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38 Carat Collection

Prefab Sprout

1999 · Rock, Pop

Rare pressing on Gatefold

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38 Carat Collection by Prefab Sprout

38 Carat Collection is an Alt/Indie album by Prefab Sprout, originally released in 1999. On Gatefold: 4 pressings tracked.

About

Prefab Sprout never connected with American audiences the way they did in with the U.K. pop market. Singer-songwriter Paddy McAloon turned out to be too subtle and quirky. Yet, he’s tendered a career as diverse and wild as any hard rocker with his deceptively sweet melodies and songs of love lost in the cosmos. This “Collection” was issued in the U.K. as <i>38 Carat Collection</i> and in the U.S. a few years later as <i>The Collection</i>. It features a strong overview of the band’s unusual career. The first single, “Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone),” makes its first album appearance, while the band’s other captivating singles, “Don’t Sing,” “When Love Breaks Down,” “Cars and Girls,” “The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” “Looking for Atlantis” and “Electric Guitars” exhibit a peerless string of shoulda-been hits for this college-radio cult favorite. The final 19 tracks are album cuts that explore the group’s quirky side with such idiosyncratic gems as “Moving the River,” “Doo-Wop In Harlem” and “Andromeda Heights.”

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Tracklist

  1. 1-01Lions In My Own Garden (Exit Someone)2:36
  2. 1-02Don't Sing3:52
  3. 1-03Couldn't Bear To Be Special3:49
  4. 1-04When Love Breaks Down4:06
  5. 1-05Faron Young3:48
  6. 1-06Appetite3:54
  7. 1-07Johnny Johnny3:55
  8. 1-08Cars And Girls4:26
  9. 1-09The King Of Rock 'N' Roll4:22
  10. 1-10Hey Manhattan!4:46
  11. 1-11The Golden Calf5:05
  12. 1-12Looking For Atlantis4:00
  13. 1-13We Let The Stars Go3:35
  14. 1-14Carnival 20003:23
  15. 1-15The Sound Of Crying4:43
  16. 1-16If You Don't Love Me3:42
  17. 1-17Life Of Surprises4:04
  18. 1-18A Prisoner Of The Past5:00
  19. 1-19Electric Guitars3:43
  20. 2-01Cue Fanfare4:06
  21. 2-02Cruel4:20
  22. 2-03Bonny3:44
  23. 2-04Moving The River3:58
  24. 2-05Desire As5:20
  25. 2-06Horsin' Around4:36
  26. 2-07Pearly Gates5:29
  27. 2-08'Til The Cows Come Home4:09
  28. 2-09Enchanted3:46
  29. 2-10I Remember That4:14
  30. 2-11Nightingales5:52
  31. 2-12Jordan: The Comeback4:10
  32. 2-13All The World Loves Lovers3:50
  33. 2-14Jesse James Bolero4:09
  34. 2-15Doo-Wop In Harlem3:43
  35. 2-16Life's A Miracle3:42
  36. 2-17Swans2:34
  37. 2-18Andromeda Heights4:04
  38. 2-19Where The Heart Is2:06

Sound DNA

  • Alt/Indie
  • Indie Rock
  • lush
  • bittersweet
  • romantic

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Released in the United States in 2001 as The Collection (US 2001) (opens in a new tab).
This version has the L and R channels swapped on both CDs.

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