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Written by Paddy McAloon, also Cars and Girls, The King of Rock ’n’ Roll and When Love Breaks Down
Released on Kitchenware Records, also Cars and Girls, The King of Rock ’n’ Roll and Hey Manhattan!
Engineered by Jon Anderson Turner, also Don’t Sing, Couldn’t Bear to Be Special and Cue Fanfare
Part of Swoon, also Don’t Sing, Couldn’t Bear to Be Special and Cue Fanfare
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Prefab Sprout produced 21 songs on fono
David Brewis produced 11 songs on fono
David Brewis’s most frequent co-producer is Prefab Sprout (11 songs together)
Credits
All 10 credits
- Written by
- Paddy McAloon
- Produced by
- David Brewis and Prefab Sprout
- Performed by
- Graham Lant, Martin McAloon, Paddy McAloon and Wendy Smith
- Engineered by
- Jon Anderson Turner
- Part of
- Swoon
- Released on
- Kitchenware Records
- Written by
- Paddy McAloon
- Produced by
- David Brewis and Prefab Sprout
- Performed by
- Graham Lant, Martin McAloon, Paddy McAloon and Wendy Smith
- Engineered by
- Jon Anderson Turner
- Part of
- Swoon
- Released on
- Kitchenware Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Paddy McAloon
Same engineer: Jon Anderson Turner
Same writer: Paddy McAloon
Same engineer: Jon Anderson Turner
Same writer: Paddy McAloon
Same engineer: Jon Anderson Turner
Same label: Kitchenware Records
Elsewhere
Sources (11)
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1MusicBrainz Cruel was performed by Graham Lant
2MusicBrainz Cruel was performed by Martin McAloon
3MusicBrainz Cruel was performed by Paddy McAloon
4MusicBrainz Cruel was performed by Wendy Smith
5MusicBrainz Cruel was produced by David Brewis
6MusicBrainz Cruel was produced by Prefab Sprout
7MusicBrainz Cruel was written by Paddy McAloon
8MusicBrainz Cruel is part of the release Swoon
9MusicBrainz Kitchenware Records is the label of the song Cruel
Kitchenware Records is the label of the song Cruel
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz Cruel was engineered by Jon Anderson Turner
Cruel was engineered by Jon Anderson Turner
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz Cruel was released on 1984-03