From Langley Park to Memphis

From Langley Park to Memphis

Infobox Album | Name = From Langley Park to Memphis
Type = Studio album
Artist = Prefab Sprout


Released = March 1988
Genre = Pop
Producer = Thomas Dolby, Jon Kelly, Paddy McAloon, Andy Richards
Reviews =
Last album = "Steve McQueen"
(1985)
This album = "From Langley Park to Memphis"
(1988)
Next album = "Protest Songs
(1989) |

"From Langley Park to Memphis" is the third album by English pop band Prefab Sprout, released in March 1988. The title is taken from a lyric to the song "The Venus of the Soup Kitchen" and refers to the village of Langley Park, County Durham in England and the city of Memphis, Tennessee in the USA. "Nightingales" features the harmonica playing of Stevie Wonder, while Pete Townshend plays acoustic guitar on "Hey Manhattan!". All songs on the album are written by frontman Paddy McAloon who also produced many of the tracks.

Track listing

#"The King of Rock 'N' Roll"
#"Cars and Girls"
#"I Remember That"
#"Enchanted"
#"Nightingales"
#"Hey Manhattan!"
#"Knock On Wood"
#"The Golden Calf"
#"Nancy (Let Your Hair Down For Me)"
#"The Venus Of The Soup Kitchen"


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