This time, let's rate the songs of Around The World In A Day. List the songs, #1-#9, in order of preference.

We're not talking about the flow of those songs in a particular order, nor are we talking about creating an alternative playlist or tracklist for the album.

Rate the songs on the album in general. And it doesn't mean the last song is horrible. Just means maybe you prefer the others before it. This is not saying there's a dud on the album or anything. Just order of preference.

Here's my list:

1. Pop Life
2. Temptation (minus the ending)
3. America
4. Tambourine
5. Paisley Park
6. Around The World In A Day
7. Raspberry Beret
8. Condition of the Heart
9. The Ladder

1. The Ladder
2. America
3. Raspberry Beret
4. Paisley Park
5. Around The World In A Day
6. Condition of the Heart
7. Pop Life
8. Tambourine
9. Temptation

Condition of the Heart

Around the World In A Day

Raspberry Beret

Tambourine

The Ladder

Temptation (full song!)

America

Paisley Park

Pop Life

1. Paisley Park

2. Raspberry Beret

3. Pop Life

4. Tambourine

5. America

6. Around the World in a Day

7. Condition of the Heart

8. Temptation

9. The Ladder

Space

Letitgo

Come

Solo

Papa

Dark

Loose

Pheromone

Race

Orgasm

1. Paisley Park

2. Condition of the Heart

3. Pop Life

4. Temptation (so incredibly funky until the last third)

5. Raspberry Baret

6. The Ladder

7. Around the World In A Day

8. America (love the live versions though)

9. Tamborine

Really hard, as the first 7 songs are all 4.0 + songs on a 5 point scale.

gandorb said:

1. Paisley Park

2. Condition of the Heart

3. Pop Life

4. Temptation (so incredibly funky until the last third)

5. Raspberry Beret

6. The Ladder

7. Around the World In A Day

8. America (love the live versions though)

9. Tamborine

Really hard, as the first 7 songs are all 4.0 + songs on a 5 point scale.

Yeah, they're all excellent songs, and it took me a long time to get into the album as a whole. I sorta went from PR to Parade. But over time, it's totally grown on me.

Technically, I guess "America" is a live version, but yeah - that video version is the bee's knees.

1: Condition of the Heart (10/10)

2: Around the World In A Day (10/10)

3: The Ladder (9/10)

4: Paisley Park (9/10)

5: Pop Life (8/10)

6: Raspberry Beret (7/10)

7: Tamborine (7/10)

8: America (6/10)

9: Temptation (2/10)

B-Sides

1: She's Always In My Hair (10/10)

2: Hello (7/10)

3: Girl (7/10)

1. Pop Life
2. Paisley Park
3. Around The World In A Day
4. Raspberry Beret
5. Condition of the Heart
6. The Ladder
7. Temptation
8. America
9. Tamborine

runningbear said:

Space

Letitgo

Come

Solo

Papa

Dark

Loose

Pheromone

Race

Orgasm

While they are mostly great songs, none of them are on Around The World In A Day

1. Pop Life, Temptation, The Ladder, Paisley Park, Raspberry Beret, Around The World In A Day, Condition of the Heart.

2. America, Tambourine

My favourite album, I love them all.

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TheEnglishGent said:

runningbear said:

Space

Letitgo

Come

Solo

Papa

Dark

Loose

Pheromone

Race

Orgasm

While they are mostly great songs, none of them are on Around The World In A Day

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And not even one song of that list stands above any of the ATWIAD tracks in quality, originality,

nor in Creativivity, Uniqueness, Nerve and Talent.

There ya go.

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EmmaMcG said:

1. Pop Life Easily my favourite song on the album by a considerable margin 2. America 3. Temptation 4. Paisley Park 5. The Ladder 6. Raspberry Beret 7. Around The World In A Day 8. Tambourine 9. Condition Of The Heart I've put them in this order but really, aside from the top 3, none of those rankings are really set in stone because I only like the top 3 songs and the rest are instantly skippable for me. Definitely one of my least favourite Prince albums.

I always really dug the autobiographical nature of "Pop Life." When I learned the "echo" on the lead vocal was actually two different takes, one slightly behind the other, I was just dumbfounded. This coming off the heels of something very echoey and reverby like "Another Lonely Christmas" was just me thinking, "Oh, he really likes that echo shit." But just a year or two ago I find out about it being two different vocal takes. That's nuts and genius shit.


I did edit the ending off "Temptation" and brought it to an end without all that weird ethereal god-talk on it. It just feels embarassing to listen to, still.

