''38 Carat Collection'' (released as ''The Collection'' in the U.S.) is a compilation album by the English Pop music, pop Musical ensemble, band Prefab Sprout, released in October 1999 by Columbia Records. It was issued in a double CD version. Each disc is arranged in chronological order, with most of the group's singles appearing on disc 1 ("The Devil Has All the Best Tunes" is omitted, and "All The World Loves Lovers" and "I Remember That" appear on the second CD) and tracks from their six previous studio albums on disc 2. "Where the Heart Is", the theme from the Where the Heart Is (UK TV series), TV series of same name, was issued as a single in May 2000.

Track listing

Disc 1

# "Lions in My Own Garden (Exit Someone)" (stand-alone single) # "Don't Sing" (from ''Swoon (Prefab Sprout album), Swoon'') # "Couldn't Bear to Be Special" (from ''Swoon'') # "When Love Breaks Down" (from ''Steve McQueen (album), Steve McQueen'') # "Faron Young" (from ''Steve McQueen'') # "Appetite" (from ''Steve McQueen'') # "Johnny Johnny" (from ''Steve McQueen'') # "Cars and Girls" (from ''From Langley Park to Memphis'') # "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" (from ''From Langley Park to Memphis'') # "Hey Manhattan!" (from ''From Langley Park to Memphis'') # "The Golden Calf" (from ''From Langley Park to Memphis'') # "Looking for Atlantis" (from ''Jordan: The Comeback'') # "We Let the Stars Go" (from ''Jordan: The Comeback'') # "Carnival 2000" (from ''Jordan: The Comeback'') # "The Sound of Crying" (from ''A Life of Surprises: The Best of Prefab Sprout'') # "If You Don't Love Me" (from ''A Life of Surprises: The Best of Prefab Sprout'') # "Life of Surprises" (from ''Protest Songs (album), Protest Songs'') # "A Prisoner of the Past" (from ''Andromeda Heights'') # "Electric Guitars" (from ''Andromeda Heights'')

Disc 2

# "Cue Fanfare" (from ''Swoon'') # "Cruel" (from ''Swoon'') # "Bonny" (from ''Steve McQueen'') # "Moving the River" (from ''Steve McQueen'') # "Desire As" (from ''Steve McQueen'') # "Horsin' Around" (from ''Steve McQueen'') # "Pearly Gates" (from ''Protest Songs'') # "'Til the Cows Come Home" (from ''Protest Songs'') # "Enchanted" (from ''From Langley Park to Memphis'') # "I Remember That" (from ''From Langley Park to Memphis'') # "Nightingales" (from ''From Langley Park to Memphis'') # "Jordan: The Comeback" (from ''Jordan: The Comeback'') # "All the World Loves Lovers" (from ''Jordan: The Comeback'') # "Jesse James Bolero" (from ''Jordan: The Comeback'') # "Doo Wop in Harlem" (from ''Jordan: The Comeback'') # "Life's a Miracle" (from ''Andromeda Heights'') # "Swans" (from ''Andromeda Heights'') # "Andromeda Heights" (from ''Andromeda Heights'') # "Where the Heart Is (British TV series), Where the Heart Is" (theme from the TV series of the same name)

References

Prefab Sprout albums Albums produced by Thomas Dolby Albums produced by Jon Kelly 1999 greatest hits albums Columbia Records compilation albums {{1990s-pop-album-stub