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Swoon (Import) (CD)

By: Prefab Sprout (Artist)

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Track Listing

DISC 1 for Swoon (Import) (CD) Album By Prefab Sprout (Artist)
1   Don't Sing - (studio)  
2   Cue Fanfare - (studio)  
3   Green Isaac - (studio)  
4   Here On The Eerie - (studio)  
5   Cruel - (studio)  
6   Couldn't Bear To Be Special - (studio)  
7   I Never Play Basketball Now - (studio)  
8   Ghost Town Blues - (studio)  
9   Elegance - (studio)  
10   Technique - (studio)  
11   Green Isaac II - (studio)  
 

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Review

Q (6/93, p.123) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...1984's SWOON was one of the decade's great debuts, thanks to Paddy McAloon's ingenuity and lyrical flight which married the muso flourishes of Steely Dan to the beat-pop of Postcard Records with some added Motown-via-Newcastle cod-soul..."

Review

Q (6/93, p.123) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...1984's SWOON was one of the decade's great debuts, thanks to Paddy McAloon's ingenuity and lyrical flight which married the muso flourishes of Steely Dan to the beat-pop of Postcard Records with some added Motown-via-Newcastle cod-soul..."

Product note

Japanese import available on Epic/Sony (32 8P 132) with a running time of 40.47.
Alongside debuts by the Smiths, Aztec Camera, Lloyd Cole, and others, Prefab Sprout's debut album, SWOON, announced a new, more guitar-based sound in British pop. In the case of this Newcastle, England, trio, that new sound features quirky, off-kilter acoustic-guitar-based songs equally beholden to Elvis Costello, Cole Porter, and Hank Williams and unique, knotty lyrics offering an idiosyncratic, often obscure, new slant on classic subjects like death, sex, and politics. While singer/songwriter Paddy McAloon's later albums are increasingly smooth and sophisticated, SWOON is prickly yet inviting, with songs like "Here on the Eerie," the harmonica-tinged "Don't Sing," and the whirling "Technique" simultaneously deeply strange and instantly engaging. While McAloon's graceful piano ballad "Cruel" foreshadows the compositional clarity and refinement of later albums like JORDAN: THE COMEBACK, the rest of SWOON is the sound of a young band with almost more ideas than it knows what to do with.

Title Note

Japanese import available on Epic/Sony (32 8P 132) with a running time of 40.47.

Alongside debuts by the Smiths, Aztec Camera, Lloyd Cole, and others, Prefab Sprout's debut album, SWOON, announced a new, more guitar-based sound in British pop. In the case of this Newcastle, England, trio, that new sound features quirky, off-kilter acoustic-guitar-based songs equally beholden to Elvis Costello, Cole Porter, and Hank Williams and unique, knotty lyrics offering an idiosyncratic, often obscure, new slant on classic subjects like death, sex, and politics. While singer/songwriter Paddy McAloon's later albums are increasingly smooth and sophisticated, SWOON is prickly yet inviting, with songs like "Here on the Eerie," the harmonica-tinged "Don't Sing," and the whirling "Technique" simultaneously deeply strange and instantly engaging. While McAloon's graceful piano ballad "Cruel" foreshadows the compositional clarity and refinement of later albums like JORDAN: THE COMEBACK, the rest of SWOON is the sound of a young band with almost more ideas than it knows what to do with.

Album Description

Alongside debuts by the Smiths, Aztec Camera, Lloyd Cole, and others, Prefab Sprout's debut album, SWOON, announced a new, more guitar-based sound in British pop. In the case of this Newcastle, England, trio, that new sound features quirky, off-kilter acoustic-guitar-based songs equally beholden to Elvis Costello, Cole Porter, and Hank Williams and unique, knotty lyrics offering an idiosyncratic, often obscure, new slant on classic subjects like death, sex, and politics. While singer/songwriter Paddy McAloon's later albums are increasingly smooth and sophisticated, SWOON is prickly yet inviting, with songs like "Here on the Eerie", the harmonica-tinged "Don't Sing", and the whirling "Technique" simultaneously deeply strange and instantly engaging. While McAloon's graceful piano ballad "Cruel" foreshadows the compositional clarity and refinement of later albums like JORDAN: THE COMEBACK, the rest of SWOON is the sound of a young band with almost more ideas than it knows what to do with.

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