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.
Wallinger began work on Private Revolution after his departure from The Waterboys in 1985. The sessions were conducted at Wallinger's home studio primarily with a guitar and a drum machine. He 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
Personnel World Party Karl Wallinger – vocals, guitars, bass, sampling keyboards, drum programming with: Rufus Dove – guitars (probably a pseudonym for Wallinger - pun on "rufous dove") Will Towyn – sampling keyboards (probably a pseudonym for Wallinger - pun on "will to win") Delahaye – percussion (possibly a pseudonym for Wallinger, or for Mike Scott - this is an alias also used on several Waterboys albums) Millennium Mills – piano (probably a pseudonym for Wallinger - name taken from Millennium Mills building in London Docklands) Ahmed Gottlieb – sitar and tabla (probably a pseudonym for Wallinger)
Special guests Anthony Thistlethwaite – saxophone (3) Stephen Wickham – violin (4, 5) Martin Finnucane – harp (5) (probably a pseudonym for Wallinger - this is the name of a character in the Flann O'Brien novel The Third Policeman) Sinéad O'Connor – backing vocals (8)
Technical Produced by Karl Wallinger Cover photography – Steve Wallace assisted by Mathew Stevens Back cover photography – Edward Durdey Design – Josh Riley and Stephanie Nash
Charts Chart (1986–1987)PositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)13Canadian Albums Chart60US Billboard 20027
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