Parade

Publication: The Washington Post [US]
Date: April 1, 1986
Title: "Prince Of All Trades; Craft and Clutter on His 'Parade'"
Summary: The pretty good news: "Parade," the new album by Prince and the Revolution, hit the stores yesterday. The not-quite-bad news: It's at best a mixed bag, with only a few truly memorable moments.

Publication: The San Diego Union-Tribune [US]
Date: April 2, 1986
Title: "Intriguing New Album May Not Boost Prince's Career"
Summary: Prince is a musical genius. Even his detractors admit that.

Publication: Chicago Tribune [US]
Date: April 11, 1986
Title: "Prince Back In Groove, For the Most Part"
Summary: PRINCE AND THE REVOLUTION, Parade (Paisley Park): Relax. "Around the World in a Day" was a fluke. Not that "Parade" is on a par with "1999" or "Controversy."

Publication: Stereo Review [US]
Date: July 1986
Title: Stereo Review Review
Summary: A SQUIGGLY BASS LINE, A FRIGIDIFIED DRUM track, and a guitar hook with an alligator’s bite: "Kiss" is Prince’s return to his roots, kind of. Its title has the directness of "Head" - homeboy wants to be diddled, although he’s a little tamer now, his long-lost falsetto returning to insist.

Publication: Rolling Stone [US]
Date: The Year In Records 1986
Title: "Prince and The Revolution

Publication: Parade"
Summary: Prince remained rock's most exciting major artist. As was the case with such seminal creators as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan, a new album by Prince was something one could automatically plunk down money for, secure in the knowledge that while the little guy might occasionally falter, he would never be uninteresting.