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Parade
If Around The World In A Day separated the hit Prince listener from those who were genuinely interested, Parade isolated them further. Although the album, which doubled as the soundtrack to his movie Under The Cherry Moon, contained the mega-hit "Kiss," there is not much other hit material. The album is, still, a classic Prince recording with lots of favorites among his loyal listeners: "Sometimes It Snows In April," "Anotherloverholenyohead" and "Girls And Boys." The album features a significant amount of orchestration, which would play a large part in Prince's later work.

Track Listing

  1. Christopher Tracy's Parade
  2. New Position
  3. I Wonder U
  4. Under The Cherry Moon
  5. Girls & Boys
  6. Life Can Be So Nice
  7. Venus De Milo
  8. Mountains
  9. Do U Lie?
  10. Kiss
  11. Anotherloverholenyohead
  12. Sometimes It Snows In April

General Data


Release Date March 31, 1986
Cat. Number 25395
Peak Position 3
Status Platinum
Singles Kiss/ Mountains/ Anotherloverholenyohead

Europe
Release Date ?
Cat. Number 925 395
Peak Position ?
Status ?
Singles Kiss/ Mountains/ Girls And Boys/ Anotherloverholenyohead

Japan
Release Date April 25, 1986
Cat. Number CD: 20P2-2614/ Vinyl: P-13290
Peak Position ?
Status ?
Singles Kiss/ Mountains/ Anotherloverholenyohead

Additional Information

Time: 40 Minutes
Musicians:

  • Prince (vocals, various instruments)
  • The Revolution: Lisa Coleman (keyboards, violin, vocals), Matt Fink (keyboards, synthesizers, vocals), Brown Mark (bass, vocals), Wendy Melvoin (guitar, vocals), Bobby Z. (percussion).
  • Performers: Atlanta Bliss (trumpets), Sheila E. (drums, percussion, vocals), Marie France (vocals), Sandra Francisco (vocals), Eric Leeds (horns), Jonathan Melvoin (drums), Susannah (vocals) and Mico Weaver (guitars).
  • Several orchestra players.
    Produced By: ?
    Engineered By: Arne Frager , Coke Johnson, David Leonard, Peggy Mac, Susan Rogers, David Tickle and David Z.
    Recorded At: Monterey Sound; Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen and Sunset Sounds.