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Prefab Sprout - Swoon [KWLP 1 UK 1984 24-Bit FLAC]

Another new 24-bit rip of an old favourite for 2020 from an original CBS 1984 flimsy pressing which I believe sounds really rather good. It is certainly a major upgrade on my rip of the very same album on ESWA from January 2014.

I bought Swoon on the back of a couple early indie singles and have loved it ever since. Prefab Sprout's debut LP has been much overlooked since the fame which followed the hit album's Steve McQueen and From Langley Park To Memphis, but I still believe it's their finest work. 

Swoon is a charming collection of clever semi-acoustic pop songs underpinned by two McAloon classics Cruel and Couldn't Bear To Be Special, the opening single Don't Sing is pretty fine but doesn't come close to the Sprouts' early incarnation of twee pop. 

Great record ....enjoy!

A1 Don't Sing
A2 Cue Fanfare
A3 Green Isaac I
A4 Here On The Eerie
A5 Cruel
B1 Couldn't Bear To Be Special
B2 I Never Play Basketball Now
B3 Ghost Town Blues
B4 Elegance
B5 Technique
B6 Green Isaac II

Comments

  1. Blogmeister9 January 2020 at 15:15

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  2. Anonymous10 January 2020 at 02:44

    Hey Dear Blogmeister, Arcane Saviour, Shackleton of the vinyl bins. Any reference of a Robert Quinn- Fred Maher record from the 80s? Never seen or heard it again.
    Thanks for your relentless presence.

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    1. Anonymous20 January 2020 at 16:32

      Do you mean Basic by Robert Quine and Fred Maher? There are a few copies for sale on Discogs.

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  3. Anonymous10 January 2020 at 11:10

    yep. its an awkward beast, this one. my pressing is likewise flimsy but sounds great. i feel that all their later work is better - not because its more "poppy" or accessible but 'cos it is. the indie twee stuff prior to this, what little released material from this time there is had its charms, too. i want a massive prefab sprout box set before paddy dies.

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  4. friarminor12 January 2020 at 00:12

    When Bobby Fischer's plane ...

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  5. Leper Lord28 January 2020 at 23:45

    This takes me back

    Cheers mate

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  6. Anonymous7 May 2023 at 16:43

    This debut outing from true genius Paddy McAloon & co deserves a re-rip as well imho

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