Cruel
~ Recording by Prefab Sprout
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.5 | Cruel | 4:18 | Prefab Sprout | Swoon | Prefab Sprout | Album |
| Kitchenware Records | KWLP1 |
| 1.5 | Cruel | 4:20 | Prefab Sprout | When Love Breaks Down | Prefab Sprout | Single |
| Kitchenware Records | SKK 19 |
| 1.5 | Cruel | 4:18 | Prefab Sprout | Swoon | Prefab Sprout | Album |
| Kitchenware Records | 460908 1 |
| 1.5 | Cruel | 4:25 | Prefab Sprout | Swoon | Prefab Sprout | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CDCBS 25859 |
| 1.5 | Cruel | 4:25 | Prefab Sprout | Swoon | Prefab Sprout | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 460908 2 |
| 1.4 | Cruel | 4:19 | Prefab Sprout | We Let The Stars Go | Prefab Sprout | Single |
| Kitchenware Records | SKCD 48 |
| 1.8 | Cruel | 4:20 | Prefab Sprout | The Best of Prefab Sprout: A Life of Surprises | Prefab Sprout | Album + Compilation | Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Kitchenware Records | 471886 2 | |
| 1.8 | Cruel | 4:20 | Prefab Sprout | The Best of Prefab Sprout: A Life of Surprises | Prefab Sprout | Album + Compilation |
| Kitchenware Records | 471886 2 |
| 1.8 | Cruel | 4:20 | Prefab Sprout | The Best of Prefab Sprout: A Life of Surprises | Prefab Sprout | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 52847 |
| 2.2 | Cruel | 4:20 | Prefab Sprout | 38 Carat Collection | Prefab Sprout | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Kitchenware Records | 496285 2, 4962852000 |
| 2.2 | Cruel | 4:20 | Prefab Sprout | The Collection | Prefab Sprout | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | |
| 2.2 | Cruel | 4:20 | Prefab Sprout | The Collection | Prefab Sprout | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | E2K 85325 |
| 2.11 | Cruel | 4:21 | Prefab Sprout | Kings of Rock & Roll: The Best of Prefab Sprout | Prefab Sprout | Album + Compilation |
| Music Club Deluxe | MCDLX056 |
| 1.5 | Cruel | 4:25 | Prefab Sprout | Swoon | Prefab Sprout | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EICP 1276 |
| 1.5 | Cruel | 4:25 | Prefab Sprout | Swoon | Prefab Sprout | Album |
| Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint) | SICP 30402 |
| 1.8 | Cruel | 4:20 | Prefab Sprout | The Best of Prefab Sprout: A Life of Surprises | Prefab Sprout | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music CG | |
| 1.5 | Cruel | 4:24 | Prefab Sprout | Swoon | Prefab Sprout | Album |
| Sony Music CG | |
| 1.5 | Cruel | 4:21 | Prefab Sprout | Swoon | Prefab Sprout | Album |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | EK 39872 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.4 | Cruel | 4:18 | Prefab Sprout | Machine Gun Ibiza | Prefab Sprout | EP |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | ESK 2276 |
Relationships
| engineer: | Jon Anderson Turner |
|---|---|
| producer: | David Brewis (songwriter, producer member of Field Music, NOT the Kane Gang member) Prefab Sprout |
| bass guitar: | Martin McAloon |
| drums (drum set): | Graham Lant |
| guitar family and keyboard and lead vocals: | Paddy McAloon |
| background vocals: | Wendy Smith (British musician, formerly with Prefab Sprout) |
| recording of: | Cruel |
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Related works
Cruel
| lyricist and composer: | Paddy McAloon |
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