Around The World In A Day
Around The World In A Day is Prince's seventh album. Released shortly after the end of the Purple Rain tour, it saw a change in Prince's style, with a new psychedelic sound and image. The Revolution appear on three songs.
The album features the Yamaha DX7 prominently on most songs, with the album starting with the "Recorders" patch. It also featured more acoustic instrumentation, including cello, oud and darbuka. Despite the change in direction, Prince continued using other elements of his earlier sound, including the Linn LM-1, distorted guitars and his Oberheim synths.
There was no Around The World In A Day tour, although there were a handful of live appearances. For a list of equipment, please see the Purple Rain page.
Prince In The Studio
Around the World In A Day was recorded between February and December 1984, at Sunset Sound, Prince's Flying Cloud warehouse studio, St Paul Civic Arena and the Capitol Records studio.
The Revolution appear on "America", "Pop Life" and "The Ladder". For details of their equipment, please see the Purple Rain page.
Equipment
| Vocals | |
|---|---|
| Guitars |
Guitars were recorded direct into the board or through a Mesa/Boogie Mark II/Bag End D12-M rig. |
| Effects | |
| Basses | |
| Keyboards |
The Steinway 7B was recorded with AKG C414 microphones. |
| Drums |
Production
Recording
See the Purple Rain page for equipment used at Sunset Sound and Prince's warehouse studio.
Outboard
References
- Brown, Jake (2010) Prince 'in the Studio' 1975 - 1995
- Taylor Francis Online (2020) “The Right Amount of Odd”: Vocal Compulsion, Structure, and Groove in Two Love Songs from Around the World in a Day
