Prefab Sprout – The Best Of Prefab Sprout: A Life Of Surprises
Label: | Kitchenware Records – 19075944651, Columbia – 19075944651 |
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Country: | Europe |
Released: | |
Genre: | Electronic, Rock, Pop |
Style: | Pop Rock, Synth-pop |
Tracklist
| A1 | The King Of Rock 'N' Roll | 4:25 | |
| A2 | When Love Breaks Down | 4:09 | |
| A3 | The Sound Of Crying | 4:44 | |
| A4 | Faron Young | 3:47 | |
| B1 | Carnival 2000 | 3:22 | |
| B2 | Goodbye Lucille #1 (Johnny Johnny) | 4:28 | |
| B3 | I Remember That | 4:15 | |
| B4 | Cruel | 4:19 | |
| C1 | Cars And Girls | 4:27 | |
| C2 | We Let The Stars Go | 3:35 | |
| C3 | Life Of Surprises | 4:05 | |
| C4 | Appetite | 3:57 | |
| D1 | If You Don't Love Me | 3:44 | |
| D2 | Wild Horses | 3:41 | |
| D3 | Hey Manhattan! | 4:46 | |
| D4 | All The World Loves Lovers | 3:51 |
Companies, etc.
- Distributed By – Sony Music Entertainment
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
- Copyright © – Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
- Lacquer Cut At – Alchemy Mastering
- Pressed By – MPO
Credits
- Design [Sleeve] – Andrew Biscomb, Peter Barrett (3)
- Engineer – Heff Moraes (tracks: A3, D1,D5)
- Lacquer Cut By – Bazza*
- Mastered By – Barry Stephen "Bazza" Grint*
- Photography By – The Douglas Brothers
- Producer – Andy Richards (tracks: D3), David Brewis (2) (tracks: A1), Jon Kelly (tracks: C1), Paddy McAloon (tracks: C1), Phil Thornalley (tracks: A2), Prefab Sprout (tracks: C1,C3), Stephen Lipson (tracks: A3, D1), Thomas Dolby (tracks: A1, A4 to B3,C2,C4,D2,D4)
- Remastered By – Calum Malcolm
- Sleeve Notes – Paddy McAloon
- Written-By – Paddy McAloon
Notes
Gatefold sleeve. Made in the EU.
Runouts: etched except for stamped [MPO Logo]® and 19 xxxxxx identifiers.
Runouts: etched except for stamped [MPO Logo]® and 19 xxxxxx identifiers.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 190759446515
- Rights Society: BIEM/GEMA
- Label Code: LC12723
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): 19075944651-A1 BAZZA ALCHEMY [MPO Logo]® 19 132898
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): 19075944651-B1 [MPO Logo]® 19 132743
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): 19075944651-C1 [MPO Logo]® 19 109445
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): 19075944651-D1 [MPO Logo]® 19 124100
Other Versions (5 of 36)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | The Best Of Prefab Sprout: A Life Of Surprises (CD, Compilation) | Epic | EK 52847 | US | 1992 | ||
Recently Edited | The Best Of Prefab Sprout: A Life Of Surprises (CD, Compilation) | Kitchenware Records, Columbia | 471886 2 | Europe | 1992 | ||
New Submission | The Best Of Prefab Sprout A Life Of Surprises (LP, Compilation) | Columbia | 471886 1 | Europe | 1992 | ||
Recently Edited | The Best Of Prefab Sprout: A Life Of Surprises (CD, Compilation) | Epic | ESCA 5576 | Japan | 1992 | ||
New Submission | The Best Of Prefab Sprout: A Life Of Surprises (CD, Compilation) | Kitchenware Records, Columbia | 471886 9 | Europe | 1992 |
Recommendations
Reviews
Edited 5 months agoThe sound on this compilation sounds superb - so ‘surprised’ how good it is every time I give it a spin!
They were a great band!
This absolutely smokes the original 1992 single LP that squeezed 8 songs onto each side.
There's a much bigger and more open sound now that there are only 4 songs per side.
Comes with crappy white paper sleeves though.
Fabuleuse compilations des plus beaux tubes du groupes, je possède un album original, est force est de constater que ce "Best of, offre est ce qui se fait de mieux musicalement, le pressage est incroyable, sans défaut et surtout bien supérieur à l'original, ce qui est assez rare pour être souligner. A posséder !
Edited 5 years agoSounds great and the artwork looks good, but I've got what sounds like some unpleasant non-fill on D2. Anyone else? I'll exchange it if there are good copies out there...
Edit: I'm onto my second copy (from a different retailer, so likely a different point in the production run) and it also suffers from obvious non-fill on D2, though I think slightly less than on my last copy. The pressing otherwise sounds fantastic.
Second edit: third copy still has some non-fill on D2 (and a little on D4), but is passable. Curious as to whether anyone's found a completely clean copy...?
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