Originals (Prince album)
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Summer 1981 - January 1991 |
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Dance pop , electronic pop music , funk , R&B |
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15th |
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63:50 |
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Michael Howe |
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Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse ( Eden Prairie ) |
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Originals ( English for originals ) is the second of Prince posthumously released studio album , which at the label on June 7, 2019 NPG Records / Warner Bros. Records was released. The album contains Prince's original versions of 15 self-written songs, which he did not publish himself but made available to other artists.
Prince composed all of the songs on the album, some under pseudonyms , between 1981 and 1991; he left them to artists such as Apollonia 6 , Jill Jones , Kenny Rogers , Martika , Sheila E. , The Bangles , The Time and Vanity 6 . The music of the original is one of the genres of dance-pop , electronic pop music , Funk and R & B . The lyrics are about loneliness, love, spirituality , sex and lust .
Guest musicians include Eric Leeds, Jesse Johnson , Jill Jones, Morris Day from The Time, Sheila E. and Susannah Melvoin ; some music critics rated Originals very positively. From a commercial point of view, the album was only able to achieve top ten placements in a few countries and did not achieve gold or platinum status internationally.
Emergence
End of April 2019 was The Prince Estate (dt .: the Princeton discount ) via press release announced on June 7 - the album - Prince '61st birthday original to want to publish. The 15 songs were selected by Troy Carter and Jay-Z ; Carter is a consultant to The Prince Estate and rapper Jay-Z took over the online music streaming service Tidal in 2015 .
Prince composed all 15 songs from Originals between 1981 and 1991, but did not release his own versions at the time. He passed on ten songs to six of his protégés at the time - Apollonia 6 , Jill Jones , Sheila E. , The Family, The Time and Vanity 6 ; Prince also produced at least one studio album for these artists. He wrote the other five songs for Kenny Rogers , Martika , Mazarati, Taja Sevelle and The Bangles . Prince's version of Nothing Compares 2 U was released as a single back in April 2018, making it the only track released by Originals before the release date .
Michael Howe, curator of The Prince Estate, said in an interview with Spiegel Online that the versions recorded by Prince on the tape recorder had been "toned up". But it was more difficult with songs that he had recorded on compact cassette , because they "sounded so bad that we had to make a lot of improvements, of course exactly true to the original". Many songs were previously not available on Bootleg , which is why "there are still surprises for Prince collectors with extensive collections," said Howe.
Recordings 1981: Make-Up
Prince recorded the song Make-Up in the summer of 1981 in his then private recording studio called Kiowa Trail Home Studio in Chanhassen , Minnesota. He originally placed the piece on the debut album of his side project The Hookers, a girl group he founded , which consisted of Jamie Shoop, Susan Moonsie and their sister Loreen. Shoop was Prince's then personal assistant, and Susan Moonsie (born January 21, 1964 in Minneapolis) was his girlfriend at the time. In January 1982 Prince broke up the group and founded a new band Vanity 6 , in which Shoop and Loreen Moonsie no longer took part. Prince finally placed make-up on the Vanity 6 album, released in August 1982.
Recordings 1982: Gigolos Get Lonely Too , You're My Love , Wouldn't You Love to Love Me? , Baby you're a trip
On January 11, 1982 Prince recorded the song Gigolos Get Lonely Too in his recording studio Kiowa Trail Home, which he recorded in August 1982 on the album What Time Is It? placed by The Time .
You're My Love recorded Prince in March 1982 at the Kiowa Trail Home Studio, the exact date of the recording being unknown to the public. In 1986 he received a management request from Kenny Rogers to contribute a song for the singer's album They Don't Make Them Like They Used To . Prince agreed and chose You're My Love . In May 1986 he sent the song to Clare Fischer so that he could add arrangements of wind and string instruments . Then Prince passed the piece on to Rogers, who reworked it with his own musicians and created a new version.
