Ice Cream Castle

Ice Cream Castle is a 1984 album by The Time. Much like the 2 previous albums, the album consists of 6 tracks in the funk-pop or ballad genre. Although the album was largely written and performed by Prince like the band's two previous efforts, Morris Day and Jesse Johnson contributed to the songwriting, and "The Bird" is a live recording from the band. Once again, Prince produced the album under the pseudonym Jamie Starr. The album's two biggest hits, "Jungle Love" and "The Bird" were featured in the Purple Rain and this, along with Day's performance in the movie catapulted the album up the charts and to a crossover audience. Unfortunately, the band didn't have time to enjoy the success, as they had disbanded by the time the movie was released.

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1984 - Album - The Time - Ballad - Prince - Morris Day - Jesse Johnson - Purple Rain

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"Jungle Love" and "The Bird" were the biggest hits from the album, and are the songs the band is most remembered by; they are dancable pop-funk and both features comical animalistic catchphrases as well as distinctive dances. "Ice Cream Castles" is a toned down funk offering pleading for racial equality. "My Drawers" is a hard rock number with swaggaring machismo. The two ballads are throwaways, though "Chili Sauce" is a humorous conversation with similar dialogue from the Purple Rain film; Prince himself plays the waiter.

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Catchphrases - Dance - Hard rock - Machismo - Purple Rain

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Ice Cream Castle produced three singles: "Ice Cream Castles", "Jungle Love" and "The Bird".

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