the first wtf/why? moment of his career, but at least it was a noble/honest/focused album

The Ladder is the low point, a blatant PR sequel

and he should have included She's Always in My Hair

[Edited 8/2/12 11:52am]

OldFriends4Sale said:

nice

I love every song on it but I think the first side far outshines the second half in terms of a cohesive sound. I wish the whole hippie, psychedelic thing had been carried across the whole record.

Has definitely grown on me lately. The first three tracks are magical and sound nothing like anything that came before, the classic hits Raspberry Beret and Pop Life. The Hieronmymous Bosch painting set to music (Peach and Black Podcast reference) called Temptation and the Ladder. Only Tambourine and America seem like average songs and even these are great in their own way. Cover is amazing for the period.

I have the 12 inch of America and a 7 inch of Pop life (Not a big fan of 21 minutes of America though).

My score 85/100 - Very good, a solid A album, but still the lowest ranked of the 5 golden albums (1999, Purple Rain, This, Parade, Sign)

SchlomoThaHomo said:

I wish it didn't have Temptation on it but minus that song, it's pretty fucking brilliant. I need to hear a full, fleshed out, Condition Of The Heart LIVE before I die.

Temptation just DRAGS. I'm not big on The Ladder either. But the rest of the album is stellar. Especially Condition of the Heart.

Temptation is a hell of song, it's pure Spinal Tap, and I love it for that

"You have 2 want her 4 the right reasons"

"I dooo !...!

"U Don't, Now DIE!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOarrrrgggg....."

"Let me go, let me go.
I'm sorry.
I'll be good.
This time I promise,
Love is more important than sex.
Now I understand.
I have 2 go now.
I don't know when I'll return.
Good-bye "

MAD genius

lololollololol

It did not take long for me to LOVE this album! It really takes me places. I love the sound and the way his guitar sounded here! I appreciate it a bit more than Purple Rain. I am always mindblown that the same guy who performed a song like Computer Blue did something as sweet as Condition Of The Heart. LOL

It's a wonderful piece of work that really displays the genius and skill of Prince. I think it will be appreciated a bit more for this album in the coming years! It NEVER fails at bringing the funk and rock!

He went somewhere BOLD here, and I think it was a smart and personal. He did what he wanted, and he did it well!

I love everything about it, 'Temptation' had me really laughing at the end...The ending is one of the most perfect endings ever in his catalog!! LOL

100/100!!!

JoeTyler said:

the first wtf/why? moment of his career, but at least it was a noble/honest/focused album

The Ladder is the low point, a blatant PR sequel

and he should have included She's Always in My Hair

[Edited 8/2/12 11:52am]

I love the soul of the Ladder, i 2 used to feel it was the ATWIAD's Purple Rain, but for some reason it reminds me of Free

This was an album that had even more potential, I mean the songs told stories of the artwork, It seems like there could be a song rel or not for each character on that album cover, even the kid flying across the scene with the balloon

and I still get lost in that inner painting

the fonts and the colors the paisley writing

the France mini concert

the carnivalesque secret concert in June/July

this album just should have been promoed but not from the big concert way like PR but special shows

I can picture videos for each song: I can see Tamborine with just Prince(finger cymbals) BrownMark(bass) Bobby Z(drums) Brad Marsh(tamborine) all in black dark makeup and touches of black n white cartoon like images of Vanity all sexy or some other woman

Tamborine is the Tick Tick Band of Around the World in a Day. He always has to have a masturbatory song

Adorecream said:

Has definitely grown on me lately. The first three tracks are magical and sound nothing like anything that came before, the classic hits Raspberry Beret and Pop Life. The Hieronmymous Bosch painting set to music (Peach and Black Podcast reference) called Temptation and the Ladder. Only Tambourine and America seem like average songs and even these are great in their own way. Cover is amazing for the period.

I have the 12 inch of America and a 7 inch of Pop life (Not a big fan of 21 minutes of America though).

My score 85/100 - Very good, a solid A album, but still the lowest ranked of the 5 golden albums (1999, Purple Rain, This, Parade, Sign)

ohh Tambourine is very freaky, it doesn't take up a lot of space and it gives us that wild porno Prince but covered in sounds and colorful languange

If u have Tick Tick Bang(81) play those 2 songs back to back

America i love 4 the rock, not enough for me lol

I always wonder what other songs where possible inclusions outside of the B sides

I wonder if Roadhouse Garden would have fit on this album

What album is THIS??

JoeTyler said:

Temptation is a hell of song, it's pure Spinal Tap, and I love it for that

"You have 2 want her 4 the right reasons"

"I dooo !...!

"U Don't, Now DIE!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOarrrrgggg....."

"Let me go, let me go.
I'm sorry.
I'll be good.
This time I promise,
Love is more important than sex.
Now I understand.
I have 2 go now.
I don't know when I'll return.
Good-bye "

MAD genius

lololollololol

Co sign that!