The first recording of Wouldn't You Love to Love Me? dates back to 1976. At that time, Prince was temporarily living with the Anderson family of his school friend André Cymone in Minneapolis , Minnesota, and recorded the song in their house with a tape recorder . In the summer of 1978 he moved to Edina, Minnesota, to his first own house, where he Wouldn't You Love to Love Me? overworked. Among other things, he also played a version with the US singer Sue Ann Carwell (* 1962), where she took over the lead vocals. But this version is still unpublished today (as of 2020). Carwell is the sister of rapper TC Ellis, who appeared on the Prince album Graffiti Bridge (1990). On the original release version of Would not You Love to Love Me? Prince recorded on April 1, 1982 in Los Angeles , California at the Sunset Sound recording studio. In September 1986 Prince was asked by Quincy Jones whether he would sing the title song of the same name with Jackson in a duet on Michael Jackson's album Bad (1987) and whether he would like to participate in the accompanying music video . Prince declined both and instead offered, Wouldn't You Love to Love Me? Contributing to the Bad album, which Jackson did not want. Finally, Prince gave the piece to the singer Taja Sevelle (born January 7, 1962 in Minneapolis), who published it in September 1987 on her album of the same name.
On July 8, 1982, Prince recorded the song Baby, You're a Trip at Sunset Sound, which Jill Jones released in May 1987.
Recordings 1983: Jungle Love , Sex Shooter , The Glamorous Life
The rhythm of Jungle Love created guitarist Jesse Johnson in 1982 and took him on a Tascam - 8-track tape on. He gave the cassette Prince, who on March 26, 1983 in Sunset Sound both added a melody and wrote a song text. Jungle Love was released in July 1984 on Ice Cream Castle , The Time's third album . Also in the movie Purple Rain in 1984, the band presented the song, and her performance is from a live concert on October 4, 1983 music club First Avenue, but the band in the movie in the playback recites.
Sex Shooter recorded Prince on April 30, 1983 at the Kiowa Trail Home Studio. He originally placed the song on Vanity 6's second album, but lead vocalist Vanity left the band, whereupon Prince canceled the release. He ultimately brought out Sex Shooter on Apollonia 6's album in October 1984. The piece can also be heard in the Purple Rain film.
On December 27, 1983, Prince recorded The Glamorous Life in the Sunset Sound studio and Sheila E. released the song in May 1984 as a pre-release single of her album of the same name.
Recordings 1984: Manic Monday , Noon Rendezvous , 100 MPH , Nothing Compares 2 U
Prince recorded the song Manic Monday on February 4, 1984 in the Sunset Sound recording studio and initially placed it on the Apollonia 6 album, which was incomprehensible to his then sound engineer Peggy McCreary: “I was so excited that he decided to buy the Apollonia 6 because he did so well with his singing, ”she said. But you never asked Prince about the reasons for his decisions, you always "only did what he told you". In February 1985, Prince met Susanna Hoffs , lead singer of The Bangles, on a flight to England . He was asked if he would like to contribute songs to an album, whereupon Prince decided on Manic Monday . He had previously deleted the song from the Apollonia 6 album (1984) and gave it to The Bangles, who made their commercial breakthrough with Manic Monday ; the band released the piece in December 1985 as a pre-release single of their second album Different Light . Prince offered The Bangles another song - Jealous Girl - but the band turned it down; the piece is still unpublished today (as of 2020).
On February 13, 1984, Prince recorded Noon Rendezvous in Sunset Sound . He wrote the song together with Sheila E. , who was dreaming of a commercial song that could also be played on the radio, which Prince was "enthusiastic" about. Noon Rendezvous placed Prince on Sheila's debut album The Glamorous Life in June 1984 .
Prince recorded 100 MPH on June 24, 1984 in Eden Prairie , Minnesota at the Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse. Tony Christian, the rhythm guitarist for the band Mazarati, said Prince wrote the song specifically for the band. Official documents confirm his statement, but Prince also considered his side project The Family. Jerry Hubbard, bassist for The Time in 1984 and The Family in 1985, said Prince played him 100 MPH and asked if this song was "something for The Family," which he said yes. Ultimately, Prince decided on Mazarati, who released the piece on their debut album in March 1986. Mazarati was founded in 1982 by Prince's then bassist Brown Mark, who composed all the songs for the debut album except for 100 MPH . In 1989 the band broke up.
The version of Nothing Compares 2 U published on Originals was recorded by Prince on July 15, 1984 at the Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse. He placed the piece on The Family album, released in August 1985. The song became internationally known in 1990 through Sinéad O'Connor's commercially very successful cover version .
Recordings 1985: Dear Michaelangelo , Holly Rock
Prince wrote the two songs Dear Michaelangelo and Holly Rock together with Sheila E. When he gave five concerts in Atlanta, Georgia at The Omni on his Purple Rain tour in early January 1985 , he recorded Dear Michaelangelo after the concerts . He recorded the piece at the Master Sound recording studio in Atlanta and Sheila E. brought it out on her second album Romance 1600 in August 1985 . Holly Rock recorded Prince on April 24, 1985 on Sunset Sound and Sheila E. released the song on the soundtrack of the film Krush Groove in September 1985 .
