05-10-2016, 13:04
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PRINCE & THE REVOLUTION "around the world in a day" cd, 1985
career stats:
studio albums...............39
singles........................104
this album....................#1 US...#12 AU...#16 CAN...#5 UK
singles:
"raspberry beret"..........#2 US...#13 AU...#8 CAN...#25 UK
"paisley park"...........................#38 AU.................#18 UK
"pop life".....................#7 US...#67 AU.................#60 UK
"America"..................#46 US
"the purple one's" seventh studio album....
a whole lot less radio friendly than his previous release "purple rain"...
infact, a lot less of everything after that one also...
its a lot more psychedelic in sound than his previous albums...
music is more serious for the most part, like he is trying to be too clever...
some good stuff on here but not enough for me to like it overall...
interesting to know that George Clinton loved the album, so who am I to say
whats good or bad...
the music press were divided on this one, some loved it, others hated it saying
the sometimes unusual sounds and cryptic lines were Prince trying to rip off "sgt peppers",
a fact Prince had always denied, then theres the cover art, that got criticised too in some quarters
with its so called 'hidden mesages', again, like "sgt peppers"...
either way, it sold around seven million copies worldwide, so I guess Prince couldn't care less what
the so called experts thought of it...
I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM
worst track: conditions of the heart
best track: raspberry beret
sorry, no links, His Purpleness' estate has obviously had them removed!
tracks:
1...around the world in a day *
2...paisley park *
3...conditions of the heart *
4...raspberry beret ***
5...tamborine **
6...America **
7...pop life *
8...the ladder **
9...temptation **
3s=1
2s=4
1s=4
rating: 1.6
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.