Prince - Around The World In A Day (2025 Remaster) [Deluxe 3LP Edition]

Prince's seventh studio album, and the second to be credited to Prince and the Revolution, Around the World in a Day saw the Purple One change musical direction yet again. After conquering the world with Purple Rain, Prince made a hard left turn into bright and sweet psychedelia, experimenting with textures, incorporating new instrumentation, and expanding the genres of songs within the album. With Purple Rain, Prince had streamlined and rocked up his approach for global domination; now he was creating something more intimate, cerebral, and challenging.

Though Around the World was released with no radio single or advance promotion, it did feature a very commercial tune called "Raspberry Beret" - the most pure pop song Prince had ever delivered - but it was actually written a few years earlier and was a bit of an outlier on the album. The other single, "Pop Life", plays over a loosely thudding drum sound, a skeptical meditation on the trappings of success, and the lure of drugs and anti-intellectualism.

This expanded edition includes two discs of bonus material from the era: the extended versions of the A & B sides, including the remix of "Paisley Park;" the extended versions of "Girl" and "Hello (Fresh Dance Mix)", the 22-minute 12" version of "America," and two versions of "4 the Tears in Your Eyes."

This 3LP deluxe vinyl edition produced by Warner Records in 2025. Remastered by original mastering audio engineer Bernie Grundman, with additional mastering by Chris James.

TRACKLISTING:

Original Album: 2025 Remaster

1. Around the World in a Day
2. Paisley Park
3. Condition of the Heart
4. Raspberry Beret
5. Tamborine
6. America
7. Pop Life
8. The Ladder
9. Temptation

Bonus Tracks:

1. Raspberry Beret (New Mix) (a.k.a. Extended Remix)
2. She's Always in My Hair (New Mix)
3. Paisley Park (Remix)
4. Pop Life (Fresh Dance Mix)
5. Pop Life (Extended Version)
6. Hello (Fresh Dance Mix)
7. Girl (12" Version)
8. 4 the Tears in Your Eyes (We Are the World Album Version)
9. 4 the Tears in Your Eyes (The Hits / The B-Sides Version)
10. America (12" Version)