Parade (Prince Album)

Parade (Prince Album)

Parade: Music from the Motion Picture Under the Cherry Moon is the eighth studio album by American recording artist Prince and The Revolution, released on March 31, 1986, by Paisley Park Records and Warner Bros. Records. It served as the soundtrack album to the 1986 film Under the Cherry Moon. Keith Harris of Blender writes that the album "makes a pop cavalcade out of the same psychedelic affectations that torpedoed This time it works."

It was the follow-up to Around the World in a Day and the soundtrack to Prince's second film. The album sees Prince further diversifying musically, adding orchestrations to his music and presenting a very European feel. Prince also displayed a new image with Parade: his trademark ruffled shirts, wild curly hair, and purple outfits which defined his look from 1981's Controversy to 1985's Around the World in a Day gave way to slicked-back hair and dress suits. Even though the single, "Kiss", was a number one hit, the album as a whole was not well received in the U.S. Europe, however, embraced the album, and for the first time in Prince's career, European album sales eclipsed those in the U.S. This was Prince's final album released with The Revolution.