Tamborine I listen to all the time, it's fun, it's wild nasty self pleasuring Prince, and it is short enough that it works. The ending of Temptation is what draws it out, even though I actually like the ending. It would have been cool to be on a B sides somehow, might have been darker in that way

Tamborine, I agree with u Oldfriends.... nice and nasty..


and wow, The Ladder is just wonderful.

How can some of you not love this, this is beyond me.. (sorry just different opinions then)...

The Ladder =

thedance said:

I've just discover the title track today and so far i ilke it, it's very cool; there is a Shakira's song called "Why Wait" sounds a little bit alike.

214 said:

I've just discover the title track today and so far i ilke it, it's very cool; there is a Shakira's song called "Why Wait" sounds a little bit alike.

I loved that song from the start, I love how it rides out, all the new instruments, the choir chorus

Papa I think I wanna dance

'Around the World in a Day -- Really Great Album (1 bad track) (No bad tracks)'

I love Pailey Park, beautiful song and i love the extended version just for the guitar intro is wondeful but it gets annoying because of those horrible sound of water and dolphins i think. Without them it will be much better.

OldFriends4Sale said:

214 said:

I've just discover the title track today and so far i ilke it, it's very cool; there is a Shakira's song called "Why Wait" sounds a little bit alike.

I loved that song from the start, I love how it rides out, all the new instruments, the choir chorus

Papa I think I wanna dance

It sounds like a very eastern kind of song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i1t--vA66A

214 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

I loved that song from the start, I love how it rides out, all the new instruments, the choir chorus

Papa I think I wanna dance

It sounds like a very eastern kind of song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i1t--vA66A

yes David Coleman was into a lot of Middle Eastern instruments
And I believe Wendy played some too.
That is also why the DF cut of Strange Relationships sound very Middle Eastern

OldFriends4Sale said:

214 said:

It sounds like a very eastern kind of song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i1t--vA66A

yes David Coleman was into a lot of Middle Eastern instruments
And I believe Wendy played some too.
That is also why the DF cut of Strange Relationships sound very Middle Eastern

I've never found that version in good quality. Do you know if there is a Paisley Park extended version without those sounds at the beginning.

You got to be nuts to diss "Temptation".

Without "Temptation", no Lovesexy. It's a crucial song to understand the Prince mystique,

and the talk with God is just perfect, because it's like a sequel, only this time,
it's more "Do worry, I will hurt you".

That fucking second part is perfect, Eddie's performance is brilliant, his dialog with the piano paved the way for the sophistication that followed the PR era.

Don't start me on the lead vocal performance, which is, if not his best, the Grand Slam of all Prince's voices, a showcase for his exceptional range and timbres. To whom who find it over the top, that's precisely the point.

This song is about the Stooges' "Dirt", Elvis' "Heartbreak Hotel", and The Beatles "I Want You" and "Helter Skelter". It's perverted electro-blues, it has a saxophone (first time on an official release, correct me if I'm wrong), and bears one of his best studio guitar solos ever. That fuzz tone, it's just ejaculating, pardon my french.

If you don't make a grin while listening to this, you're probably not very good in bed.

"Temptation" is a lot of fun to play on the guitar. I really like the riff.

214 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

yes David Coleman was into a lot of Middle Eastern instruments
And I believe Wendy played some too.
That is also why the DF cut of Strange Relationships sound very Middle Eastern

I've never found that version in good quality. Do you know if there is a Paisley Park extended version without those sounds at the beginning.

a version of Paisley Park?

OldFriends4Sale said:

214 said:

I've never found that version in good quality. Do you know if there is a Paisley Park extended version without those sounds at the beginning.

a version of Paisley Park?

Yes, without those awful dolphin sounds.

214 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

a version of Paisley Park?

Yes, without those awful dolphin sounds.

lol no, There is the live version from 1st Avenue 86 open rehearsal that is hot

and from some parade shows

214 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

a version of Paisley Park?

Yes, without those awful dolphin sounds.

What's to complain about? It's litteral "Animal Kingdom"

One thing about the extended version, underneath the zoo, you can hear how much heavy metal guitar grinding is going on in the choruses, covered by the GirlBros backing vocals and the string ensemble.

[Edited 4/20/16 1:36am]

bonatoc said:

214 said:

Yes, without those awful dolphin sounds.

What's to complain about? It's litteral "Animal Kingdom"

One thing about the extended version, underneath the zoo, you can hear how much heavy metal guitar grinding is going on in the choruses, covered by the GirlBros backing vocals and the string ensemble.

[Edited 4/20/16 1:36am]

Those guitars are great, specially the guitar intro, and the ending with what is a violin and that little coda. But those noises i can't stand.

