Steve McQueenby
Steve McQueen is the second studio album by English pop band Prefab Sprout, released in June 1985 by Kitchenware Records. The album was released by Epic Records in the United States as Two Wheels Good in anticipation of legal conflict with the estate of American actor Steve McQueen. The album cover references Steve McQueen's lifelong passion for Triumph motorcycles and the 1963 film The Great Escape.
The album released to highly positive reviews from critics and was a modest commercial success, reaching number 21 in the United Kingdom. Four singles from the album entered top 100 of the UK Singles Chart, with "When Love Breaks Down" reaching the top 30. Retrospectively, Steve McQueen has received lasting critical acclaim, widely credited as an indie pop benchmark and ranked by many British publications among the greatest albums of all time. On 2 April 2007, it was reissued as a "legacy edition" double CD, featuring a remastered version of the original album and a bonus disc featuring acoustic versions of the songs recorded in 2006 by the band's frontman, Paddy McAloon.
Track listing
Release details
- Released
- Jun, 1985
- Type
- Album
- Genres
- Labels
- EpicColumbiaCBSKitchenware Records
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| Source | Rating |
|---|---|
| AllMusic (Jason Ankeny) | |
| The Irish Times (Tony Clayton-Lea – 6 April 2007) | |
| Pitchfork (Stephen Troussé – 29 August 2007) | |
| Record Collector (Terry Staunton – June 2007) | |
| Spin (Will Hermes – September 2007) |