanks!
DwDunphy
· 1 year ago
Something that really seems to do harm to a 'veteran' band's rep is to wind up on an oldies-indie: an independent label that snags up older acts and prays for built-in fan sales. Often, the material on those albums isn't bad at all, and sometimes it's quite good... but the handicap of being on the former Sanctuary or Castle labels seemed to indicate decrepitude.
Now, having said all that, none of this makes Operation Mindcrime 2 any better.
WHarrisBullzEye
· 1 year ago
Or, God forbid, ending up on CMC!
I can't speak to everyone who was ever signed to that label, but I will say that The Fixx deserved a damned sight better for their "Elemental" album than what they got.
jefito
· 1 year ago
Conversely, Eddie Money's "Ready Eddie" probably deserved far worse.
andrew_t
· 1 year ago
It's great to see some blogospheric Sprout-love. At one time, I considered writing an "idiot's guide" type thing about them, but never got around to it. Excellent work.
Incidentally, this is one of the few music items I've come across on Amazon whose reviews are literally all over the place: the graph that shows number of ratings is practically straight from 5 stars down to one. Divisive? Just a bit.
Matt_G
· 1 year ago
And I thought John Cale's 'Hanky Panky Nohow' was the only song lyric to include the word "agriculture".... "Agricultural" is even more impressive, what with the extra syllable and all...
Harry
· 1 year ago
The Talking Heads' "Nothing But Flowers" also uses the word "agriculture".
jack
· 1 year ago
The man who wrote and sang "Couldn't Bear to Be Special" will always get an open-minded listen from me to anything he chooses to release in the future. I love "Cowboy Dreams" but yeah, the one time "Farmyard Cat" came up when the iPod was in shuffle mode, I had to skip ahead. Sorry, Paddy!
WHarrisBullzEye
· 1 year ago
But it's an electro-hoedown, Jack! AN ELECTRO-HOEDOWN!!!
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Now, having said all that, none of this makes Operation Mindcrime 2 any better.
I can't speak to everyone who was ever signed to that label, but I will say that The Fixx deserved a damned sight better for their "Elemental" album than what they got.
Incidentally, this is one of the few music items I've come across on Amazon whose reviews are literally all over the place: the graph that shows number of ratings is practically straight from 5 stars down to one. Divisive? Just a bit.
cheers -rock smith