The Best of Prefab Sprout: A Life of Surprises

~ Release by Prefab Sprout (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

Label imprints:
Columbia (small Side & Back Cover)
Kitchenware Records (CD & Back Cover)

Booklet has manufacturing code: 01-471886-10
Back Cover has manufacturing code :02.471886-10

Price Code: CB 811

Matrix / Runout:
01-471886-10 13
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Pressing Run Information exists in Variation:
A2
A3
A4
A5
B1

There also exists a later Production Run with different Price Code: CB861
And different Matrix / Runout:
01-471886-10 21

Annotation last modified on 2019-09-02 10:25 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1The King of Rock ’n’ Roll
producer:
Thomas Dolby
mixer:
David Leonard (US producer and engineer)
keyboard:
Thomas Dolby
lead vocals:
Paddy McAloon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.)
recording of:
The King of Rock ’n’ Roll
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd.
44:25
2When Love Breaks Down
producer:
Phil Thornalley
remixer:
Thomas Dolby
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1985)
music videos:
When Love Breaks Down by Prefab Sprout
recording of:
When Love Breaks Down
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd.
3.54:10
3The Sound of Crying
engineer:
Heff Moraes
recording of:
The Sound of Crying
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
34:44
4Faron Young
producer:
Thomas Dolby
mixer:
Thomas Dolby and Mike Shipley (audio engineer, mixer, producer)
recording of:
Faron Young
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
4.53:47
5Carnival 2000
recording engineer:
Paul Gomersall
assistant engineer:
Paul Cuddeford, Karen White, Derek McCartney, Adrian Moore (recording engineer), Chris Puram (audio engineer), Charlie Smith (production) and Mark Williams (Engineer)
producer:
Thomas Dolby
mixer:
Eric Calvi
horn:
The Phantom Horns
percussion:
Luís Jardim
performer:
Neil Conti, Martin McAloon, Paddy McAloon and Wendy Smith (British musician, formerly with Prefab Sprout)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS United Kingdom Ltd. (do not use as a release label! for copyrights use only) (in 1990)
recording of:
Carnival 2000
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Songs Ltd. (in 1990) and Kitchen Music Ltd. (in 1990)
3.53:23
6Goodbye Lucille #1 (Johnny Johnny)
producer:
Thomas Dolby
mixer:
Thomas Dolby and Mike Shipley (audio engineer, mixer, producer)
recording of:
Goodbye Lucille #1
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
4.54:28
7I Remember That
producer:
Thomas Dolby
mixer:
David Leonard (US producer and engineer)
keyboard:
Thomas Dolby
lead vocals:
Paddy McAloon
vocals:
The Andraé Crouch Singers
recording of:
I Remember That
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
34:16
8Cruel
engineer:
Jon Anderson Turner
producer:
David Brewis (songwriter, producer member of Field Music, NOT the Kane Gang member) and Prefab Sprout
bass guitar:
Martin McAloon
drums (drum set):
Graham Lant
guitar family and keyboard and lead vocals:
Paddy McAloon
background vocals:
Wendy Smith (British musician, formerly with Prefab Sprout)
recording of:
Cruel
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
44:20
9Cars and Girls
producer:
Jon Kelly (engineer at Air London Studios) and Paddy McAloon
mixer:
Richard Moakes
keyboard:
Gary Moberley, Prefab Sprout and Paul Wickens
percussion:
Luís Jardim
lead vocals:
Paddy McAloon
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited (not for release label use! post-2008 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment) (in 1988)
part of:
Cachitos Nochevieja 2022 (number: 53)
recording of:
Cars and Girls
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd.
44:27
10We Let the Stars Go
recording of:
We Let the Stars Go
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Songs Ltd. (in 1990) and Kitchen Music Ltd. (in 1990)
33:36
11Life of Surprises
recording engineer:
Richard Digby-Smith
producer:
Prefab Sprout
mixer:
Richard Digby-Smith and Lance Phillips
keyboard:
Gary Hughes (keyboardist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1988)
recording of:
Life of Surprises (in 1985)
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd., Kitchen Music Ltd. and SBK Songs Ltd.
44:05
12Appetite
producer:
Thomas Dolby
mixer:
Thomas Dolby and Mike Shipley (audio engineer, mixer, producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1985)
recording of:
Appetite
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd. and Kitchen Music (publisher)
4.53:57
13If You Don’t Love Me
engineer:
Heff Moraes
producer:
Stephen Lipson
strings arranger:
Wil Malone
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.)
recording of:
If You Don’t Love Me
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
publisher:
EMI Songs Ltd.
33:44
14Wild Horses
recording engineer:
Paul Gomersall
assistant engineer:
Paul Cuddeford, Karen White, Derek McCartney, Adrian Moore (recording engineer), Chris Puram (audio engineer), Charlie Smith (production) and Mark Williams (Engineer)
producer:
Thomas Dolby
mixer:
Eric Calvi
percussion:
Luís Jardim
spoken vocals [I want to have you]:
Jenny Agutter
performer:
Neil Conti, Martin McAloon, Paddy McAloon and Wendy Smith (British musician, formerly with Prefab Sprout)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS United Kingdom Ltd. (do not use as a release label! for copyrights use only) (in 1990)
recording of:
Wild Horses
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Songs Ltd. (in 1990) and Kitchen Music Ltd. (in 1990)
3.753:42
15Hey Manhattan!
recording engineer:
John Timperley
producer:
Paddy McAloon and Andy Richards (Strawbs keyboard player/record producer)
mixer:
Tony Philips
guest acoustic guitar:
Pete Townshend (of The Who)
keyboard:
Andy Richards (Strawbs keyboard player/record producer)
percussion:
Luís Jardim
strings:
Gavyn Wright (UK violinist, conductor)
lead vocals:
Paddy McAloon
conductor:
John Altman
strings arranger:
John Altman
recording of:
Hey Manhattan!
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
34:46
16All the World Loves Lovers
recording engineer:
Paul Gomersall
assistant engineer:
Paul Cuddeford, Karen White, Derek McCartney, Adrian Moore (recording engineer), Chris Puram (audio engineer), Charlie Smith (production) and Mark Williams (Engineer)
engineer:
Heff Moraes
additional producer and additional mixer:
Stephen Lipson
producer:
Thomas Dolby
mixer:
Eric Calvi
percussion:
Luís Jardim
performer:
Neil Conti, Martin McAloon, Paddy McAloon and Wendy Smith (British musician, formerly with Prefab Sprout)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS United Kingdom Ltd. (do not use as a release label! for copyrights use only) (in 1990)
recording of:
All the World Loves Lovers
lyricist and composer:
Paddy McAloon
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Songs Ltd. (in 1990) and Kitchen Music Ltd. (in 1990)
33:51