Total Conversion

Amen brother.  Tell it like it is... http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2012/Aug-29.html http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2012/Aug-29.html

Just posted my review of Prefab Sprouts album Jordan the Comeback on my blog.  Only 22 years late ;)  Seriously though, it's one of my favourite albums of all time.  If you remember them fondly, the review is at  istoff.blogspot.com

So here's my next review.  Its Jordan the Comeback by Prefab Sprout.  I bought this album in 1990 due to me liking their previous hits Cars and Girls, Hey Manhattan and a few others.  This album was initially a turn off as it was quite eclectic and didn't grab me as being immediately accessible enough to listen to.  I guess my immaturity at that time, 21 or 22, meant that I couldn't initially appreciate it.  However, it slowly crept into a comfortable place in my soul and has made itself comfortable and it now shares a symbiotic relationship with me that I'll carry with me, always accessible in my head, without need for cd or mp3 player. A couple of songs off the bat initially received a lot more attention, Looking for Atlantis, Carnival 2000, were more accessible and possibly radio friendly.  I can't remember what the singles were or how popular, but I suspect that they didn't make the big impression of previous hits.  Some songs initially just turned me off