Paddy McAloon

Paddy McAloon - © www.prefabsprout.net

born on 7/6/1957 in Durham, North Ayrshire, United Kingdom

Paddy McAloon

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Paddy McAloon (born Patrick Joseph McAloon, 7 June 1957, Durham[1]) is an English singer-songwriter and member of the band Prefab Sprout.

Career

Prefab Sprout enjoyed considerable success in the 1980s and early 1990s. They peaked commercially with a Top Ten hit single in the UK Singles Chart, The King of Rock 'N' Roll.

Songs written by McAloon have also been recorded by Kylie Minogue ("If You Don't Love Me"), Cher ("The Gunman"), Wendy Matthews ("God Watch Over You" and "Ride"), Sondre Lerche ("Nightingales" - the song appeared in "From Langley Park to Memphis" and Lerche sang it with the Faces Down Quartet as a tribute to Prefab Sprout), Danny Seward ("Home (Where The Heart Is)"), Momus ("Green Isaac Pt. 2") and various songs for Jimmy Nail. "God Watch Over You" has also been covered by Frances Ruffelle, and "When Love Breaks Down" has been covered by The Zombies, Lisa Stansfield and Snow Patrol. In 2008, the covers album Independents' Day 08 included a version of "Bonny" performed by McAloon's label-mates Editors.

McAloon released the spoken word/instrumental album I Trawl The Megahertz (UK #167), under his own name, in 2003 on the EMI subsidiary company Liberty Records.[2] In a 2013 interview, McAloon stated:

That record [I Trawl The Megahertz] was so important to me. I was disappointedextremelythat the Guardian never even reviewed it. That stayed with me. I kept waiting week after week: "Come on, if you're thinking they don't make records like they used to, if you're looking for personal vision, something unusualI'm your guy!" But it never came.[3]

In 2006 Prefab Sprout's Steve McQueen album was remastered by Thomas Dolby, and was then released in 2007 as a double-CD package. The second CD featured acoustic versions of songs from the original album that were recorded in 2006.

On 7 September 2009, Prefab Sprout released the album Let's Change the World with Music, based on a demo recording from 1992.

A Prefab Sprout album entitled Crimson/Red was released in October 2013.[4] McAloon is responsible for playing all of the instruments on the album and Icebreaker Records is the album's corresponding label.[3]

Personal life

As of September 2013, McAloon resides in Durham, UK, and suffers from a detached retina and tinnitus.[3] He dedicated the album Crimson/Red to "my wife and daughters [...] the women with whom I'm lucky enough to share my life".

See also

  • Kitchenware Records
  • List of bands from Newcastle, United Kingdom
  • Newcastle upon Tyne Music
  • St Joseph's College, Upholland
  • List of singer-songwriters

References

  1. IMDb biography
  2. Rateyourmusic.com
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Paul Lester, Paddy McAloon: 'I'll do without an audience to make the music I want', 5 September 2013. URL accessed on 8 September 2013.
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External links

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