专辑别名
music from the motion picture
原始名称
精选上位词
风格
parade
简介
by Stephen Thomas Erlewine Undaunted by the criticism Around the World in a Day received, Prince continued to pursue his psychedelic inclinations on Parade, which also functioned as the soundtrack to his second film, Under the Cherry Moon. Originally conceived as a double album, Parade has the sprawling feel of a double record, even if it clocks in around 45 minutes. Prince & the Revolution shift musical moods and textures from song to song -- witness how the fluttering psychedelia of &Christopher Tracy's Parade& gives way to the spare, jazzy funk of &New Position,& which morphs into the druggy &I Wonder U& -- and they're determined not to play it safe, even on the hard funk of &Girls and Boys& and &Mountains,& as well as the stunning &Kiss,& which hits hard with just a dry guitar, keyboard, drum machine, and layered vocals. All of the group's musical adventures, even the cabaret-pop of &Venus de Milo& and &Do U Lie?& do nothing to undercut the melodicism of the record, and the amount of ground they cover in 12 songs is truly remarkable. Even with all of its attributes, Parade is a little off-balance, stopping too quickly to give the haunting closer, &Sometimes It Snows in April,& the resonance it needs. For some tastes, it may also be a bit too lyrically cryptic, but Prince's weird religious and sexual metaphors develop into a motif that actually gives the album weight. If it had been expanded to a double album, Parade would have equaled the subsequent Sign 'o' the Times, but as it stands, it's an astonishingly rewarding near-miss.
| 发行时间 | 1986-03-25 |
|---|---|
| 名称 | parade |
| 唱片公司 | 华纳唱片 |
| 收藏数 | 221 |
| 歌手 | prince |
| 类别 | 录音室专辑 |
| 语言 | 英语 |