Swoon (studio album) by Prefab Sprout

Swoon by Prefab Sprout
Year: 1984
Overall rank: 2,812th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 106 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1984 (48th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (434th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,812th)
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Prefab Sprout Swoon (Vinyl) 12" Album (UK IMPORT)
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Promo - PREFAB SPROUT - SWOON - 1984 Epic 39872 LP Vinyl Record
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Prefab Sprout bestography

Swoon is ranked 4th best out of 12 albums by Prefab Sprout on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Prefab Sprout is Steve McQueen which is ranked number 514 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,486.

Prefab Sprout album bestography « Higher ranked (2,718th) This album (2,812th) Lower ranked (2,812th) »
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Swoon track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 106 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 24% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 73.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.

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90/100
From 07/23/2016 11:23
Absolutely brilliant and utterly unique - the lyrics may not make much sense but they are ingenious nonetheless!
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From 02/10/2016 04:44
Completely absurd and I could understand if you thought Paddy Mcaloon was one of the worst lyricists of all time...but I effing love it.
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From 10/08/2012 03:49
incredibly vivid
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