Psychedelic Prince

The bravest Prince album. (Almost every year of his career Prince (often to the displeasure of his record label) released at least one album) just one year (1985) after the bestseller Purple Rain, he does not come as a continuation, no, this time it comes with a psychedelic album. Wonderfully colorful, gorgeous at an angle. The birth of Paisley Park label. Already the cover shows where we are headed. In the background of this colorful world is a naked, headless woman, disguised as a mountain. Front different, randomly appearing figures that when one looks at the Maxis to be allocated to each song. Even the likes.
But the songs:
1. Around the world in a day - The Titelrack begins with an oriental flutes (synthesizer) play at that good opens up the whole plate. The whole piece with a lot of oriental instruments: oud, Tarbuka, etc. The song is then probably in the direction.
2. Paisley Park - Beautiful pop song, ewas slow dance but beautiful melody. Was also single.
3. Condition of the Heart - The ballad of the album. Extremely diagonally. Piano with synthesizer (right whistling tones). Good Intro 2 minutes. Then it starts, sung in whiny falsetto. Much drama, getting used to 7 minutes. But then absolutely wonderful.
4. Raspberry Beret - The hit single of the album. Beautiful Bubblegumpop. Beautiful, not kitschy strings.
5. Tamborine - My favorite track on the album. Edgy Drums clearly in the foreground. For this purpose a hartgezupfter electric bass. Singing and that was it. If over time more ecstatic and glorious Dissonant.
6. America - long in the Maxi version almost half an hour it is limited to the album on the essentials. The beginning has led to Tape times to some fearful handle the radio, it sounds very much Bandsalat. After a more pop, more rock march. Lyrically unusually patriotic. "Communism is just a word, but if the goverment turnover, it'll be the only word that's heard. America God shed his grace on thee, keep the children free." Not really my favorite, but a march is just always good danceable.
7. Pop Life - Another single, again a beautiful pop song. Again, as almost on the whole album with many discordant sounding keyboards. "What U putting in your nose? Is that where all your money goes? The river of addiction flows U think it's hot, but there will not be no water When the fire blows".
8. The Ladder - Storytelling. Only a spoken rap, only the chorus and backing vocals are sung in this ballad. Beautiful saxophone in the background. Story of a king who for all the beauty around him did not mind because he always was just looking for the head, according to Salvation of the soul & the answers how the story started and how it will end. Beautiful pop, catchy, good grip.
9. Temptation - sex, temptation, lust. Erotic, rocking blues. Ends a little long in the strumming, but otherwise very funny.
Consistently an album which is dominated by its psychedelic sound. A hippie Abum mid 80s. Daring.