Around The World In A Day - Prince

After the massive selling Purple Rain, this album was released and completely confused the critics and public alike. Anyone who was expecting another collection of surefire hits was disappointed with this slightly psychedelic, eclectic release. It opens with a flute and some Indian musical references and ends with a conversation with God. In between you get an assortment of gems. You get an application to join Paisley Park, a utopia where you can leave all your worries and sins behind. An absoloutely beautiful ballard in Condition of The Heart, surely one of his finest. The patriotic anthem, America. The fairytale, The Ladder. Last but not least is the storming ...

Around the World in a Day is yet another different type of album by Prince, the man of many faces. This album followed Purple Rain and everyone was expecting more of the same. How wrong they were. This was the point of his career where he was at the top; the easy thing would've been to produce another Purple Rainesque album and everyone would've gone home happy. Oh no, that was too easy for Prince. What he actually came up with was a mixture of Beatle-ish LCD consuming pyschedelic rantings and some extraordinary hard rock tunes. The album still managed to produce a fantastic single in 'Raspberry Beret' but did little to ...