Protest Songs (album)

Protest Songs
Studio album by Prefab Sprout
Released	June 1989
Recorded	September 1985
Studio	Lynx Studios, Newcastle upon Tyne
Genre	Pop
Length	41:53
Label	Kitchenware, CBS
Producer	Prefab Sprout
Prefab Sprout chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Protest Songs is the fourth studio album by English pop band Prefab Sprout. Recorded in 1985, it was released by Kitchenware Records and CBS in 1989. According to the liner notes of the album, "Protest Songs was originally to be released in December 1985 and chronologically belongs between Steve McQueen and From Langley Park to Memphis." It peaked at No. 18 on the UK Albums Chart.^[2]

Critical reception

AllMusic critic Jason Ankeny gave the album 4 stars out of 5, saying: "It's a wonderful record, but perhaps too close in sound and spirit to Steve McQueen for comfort".^[1] He added: "By no means a lost masterpiece, it's still an essential piece of the puzzle."^[1]

Track listing

All tracks written by Paddy McAloon.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The World Awake"	4:26
2.	"Life of Surprises"	4:08
3.	"Horsechimes"	4:24
4.	"Wicked Things"	3:11
5.	"Dublin"	3:42
6.	"Tiffanys"	3:50
7.	"Diana"	4:10
8.	"Talkin' Scarlet"	4:34
9.	"'Till the Cows Come Home"	4:12
10.	"Pearly Gates"	5:28

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Prefab Sprout – production
Richard Digby Smith – recording, mixing
Lance Phillips – mixing (on "Life of Surprises")
Michael H. Brauer – remixing (on "Dublin" and "Pearly Gates")
Lawrence J. Bogle – photography

Charts

Chart	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)^[2]	18

References

1 2 3 Ankeny, Jason. "Protest Songs - Prefab Sprout". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
1 2 "Prefab Sprout". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

External links

Protest Songs at Discogs (list of releases)
Protest Songs at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

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[allmusic-1] 1 2 3 Ankeny, Jason. "Protest Songs - Prefab Sprout". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

[officialcharts-2] 1 2 "Prefab Sprout". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

Prefab Sprout
Paddy McAloon Martin McAloon Michael Salmon Wendy Smith Feona Attwood Graham Lant Steve Dolder Neil Conti
Albums	Swoon Steve McQueen From Langley Park to Memphis Protest Songs Jordan: The Comeback Andromeda Heights The Gunman and Other Stories Let's Change the World with Music Crimson/Red
Compilation albums	A Life of Surprises: The Best of Prefab Sprout 38 Carat Collection
Singles	"Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone)" "The Devil Has All the Best Tunes" "Don't Sing" "Couldn't Bear to Be Special" "Faron Young" "When Love Breaks Down" "Johnny, Johnny" "Cars and Girls" "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" "Hey Manhattan!" "Nightingales" "The Golden Calf" "Looking for Atlantis" "We Let the Stars Go" "Jordan: The EP" "The Sound of Crying" "If You Don't Love Me" "All the World Loves Lovers" "Life of Surprises" "I Remember That" "A Prisoner of the Past" "Electric Guitars" "Where the Heart Is" "Cowboy Dreams"