AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY
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AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY
Around the World in a Day is the seventh studio album by American recording artist Prince, and the third to feature his backing band The Revolution. It was released on April 22, 1985 by Paisley Park Records and Warner Bros. Records. Departing somewhat from the commercial sound of his previous release, the massively successful Purple Rain (1984), the album instead saw Prince experimenting with psychedelic styles and more opulent textures. In compliance with Prince's wishes, the record company released the album with minimal publicity, withholding accompanying singles until almost a month after the album's release. wikipedia
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Pitchfork
a brave and deeply personal project, exploring sounds and ideas that were almost shocking coming from a pop icon at his peak
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Smells Like Infinite Sadness
Each Prince album has its own distinctive flavor, but Day is more pointed than most.
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NY Times
proves with this record that he has mastered the pop-rock idiom in the widest sense, from artsy rock to heavy metal, funk to sweet pop balladry
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All Music
filled with cryptic religious imagery, bizarre mysticism, and confounding metaphors which were drenched in heavily processed guitars, shimmering keyboards, grandiose strings, and layers of vocals
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Recorded
Everything on Around The World In A Day seems to have at least two ideas fighting it out in the middle of the album, the funk dish that he does so well, and something so out there you’d think his dentist had slipped him acid in his tea.
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Rolling Stone
This was a retreat after the world-conquering Purple Rain. Despite “Raspberry Beret” and “Pop Life,” it was slight, and his dialogue with God in “Temptation” was his first true embarrassment.
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AXS
a little weird, but still top-notch
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Blank News
The album has plenty of high points and is a must for Prince fans
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
The result is some great pop
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The Guardian
The album that threw the Purple Rain kids off-balance, with its opulent psych-pop textures, but which always sounds better than you think it will, when you revisit.
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Rob's Wall of Music
still among my favorite Prince albums
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Elsewhere
a fascinating oddity
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Adrian's Album Reviews
It has its highlights of course, and said highlights are very high indeed. The title song, 'Paisley Park' and 'Raspberry Beret' in particular. The storming 'America'. The rest of the album is decent enough
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movingtheriver.com
ATWIAD is prime Prince, when he was tapping into jazz, psychedelia and even modern classical. But, perhaps surprisingly, the main musical influence is gospel.
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City Pages
A bright, bold, colorful album, Around The World In A Day is the absolute apex of Prince’s prime-era creativity.
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