From Langley Park to Memphis is the third studio album by English pop band Prefab Sprout. It was released by Kitchenware Records on 14 March 1988. It peaked at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart, the highest position for any studio album released by the band. The album featured guest appearances from Stevie Wonder and Pete Townshend.
Album · 1988 · 10 Songs. Jordan: The Comeback. From Langley Park to Memphis. A Life of Surprises - The Best of Prefab Sprout. success of Prefab Sprout’s second album, Steve McQueen/Two Wheels Good, Sprout leader Paddy McAloon recorded a similar-sounding follow-up, Protest Songs, and shelved it in favor of this more ambitious collection that, as its title implies, takes McAloon from England into the heart of America.
Features Song Lyrics for Prefab Sprout's From Langley Park To Memphis album. Prefab Sprout - From Langley Park To Memphis Album Lyrics. 1. Cars and Girls Lyrics.
From Langley Park to Memp. has been added to your Cart. Prefab Sprout may have been the best band of the 1980s. But one listen to Langly Park to Memphis makes their place near the top of the list undeniable. Music heads will love deconstructing this album for its amazing technique, and there is much to be learned and apprciated here. But listen to and feel this music first.
Prefab Sprout arrived in 1988 with two highly acclaimed albums already behind them. With their latest release, 'From Langley Park to Memphis' set to release in March, the band was anxious and in high hopes that the new record could fulfill the sonic aftermath left by the magnificent sophisti-pop odyssey that is 'Steve McQueen'. Thankfully, in my eyes and in the eyes of many others, it succeeded in this feat and then some.
i'll never understand how they went from making the music on steve mcqueen to releasing the song 'the king of rock and roll', and this album. very strange transformation; not for the better. Reply Notify me Helpful.
Band Name Prefab Sprout. Album Name From Langley Park to Memphis. Released date March 1988. Members owning this album2. The King of Rock'n'Roll.