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80
Playing every instrument and lavishly layering the sounds, he has produced a kind of truculent, Geordie Pet Sounds, while the lyrics are ablaze with mordant observations that rank with some of his youthful best.
80
It's a genius pop album by a genius pop singer-songwriter.
Can we acknowledge how utterly amazing the Sprouts are? A band from the 80s, releasing classics back then, releases this magnificent thing in the 10s? That's Paddy McAloon for you.
This has solidified its place as among the greatest pop records of the 2010s for me. Beautiful, honest, and completely content to be its own thing.
Enjoying every bit of song that leaves Prefab Sprout's Crimson/Red. The composition is superb and the song writing feels like that of a playwright. This is pop that doesn't lose its flavor as it flirts with baroque pop, chamber pop, and dream pop.
Nice production, great storytelling. Not always my cup of tea sonically but a good album overall
Favourites: Devil Came a Calling, Billy, The Dreamer, The Best Jewel Thief in the World
Least Favourites: Mysterious
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Track List
- The Best Jewel Thief in the World
- List of Impossible Things
- Adolescence
- Grief Built the Taj Mahal
- Devil Came a Calling
- Billy
- The Dreamer
- The Songs of Danny Galway
- The Old Magician
- Mysterious
Year End Lists
| #7 | / | Obscure Sound |
| #12 | / | MOJO |
| #12 | / | Uncut |
| #34 | / | Q Magazine |
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Added on: November 27, 2013