Prefab Sprout have recently announced their long-awaited return with a new album, Crimson/Red – to tide you over until its release on October 7, here's a piece from Uncut's September 2009 (Take 148) ...

Since debuting in 1982 with the dreamy single “Lions In My Own Garden,” English singer-songwriter Paddy McAloon and his band Prefab Sprout have distinguished themselves from their UK contemporaries by ...

After the slightly disappointing comeback that was 1997's Andromeda Heights, Prefab Sprout's new album shows Paddy McAloon back on top form. The Newcastle singer-songwriter's great skill is to take ...

I like Paddy McAloon. A lot. Even his last record as Prefab Sprout, the mediocre, cheesy The Gunman And The Other Stories, didn’t shake my faith. Now he’s about to release the most remarkable record ...

It feels like Christmas has come early in the pretty city of Durham. A dapper-suited, kindly faced gent with a lustrous white beard greets Life&Style in a grotto-like café, though his soft ...

Paddy McAloon on reissuing 'I Trawl The Megahertz' and his ongoing health struggles. By Ron Hart Prefab Sprout has never played New York City. It’s hard to believe an English pop group as acclaimed in ...

Paddy McAloon, the front man of '80s band Prefab Sprout, plays an exclusive taste of his next album which is still a work-in-progress. He spoke to Today reporter Nicola Stanbridge about making music ...

The title of Prefab Sprout's first album in eight years embodies the kind of vaunting egotism one might expect from Bono, Sting or some other mononymic would-be saviour, and one's first instinct is to ...

Paddy McAloon is hooting with laughter. “That’s the best question I’ve had in this entire round of interviews,” he says cheerily. “It’s so flattering and appalling at the same time.” Did you know with ...

Paddy McAloon, the front man of '80s band Prefab Sprout, plays an exclusive taste of his next album which is still a work-in-progress. He spoke to Today reporter Nicola Stanbridge about making music ...