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World Party is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Waterboys, Big Blue Ball, Prince, Otis Redding and Neil Young. Those roots explain a lot about how World Party arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Waterboys, Lloyd Cole, The Smithereens, The Alarm and Matthew Sweet, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Brian Kennedy, Robbie Williams, Jellyfish, Lazlo Bane and New Radicals, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 33 connections around World Party, reaching back through The Waterboys and forward to Brian Kennedy. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
World Party was a musical group, predominantly the solo project of its sole consistent member, the songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger. Wallinger started the band in 1985 in London after leaving the Waterboys. At various times, World Party also featured Guy Chambers, David Catlin-Birch, future Oasis drummer Chris Sharrock, Jeff Trott, Amanda Kramer and John Turnbull.
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World Party connections
World Party grew out of The Waterboys, Big Blue Ball, Prince and Otis Redding, shares an orbit with The Waterboys, Lloyd Cole, The Smithereens and The Alarm, went on to shape Brian Kennedy, Robbie Williams, Jellyfish and Lazlo Bane. 33 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced World Party
Sounds and acts that shaped World Party.
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