Recordings 1991: Love… Thy Will Be Done
In November 1990 Martika was recording her second studio album when the Prince film Graffiti Bridge hit US theaters. She was impressed with the film because some of the themes in the film were exactly the same as those on her emerging album. Prince offered to contribute some songs for the new album and took in January 1991 at his Paisley Park studio in Chanhassen the piece Love ... Thy Will Be Done on. Martika liked the piece very much and recorded it with her own musicians in New York City . In the end, Prince wrote a total of four songs for her, which can be heard on her album Martika's Kitchen , which was released in August 1991.
Design of the cover
The CD and the booklet are in a hinged cardboard cover. The front cover shows a photo of Prince from 1980, which was taken in a photo studio . He is standing in front of a white wall on which a kind of white poster has been attached by means of image processing . On this poster, in red lettering similar to graffiti, is the words "Prince" sprayed by the musician himself . The poster is designed like a book page and seems to float away from the lower left corner to the top right. Prince is turned slightly sideways to the camera, his head is tilted to the right and his pupils are looking at the viewer. He wears a light blue cloth coat with silver studs on his right shoulder. On the left side of the coat is a button with the inscription "Rude Boy" at chest height , similar to the album cover by Controversy from 1981. Prince also wears a red bandana and a black undercoat that does not completely cover his chest hair covered. The photo was taken by the Minneapolis- based photographer Allen Beaulieu (* 1952), who was also responsible for the album covers of Dirty Mind (1980), Controversy (1981) and Piano & A Microphone 1983 (2018). The tracklist of Originals can be read on the back cover .
When the cardboard cover is opened, the record covers and vinyl singles of the artists to whom Prince originally passed the songs on the Originals can be viewed . The booklet consists of six pages. Information on the recording date is printed for all 15 songs, but only the respective month and year are mentioned, but not the exact date. In addition, the respective sound engineers who assisted Prince are listed. In addition, the US chart positions are available for the songs that were originally released as singles.
Music and lyrics
The music of the original is one of the genres of dance-pop , electronic pop music , Funk and R & B , combined with synthesizers and drum machine Linn LM-1 . The lyrics are about loneliness, love, spirituality and - typical for Prince in the 1980s - about sex and lust . Most of the songs he sings melodically set to music , only makeup and Hollyrock he wears in the chant before. In addition to his characteristic falsetto singing , Prince also uses lower voices.
The first song Sex Shooter belongs to the dance-pop genre. Prince combines a catchy melody with a distinctive synthesizer hookline to create a funky beat . In the sexually suggestive lyrics, he plays a play on words with the term "Six Shooter", a revolver with six chambers. But the weapon was changed to make it a kind of weapon itself. Since Prince cannot pull the trigger on his own, he asks his lover to "kiss the gun", which is "guaranteed to be fun".
The piece Jungle Love is from the funk genre; Prince created a groove from a dominant bassline with a synthesizer, for which Jesse Johnson plays guitar. In the also suggestive lyrics, he describes himself to a woman as “a bit dangerous” and wants to show her his wild and untamed “jungle love”. Prince released the song under the pseudonym "Jamie Starr", which he used from 1981 to 1983.
Manic Monday is from the genre of pop music ; the melody is largely identical to that of 1999 from 1982. In the lyrics, Prince describes the hardships and problems of a modern young professional woman who is the main breadwinner in a partnership as a compassionate observer. She longs for rest and relaxation, especially on a Sunday, because this is her "Fun Day, my 'I-don't-have-to-run-day'". However, she fears the madness of “Manic Monday”. In backing vocals Brenda Bennett (born 1952 are Warwick (Rhode Iceland) ), a former member of Vanity 6 and Apollonia 6 and Jill Jones heard. Prince published Manic Monday under the pseudonym "Christopher", named after the lead role he played "Christopher Tracy" in his 1986 film Under the Cherry Moon .
The ballad Noon Rendezvous , which Prince plays on the piano and is accompanied by a discreet drum computer, he wrote together with Sheila E. The lyrics deal with devotion . Sheila E. said the lyrics were about her relationship with Prince, who only sings in falsetto.
