Private Revolution

Private Revolution is the 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.

Private Revolution
Studio album by World Party
Released	1986
Studio	January–March 1986, Baby'O Recorders (Hollywood)
Label	Chrysalis
Producer	Karl Wallinger
World Party chronology
Private Revolution (1986) Goodbye Jumbo (1990)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Q	[2]
The Village Voice	C[3]

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)

Personnel

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

Charts

Chart (1986)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4]	12
US (Billboard 200)	39

References

1. Erlewine, Iotis. "Private Revolution – World Party". AllMusic. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
2. "World Party: Private Revolution". Q (172): 137. January 2001.
3. Christgau, Robert (5 May 1987). "Christgau's Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
4. 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.