if i had any "extreme" comment about ATWIAD, i'd say that it spawned perhaps some of the best 12" singles of his career.

Anxiety said:

THAT is the truth.

ElCapitan said:

Yes, it is. B-sides included.

the b-sides and 12" versions from this album's releases:



my only regret about this album is that the longer cuts
of paisley park and rapsberry beret are not on it.

perhaps he could have snuck another song or two on there
as well, like SAIMH or Girl but i can see how they would
be hard to fit in there.

album is great. not overrated, not underrated.

IstenSzek said:

The long versions of She's Always In My Hair, Pop Life & Raspberry Beret all made it onto the second disc of Ultimate Prince which is still in stores.

the extended Raspberry Beret is so funky its sick. Love the intro

HonestMan13 said:

true! and i think a lot of his classic 12"/b-side material is getting easier to find on iTunes as well.

i kinda get what isten was saying though...it would have been nice to have had some of those longer jams worked into the actual album. i kinda like the relative brevity of the ATWIAD that we all know and love, but i can see how at least one monster up-tempo track on that album could have been really cool.

Come and share your thoughts on the album thread A CELEBRATION: AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY http://prince.org/msg/7/311901 including a track by track discussion.

In a nutshell my view is:

To many this was a disappointing follow up to Purple Rain. But I think he could have released Purple Rain again and some would have been disappointed. Personally I loved that he was pushing the boundaries of music, and making the music the focus. Sure it was a more laid back album, less frenetic and energised than its predecessor but I liked that aspect of it. Maybe some wanted Prince by the numbers, but invariably it's when he paints outside the lines that he creates something exciting and new.

Swa

your rationale for saying that ATWIAD is NOT overrated is because Parade only had Kiss and Anotherlover... (as "hits" I'm assuming you mean or even if you mean as "good singles") is a weakly constructed argument. each one is entitled to their own opinion of course and I LOVE Parade. however, i think its a way better realized version of a "concept album" whereas ATWIAD, DESPITE its classic songs and underrated gems, just doesn't do it for me, as an ALBUM. again Condition of the Heart and Temptation are overblown and The Ladder tries too hard and still doesn't have the impact of say The Cross or Still Would Stand All Time. So those 3 of 9 tracks, bogs the album down to me and the omission of Hair is a major error in judgment.

Swa said:

You brought up Jill Jones and I believe she was recording a second cd when everything at Paisley Park starting going south. I found 3 tracks by her and a video. "Boom, Boom"(song/video), "My Baby Knows How 2 Love Me" & "Flesh & Blood". With the exception of maybe Taja Sevelle Jill had the best voice of his female protegees and still does to this day.



I'm with you

The only reason ATWIAD wasn't bigger was because people were looking for more music along the lines of Purple Rain, I was too, it was high energy and so different

But I loved ATWIAD when it came out, to the this day it is still my favorite album: the B side production was off the chain(we really only got a high level of Bside/long version music for Purple Rain ATWIAD & Parade) SOTT's 2 bsides were good

I think WB knowing the output of music by the prince camp during the 1982-1986 years PR more specifically, should have given license for Prince to put out 2 albums: Around the World in a Day and possibly one with more high energy similar to PR:shoot they created something around 200 songs for the project

I think the public in general would have listened to ATWIAD more closely, if there was another Prince album to go with it that was high energy

Jill Jones should have had a PR period album as well as a Parade era album

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