Swoon

by Prefab Sprout

Swoon cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1984
  • Label: Kitchenware
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 40:40
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Graham Lant, Paddy McAloon, Martin McAloon, Wendy Smith

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Prefab Sprout's debut is a wildly ambitious, highly complex entry into the burgeoning British sophisti-pop movement. Paddy McAloon weaves incredibly dense, poetic lyricism through unpredictable chord changes and lush, jazzy arrangements, creating a profoundly romantic and eccentric indie-pop soundscape. 'Swoon' is a quirky, rhythmically progressive, and melodically intricate masterpiece.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, rhythmic, melodic, literate, wordplay, sophisticated, jangly, elegant

Tracklist

  1. Don't Sing (3:52)
  2. Cue Fanfare (4:06)
  3. Green Isaac (I) (3:31)
  4. Here On the Eerie (4:00)
  5. Cruel (4:24)
  6. Couldn't Bear to Be Special (3:50)
  7. I Never Play Basketball Now (3:40)
  8. Ghost Town Blues (3:21)
  9. Elegance (3:46)
  10. Technique (4:38)
  11. Green Isaac (II) (1:28)

Credits

  • Prefab Sprout - primary artist, producer
  • Matthew Hyphen - cover
  • Pavlou Goldberg - cover
  • Graham Lant - drums
  • Jon Anderson Turner - engineer
  • Martin McAloon - instruments
  • Wendy Smith - instruments
  • Paddy McAloon - instruments, composed by, songwriter [all songs written by]
  • Emma Welles - liner notes
  • David Brewis - producer

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