Steve McQueen (album)
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| Released | June 10, 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1984–1985 | |||
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| Length | 45:18 | |||
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| Producer | Thomas Dolby (except for track 4, which was produced by Phil Thornalley) | |||
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Steve McQueen is the second studio album by English alternative pop band Prefab Sprout, released on 10 June 1985 in the UK by Kitchenware Records. On 3 September 1985, 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 McQueen's lifelong passion for Triumph motorcycles and his 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.
In 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.