Prince AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY

Prince & The Revolution: Prince (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion); Wendy Melvoin (vocals, guitar); Lisa Coleman, Dr. Fink (vocals, keyboards); Brown Mark (vocals, bass); Bobby Z (drums, percussion).
Additional personnel: Novi Novog, Vaj (violin); David Coleman (cello, oud, percussion, background vocals); Suzie Katayama (cello); Sid Page, Marcy Dictorow (strings); Eddie M. (saxophone); Jonathan Melvoin (tambourine, background vocals); Brad Marsh (tambourine); Tim Barr, Annette Atkinson (bass); Sheila E. (drums); Susannah, Taj (backing vocals).
Engineers include: David Leonard, Peggy Mac, David Tickle.
Composer: Prince.
Personnel: Prince (vocals, guitar, keyboards, drums); Wendy Melvoin (vocals, guitar, percussion); David Coleman (vocals, oud, cello, finger cymbals, wind, background vocals); Lisa Coleman (vocals, sitar, keyboards); Sheila E. (vocals, drums); Brad Marsh (vocals, tambourine, percussion); Susannah Melvoin, Taj, Brownmark (vocals); Vaj, Novi Novog (violin); Laury Woods, Denyse Buffum (viola); Suzie Katayama (cello); Eddie M. (saxophone); Dr. Fink (keyboards); Bobby Z (drums); Jonathan Melvoin (tambourine, background vocals); Jon Malvoin (percussion); Susanna Hoffs (background vocals).
Recording information: Capitol Records (01/1984-12/1984); Mobile Audio (01/1984-12/1984); Paisley park (01/1984-12/1984); Sunset sound (01/1984-12/1984).
Arranger: Prince.
On AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY, the follow-up to their megahit PURPLE RAIN, Prince and the Revolution add a generous helping of psychedelia to their style, enlisting Prince's father along the way to co-write several songs, including the title track. Many critics at the time dismissed AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY as a turkey follow-up to the outstanding PURPLE RAIN. However, the achingly beautiful ballad "Condition of the Heart," and the stunning "The Ladder," as well as the pop classic "Raspberry Beret," could easily sit beside the band's best material. Ballads and pop gems aside, Prince is as cocky and as sexually self-assured as ever on AROUND THE WORLD. When he vamps and winks his way through "Temptation," the epic album-closer, he moans "everybody on this earth has got a vice and mine, little darlin', is the opposite of ice."

• Format: CD
• Genre: Pop