38 Carat Collection

by Prefab Sprout

38 Carat Collection cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 18 October 1999
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 2:22:10
  • Community rating: 3.97/5 from 1 rating

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

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'38 Carat Collection' is a two-disc best of Prefab Sprout, Paddy McAloon's sophisti-pop band from County Durham. The compilation surveys their catalogue of literate, meticulously crafted pop from 'Steve McQueen' onward.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, vocal, ballad, rhythmic, live

Tracklist

  1. Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone) (2:31)
  2. Don't Sing (3:53)
  3. Couldn't Bear to Be Special (3:49)
  4. When Love Breaks Down (4:06)
  5. Faron Young (3:47)
  6. Appetite (3:54)
  7. Johnny Johnny (4:05)
  8. Cars and Girls (4:27)
  9. The King of Rock 'N' Roll (4:23)
  10. Hey Manhattan! (4:46)
  11. The Golden Calf (5:00)
  12. Looking for Atlantis (3:55)
  13. We Let the Stars Go (3:34)
  14. Carnival 2000 (3:21)
  15. The Sound of Crying (4:44)
  16. If You Don't Love Me (3:43)
  17. Life of Surprises (4:04)
  18. A Prisoner of the Past (5:01)
  19. Electric Guitars (3:40)
  20. Cue Fanfare (4:06)
  21. Cruel (4:20)
  22. Bonny (3:43)
  23. Moving the River (3:58)
  24. Desire As (5:19)
  25. Horsin' Around (4:35)
  26. Pearly Gates (5:28)
  27. 'Til the Cows Come Home (4:12)
  28. Enchanted (3:47)
  29. I Remember That (4:14)
  30. Nightingales (Full Version) (5:53)
  31. Jordan: The Comeback (4:10)
  32. All the World Loves Lovers (3:51)
  33. Jesse James Bolero (4:07)
  34. Doo-Wop In Harlem (3:44)

Credits

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