Jordan: The Comeback

Paddy MacAloon is arguably one of England's finest modern songwriters, and this 1990 release was a gloriously overlong melange of styles, bound together by some of his most inspired melodies. The nineteen tracks cover a typically diverse range of subject matters, including a quartet of songs about the rise and fall of Elvis Presley that provide the album with it's thematic core. Elsewhere, on songs such as quot;We Let the Stars Goquot;, quot;All the World Loves Loversquot; and quot;Doo Wop in Harlemquot; MacAloon's songwriting hit new peaks. Never gaining the commercial success it deserved, quot;Jordan: The Comeback'squot; heady brew even appeared to be a step too far for MacAloon, who did not release another album for seven years.