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Oct 19, 2022 · Here's a quick look at every track on Prince's second album, and links to more in-depth explorations of seven of the songs. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" This was Prince's first big hit, missing the Top 10 on the Billboard pop chart by just one spot. The video took pains to hammer home the "one-man-band" message, showing Prince moving back and forth ...
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- Prince Tour
In 1978 Prince had released his debut album For You. A fine start, but it wasn’t a big seller. Prince did things differently for his new album. Faster, more intuitive and consciously commercial.
After Warner Bros. didn’t sign off on a For You Tour, Prince went to work on his second album. He wrote over 20 songs and entered the Alpha Studios at the end of April, 1979. All recordings were done by June 13th, some six weeks after the recordings had started. Overdubs and the final mix were done at the Hollywood Sound Recorders. The recording pr...
Prince is Prince’s second studio album and was released on October 19th, 1979 as part of the three-deal contract Prince had signed with Warner Bros. Just like on his debut album For You Prince composed, performed and arranged it all (barring some extra background vocals on Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?). The single I Wanna Be Your Lover, which was...
Five singles were culled from Prince: 1. I Wanna Be Your Lover (released: August 24th, 1979) 2. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? (released: January 23rd, 1980) 3. Still Waiting (released: March 25th, 1980) 4. Sexy Dancer (UK & Japan) (released: April 11th, 1980) 5. Bambi (Belgium & Netherlands only) (released: September 19th, 1980)
Even though Prince isn’t a real classic Prince album like the following eight albums would be, it does contain a number of elements that points towards his upcoming music. Songs like I Wanna Be Your Lover, Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?, Sexy Dancer and Bambiin particular, are really great songs, that represent a multitude of different musical styl...
Princewas the first Prince album to be certified in the US: 1. On February 15th, 1980, the album was certified gold (meaning sales of at least 500,000 copies) 2. On February 21st, 1980 (6 days later!), the album was certified platinum, for sales of over 1,000,000 copies
All songs written by Prince. 1. I Wanna Be Your Lover 2. Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? 3. Sexy Dancer 4. When We’re Dancing Close and Slow 5. With You 6. Bambi 7. Still Waiting 8. I Feel For You 9. It’s Gonna Be Lonely
Prince – all vocals and instruments, with help from André Cymone on Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? (doing background vocals). André Cymone and Bobby Z. are thanked in the liner notes for being heaven-sent helpers.
Both the album and the singles were heavily promoted. Prince could be seen in several TV shows. One of those shows was American Bandstand, presented by Dick Clark. Prince was to do two songs: I Wanna Be Your Lover and Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?. Between both performances Prince would be interviewed. Immediately after the first ‘performance’ (Pr...
Contrary to what happened after the release of the For Youalbum, by now the time was deemed right for a tour. At last, the band could really get to work: 1. Prince – vocals and guitar 2. André Cymone – bass 3. Dez Dickerson – guitar 4. Dr. Fink – keyboards 5. Gayle Chapman – keyboards 6. Bobby Z. – drums The first Prince tour started on November 26...
Jul 30, 2021 · The latest discovery, Welcome 2 America — a full album of fun, funky pop and R&B from 2010 — proves just how unreliable his instincts were since he inexplicably shelved it. From track one, it...
Prince is the second studio album by the American musician Prince. It was released on October 19, 1979, by Warner Bros. Records. The album was written, arranged, composed, produced and performed entirely by Prince. Overall, Prince was regarded as more diverse than For You, and performed better critically and commercially. Reviewing in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies ...
