Track Listing

1. Faron Young
2. Bonny
3. Appetite
4. When Love Breaks Down
5. Goodbye Lucille #1
6. Hallelujah
7. Moving The River
8. Horsin' Around
9. Desire As
10. Blueberry Pies
11. When The Angels

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #24970 in Music
• Released on: 1997-05-19
• Number of discs: 1

Customer Reviews

Yes its that good
I guess I will be playing this album till I die and will never get tired of it. There is not a bad track, and remarkably has stood the test of time. Great music, incredible lyrics, and great production by Thomas Dolby.
Goodye Lucille is my favourite, and has some wonderful lyrics, it should be mandatory listening to those moping after a relationship breakdown.
"Lifes not complete till your heart skips a beat"
Truly a classic album. If its not in your collection, then you are not a music fan.

Possibly the best pop album...ever
There have been moments of greatness in pop's chequered discography, but few albums that can match this for scale and beauty. In my top ten favourite albums of all time are the usual suspects, "Sgt Peppers", "London Calling", "The Queen Is Dead", "Automatic For The People"...but topping them all is this unsuspecting gem. Why? Perhaps because, unlike those albums fore-mentioned, "Steve McQueen" has not only never aged, but seems more measured, vibrant and immediate with every passing year. Since first purchasing it as a tape cassette twenty-odd years ago, it is the only album I have been able to return to again and again...and again.

What makes it so remarkable? Lyrically outstanding. Musically breathtaking. Lush romanticism combined with cutting-edge dereliction. When everything else in the world seems to make no sense, at least there's alway "Steve McQueen".

Finest album of all time?
I have had this album in my collection since the year it came out from borowed tape, through vinyl, CD and now itunes - so quite why i felt the urge to review it here I have no idea.... It's he kind of magic that you get when you mix a superb songwriter and lyricist at the top of his game (Paddy McAloon) with a brilliant producer (Thomas Dolby). If it is not the finest album of all time (and I am sure there is official scientific proof in favour of Sgt Pepper or some other worthy work) it is certainly my favourite - alongside London Calling by the Clash. 20 years+ on Steve McQueen still rocks and for the record, Bonny is the finest song in the collection..."All my insights from retrospect..."