Not a bad track by any means, but I'll agree that it sounds out of place on ATWIAD.

Se7en said:

Not a bad track by any means, but I'll agree that it sounds out of place on ATWIAD.

Which one?

Se7en said:

Not a bad track by any means, but I'll agree that it sounds out of place on ATWIAD.

Tamborine fits perfectly on ATWIAD, the poetics the organic sounds and the popping of those finger cymbals ... Tick Tick Bang!!

Se7en said:

Not a bad track by any means, but I'll agree that it sounds out of place on ATWIAD.

I disagree. Skipper was probably trying to find a way to leave the "Dirty Mind" image behind, and already thinking about a more romantic alter-ego (Christopher Tracy).

As Princevault states :

Additional work took place on 24 December 1984 (the day after recording The Ladder), in a mobile studio outside Prince's Kiowa Trail Home, Chanhassen, MN, USA immediately following his matinee show at Saint Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN, USA, as the final recording made for Around The World In A Day.

Given the enormous success of the PR Tour, it may also have been a way to lay on record the "Dialog with God" concept that ran through a typical PR Tour show: "C'm'on, gimme a break, I'm just tryin' to have fun with these people —" [Piano thunder].

"Love is more important than sex" may as well be the precursor to "Goodness will guide us if love is inside us".

ThePanther said:

(Yeah, I know what you're thinking -- 'Tamborine'! But no...)

.

So I love Around The World in a Day. Bought it 22 years ago, listened to it a bit back then, but in the past couple months I've returned to it and I really love it. Much gets made of how different it was from expectations after Purple Rain, and how different it sounded, etc., but I personally think all that's a bit overblown. The album still largely maintains the essential 'Prince sound' of the time, but it is fairly uncompromising (after three massive singles and 20-million seller the year before), and I do admire Prince for going with his whims and not making 'Purple Rain II'.

.

'Side 1' (yes I remember vinyl) is just about perfect. The title song was given instrumental flourishes to really make it sound unique, but it's just a really solid little track (I think it was the last one recorded, and it does sound like a track that would fit perfectly on Parade). 'Paisley Park' is sublime, and I can't get enough of it. For me, it's one of the 5 or 6 greatest Prince tracks, ever, and the highlight of the album. That melody is just killer, and the lyrics very uplifting. 'Condition of the Heart' is where Prince tries the patience of his new tween audience, but when you stick with it it's a really, really good song. Great vocal, too. 'Raspberry Beret' would have been a guaranteed #1 hit if he'd issued it before the album, but he stubbornly didn't want to. Obviously a classic. And 'Tamborine', if a bit throwaway and lyrically silly, is punchy and uptempo (which the records needs here) and, for me, quite enjoyable.

.

'Side 2' kicks off with the much edited-down 'America'. I've not heard the 12-inch longer cut, nor the really long original, unedited (does this exist in bootleg-dom?), but anyway even this short LP-track is jam packed with groove, rock, and cool musical motifs and moments. It's nice that The Revolution get credited for songwriting, as this obviously grew out of a rehearsal jam of some sort. Some people took issue with the second hit song, 'Pop Life', thinking Prince is looking down at the less successful than he, but I don't hear it that way. I think he's just calling out some of his ex-friends who, in the wake of his mass-success in 1983/84, were (in his view) selling him out and had gotten into drugs, etc. Anyway, killer track; I just love the chord changes that only Prince would write. (I love how it just ends abuptly, too.) 'The Ladder' is sort of a weird one, in that it sounds (musically) like a romantic slow-jam, but the lyric is straight from church. Prince's hymn for the mid-80s. Maybe it's a bit overblown, but I like it. But then the big mis-step to close things out: 'Temptation'. Here we're back to 1981 horndog lyrics -- rather jarring after 'The Ladder' -- but with the absurd God-Prince conversation at the end. I can't stand the R&B-style saxophone (by 'Eddie M.' -- who's that?), and the whole track just sounds terrible (to me). It doesn't help that it's nearly eight-and-a-half minutes long.

.

So, by my personal score, that gives Around the World in a Day 8 very worthy (mostly great) tracks, and 1 dud. The good thing is the dud comes at the very end, so you can just shut off the CD or playlist.

.

I love the sound of this album. Maybe I could have enjoyed a bit more Prince guitar, but of course he didn't want to repeat the previous record. And there are a lot of new sounds being thrown up here that we've never heard on a Prince album until now. (Wendy & Lisa were particularly big influences at this time, according to most sources.) The album sleeve is pretty cool, too.

.

Does everyone agree with me, completely, 100%??

.

But seriously, what do you think of this album?

