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Around the World in a Day

Prince & The Revolution

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Purple Rain made Prince sound like he could do anything, but it still didn't prepare even his most fervent fans for the insular psychedelia of Around the World in a Day. Prince had made his interior world sound fascinating and utopian on Purple Rain, but Around the World in a Day is filled with cryptic religious imagery, bizarre mysticism, and confounding metaphors which were drenched in heavily processed guitars, shimmering keyboards, grandiose strings, and layers of vocals. As an album, the record is a bit impenetrable, requiring great demands of the listener, but individual songs do shine through: "Raspberry Beret" is a brilliant piece of neo-psychedelia with an indelible chorus, "Pop Life" is a snide swipe at stardom that emphasizes Prince's outsider status, "Condition of the Heart" is a fine ballad, "America" is a good funk jam, "Paisley Park" is heavy and slightly frightening guitar psychedelia, while the title track is a sunny, kaleidoscopic pastiche of Magical Mystery Tour. The problem is, only a handful of the songs have much substance outside of their detailed production and intoxicating performances, and the album has a creepy sense of paranoia that is eventually its undoing.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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1
Around the World in a Day (LP Version)
00:03:28

David Leonard, Engineer - David Coleman, Cello, Cymbals, Drums, Backing Vocals, Writer - Susannah Melvoin, Backing Vocals - Lisa Coleman, Producer, Backing Vocals - Wendy Melvoin, Producer, Backing Vocals - Prince, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - SUSAN ROGERS, Engineer - Mark Brown, Producer, Backing Vocals - Peggy McCreary, Engineer - Matt Fink, Producer, Backing Vocals - JOHN L. NELSON, Writer - Jonathan Melvoin, Tambourine, Backing Vocals - Bob Rivkin, Producer, Backing Vocals - Matt Blistan, Producer, Backing Vocals

© 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.

2
Paisley Park (LP Version)
00:04:44

David Leonard, Engineer - Prince & The Revolution, MainArtist - Lisa Coleman, Producer - Wendy Melvoin, Producer - Prince, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MixingEngineer - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - SUSAN ROGERS, Engineer - Mark Brown, Producer - Peggy McCreary, Engineer - Novi Novog, Violin - Matt Fink, Producer - Bob Rivkin, Producer - Matt Blistan, Producer

© 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.

3
Condition of the Heart (LP Version)
00:06:48

Lisa Coleman, Producer - Wendy Melvoin, Producer - Prince, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mark Brown, Producer - Peggy McCreary, Engineer - Matt Fink, Producer - Bob Rivkin, Producer - Matt Blistan, Producer

© 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.

4
Raspberry Beret (LP Version)
00:03:35

Prince & The Revolution, MainArtist - Prince, Writer - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION, Producer

© 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.

5
Tamborine (LP Version)
00:02:48

David Leonard, Engineer - Lisa Coleman, Producer - Wendy Melvoin, Producer - Prince, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - SUSAN ROGERS, Engineer - Mark Brown, Producer - Peggy McCreary, Engineer - Matt Fink, Producer - Bob Rivkin, Producer - Matt Blistan, Producer

© 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.

6
America (LP Version)
00:03:42

David Leonard, Engineer - Lisa Coleman, Producer, Writer - Wendy Melvoin, Producer, Writer - Prince, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - SUSAN ROGERS, Engineer - Mark Brown, Producer, Writer - Peggy McCreary, Engineer - Matt Fink, Producer - Robert Rivkin, Writer - Bob Rivkin, Producer - Matt Blistan, Producer - Brad Marsh, Tambourine

© 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.

7
Pop Life (LP Version)
00:03:45

Prince & The Revolution, MainArtist - Prince, Writer - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION, Producer

© 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.

8
The Ladder (LP Version)
00:05:29

Susannah Melvoin, Backing Vocals - Lisa Coleman, Producer, Backing Vocals, Writer - Wendy Melvoin, Producer, Backing Vocals, Writer - Prince, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mark Brown, Producer - David Tickle, Engineer - Matt Fink, Producer - Taj Bell, Backing Vocals - JOHN L. NELSON, Writer - Eddie Mininfield, Saxophone - Bob Rivkin, Producer - Matt Blistan, Producer

© 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.

9
Temptation (LP Version)
00:08:18

David Leonard, Engineer - Lisa Coleman, Producer - Wendy Melvoin, Producer - Prince, Producer, Guitar, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist, MixingEngineer - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Mark Brown, Producer - Matt Fink, Producer - Eddie Mininfield, Saxophone - Bob Rivkin, Producer - Matt Blistan, Producer

© 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.

Album review

Purple Rain made Prince sound like he could do anything, but it still didn't prepare even his most fervent fans for the insular psychedelia of Around the World in a Day. Prince had made his interior world sound fascinating and utopian on Purple Rain, but Around the World in a Day is filled with cryptic religious imagery, bizarre mysticism, and confounding metaphors which were drenched in heavily processed guitars, shimmering keyboards, grandiose strings, and layers of vocals. As an album, the record is a bit impenetrable, requiring great demands of the listener, but individual songs do shine through: "Raspberry Beret" is a brilliant piece of neo-psychedelia with an indelible chorus, "Pop Life" is a snide swipe at stardom that emphasizes Prince's outsider status, "Condition of the Heart" is a fine ballad, "America" is a good funk jam, "Paisley Park" is heavy and slightly frightening guitar psychedelia, while the title track is a sunny, kaleidoscopic pastiche of Magical Mystery Tour. The problem is, only a handful of the songs have much substance outside of their detailed production and intoxicating performances, and the album has a creepy sense of paranoia that is eventually its undoing.

© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo

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