Prefab Sprout - The Best Of Prefab Sprout: A Life Of Surprises
- Author: Prefab Sprout
- Album: The Best Of Prefab Sprout: A Life Of Surprises
- Size: 1780 mb
- Genre: Electronic, Rock, Pop
- Format: flac, wma, mp3 archive
- Label:
Epic – ESCA 5576
Type: CD, Compilation
Country: Japan
Date of released: 1992
Category: Electronic, Rock, Pop
Style: Pop Rock, Synth-pop

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- 2780 downloads at 28 mb/s
MP3 version
- 2914 downloads at 32 mb/s
FLAC version
Tracklist Hide Credits
| 1 | The King Of Rock 'N' Roll | 4:25 |
| 2 | When Love Breaks DownRemix – Thomas Dolby |
4:10 |
| 3 | The Sound Of CryingInstruments [All] – Prefab Sprout, Stephen LipsonKeyboards – Richard Cottle |
4:44 |
| 4 | Faron Young | 3:47 |
| 5 | Carnival 2000 | 3:23 |
| 6 | Goodbye Lucille #1 (Johnny Johnny) | 4:28 |
| 7 | I Remember That | 4:16 |
| 8 | Cruel | 4:19 |
| 9 | Cars And Girls | 4:27 |
| 10 | We Let The Stars Go | 3:36 |
| 11 | Life Of Surprises | 4:05 |
| 12 | Appetite | 3:57 |
| 13 | If You Don't Love MeArranged By [Strings] – Wil MaloneGuitar – Paul HarveyInstruments [All] – Prefab Sprout, Stephen LipsonLeader [Strings Led Buy] – Gavin Wright*Organ – Pete Vitesse* |
3:44 |
| 14 | Wild Horses | 3:42 |
| 15 | Hey Manhattan! | 4:47 |
| 16 | All The World Loves LoversProducer [Additional Production], Mixed By [Additional Mix] – Stephen Lipson |
3:51 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
- Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
- Manufactured By – Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
- Record Company – Epic/Sony Records
Credits
- Design [Sleeve Designed By] – Andrew Biscomb, Peter Barrett
- Engineer – Heff Moraes (tracks: 3, 13, 16)
- Photography – Douglas Brothers, The
- Producer – Andy Richards (tracks: 15), David Brewis (tracks: 8), Jon Kelly (tracks: 9), Paddy McAloon (tracks: 9), Phil Thornalley (tracks: 2), Prefab Sprout (tracks: 8, 11), Stephen Lipson (tracks: 3, 13), Thomas Dolby (tracks: 1, 4 to 7, 10, 12, 14, 16)
- Written-By – Paddy McAloon
Notes
Title on cover: "The Best of Prefab Sprout A Life Of Surprises"Title on Spine: "A Life Of Surprises: The Best of Prefab Sprout"
Title on CD: "A Life Of Surprises: The Best of Prefab Sprout"
© 1992 Sony Music Entertainment (U.K.) Ltd.
℗ 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992 Sony Music Entertainment (U.K.) Ltd.
Japanese release with OBI and 24-page color booklet containing lyrics in English/Japanese and album discography (see scans)
Track-times taken from CD
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 4 988010 557621
- Matrix / Runout: DP-5239 1
- Other (Rights Societies): JASRAC
Other versions
| Category | Artist | Title (Format) | Label | Category | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 471886 2 | Prefab Sprout | The Best Of Prefab Sprout: A Life Of Surprises (CD, Comp) | Kitchenware Records, Columbia | 471886 2 | UK & Europe | 1992 |
| 471886 2 | Prefab Sprout | The Best Of Prefab Sprout : A Life Of Surprises (CD, Comp) | Kitchenware Records, Columbia | 471886 2 | UK | 1992 |
| 471886 1 | Prefab Sprout | The Best Of Prefab Sprout: A Life Of Surprises (LP, Comp) | Columbia | 471886 1 | Greece | 1992 |
| COL 471886 1 | Prefab Sprout | The Best Of Prefab Sprout: A Life Of Surprises (LP, Comp) | CBS/Sony | COL 471886 1 | Spain | 1992 |
| 471886 2 | Prefab Sprout | The Best Of Prefab Sprout: A Life Of Surprises (CD, Comp) | Kitchenware Records, Columbia | 471886 2 | Australia | 1992 |
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