But u could add the "Shikaa!!!" after the scream

OldFriends4Sale said:

This was an album that had even more potential, I mean the songs told stories of the artwork, It seems like there could be a song rel or not for each character on that album cover, even the kid flying across the scene with the balloon

and I still get lost in that inner painting

the fonts and the colors the paisley writing

The artwork definitely adds a lot to the album's mood! I like how the look carried over pretty consistently in the singles too. Prince was also bold/brave to not include his photo on any of the covers.

I have 2 admit, the first time I put this album on at a friends house, I was a bit dissapointed. We just came from the record store and my friend made some bad remarks when I put the needle on each song for a few seconds "what the f*** is that?? U like this music?"

So at first I only liked Paisley Park, Raspberry b, Pop Life and America..songs that sounded like the Prince I knew from 1999 and PR

But then the singles and 12" came...what a treat!!! Pop life extenden, Girl, She´s always... AND Hello extended!!!! Title song and Condition of the heart also became fav´s...

It was a risk 2 release this album after PR...everybody talked about it and even I didn´t understand it...looking back it was great he didn´t release PRII! (allthough I wonder what would have happened if he would have released Erotic City, 17 days, others and the singles from ATWIAD on a follow up )

I only just noticed that there's a nipple in the background of the album cover!! I must be really unobservant.

I even got the lyrics to Condition Of The Heart wrong in my head..here's what I thought he sang.. (doh!)

There was a girl in Paris

Whom he sent a letter 2

Hoping she would answer back

Now wasn't that a fool

Hardy notion for the part of

No lead musician

Acting on a whim is only good

4 a condition of the heart

There was a dame from London

Who insisted that he love her

Then left him 4 a real prince

Purple Rain, now isn't that

A shame that sometimes money

Buys U everything and nothing

Love, it only seems 2 buy a

Terminal condition of the heart

Thinking about U driving me crazy

My friends all say it's just a phase, but oh they're wrong..

Every day is the other day

I'm blinded by the daisies in your yard

There was a woman from the ghetto

Who made funny faces just like

Clara Bow, how was I 2 know

That she would wear the same

Cologne as U and U But U do?

Whenever I would act a fool, the fool

With a condition of the heart

Thinking about U driving me crazy

My friends all say it's just a phase, but they're wrong (yeah..)

Every single day is the other day

I'm blinded by the daisies in your yard

There was a girl (There was a girl in Paris)

whom he sent a letter to... (Whom he sent a letter 2)

(Hoping she would answer back)

She never answered back enough (wasn't that a foolhardy)

He's got a condition of the heart. (notion ...)

[Edited 8/3/12 5:37am]

^^ A Nipple!!!!! It's a silhouette of a woman's body lying down!!!!

The Ladder?

I love every track on ATWIAD, incl The Ladder.

Prince played The Ladder live in 2002 in Copenhagen, IIRC.

a wonderful moment, I was there in Falconer salen.

I love The Ladder deeply.

(Also a very excellent live take in "A Musical Portrait", the Prince-documentary from 1989)

lovesexy06 said:

^^ A Nipple!!!!! It's a silhouette of a woman's body lying down!!!!

^

Yes.... are you a newbie or what.....?

- we recognized that body on the cover in april, 1985....

Adorecream said:

JoeTyler said:

Temptation is a hell of song, it's pure Spinal Tap, and I love it for that

"You have 2 want her 4 the right reasons"

"I dooo !...!

"U Don't, Now DIE!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOarrrrgggg....."

"Let me go, let me go.
I'm sorry.
I'll be good.
This time I promise,
Love is more important than sex.
Now I understand.
I have 2 go now.
I don't know when I'll return.
Good-bye "

MAD genius

lololollololol

Co sign that!

But u could add the "Shikaa!!!" after the scream

I heard the rehearsal of Tempation @ (Rehearsal at Théatre de Verdure, Nice, France ‘85)

I LIVE, is hot Yes it is

JoeTyler said:

The Ladder is the low point, a blatant PR sequel

plus it just plain sucks.

errant said:

JoeTyler said:

The Ladder is the low point, a blatant PR sequel

plus it just plain sucks.

^

I wonder what you mean, "it sucks"

are you talking about the lyrics cuz it sure can't be the fantastic music..

The Ladder is a GREAT song just like the rest of the album..

Go watch the tv documantary "A Musical Portrait", just before the end credits Prince is playing that very mooving live version of The Ladder - on piano alone.

If you don't like that version of the song, I am afraid something is wrong with you, it so very beautiful...

I'd give my right testicle to hear the rest of that performance...when the horns kick in it fades away, and that's just when it was getting awesome!!

Somewhere, there's a tin sitting with all of that footage. For the love of everything holy, someone please steal it.

