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Thread started 02/26/05 9:17pm

chrisslope9

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Could ATWIAD and PARADE have been combined to make one killer album???

I have always thought that ATWIAD was released too soon after Purple Rain and that Parade was released too soon after ATWIAD. However, if you comibined the two you could create one monster of a record.

MY TRACK LISTING:
LIFE CAN BE SO NICE
POP LIFE
KISS
GIRLS AND BOYS
RASPBERRY BERET
UNDER THE CHERRY MOON
TAMBORINE
AMERICA
SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL
VENUS DE MILO

curious to see others!
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Reply #1 posted 02/26/05 9:19pm

CherrieMoonKis
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chrisslope9 said:

I have always thought that ATWIAD was released too soon after Purple Rain and that Parade was released too soon after ATWIAD. However, if you comibined the two you could create one monster of a record.

MY TRACK LISTING:
LIFE CAN BE SO NICE
POP LIFE
KISS
GIRLS AND BOYS
RASPBERRY BERET
UNDER THE CHERRY MOON
TAMBORINE
AMERICA
SOMETIMES IT SNOWS IN APRIL
VENUS DE MILO

Although its a good tracklisting...PARADE nuts is absolutely amazing enough for me the way it is! mr.green
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Reply #2 posted 02/26/05 10:54pm

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Despite the fact that they were released so closely, I think that each album definitely retains its own identity too well to combine them. Both albums are wildly diverse, both have a psychadelic vibe, and both found Prince experimenting with new sounds. I think the similarities end there, though. ATWIAD, even with the title cut and Raspberry Beret is a dark sounding album. The album seems world-weary and despairing.

Parade, on the other hand is a fairly light hearted affair; sure you have "Sometimes it Snows in April" closing out the album, but the rest of it captures that Paris-in-spring vibe so well. The entire album has a joy de vivre about it that ATWIAD just doesn't.

I think a more convincing argument could be made about a Lovesexy/Black Album double disc; despite being polar opposites thematically, the album could've been a CD/LP version of the Lovesexy tour. Light and dark; good and evil.
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Reply #3 posted 02/27/05 5:46am

CrystalTits

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No way. "Parade" is a masterpiece on it's own and ATWIAD is a good
album in it's own right as well.

Although, I do sometimes feel that Around the world in a Day could
have been a much stronger album, had Prince chosen to include the
b-sides "Girl" and "She's Always In My Hair".

Possibly the original "4 the tears in Ur Eyes" as well. nod
where the sun dont ever shine i will shiver the whole night through smile
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Reply #4 posted 02/27/05 5:50am

CrystalTits

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where the sun dont ever shine i will shiver the whole night through smile
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Reply #5 posted 02/27/05 5:57am

CrystalTits

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My own dream version of "Around The World In A Day"

01. Around the world in a Day
02. Paisley Park - extended version
03. 4 The Tears In Ur Eyes
04. Condition of The Heart
05. Raspberry Beret - extended version
06. Tamborine
07. Girl - extended version
08. America
09. Pop Life
10. She's Always In My Hair - extended
11. The Ladder
12. Temptation


all remastered, naturally

drool
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Reply #6 posted 02/27/05 6:29am

endorphin74

Axchi696 said:

Despite the fact that they were released so closely, I think that each album definitely retains its own identity too well to combine them. Both albums are wildly diverse, both have a psychadelic vibe, and both found Prince experimenting with new sounds. I think the similarities end there, though. ATWIAD, even with the title cut and Raspberry Beret is a dark sounding album. The album seems world-weary and despairing.

Parade, on the other hand is a fairly light hearted affair; sure you have "Sometimes it Snows in April" closing out the album, but the rest of it captures that Paris-in-spring vibe so well. The entire album has a joy de vivre about it that ATWIAD just doesn't.


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co-sign to ALL of that.
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Reply #7 posted 02/27/05 7:36am

vainandy

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I was pissed with "Around The World In A Day" when it first came out but I eventually ended up liking all the tracks on the album. I can't say the same for "Parade". Combining the two would ruin "Around The World In A Day".
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Reply #8 posted 02/27/05 7:54am

Moonwalkbjrain

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u can'r combine them....their toooo different
i dig the idea of combining lovesexy & the black album. it could b like nellys Sweat/Suit or something
Yesterday is dead...tomorrow hasnt arrived yet....i have just ONE day...
...And i'm gonna be groovy in it!
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Reply #9 posted 02/27/05 8:06am

Averett

CrystalTits said:

My own dream version of "Around The World In A Day"

01. Around the world in a Day
02. Paisley Park - extended version
03. 4 The Tears In Ur Eyes
04. Condition of The Heart
05. Raspberry Beret - extended version
06. Tamborine
07. Girl - extended version
08. America
09. Pop Life
10. She's Always In My Hair - extended
11. The Ladder
12. Temptation


all remastered, naturally

drool


Love your list (I would buy it!) but no extended versions for "Pop Life" and "America"? Gotta at least have the ultra cool mix for "Pop Life" and yeah..... "Hello" would be cool too wink
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Reply #10 posted 02/27/05 8:09am

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Yea, combining ATWIAD and Parade would sound really awkward. Aside from them both being psychadelic, they have little in common.
The world is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.

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Reply #11 posted 02/27/05 8:10am

SexualSuicide

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I still think if Prince released "Dream Factory" it would've been his best album to date.
"The little 1 will escort u 2 the places within ur mind"
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Reply #12 posted 02/27/05 8:12am

Averett

SexualSuicide said:

I still think if Prince released "Dream Factory" it would've been his best album to date.


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Reply #13 posted 02/27/05 8:37am

CrystalTits

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Averett said:

CrystalTits said:

My own dream version of "Around The World In A Day"

01. Around the world in a Day
02. Paisley Park - extended version
03. 4 The Tears In Ur Eyes
04. Condition of The Heart
05. Raspberry Beret - extended version
06. Tamborine
07. Girl - extended version
08. America
09. Pop Life - extended
10. She's Always In My Hair - extended
11. Hello
12. The Ladder
13. Temptation


all remastered, naturally

drool


Love your list (I would buy it!) but no extended versions for "Pop Life" and "America"? Gotta at least have the ultra cool mix for "Pop Life" and yeah..... "Hello" would be cool too wink



Is that one better? smile I wouldn't include the extended "America"
because it is simply too long and would take the flow out of the cd

cool
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Reply #14 posted 02/27/05 9:04am

TruFunkSoldia

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I like them the way they are, but if I were 2 make an album 2 span 1985-1986, it would be....

1. Around The World In A Day
2. Christopher Tracy's Parade
3. New Position
4. Raspberry Beret
5. She's Always In My Hair
6. I Wonder U
7. Kiss
8. Pop Life
9. Under The Cherry Moon
10. Alexa De Paris
11. Girls And Boys
12. Life Can Be So Nice
13. Sometimes It Snows In April
14. Paisley Park
15. Alexa De Paris
16. America

Actually I think I'm going 2 make a CD out of that. lol
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Reply #15 posted 02/27/05 9:11am

CalhounSq

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OMG! omg As much as I was prepared to say "hell no!" to this ridiculous question, I kinda like your tracklist eek hmmm omfg


But I like them individually as they are - do NOT fuck w/ Parade fight

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