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|introduction              = '''The Ladder''' is the eighth track on [[Prince]]'s seventh album [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]], the second album to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]].
 
|introduction              = '''The Ladder''' is the eighth track on [[Prince]]'s seventh album [[Album: Around The World In A Day|Around The World In A Day]], the second album to be credited to [[Prince and the Revolution]].
  
Basic tracks were recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 23|23 December 1984]] (the day before the monologue used in [[Temptation]]). [[Prince]] taught the song to the band during the soundcheck for the concert that night at the [[23 December 1984|Saint Paul Civic Center Arena]], St. Paul, MN, USA, before the band recorded it the same day at the [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The string interlude prior to the song was previously used on the unreleased track [[Our Destiny]].
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Basic tracking was done on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 31|31 October 1984]], during the last day of rehearsals for the [[Purple Rain Tour]] at the [[Saint Paul Civic Center Arena]], St. Paul, Minnesota. The basic recording was taken to the [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]] in Eden Prairie afterwards, where [[Wendy Melvoin|Wendy]] & [[Lisa Coleman|Lisa]], together with [[Susannah Melvoin and [[Taja Sevelle]]  (as "Taj") recorded background vocals.  
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The later added string interlude prior to the song was previously used on the unreleased track [[Our Destiny]], and recorded in September 1984.
 
|recording info            =
 
|recording info            =
 
{{RecordingLine|
 
{{RecordingLine|
|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 23|23 December 1984]]
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 31|31 October 1984]]
|studio                    = [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA
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|studio                    = [[Saint Paul Civic Center Arena]], St. Paul, MN, USA
 
|additional info          = Basic tracking
 
|additional info          = Basic tracking
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 1|1 November 1984]] (or possibly the next day)
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|studio                    = [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA
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|additional info          = Overdubs & mixing
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November 1|1 November 1984]] (or possibly the next day)
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|studio                    = [[Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse]], Eden Prairie, MN, USA
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|additional info          = Overdubs & mixing
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{{RecordingLine|
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 24|24 December 1984]]
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|studio                    = [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]]/[[Record Plant Remote - Mobile Truck]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|additional info          = Mixing
 
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|recording personnel      =  
 
|recording personnel      =  

Revision as of 17:35, 2 December 2017

{{song-2| |song name = The Ladder |single image = Atwiad.jpg
from the album Around The World In A Day |performer = Prince and the Revolution |first released = 22 April 1985 - Around The World In A Day |album(s) = Around The World In A Day |writer(s) = John L. Nelson and Prince (strings composed by Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin) |producer(s) = Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution) |previous song = La, La, La, He, He, Hee |next song = Lady Cab Driver |introduction = The Ladder is the eighth track on Prince's seventh album Around The World In A Day, the second album to be credited to Prince and the Revolution.

Basic tracking was done on 31 October 1984, during the last day of rehearsals for the Purple Rain Tour at the Saint Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, Minnesota. The basic recording was taken to the Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse in Eden Prairie afterwards, where Wendy & Lisa, together with [[Susannah Melvoin and Taja Sevelle (as "Taj") recorded background vocals. The later added string interlude prior to the song was previously used on the unreleased track Our Destiny, and recorded in September 1984. |recording info = |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|31 October 1984 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Saint Paul Civic Center Arena, St. Paul, MN, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Basic tracking |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|1 November 1984 (or possibly the next day) |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Overdubs & mixing |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|1 November 1984 (or possibly the next day) |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Overdubs & mixing |- align="left" |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|24 December 1984 |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Kiowa Trail Home Studio/Record Plant Remote - Mobile Truck, Chanhassen, MN, USA |style="border-top:1px dotted #ccc;"|Mixing |recording personnel =

Orchestral Players on string interlude:

|released versions =

Title Length Released Version Additional info
The Ladder 5:26 Around The World In A Day Studio

|video versions = |broadcasts, streaming = |unreleased versions = |sampled in = |first live appearance = 31 August 1986: Alsterdorfer Sporthalle, Hamburg, West Germany

|performed regularly on = One Nite Alone... Tour |performed occasionally in = 1986, 1988, 2002, 2012, 2016 (solo piano) |trivia = |see also = Around The World In A Day album |references = The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

|categories = }}