On April 22, 1985, “Paisley Park Records” label released “Around the World in a Day”, the seventh Prince studio album. It was recorded January–December 1984, at “Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse” in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, “Mobile Audio Studio”, “Capitol Studios” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Prince.
Personnel:
- Prince– vocals and various instruments
- David Coleman – cello, oud, fingercymbals, darbuka, background vocals, cello
- Jonathan Melvoin– tambourine and background vocals
- Wendy Melvoin– background vocals, guitars, vocals
- Lisa Coleman– background vocals, keyboards
- Susannah Melvoin– background vocals
- Novi Novog– violin
- Bobby Z.– drums and percussion
- Brown Mark– bass guitar and background vocals
- Fink– keyboards
- Brad Marsh – tambourine
- Sheila E.– drums
- Eddie M. – saxophone
- Suzie Katayama – cello
- Sid Page – violiin
- Marcy Dicterow-Vaj – violin
- Denyse Buffum – viola
- Laury Woods – viola
- Tim Barr – stand-up bass
- Annette Atkinson – stand-up bass
- Taja Sevelle– background vocals
Track listing:
All tracks by Prince except where noted.
- Around the World in a Day – Prince, John L. Nelson, David Coleman
- Paisley Park
- Condition of the Heart
- Raspberry Beret
- Tamborine
- America – Prince and the Revolution
- Pop Life
- The Ladder – Prince, John L. Nelson
- Temptation
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