Someone on here made an expanded ATWAID setlist, which worked really well.

Around The World In A Day (earlier version with bass, I think this was my choice)

Paisley Park (Remix)

Condition of the Heart

She's Always In My Hair (extended)

Hello (Fresh Dance Mix)

4 The Tears In Your Ees

Raspberry Beret (New Mix)

Girl

Tambourine

America (longer mix)

Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix)

The Ladder

Temptation (I used my edit)

1. Raspberry Beret (It was the song that really got me into Prince so I'm a bit biased)

2. Pop Life

3. Condition of the Heart

4. Paisley Park

5. America

6. The Ladder

7. Temptation

8. Around the World in a Day

9. Tamborine (never been crazy about this one)

BridgeofGraffiti1220 said:

1. Raspberry Beret (It was the song that really got me into Prince so I'm a bit biased)

That's a great entry point!

1) Raspberry Beret - i love this album SO much and I hate to go with the biggest hit as the "best" track but I just have to in this case.

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2) Pop Life - so close to number 1, maybe if it was the long version

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3) Paisley Park - this is where it gets tough... but this is such an anthem

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4) Condition of the Heart - maybe without the introduction it would've flip-flopped with 3.

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5) Tambourine

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6) Around the World in a Day

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7) America

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8) Temptation

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9) The Ladder - take this off and slot in "She's Always in my Hair" (maybe the sequencing wouldn't quite work) and the album goes even higher

TrivialPursuit said:

Someone on here made an expanded ATWAID setlist, which worked really well.

Around The World In A Day (earlier version with bass, I think this was my choice)

Paisley Park (Remix)

Condition of the Heart

She's Always In My Hair (extended)

Hello (Fresh Dance Mix)

4 The Tears In Your Ees

Raspberry Beret (New Mix)

Girl

Tambourine

America (longer mix)

Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix)

The Ladder

Temptation (I used my edit)

The Fresh Dance Mix is Sheila E's mix that was released in the US, right? I really dislike that version. I greatly prefer the Extend Version, which I believe was released in the UK.

Anyway, Here's my take:

1. Pop Life
2. Condition of the Heart
3. Paisley Park
4. Raspberry Beret
5. America
6. Tambourine
7. Around the World in a Day (if were were talking about the earlier version with the bass I'd rate it much higher, but I just don't get into the album version that much)
8. The Ladder
9. Temptation

[Edited 5/25/21 18:40pm]

1. America

2. Raspberry Beret

3. Around The World in a Day

4. Paisley Park

5. Pop Life

6. Tambourine

7. Temptation

8. Condition of the Heart

9. The Ladder

TrivialPursuit said:

TrivialPursuit said:

EmmaMcG said:

1. Pop Life Easily my favourite song on the album by a considerable margin 2. America 3. Temptation 4. Paisley Park 5. The Ladder 6. Raspberry Beret 7. Around The World In A Day 8. Tambourine 9. Condition Of The Heart I've put them in this order but really, aside from the top 3, none of those rankings are really set in stone because I only like the top 3 songs and the rest are instantly skippable for me. Definitely one of my least favourite Prince albums.

I always really dug the autobiographical nature of "Pop Life." When I learned the "echo" on the lead vocal was actually two different takes, one slightly behind the other, I was just dumbfounded. This coming off the heels of something very echoey and reverby like "Another Lonely Christmas" was just me thinking, "Oh, he really likes that echo shit." But just a year or two ago I find out about it being two different vocal takes. That's nuts and genius shit.


I did edit the ending off "Temptation" and brought it to an end without all that weird ethereal god-talk on it. It just feels embarassing to listen to, still.

Someone on here made an expanded ATWAID setlist, which worked really well.

Around The World In A Day (earlier version with bass, I think this was my choice)

Paisley Park (Remix)

Condition of the Heart

She's Always In My Hair (extended)

Hello (Fresh Dance Mix)

4 The Tears In Your Ees

Raspberry Beret (New Mix)

Girl

Tambourine

America (longer mix)

Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix)

The Ladder

Temptation (I used my edit)

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Very nice !

Could be cool if you put up this mix on soundcloud or whatever.

Would love to hear it.

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1. Condition of the Heart
2. Temptation
3. Around the World in a Day
4. Paisley Park
5. Tamborine
6. Raspberry Beret
7. America
8. Pop Life
9. The Ladder

Condition of the Heart

Tamborine
Pop Life

Around the World in a Day

Paisley Park

Raspberry Beret
The Ladder

Temptation

America


That's probably in order of how much I listened to them repeatedly back in the day.