Swoon (Prefab Sprout album)
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| Studio album by Prefab Sprout | ||||
| Released | March 1984 | |||
| Genre | Indie pop | |||
| Length | 40:46 | |||
| Label | Kitchenware | |||
| Producer | David Brewis, Prefab Sprout | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
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| Q | |
| Select | 4/5 |
Swoon is the debut studio 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.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic felt that Paddy McAloon had not yet achieved the distinctiveness that marked Prefab Sprout's subsequent works on Swoon, writing that "the problem is that he does too many things at once — the lyrics are overstuffed, and the music has too many chord changes and weird juxtapositions, as he tries to put white-funk beats to carefully crafted melodies" and as a result the album is "primarily of interest as a historical item, since it only suggests the promise the band later filled." A review for Q was more positive, calling the album "one of the decade's great debuts" thanks to McAloon's "ingenuity and lyrical flight."
All tracks written by Paddy McAloon.
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