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Prefab Sprout is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Elvis Costello, Stevie Wonder, Pete Townshend, Knock on Wood and Faron Young. Those roots explain a lot about how Prefab Sprout arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Blue Nile, Deacon Blue, ABC, Elvis Costello & The Attractions and Talk Talk, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Ivy, Elvis Depressedly, Sondre Lerche, Hits + and The Radio Dept., where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 26 connections around Prefab Sprout, reaching back through Elvis Costello and forward to Ivy. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Prefab Sprout are an English pop/rock band from Witton Gilbert, County Durham who rose to fame during the 1980s. Formed in 1978 by brothers Paddy and Martin McAloon and joined by vocalist, guitarist and keyboard player Wendy Smith in 1982, they released their debut album Swoon to critical acclaim in 1984. Their subsequent albums, including 1985's Steve McQueen and 1990's Jordan: The Comeback, have been described by Paul Lester of The Guardian as "some of the most beautiful and intelligent records of their era". Frontman Paddy McAloon is regarded as one of the great songwriters of his time and the band have been credited with producing some of the "most beloved" pop music of the 1980s and 1990s.
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Prefab Sprout connections
Prefab Sprout grew out of Elvis Costello, Stevie Wonder, Pete Townshend and Knock on Wood, shares an orbit with The Blue Nile, Deacon Blue, ABC and Elvis Costello & The Attractions, went on to shape Ivy, Elvis Depressedly, Sondre Lerche and Hits +. 26 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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