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Private Revolution

Private Revolution is the debut album by the Welsh-British rock band World Party. At this point, singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger was the only member of World Party, and the only person pictured on the cover.

Private Revolution
Studio album by
World Party
Released3 March 1987
RecordedJanuary–March 1986
StudioBaby'O Recorders (Hollywood)
LabelChrysalis
ProducerKarl Wallinger
World Party chronology
Private Revolution
(1987) 		Goodbye Jumbo
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Q[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]
The Village VoiceC[4]

Wallinger is assisted on this album by several session musicians, including Anthony Thistlethwaite, Steve Wickham and Sinéad O'Connor. Several other musicians listed in the credits are actually whimsically named pseudonyms for Wallinger himself.

Track listing

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All songs written by Karl Wallinger except "Dance of the Hoppy Lads", written by Wallinger with Stephen Wickham, and "All I Really Want to Do", written by Bob Dylan.

  1. "Private Revolution" (4:01)
  2. "Making Love (To the World)" (2:30)
  3. "Ship of Fools" (4:27)
  4. "All Come True" (5:52)
  5. "Dance of the Hoppy Lads" (0:44)
  6. "It Can Be Beautiful (Sometimes)" (3:00)
  7. "The Ballad of the Little Man" (5:02)
  8. "Hawaiian Island World" (4:20)
  9. "All I Really Want to Do" (4:43)
  10. "World Party" (4:36)
  11. "It's All Mine" (5:33)

Personnel

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World Party
  • Karl Wallinger — vocals, guitars, bass, sampling keyboards, drum programming

with:

  • Delahaye — drums, percussion (possibly a pseudonym for Wallinger, or for Mike Scott - this is an alias also used on several Waterboys albums)
  • Rufus Dove — guitars (probably a pseudonym for Wallinger - pun on "rufous dove")
  • Martin Finnucane — harp ("Dance of the Hoppy Lads") (probably a pseudonym for Wallinger - this is the name of a character in the Flann O'Brien novel The Third Policeman)
  • Ahmed Gottlieb — sitar and tabla (probably a pseudonym for Wallinger)
  • Millennium Mills — piano (probably a pseudonym for Wallinger - name taken from Millennium Mills building in London Docklands)
  • Sinéad O'Connor — backing vocals ("Private Revolution", "Hawaiian Island World")
  • Anthony Thistlethwaite — saxophone ("Ship of Fools")
  • Will Towyn — sampling keyboards (probably a pseudonym for Wallinger - pun on "will to win")
  • Steve Wickham — violin
  • Rear cover monoprint – Edward Durdey
  • Cover photographs – Steve Wallace assisted by Mathew Stevens
  • Design – Stephanie Nash and Josh Riley

Charts

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Chart (1986–1987) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[5] 13
Canadian Albums Chart[6] 60
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[7] 18
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 56
US (Billboard 200)[9] 27

References

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  1. ^ Erlewine, Iotis. "Private Revolution – World Party". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  2. ^ Gittins, Ian (January 2001). "World Party: Private Revolution / Goodbye Jumbo / Bang! / Egyptology". Q. No. 172. p. 137.
  3. ^ Evans, Paul (1992). "World Party". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. pp. 786–787. ISBN 0-679-73729-4.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (5 May 1987). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 343. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 46, No. 6 May 16, 1987". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  7. ^ "Charts.nz – World Party – Private Revolution". Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  8. ^ "World Party | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  9. ^ "World Party Chart History > Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
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