Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1985–2003

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Shaker
  3:20
• 2
  Sugarcube
  3:22
  4.6 ★
• 3
  Barnaby, Hardly Working
  4:36
• 4
  Little Eyes
  4:22
• 5
  Stockholm Syndrome
  2:53
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Our Way to Fall
  4:20
  4.0 ★
• 7
  From a Motel 6
  4:11
  4.5 ★
• 8
  Swing for Life
  5:16
• 9
  Tom Courtenay
  3:32
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Lewis
  2:29
• 11
  I Heard You Looking
  7:02
  4.5 ★
• 12
  You Can Have It All
  4:37
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Did I Tell You
  3:28
  3.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  The River of Water
  2:31
• 2
  Autumn Sweater
  5:19
  3.8 ★
• 3
  Big Day Coming
  4:14
  3.5 ★
• 4
  Pablo and Andrea
  4:17
• 5
  Drug Test
  4:08
• 6
  Season of the Shark
  4:29
• 7
  Upside‐Down
  2:41
• 8
  The Summer
  2:39
• 9
  Tears Are in Your Eyes
  4:35
  3.4 ★
• 10
  Blue Line Swinger
  9:30
• 11
  The Story of Jazz
  3:35
• 12
  Nuclear War (version 1)
  7:35
  5.0 ★
• 13
  By the Time It Gets Dark
  3:02
  3.0 ★
• CD 3: A Smattering of Outtakes and Rarities 1986–2002
• 1
  Stay Away From Heaven
  4:31
• 2
  Pencil Test
  3:39
• 3
  Almost True
  3:05
• 4
  Tom Courtenay (acoustic)
  3:12
• 5
  Big Day Coming (demo)
  3:42
• 6
  Dreaming
  3:36
• 7
  Bad Politics
  2:58
• 8
  Blue‐Green Arrow
  5:41
• 9
  Decora (acoustic)
  3:05
• 10
  Out the Window (original version)
  4:16
• 11
  Weather Shy
  4:53
• 12
  Dreams
  4:46
• 13
  Autumn Sweater (remixed by Kevin Shields)
  8:41
• 14
  Ashes on the Ground
  5:14
• 15
  Mr. Ameche Plays the Stranger
  9:18
• 16
  Magnet
  4:09
  2.0 ★

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Release credits

• Al Greller
  double bass [13]
• Byron Coley
  liner notes
• Carl Plaster
  assistant [7]
• Chris Nelson
  trombone [1]
• Chris Stamey
  guitar [10]
• Dave Rick
  bass guitar [1], guitar [12]
• Dave Schramm
  guitar [1.13, 2.1, 2.8]
• David Henry
  cello [1.12, 3.3]
• Gary Olson
  trumpet [3]
• Gene Holder
  bass [10], bass guitar [1.3, 1.8, 2.5, 2.8], producer [3.10, 2.7]
• Georgia Hubley
  vocal [6]
• Greg Calbi
  mastering
• Ira Kaplan
  lead vocals [2]
• James McNew
  lead vocals [5]
• Joe Puleo
  liner notes
• John Siket
  mix [7]
• Kevin Shields
  remixer [13]
• Lou Giordano
  recording [7]
• Mark Guenther
  recording [4]
• Mike Tchang
  saxophone [1]
• Paul Niehaus
  pedal steel guitar [16]
• Roger Moutenot
  bongos [2], producer [1.2, 1.4-5, 2.2, 2.6, 3.2-3, 3.15-16]
• Stephan Wichnewski
  bass guitar [2.11, 1.10]
• Steve Michener
  bass [12]
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Issues

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  Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1985–2003

  3x Digital Media
  21 March 2005
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  Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1985–2003

  3x CD (3‐discs UK release)
  21 March 2005
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  Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1985–2003

  3x CD
  22 March 2005
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  Prisoners of Love: A Smattering of Scintillating Senescent Songs 1985–2003

  2x CD
  25 March 2005
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  Prisoners of Love

  CD
  2005