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Prefab Sprout - If You Don't Love Me

Prefab Sprout - If You Don't Love Me

Musician: Prefab Sprout
Album title: If You Don't Love Me
Style: Dub, Synth-pop, Tech House
Released: 1992
Country: US
Size MP3 version: 1910 mb
Size APE version: 1106 mb
Size WMA version: 1773 mb
Rating ✫: 4.8
Votes: 451
Format: RA AHX AAC VOX VQF MMF WMA
Genre: Electronic

Prefab Sprout - If You Don't Love Me


Tracklist Hide Credits

1 If You Don't Love Me (7" Mix)
Remix – Stephen Lipson
3:45
2 If You Don't Love Me (Album Version) 3:40
3 If You Don't Love Me (Extended Mix)
Remix – Stephen Lipson
5:25
4 If You Don't Love Me (Future Sound Of London Meets Stephen Lipson Mix)
Remix – The Future Sound Of London
6:03

Credits

  • Producer – Stephen Lipson
  • Written-By – Paddy McAloon

Notes

Despite what's listed on the back insert and disc, this promotional CD features 4 versions of the song. The Extended Version was only ever commercially-released on the US Epic 12" — but it appears unacknowledged as Track 3 of this disc. Track 4, unlisted as well, is the "Future Sound Of London Meets Stephen Lipson Mix" which features the full Paddy McAloon vocal. Strangely, it's not commercially-released. The other released mixes by Future Sound Of London (Stateside Mix, Deep Field Mix, on both the "Life Of Surprises" CD single and US "If You Don't Love Me" 12") are both essentially instrumental.

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
SK 60, 6582527 Prefab Sprout If You Don't Love Me ‎(7", Single) Kitchenware Records, Columbia SK 60, 6582527 UK 1992
EAS 4904 Prefab Sprout If You Don't Love Me ‎(12", Promo) Epic EAS 4904 US 1992
SKCD 60 Prefab Sprout If You Don't Love Me ‎(CD, Single, CD1) Kitchenware Records, Columbia SKCD 60 UK 1992
XPR 1859 The Future Sound Of Prefab Sprout* If You Don't Love Me (Future Sound Of London Mixes) ‎(12", Promo) Columbia XPR 1859 UK 1992
SKCD 60, COL 658252 2 Prefab Sprout If You Don't Love Me ‎(CD, Maxi) Kitchenware Records, Columbia SKCD 60, COL 658252 2 Europe 1992



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Hugifyn
The FSOL remix has almost all the same samples as "Papua New Guinea". I don't know which came out first. Was this a test run or a quick cash-in job?Personally I'm a little tired of "Papua New Guinea" so this is the one I go for. "Papua New Guinea" has less elements and kinda hits you over the head. This version may not hit you as hard the first time you hear it but I think it has a little more staying power.
Whitescar
The original 12" for Papua New Guinea came out in 1991 . So I would venture a guess that this was a quick effort to make some cash post-PNG-production. Albeit fantastic finished products, they do lean heavily onto the sound/style of PNG ... which is really why these mixes are so beloved and held in such high regard.
Grarana
Strange release, this one. For one, both FSOL remixes are the same. Both mixes are the "Deep Field" mix, so I'm not sure what the "Stateside Swamp" mix is, and where the record company comes up with its 5:46 running time. It seems the UK promo states that it also holds both mixes, but they have the exact same running times. Additionally, the time of the Extended Mix is 5:30, not 6:00. At any rate, the only reason to pick this up is the outstanding FSOL remix. Pretty timeless stuff, even if they did further milk the bassline of Meat Beat Manifesto's "Radio Babylon"!
zzzachibis
One has a slightly different/additional bassline than the other. It's almost in the sub-bass realm, but if you listen closely to the 'Stateside Swamp Mix' it's most definitely there (FYI - It first appears in the track around the 1:00 mark).