Parade (album)

Parade was Prince's 1986 follow-up to Around The World In A Day and the soundtrack to his second movie, Under The Cherry Moon. The album sees Prince further diversifying musically, adding orchestrations to his music and presenting a very European feel. Even though the single "Kiss" was a number one hit, the album as a whole was not well-received in the U.S. Europe, however, embraced the album and for the first time in Prince's career, European album sales eclipsed that of the U.S. This was Prince's final album with The Revolution, although the unreleased Dream Factory was also slated to be a "Revolution" album. The first four tracks were actually recorded in sequence with Prince laying down the drumtrack to all four in order simply from memory. They can almost be considered a suite, having a very European feel and unnusual instrumentation. "Girls & Boys" is the first funk track on the album. It features an unusual duck-like keyboard sound, Eric Leeds on sax and a French monologue. It's also notable for the first known case pseudo-rapping by Prince. "Life Can Be So Nice" features drums by Sheila E. and cuts suddenly to the serene instrumental "Venus de Milo".

Related Topics:
Prince - 1986 - Around The World In A Day - Movie - Under The Cherry Moon - European - Kiss - U.S. - The Revolution - Dream Factory - Suite - Girls & Boys - Funk - Eric Leeds - Sax - French - Monologue - Rapping - Sheila E - Instrumental

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Side 2 starts with the lush "Mountains" and leads into the very unusual "Do U Lie?", sounding like a something from a classic French street crooner. Next is the minimalist funk track "Kiss", the album's biggest (and arguably, Prince's biggest) hit. It immidiately leads into "Anotherloverholenyohead", a funky dance track. The album finishes with the sad ballad, "Sometimes It Snows In April" which has become a fan-favorite.

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Mountains - Crooner - Kiss - Anotherloverholenyohead

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