Crimson / Red

by Prefab Sprout

Crimson / Red cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 7 October 2013
  • Label: Icebreaker
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 40:49
  • Community rating: 3.76/5 from 3 ratings

Artists on this release: Calum Malcolm, Paddy McAloon

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Paddy McAloon composed and performed this entire album by himself, utilizing synthesizers to meticulously replicate a full studio band. Despite its solitary creation due to failing hearing, it overflows with the incredibly lush, sophisticated pop melodies that defined his 80s peak.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, literate, literary, sophisticated, elegant

Tracklist

  1. The Best Jewel Thief In the World (3:49)
  2. List of Impossible Things (3:42)
  3. Adolescence (4:28)
  4. Grief Built the Taj Mahal (3:27)
  5. Devil Came a Calling (3:41)
  6. Billy (4:37)
  7. The Dreamer (6:00)
  8. The Songs of Danny Galway (3:48)
  9. The Old Magician (2:50)
  10. Mysterious (4:22)

Credits

  • Prefab Sprout - primary artist
  • Kelsey Simon - artwork
  • Peter Barrett - artwork

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