Swoon (Prefab Sprout album)

Swoon

Studio album by Prefab Sprout

Released

March, 1984

Genre

Pop

Length

40:46

Label

Kitchenware

Producer

David Brewis & Prefab Sprout

Prefab Sprout chronology

Swoon
(1984)

Steve McQueen
(1985)

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Swoon is the first album by English pop band Prefab Sprout, released in March 1984. It has a markedly different, and less accessible, musical feel than their later works, featuring intricate guitar-based compositions that drew comparisons with Steely Dan and Aztec Camera.

Track listing

All tracks written by Paddy McAloon

"Don't Sing" – 3:53
"Cue Fanfare" – 4:06
"Green Isaac" – 3:31
"Here on the Eerie" – 4:00
"Cruel" – 4:20
"Couldn't Bear to Be Special" – 3:49
"I Never Play Basketball Now" – 3:40
"Ghost Town Blues" – 3:21
"Elegance" – 3:45
"Technique" – 4:38
"Green Isaac II" – 1:30

Prefab Sprout

Paddy McAloon Martin McAloon Michael Salmon Wendy Smith Feona Attwood Graham Lant Steve Dolder Neil Conti

Albums	Swoon Steve McQueen From Langley Park to Memphis Protest Songs Jordan: The Comeback Andromeda Heights The Gunman and Other Stories Let's Change the World with Music Crimson/Red

Compilation albums	A Life of Surprises: The Best of Prefab Sprout 38 Carat Collection

Singles	"Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone)" "The Devil Has All The Best Tunes" "Don't Sing" "Couldn't Bear to Be Special" "Faron Young" "When Love Breaks Down" "Johnny, Johnny" "Cars and Girls" "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" "Hey Manhattan" "Nightingales" "The Golden Calf" "Looking For Atlantis" "We Let The Stars Go" "Jordan - The EP" "The Sound of Crying" "If You Don't Love Me" "All The World Loves Lovers" "Life of Surprises" "I Remember That" "A Prisoner of The Past" "Electric Guitars" "Where The Heart Is" "Cowboy Dreams"