Around the World in a Day

Around the World in a Day
Studio album by Prince and The Revolution
Released	April 22, 1985
Recorded	January–December 1984 Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse (Eden Prairie, Minnesota) Sunset Sound (Hollywood, California) Mobile Audio Studio (outside St. Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, Minnesota and Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, for "The Ladder") Capitol Studios (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Pop, rock, neo-psychedelia, R&B, art rock
Length	42:33
Label	Paisley Park/Warner Bros. 25286
Producer	Prince
Prince chronology
Purple Rain (1984) Around the World in a Day (1985) Parade (1986)
Singles from Around the World in a Day
"Paisley Park" Released: May 24, 1985 (UK only) "Raspberry Beret" Released: May 15, 1985 "Pop Life" Released: July 10, 1985 "America" Released: October 2, 1985

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Blender	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	C[3]
The New York Times	favorable[4]
Q	[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Spin	(4/10)[7]
Stylus	favorable[8]
Yahoo! Music	unfavorable[9]

Around the World in a Day is the seventh studio album by Prince and the second by The Revolution, released on April 22, 1985 on Warner Bros. In compliance with Prince's wishes, the record company released the album with minimal publicity, not even releasing an accompanying single until almost a full month after the album's release. Prince made the request because he preferred the public to first experience the record in its entirety rather than through any particular song.^[10]

Despite the low-key promotion and the material on the album being overall not as radio-friendly as Purple Rain, it still had two U.S. top 10 hits, went double platinum and was an important step in Prince's musical evolution, incorporating new instruments and musical styles. This, taken together with the psychedelic vibe that pervades much of the record, drew numerous comparisons to The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.^[4][10]

Track listing

All songs composed by Prince, except where noted.

Side one

1. "Around the World in a Day" (Prince, John L. Nelson, David Coleman) – 3:28
2. "Paisley Park" – 4:42
3. "Condition of the Heart" – 6:48
4. "Raspberry Beret" – 3:33
5. "Tamborine" – 2:47

Side two

1. "America" (Prince and The Revolution) – 3:42
2. "Pop Life" – 3:43
3. "The Ladder" (Prince, John L. Nelson) – 5:29
4. "Temptation" – 8:18

Charts

Personnel

• Prince – vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion^[5]
• Sheila E. – drums on "Pop Life"
• Jonathan Melvoin – percussion on "Around the World in a Day"
• Lisa Coleman – piano, keyboards, vocals
• Wendy Melvoin – guitars, vocals
• Brown Mark – electric bass, vocals
• Bobby Z – drums
• Matt Fink – keyboards, synclavier, synthesizers, vocals
• Brad Marsh – tambourine on "America"
• Eddie Minnifield – saxophone on "Temptation"
• David Coleman – cello, oud, fingercymbals, darbuka and backing vocals on "Around The World In A Day", cello on "Raspberry Beret" and "The Ladder"
• Suzie Katayama – cello on "Raspberry Beret" and "The Ladder"
• Novi Novog – violin on "Raspberry Beret" and "Paisley Park"
• Sid Page - violin on "The Ladder"
• Annette Atkinson – double bass on "Pop Life", stand-up bass on "The Ladder"
• Tim Barr – double bass on "Pop Life", stand-up bass on "The Ladder"
• Marcy Dicterow-Vag - violin on "The Ladder"
• Denyse Buffum - viola on "The Ladder"
• Laury Woods - viola on "The Ladder"
• Taja Sevelle - background vocals on "The Ladder"
• David Leonard - engineer (Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse and Capitol Records)
• Peggy McCreary - engineer (Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse and Sunset Sound)
• Susan Rogers - engineer (Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse)
• David Tickle - engineer (Mobile Audio)
• Bernie Grundman - mastering
• Laura LiPuma - design and assembly
• Doug Henders - cover painting
• Cavallo, Ruffalo and Fargnoli - management
• Moultrie Accountancy - accounting

Singles and Hot 100 chart placings

• "Paisley Park" (#18 UK) No US release

1. "Paisley Park"
2. "She's Always in My Hair"

• "Raspberry Beret" (#2 U.S., #4 R&B, #25 UK)

1. "Raspberry Beret"
2. "She's Always in My Hair" (US)
3. "Hello" (UK)

• "Pop Life" (#7 U.S., #8 R&B, #60 UK)

1. "Pop Life"
2. "Hello" (US)
3. "Girl" (UK)

• "America" (#46 U.S., #35 R&B) No UK release

1. "America"
2. "Girl"

References