Crimson / Red

by Prefab Sprout

Crimson / Red cover art

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

  • Sophisti-Pop

Tracklist

  1. The Best Jewel Thief In the World
  2. List of Impossible Things
  3. Adolescence
  4. Grief Built the Taj Mahal
  5. Devil Came a Calling
  6. Billy
  7. The Dreamer
  8. The Songs of Danny Galway
  9. The Old Magician
  10. Mysterious