Editing Prefab Sprout (section)

===Early days (1977–1983)===
In 1977, brothers [[Paddy McAloon|Paddy]] and Martin McAloon formed the Dick Diver Band. By 1978, the name had changed to Prefab Sprout, a name McAloon had created years earlier when, as he has said, "all the groups had names like that".<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= British Hit Singles & Albums
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| page= 433
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5}}</ref><ref name="Sounds">{{cite journal |last1=McCullough |first1=Dave |title=From Brussels with LOVE |journal=Sounds |date=16 April 1983 |url=https://www.sproutology.co.uk/interviews/dave-mccullough-sounds-april-16th-1983/ |access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref> The band first played live in 1979, having been joined by drummer Michael Salmon.

The band recorded their first single "[[Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone)]]" b/w "Radio Love" on 25 February 1982, and self-released it on their own Candle Records (slogan: "The wax that won't get on your wick"). Songwriter Paddy McAloon wanted a song title where the first letters of the words spelled out [[Limoges]], the French city where his former girlfriend was studying at the time.<ref name="AMG"/><ref name="Club Pour Hommes">{{cite journal |last1=Perrone |first1=Pierre |title=McAloon interview |journal=Club Pour Hommes |date=1988 |url=https://www.sproutology.co.uk/interviews/je-ne-lis-club-pour-hommes-que-pour-les-articles-pierre-perrone-1988/ |access-date=13 July 2020}}</ref> Music journalist [[Stuart Maconie]] described the track as "enigmatic, melancholy, tuneful and therefore perfect for a jobless literature graduate with girlfriend problems".<ref name="Cider">{{cite book |first= Stuart |last= Maconie |author-link =Stuart Maconie |year= 2004 |title= Cider With Roadies |publisher= Random House |location= London |isbn= 0-09-189115-9 |page=161}}</ref> Their lineup expanded shortly after to incorporate vocalist Wendy Smith, and they recorded a second single "[[The Devil Has All the Best Tunes]] / Walk On" that September.<ref name="prefabsprout.net">{{cite web |title=About |url=http://www.prefabsprout.net/about.html |website=prefabsprout.net |access-date=5 June 2019}}</ref>