Album
Around The World In A Day
1985 · Rock, Funk / Soul
91 collectors on Gatefold own this
Around The World In A Day is a Soul & Funk album by Prince And The Revolution, originally released in 1985. On Gatefold: 206 pressings tracked, owned by 91 collectors.
About
After the smash success of 1984’s <i>Purple Rain</i>—both the movie and the soundtrack—Prince was more than just music royalty; baby, he was a <i>star</i>. And just two weeks after wrapping his Purple Rain Tour in the spring of 1985, His Royal Badness dropped his seventh studio album, <i>Around the World in a Day</i>, which he’d begun working on before <i>Purple Rain</i>’s release (to put that in context, Michael Jackson—Prince’s challenger to the King of Pop throne at the time—would take five years between <i>Thriller</i> and <i>Bad</i>). But <i>Around the World in a Day</i> was hardly a <i>Purple Rain</i> sequel. Instead, it boldly defied commercial convention and expectation—to the point that Prince refused to release a single or video from the album before its release. A psychedelic adventure that takes you on a journey through your own mind, <i>Around the World</i> makes its <i>Purple</i>-less purpose clear from the opening title track: “Open your heart, open your mind/A train is leaving all day/A wonderful trip through our time/And laughter is all you pay,” sings Prince, amid the Middle Eastern strains of darbuka, oud, and finger cymbal. Meanwhile, the Beatles-esque dreaminess of “Paisley Park”—the name of Prince’s new label, and soon, his massive Minneapolis complex—was worlds away from the First Avenue club of <i>Purple Rain</i>. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Around The World In A Day3:25
- A2Paisley Park4:41
- A3Condition Of The Heart6:46
- A4Raspberry Beret3:31
- A5Tamborine2:46
Side B
- B1America3:40
- B2Pop Life3:42
- B3The Ladder5:26
- B4Temptation8:21
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Funk
- lush
- whimsical
- psychedelic
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Ann AtkinsonDOUBLE BASS STRINGS , BASS STRINGS , DOUBLE BASS
- Bobby Z.ELECTRONIC DRUMS
- Brad MarshTAMBOURINE
- BrownmarkBASS
- David ColemanBACKING VOCALS CELLO CELLO, OUD, CYMBAL , GOBLET DRUM
- Denyse BuffumSTRINGS , VIOLA VIOLA
- Dr. FinkORGAN, KEYBOARDS, SOLOIST SYNTHESIZER
- Eddie MSAXOPHONE
- Eddie MininfieldSAXOPHONE
- Jill JonesBACKING VOCALS
- Jonathan MelvoinBACKING VOCALS TAMBOURINE TAMBOURINE, BACKING VOCALS
- Laury WoodsSTRINGS , VIOLA VIOLA
- Lisa ColemanBACKING VOCALS COMPOSED BY , CONDUCTOR COMPOSED BY
- Marcy Dicterow VajSTRINGS , VIOLIN VIOLIN
- Novi NovogSTRINGS , VIOLIN VIOLIN VIOLIN , PERFORMER
- PrinceBACKING VOCALS VOCALS, 12-STRING ACOUSTIC GUITAR VOCALS, ELECTRIC GUITAR, BASS, DRUMS, PROGRAMMED BY , SYNTHESIZER , SYNTHESIZER
- Prince And The RevolutionARRANGED BY, COMPOSED BY, PERFORMER
- Sheila E.BACKING VOCALS, PERCUSSION, WRITTEN-BY DRUMS DRUMS , PERFORMER
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