Overall, the album was much more diverse and well-received than For You, critically and commercially, selling three million copies.
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On October 19, 2019, Prince's estate released an acoustic demo version of " I Feel For You" as a single to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Prince album release.Ĭritical reception Professional ratings Review scores Displeased at his lack of success, Prince quickly recorded the follow-up. Prince had used twice his initial recording advance on the album, and it had failed to generate a pop hit (although " Soft and Wet" became a No. asked for a follow-up to his 1978 debut, For You. Prince recorded the album in just a few weeks after Warner Bros. On the album credits, Prince thanks his bassist André Cymone and drummer Bobby Z. The album was written, arranged, composed, produced and performed entirely by Prince. Prince was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) four months after its release. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" was Prince's first hit single on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number eleven while also topping the Billboard Hot Black Singles. The album contained three Billboard Hot Black Singles hits: " Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?", " Sexy Dancer" and " I Wanna Be Your Lover". Prince peaked at 22 on the Billboard 200 and number three on the Billboard R&B Chart. Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981), Robert Christgau wrote: "This boy is going to be a big star, and he deserves it". Overall, Prince was regarded as more diverse than For You (1978), and performed better critically and commercially.
P.Prince is the self-titled second studio album by American musician Prince.The Slaughterhouse (Trax from the NPG Music Club: Volume 2) (2004).The Chocolate Invasion (Trax from the NPG Music Club: Volume 1) (2004).One Nite Alone…Live – The Aftershow: It Ain’t Over (Up Late with Prince & The NPG) (2002).The Gold Experience (1995) (“The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” greyed out, partial album streaming only album unavailable for download).Prince catalogue titles newly available digitally via SME/Legacy are: The announcement includes no mention of physical product, but it seems likely that many of the albums will be released on vinyl at some point in the future. Prince’s soundtrack albums, including “Purple Rain,” “Parade” and “Batman,” will remains with Warner. Starting in 2021, Sony/Legacy’s distribution rights will be expanded to include 12 Prince non-soundtrack catalog albums, featuring music recorded by the artist from the 1978-1996 era for distribution in the United States. Records) and closing with the anthemic “We March” (from 1995’s The Gold Experience). 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April of 1994 - is not included, although it was part of the original tracklist for “The Gold Experience.” Reps for the estate and Sony declined comment, but a source close to the situation tells Variety that the song is “on legal hold as a result of existing litigation.” (The song was originally issued on the indie Delmark Records after Prince’s label at the time, Warner Bros., with whom he was publicly sparring, reportedly declined to release it after its chart success, the song was included on Prince’s next album for Warner, “The Gold Experience.”)Īssembled and curated under the auspices of The Prince Estate, “Prince Anthology: 1995-2010” opens with the title track from 1996’s “Emancipation” (“This is my most important record,” Prince said of his first album released after he’d left his original label, Warner Bros. Curiously, the artist’s biggest hit from that period - “The Most Beautiful Girl in the World,” which reached No.
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