Chris Jones felt the album's richness left listeners "somewhat over-satiated" and considered "We Let the Stars Go" and "All the World Loves Lovers" to come "uncomfortably close to cloying". He concluded "like George Gershwin transported into Brian Wilson's sandbox, Jordan is equal parts passionate, philosophical and preposterous". Upon its reissue in 2019, Danny Eccleston of Mojo referred to Jordan as Prefab Sprout's "sprawling opus" and said that its "gospel moves sound even better" in light of the renewed popularity of "'80s soul productions" while Adam Mason of PopMatters praised McAloon's ability "to plunge into any musical genre he pleases and emerge with a stunning melody". Pitchfork'''s Sam Sodomsky declared the album "a work so layered that, decades on, it still seems to hold new secrets" and singled out "Wild Horses" as "a romantic fantasy whose sleek arrangement still sounds fresh". In 2022, Pitchfork ranked the album 131 in their list "The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s". Aftermath and legacy Following the album's release, McAloon worked on several similarly ambitious projects. He planned to follow up Jordan with Let's Change the World with Music, an album with religious themes that further reflected the influence of gospel music. After the completed demo tape received a muted reception from Sony in 1993, McAloon expanded the concept of one of its songs into Earth, the Story So Far, a concept album featuring songs about Adam and Eve and Neil Armstrong. McAloon worked on Earth for two years before abandoning it, fearing it would be too long and expensive for release. Other prospective Prefab Sprout projects devised during this period include Behind The Veil, based on the life of Michael Jackson, a romantic album named Knights in Armour and a collection of spiritual compositions titled The Atomic Hymn Book. The ultimate follow-up to Jordan became Andromeda Heights (1997), largely made up of songs written for previous conceptual projects. McAloon's Let's Change the World with Music demos were eventually released as Prefab Sprout's eighth studio album in 2009.Jordan: The Comeback has continued to receive praise and has been described as Prefab Sprout's "ultimate fan favourite". "Jordan: The Comeback" and "One of the Broken" were among the ten tracks listed in NMEs "Alternative Best of Prefab Sprout" in 1992. In a 2019 interview for Pitchfork, Alexis Taylor of Hot Chip named "Wild Horses" the song he wished he'd written, considering the song's loop-based arrangement modern and