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The Revolution

Parade: Music From the Motion Picture Under the Cherry Moon (1986)

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Track List
01) Christopher Tracy's Parade
02) New Position
03) I Wonder U
04) Under the Cherry Moon
05) Girls & Boys
06) Life Can Be So Nice
07) Venus de Milo
08) Mountains
09) Do U Lie?
10) Kiss
11) Anotherloverholenyohead
12) Sometimes It Snows in April

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First Released

1986

Genre

Funk

Mood

Energetic

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Rock/Pop

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Release Format

Soundtrack

Record Label Release

Warner Bros. Records

World Sales Figure

4,560,000 copies

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"Parade" ist das achte Studioalbum von Prince und das dritte und letzte Album mit seiner Begleitband "The Revolution". Es erschien am 31. März 1986 bei dem Label Warner Bros. Records und dient als Soundtrack zum Film "Under The Cherry Moon", der drei Monate später in die Kinos kam. Das Album enthält zwölf Songs, darunter die vier Singles "Kiss", "Mountains", "Anotherloverholenyohead" und "Girls And Boys". Die Laufzeit des Albums beträgt 40 Minuten und 59 Sekunden. Das Albumcover gestaltete Laura LiPuma.
Die Albumaufnahmen fanden zwischen dem 17. April und 16. Dezember 1985 in Eden Prairie und Hollywood statt. Damit begannen die Aufnahmen fünf Tage vor Veröffentlichung des Vorgängeralbums "Around The World In A Day". Den letzten Song des Albums, "Sometimes It Snows In April", nahm Prince am 21. April 1985 und damit genau 31 Jahre vor seinem Tod auf. "Parade" ist das erste Prince-Album, zu dessen Songs der Arrangeur Clare Fischer Blas- und Streichinstrumente hinzufügte. Prince komponierte, arrangierte und produzierte alle Songs des Albums - und mit Ausnahme des Songs "Mountains" - spielte er alle Songs des Albums alleine ein.
"Parade" erreichte in den amerikanischen Billboard Charts Platz drei und wurde in den USA 2,4 Million Mal verkauft, wodurch es Platin-Status erlangte. In Deutschland wurde das Album 290.000 Mal verkauft und erreichte Platz sechs der deutschen Album-Charts, wodurch es Gold-Status errang. Mit der "Parade"-Tour trat Prince 1986 zum ersten Mal live in Deutschland auf.



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Parade was Prince’s third and final album co-credited to The Revolution. It was seen as a considerable improvement to Prince’s previous album, Around The World In A Day, helped greatly by the inclusion of its lead single Kiss.

The accessibility of Parade ended fears that after Purple Rain his previous album had shown Prince had lost his magic touch. Parade restored Prince’s appeal. Around The World In A Day had sold well because it has been the follow up to Purple Rain and had left the buying public disappointed, the more mainstream Parade sold 1.8 million copies in the US (peaking at number 4 in Billboards charts) and 1.4 million elsewhere. It is certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album forms the sound track to Prince’s second movie Under The Cherry Moon, which was released three months after the album. The songs all follow the story of its lead character, Christopher Tracy, played by Prince in the film. An orchestra of 67 perform in the opening track. The lead track Kiss won the Grammy in 1986 for best R&B Vocal Performance, a song which Prince had originally intended to give to former bandmate Brown Mark for his solo album Mazarati. Prince has never been entirely happy with the album version of Kiss nor much of Parade as he later admitted he lacked inspiration and considered the whole project rushed.


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