OldFriends4Sale said:

thedance said:

errant said:

plus it just plain sucks.

^

I wonder what you mean, "it sucks"

are you talking about the lyrics cuz it sure can't be the fantastic music..

The Ladder is a GREAT song just like the rest of the album..

Go watch the tv documantary "A Musical Portrait", just before the end credits Prince is playing that very mooving live version of The Ladder - on piano alone.

If you don't like that version of the song, I am afraid something is wrong with you, it so very beautiful...

It's not just the lyrics or the music. It's both. The lyrics tell a dumb story, even though I like their intention. The music is just a less interesting re-tread of Purple Rain that plods along boringly doing the same thing from beginning to end with no drama or tension, nothing to change it up and make you notice it.

the whole song just lays there and tempts you to turn off the album. it's a big bore.

OldFriends4Sale said:

Around the World in A Day
Cello Oud Fingercymbals & Darbuka perf. by David Coleman Tamborine by Jonathan Melvoin, background vocals by David C Susannah-Jonathan Melvoin & the Revolution.

Recorded at Paisley Park by Susan Rogers & David Leonard

their is an unreleased version with a bass line

The track was first written and recorded by David Coleman (Lisa Coleman's brother) in June, 1984, when given two days of studio time as a birthday gift from Prince. When Prince heard the resulting track, he loved it and wanted to include it on his next album. He re-recorded the track and made some musical and lyrical changes. Basic tracks for Prince's version were recorded on 16 September, 1984 at Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA.

Around The World In A Day

Open your heart, open your mind
A train is leaving all day
A wonderful trip through our time
And laughter is all U pay

Around the world in a day, oh!
Around the world in a day

Now dig...
Loneliness already knows U
There ain't no reason 2 stay
Come here, take my hand, I'll show U
I think I know a better way, y'all

Around the world in a day, ow!
(Listen 2 me now)
Around the world in a day
All the babies sing it now

Ooh la, la
Ooh la, la, la, la
No, sha, sha
No, no shouting every day (No shouting every day)
No shouting (No shouting)
No, no shouting
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

The little one will escort U
2 places within your mind
(The former is red, white, and blue)
Former is red, white, and blue!
(The latter is a purple climb)
The latter is a purple - come on and climb!

Around the world in a day, sugar (Oh, baby)
Around the world in a day
Come on, say it!
Around the world in a day
Say papa, I think I wanna dance!

(In summer she's sweeter)

Around the world in a day {repeat to fade}
Oh yeah!
All the little babies sing around the world
A government of love and music boundless in its unifying power {fade out}
A nation of art 2 production
Sharing ideas, a shower of flowers

© 1985 Controversy Music - ASCAP


David Coleman (Lisa Colemans brother)

Around the World in a Day 2:46 demo 5min 46 sec original demo
the original demo of the song it was recorded in the 1984 sessions.
[There is a version with a bass line too]
another demo circulated as:Around the World in a Day (eavesdropped in intimate moments)

the version with the bass line

Around The World In A Day

Open your heart, open your mind
A train is leaving all day
A wonderful trip through our time
And laughter is all U pay

Around the world in a day, oh!
Around the world in a day

Now dig...
Loneliness already knows U
There ain't no reason 2 stay
Come here, take my hand, I'll show U
I think I know a better way, y'all

Around the world in a day, ow!
(Listen 2 me now)
Around the world in a day
All the babies sing it now

No, sha, sha
No, no shouting every day
No shouting
No, no shouting
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha

The little one will escort U
2 places within your mind
(The former is red, white, and blue)
Former is red, white, and blue!
(The latter is a purple climb)
The latter is a purple - come on and climb!

Around the world in a day, sugar (Oh, baby)
Around the world in a day
Come on, say it!
Around the world in a day
Say papa, I think I wanna dance!

(In summer she’s sweeter)

Around the world in a day {repeat}
Oh yeah!
All the little babies sing around the world
A government of love and music boundless in its unifying power
A nation of art 2 production
Sharing ideas, a shower of flowers
All the little babies sing around the world
Sing it 4 your man, sing it 4 your girl
All the little babies sing around the world

[vocal ad libs]

Baby, baby, darling, why, why?
Where?
Lisa, Lisa?

b4 i go starting a debate thread, is it me or in the bassline version towards the end is backward messaging done in this version? it's around towards the end of the song (vocal ad libs)

thedance said:

lovesexy06 said:

^^ A Nipple!!!!! It's a silhouette of a woman's body lying down!!!!

^

Yes.... are you a newbie or what.....?

- we recognized that body on the cover in april, 1985....

Lol!! A newbie, Not likely, I was commenting on Scotman1999 post, I didn't click reply with post button which is why I put the two little upward pointing arrows in. I was a little shocked that he/she only mentioned a nipple, not the whole silhouette.