Private Revolution

Private Revolution
Studio album by World Party
Released	1986
Genre	Rock
Label	Chrysalis Records
Producer	Karl Wallinger
World Party chronology
Private Revolution (1986) Goodbye Jumbo (1990)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Rolling Stone Magazine	[2]

Private Revolution is the 1986 debut album by the 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 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

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)

Performers

• Karl Wallinger — vocals, guitars, bass, sampling keyboards
• Delahaye — percussion
• Rufus Dove — electric guitars
• Martin Finnucane — harp ("Dance of the Hoppy Lads")
• Ahmed Gottlieb — sitar and tabla
• Millennium Mills — piano
• Sinéad O'Connor — backing vocals ("Private Revolution", "Hawaiian Island World")
• Anthony Thistlethwaite — saxophone ("Ship of Fools")
• Will Towyn — sampling keyboards
• Steve Wickham — violin

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

Singles

Billboard (North America)

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