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Private Revolution by World Party
Private Revolution is an album by World Party, released in 1986. 3 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 61 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Ship of Fools”, on 44 lists with a best position of #45.
Private Revolution, the 1986 debut from World Party, is really the work of one man: Karl Wallinger, fresh out of the Waterboys, alone on the cover and producing himself for Chrysalis. He built it at his home studio, mostly on a guitar and a drum machine, and several of the players listed in the credits are just Wallinger under silly aliases. The real guests are choice ones, though, among them Anthony Thistlethwaite, Steve Wickham and Sinéad O'Connor.
For a bedroom project it sounds remarkably big: bright, tuneful pop-rock with the drum machine ticking away underneath and Wallinger handling most of the rest himself. "Ship of Fools" was the hit and still the song everybody knows, and the title track and "All Come True" showed there was more where that came from.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Private Revolution on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ship of Fools | 44 | #45 | – | 1987–2024 | |
| 2 | Private Revolution | 14 | #57 | – | 1987–2014 | |
| 3 | All Come True | 3 | #78 | – | 1987–2003 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.