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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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David Leonard, Recording Engineer - David Coleman, Composer, Lyricist, Cello, Percussion, Background Vocal - Susannah Melvoin, Background Vocal - Lisa Coleman, Producer, Background Vocal - Wendy Melvoin, Producer, Background Vocal - Prince, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Mixing Engineer, All Instruments, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer - SUSAN ROGERS, Recording Engineer - Mark Brown, Producer, Background Vocal - Peggy McCreary, Recording Engineer - Matt Fink, Producer, Background Vocal - JOHN L. NELSON, Composer, Lyricist - Jonathan Melvoin, Tambourine, Background Vocal - Bob Rivkin, Producer, Background Vocal - Matt Blistan, Producer, Background Vocal
(P) 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Legacy Recordings
David Leonard, Recording Engineer - Lisa Coleman, Producer - Wendy Melvoin, Producer - Prince, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Mixing Engineer, All Instruments, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer - SUSAN ROGERS, Recording Engineer - Mark Brown, Producer - Peggy McCreary, Recording Engineer - Novi Novog, Violin - Matt Fink, Producer - Bob Rivkin, Producer - Matt Blistan, Producer
(P) 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Legacy Recordings
Lisa Coleman, Producer - Wendy Melvoin, Producer - Prince, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Mixing Engineer, All Instruments, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer - Mark Brown, Producer - Peggy McCreary, Recording Engineer - Matt Fink, Producer - Bob Rivkin, Producer - Matt Blistan, Producer
(P) 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Legacy Recordings
Prince, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Legacy Recordings
David Leonard, Recording Engineer - Lisa Coleman, Producer - Wendy Melvoin, Producer - Prince, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Mixing Engineer, All Instruments, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer - SUSAN ROGERS, Recording Engineer - Mark Brown, Producer - Peggy McCreary, Recording Engineer - Matt Fink, Producer - Bob Rivkin, Producer - Matt Blistan, Producer
(P) 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Legacy Recordings
David Leonard, Recording Engineer - Lisa Coleman, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Wendy Melvoin, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Prince, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Mixing Engineer, All Instruments, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer - SUSAN ROGERS, Recording Engineer - Mark Brown, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Peggy McCreary, Recording Engineer - Matt Fink, Producer - Matthew Fink, Composer, Lyricist - Bob Rivkin, Composer, Lyricist, Producer - Matt Blistan, Producer - Brad Marsh, Tambourine
(P) 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Legacy Recordings
Prince, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Legacy Recordings
Susannah Melvoin, Background Vocal - Lisa Coleman, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Background Vocal - Wendy Melvoin, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Background Vocal - Prince, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Mixing Engineer, All Instruments, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer - Mark Brown, Producer - David Tickle, Recording Engineer - Matt Fink, Producer - Taj Bell, Background Vocal - JOHN L. NELSON, Composer, Lyricist - Eddie Mininfield, Saxophone - Bob Rivkin, Producer - Matt Blistan, Producer
(P) 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Legacy Recordings
David Leonard, Recording Engineer - Lisa Coleman, Producer - Wendy Melvoin, Producer - Prince, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Guitar, Mixing Engineer, All Instruments, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, Vocal - PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bernie Grundman, Mastering Engineer - Mark Brown, Producer - Matt Fink, Producer - Eddie Mininfield, Saxophone - Bob Rivkin, Producer - Matt Blistan, Producer
(P) 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Legacy Recordings
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
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:34
- Main artists: Prince Prince And The Revolution
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Legacy Recordings
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Funk
(P) 1985 NPG Records, Inc. under exclusive license to Legacy Recordings
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