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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 and they're determined not to play it safe. All of the group's musical adventures 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 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.
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TRACK LISTING
1 Christopher Tracy's Parade 2:11
2 New Position 2:20
3 I Wonder U 1:39
4 Under the Cherry Moon 2:57
5 Girls & Boys 5:29
6 Life Can Be So Nice 3:13
7 Venus De Milo 1:55
8 Mountains 3:57
9 Do U Lie? 2:44
10 Kiss 3:37
11 Anotherloverholenyohead 4:00
12 Sometimes It Snows in April 6:50
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