[Edited 4/3/16 16:46pm]

AGREED!!!! And the "America" 12" should've been the VIDEO VERSION!!! Much Funkier!!!! Sidebar: I also have the "Paisley Park" 12" that was a foreign release ONLY!!!! WB was RIGHT not releasing it and replacing it w/"Raspberry Beret"!!!!

woogiebear said:

ThePanther said:

(Yeah, I know what you're thinking -- 'Tamborine'! But no...)

.

So I love Around The World in a Day. Bought it 22 years ago, listened to it a bit back then, but in the past couple months I've returned to it and I really love it. Much gets made of how different it was from expectations after Purple Rain, and how different it sounded, etc., but I personally think all that's a bit overblown. The album still largely maintains the essential 'Prince sound' of the time, but it is fairly uncompromising (after three massive singles and 20-million seller the year before), and I do admire Prince for going with his whims and not making 'Purple Rain II'.

.

'Side 1' (yes I remember vinyl) is just about perfect. The title song was given instrumental flourishes to really make it sound unique, but it's just a really solid little track (I think it was the last one recorded, and it does sound like a track that would fit perfectly on Parade). 'Paisley Park' is sublime, and I can't get enough of it. For me, it's one of the 5 or 6 greatest Prince tracks, ever, and the highlight of the album. That melody is just killer, and the lyrics very uplifting. 'Condition of the Heart' is where Prince tries the patience of his new tween audience, but when you stick with it it's a really, really good song. Great vocal, too. 'Raspberry Beret' would have been a guaranteed #1 hit if he'd issued it before the album, but he stubbornly didn't want to. Obviously a classic. And 'Tamborine', if a bit throwaway and lyrically silly, is punchy and uptempo (which the records needs here) and, for me, quite enjoyable.

.

'Side 2' kicks off with the much edited-down 'America'. I've not heard the 12-inch longer cut, nor the really long original, unedited (does this exist in bootleg-dom?), but anyway even this short LP-track is jam packed with groove, rock, and cool musical motifs and moments. It's nice that The Revolution get credited for songwriting, as this obviously grew out of a rehearsal jam of some sort. Some people took issue with the second hit song, 'Pop Life', thinking Prince is looking down at the less successful than he, but I don't hear it that way. I think he's just calling out some of his ex-friends who, in the wake of his mass-success in 1983/84, were (in his view) selling him out and had gotten into drugs, etc. Anyway, killer track; I just love the chord changes that only Prince would write. (I love how it just ends abuptly, too.) 'The Ladder' is sort of a weird one, in that it sounds (musically) like a romantic slow-jam, but the lyric is straight from church. Prince's hymn for the mid-80s. Maybe it's a bit overblown, but I like it. But then the big mis-step to close things out: 'Temptation'. Here we're back to 1981 horndog lyrics -- rather jarring after 'The Ladder' -- but with the absurd God-Prince conversation at the end. I can't stand the R&B-style saxophone (by 'Eddie M.' -- who's that?), and the whole track just sounds terrible (to me). It doesn't help that it's nearly eight-and-a-half minutes long.

.

So, by my personal score, that gives Around the World in a Day 8 very worthy (mostly great) tracks, and 1 dud. The good thing is the dud comes at the very end, so you can just shut off the CD or playlist.

.

I love the sound of this album. Maybe I could have enjoyed a bit more Prince guitar, but of course he didn't want to repeat the previous record. And there are a lot of new sounds being thrown up here that we've never heard on a Prince album until now. (Wendy & Lisa were particularly big influences at this time, according to most sources.) The album sleeve is pretty cool, too.

.

Does everyone agree with me, completely, 100%??

.

But seriously, what do you think of this album?

[Edited 4/3/16 16:46pm]

AGREED!!!! And the "America" 12" should've been the VIDEO VERSION!!! Much Funkier!!!! Sidebar: I also have the "Paisley Park" 12" that was a foreign release ONLY!!!! WB was RIGHT not releasing it and replacing it w/"Raspberry Beret"!!!!

It's a blasphemy i know but i find nothing special about 12" version of America, Mountains and Anotherlover. specially America it just unnecessary.

Condition of the Heart is one of his worst songs ever and Pop Life is a bit boring but still a great album overall. Raspeberry Beret, PP, and America all off the hook.

214 said:

woogiebear said:

AGREED!!!! And the "America" 12" should've been the VIDEO VERSION!!! Much Funkier!!!! Sidebar: I also have the "Paisley Park" 12" that was a foreign release ONLY!!!! WB was RIGHT not releasing it and replacing it w/"Raspberry Beret"!!!!

It's a blasphemy i know but i find nothing special about 12" version of America, Mountains and Anotherlover. specially America it just unnecessary.

Never ever.
U guess better watch your steps right now lol