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22.12.23 · Witton Gilbert
In Focus: Prefab Sprout
Focus on Prefab Sprout
"Quiet genius" might seem like a trite platitude to bestow a pop musician, but there are fewer more deserving of the title in the 20th Century than Prefab Sprout's now retired songwriter Paddy McAloon.
The true centre of the band, McAloon's musical arrangements, which playfully interpret country, rock'n'roll, synth pop and more, are at once heartwrenching and inventive. His famously wry lyrics, which import the deep interiority and experimentalism of midcentury novelists to three-minute pop songs, defy easy comparison.
Experience unalloyed pop joy, with two hours of Prefab Sprout.
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Tracklist
- Paddy McAloonI Trawl The Megahertz
- Paddy McAloonSleeping Rough
- Prefab SproutOh, The Swiss
- Prefab SproutDesire As
- Prefab SproutBearpark (4 Track)
- Prefab SproutCouldn't Bear To Be Special
- Prefab SproutWigs
- Prefab SproutWild Horses
- Prefab SproutDonna Summer
- Prefab SproutRadio Love
- Prefab SproutWalk On
- Prefab SproutSpinning Belinda
- Prefab SproutCue Fanfare
- Prefab SproutNero The Zero
- Prefab Sprout (Michael H. Brauer mix)Nightingales (Full Version)
- Prefab SproutCowboy Dreams
- Prefab SproutEnchanted
- Prefab SproutThe Guest Who Stayed Forever
- Prefab SproutKnock On Wood
- Prefab SproutReal Life (Just Around The Corner)
- Prefab SproutWhen Love Breaks Down
- Prefab SproutThe Golden Calf
- Prefab SproutBonny
- Prefab SproutLooking For Atlantis
- Prefab SproutAppetite
- Prefab SproutCars And Girls
- Prefab SproutThe King Of Rock' N' Roll