Psychedelic Gem (Around The World In A Day - Prince)

Member Name: tattat

Product:	Around The World In A Day - Prince
Date:	09/06/01 (93 review reads)
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Advantages: Great songs, Diverse styles, Unpredictable

Disadvantages: Not as well known as Purple Rain

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 and sleazy Temptation.
Prince may of lost many of the fans that arrived with Purple Rain but those who had followed him for most of career didn't bat an eyelid. They had come to expect the unexpected.
This album is terrific. Showing Prince at his most diverse and highlighting his talents on various instruments and recording techniques. It may be one of his lesser known albums but it arrived during his peak period in the mid eighties and ranks alongside Purple Rain, Parade and Sign O The Times, all classic albums.

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