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Prefab Sprout

Jason Cohen, Stereophile, Winter 2001

THE NEWS was right up there with Brian Wilson playing Pet Sounds live, Steely Dan making a new record and Mario Lemieux lacing up the skates. For no apparent reason, Paddy McAloon, the elegant wordsmith and musical fabulist behind Prefab Sprout, hit the road last spring.

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