This prompted McAloon to remark: 'I'm probably the greatest songwriter in the world, you know.' Their Protest Songs album was recorded next, but was not released until 1989. The following album, the Thomas Dolby-produced Steve McQueen, (released in America as Two Wheels Good after McQueen's estate expressed their displeasure with the title) was highly praised by critics. Their debut album Swoon was released on the Kitchenware record label in March 1984. Another single, 'The Devil Has All the Best Tunes,' followed later that year. The single's warm reception, including many plays on DJ John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show, led to the Sprout's signing to CBS subsidiary Kitchenware Records, which re-issued the single in April 1983. Prefab Sprout debuted in 1982 with their self-released single, 'Lions In My Own Garden: Exit Someone' - songwriter Paddy McAloon wanted a song title where the first letters of the words spelled out 'LIMOGES' (the French city where his former girlfriend was staying at the time). In spite of limited American success, frontman Paddy McAloon has been hailed as one of the greater songwriters of his era. Their 1985 album Steve McQueen was released in the US as Two Wheels Good and peaked at number 180 in the Billboard 200. Prefab Sprout have had minimal chart success in the United States, where they are generally unknown outside of a devoted cult following. Allmusic states that they are one of the most beloved British pop bands of the 1980s and 1990s. According to the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums, Prefab Sprout are a critically-acclaimed, intelligent, fragile pop band, formed in 1978 in Newcastle. Eight of their albums have reached the Top 40 in the UK Albums Chart, and one of their singles, 'The King of Rock 'N' Roll', peaked at number seven in the UK Singles Chart.

Prefab Sprout are an English band from Witton Gilbert, County Durham, who rose to fame during the 1980s. Paddy McAloon - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards

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