PRINCE/AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY

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N THE MID-1980S PRINCE WAS MOVING AT AN UNBELIEVABLY FAST PACE RECORDING SESSIONS FOR THE FOLLOW-UP TO PURPLE RAIN AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY WERE ALREADY UNDERWAY BEFORE THE FILM HAD EVEN OPENED IN THEATERS AND THE COMPLETED ALBUM WAS RELEASED JUST TWO WEEKS AFTER PRINCE AND HIS BAND COMPLETED THEIR SIX-MONTH PURPLE RAIN TOUR. FEW ALBUMS SHOWCASE PRINCES FIERCELY INDEPENDENT TASTE QUITE LIKE AROUND THE WORLD IN A DAY WHICH JOYFULLY WHISKS HIS NEW FANS IN A DIZZYING ARRAY OF SONIC DIRECTIONS. PULLING IN MIDDLE EASTERN INSTRUMENTS LIKE THE DARBUKA DRUM FINGER CYMBALS AND THE LUTE-TYPE GUITAR THE OUD PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION WEAVE A DECIDEDLY PAISLEY TAPESTRY OF PSYCHEDELIC DREAMY SOUNDS.