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Prince And The Revolution - Around The World In A Day
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AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
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.
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Artist...............: Prince And The Revolution
Album................: Around The World In A Day
Genre................: Rock, Funk / Soul, Pop
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 1985
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.82
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: http://www.allmusic.com/album/around-the-world-in-a-day-mw0000191364
Ripped by............: Grad58 on 9/9/2016
Posted by............: Grad58 on 9/10/2016
Included.............: NFO
Covers...............: Front Back
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Tracklisting
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1. Prince And The Revolution - America [03:39]
2. Prince And The Revolution - Around The World In A Day [03:25]
3. Prince And The Revolution - Condition Of The Heart [06:45]
4. Prince And The Revolution - Paisley Park [04:39]
5. Prince And The Revolution - Pop Life [03:40]
6. Prince And The Revolution - Raspberry Beret [03:30]
7. Prince And The Revolution - Tamborine [02:45]
8. Prince And The Revolution - Temptation [08:15]
9. Prince And The Revolution - The Ladder [05:26]
Playing Time.........: 42:07
Total Size...........: 98.46 MB
NFO generated on.....: 9/10/2016 1:08:00 PM
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