The number Make-Up , which comes from the genre of electronic pop music, is sparsely arranged by Prince , dominated by the synthesizer and the drum computer Linn LM-1. The beat is jerky and looks robotic. Prince recites the lyrics in a chant -like manner , reciting a list of different make-up , color, and clothing items as he prepares for a date .
100 MPH (corresponds to 160.9 km / h) is from the area of dance pop, created with elements from funk and rock . Synthesizers and drum computers are in the foreground, but Prince lacks a self-contained songwriting . The lyrics deal with enjoying life to the fullest.
You're My Love is an uninspired ballad at times. In the lyrics, Prince describes a man who wants to assure his doubting partner of his uninterrupted affection, even if the two have been together for many years. It is the first song that Prince released under the pseudonym "Joey Coco", which he used from 1985 to 1987.
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The up-tempo -Song Hollyrock based on a thumping one-chord - reef , with Sheila E. both percussion playing and took over the backing vocals. Eddie Mininfield, also known as Eddie M., played the saxophone and was a member of Sheila E's backing band from 1984 to 1985 . Prince rapt sprechgesang like about the term "Holly Rock", but does not define this and shares only with, "it could be a dance, it could be a song." In the US cartoon series Flintstones (1960–1966) the city of Hollywood is called "Hollyrock", which could have inspired Prince for the title name.
In the R&B ballad Baby, You're a Trip , Jill Jones took over the backing vocals, and in the lyrics a woman seems to have come to terms with the fact that she has fallen in love with a distant man who doesn't know how he should return her love.
The song The Glamorous Life comes from the genre funk and pop. The catchy hookline is based on a rhythmic foundation, shaped by the synthesizer and the Linn LM-1 drum computer. It is the first Prince song with saxophone playing that he did not publish under his own name - he passed the piece on to Sheila E. in 1984. The saxophone was played by jazz musician Larry Williams, who worked with Al Jarreau , Aretha Franklin , Eric Clapton , George Benson and Michael Jackson , among others . David Coleman (* 1962; † 2004) played the cello , he was Lisa Coleman's younger brother . In the lyrics, Prince describes a glamorous woman who drives “a big brown Mercedes limousine” and likes to wear “diamonds and furs”. She is convinced that she can do without love until she gets to know a man who causes her to rethink; she realizes that "money only pays the rent," while real love, while "really scary", is "heaven sent" and "glamorous" at the same time.
Gigolos Get Lonely Too is a funk R&B ballad that has a laid-back feel, with Prince supported by Jesse Johnson on guitar and Morris Day, lead singer of The Time , on drums . In the lyrics, Prince describes the point of view of a gigolo who confesses to a woman that even a professional seducer like him sometimes gets lonely. Like Jungle Love , Prince released the piece under the pseudonym "Jamie Starr".
Love… Thy Will Be Done is one of the most spiritual songs from Prince's pen and can be counted among the best that he did not originally release under his own name. He sampled the groove, consisting of a pumping electric bass and synthesizer, from the song Fifty-Fifty Clown (1990) by the Cocteau Twins and created a loop that can be heard as a continuous loop from start to finish. In the lyrics, Prince uses the word "love" as a metaphor for "God"; for him love is God and God is love. After finally hugging God, he cannot be "happier even if there is no peace outside my window" because "peace within" exists.
The track Dear Michaelangelo is reminiscent of The Glamorous Life at times , but the drum machine programming seems less inspired and the song seems to have been produced hastily. As with Holly Rock , Sheila E. played percussion and also took on the backing vocals, Eddie Mininfield can be heard on saxophone. The lyrics of the song with a spiritual touch make reference to the Italian painter Michelangelo (1475–1564), with the misprint "Mich a elangelo" from 1985 being used in the title name . In the chorus , Prince asks Michelangelo to color his dreams in his head. He also sings: “Save me from the invitation of death. I will not make love to anyone unless it is of your persuasiveness. "
The song Wouldn't You Love to Love Me? From the genre of pop and funk is about love and sex. As is typical for a Prince song text, he takes the initiative with a woman and asks whether she really loves him or "just takes some time". Similar to Noon Rendezvous , Prince sings in falsetto.
The album ends with the ballad Nothing Compares 2 U , in which Eric Leeds played the saxophone. When it came to the lyrics, Prince focused solely on feelings of lovesickness , rather than telling a detailed story about a particular breakup. Although he regrets the separation from his girlfriend, he does not provide any explanation as to why she left him and why nothing is “comparable to” her. Prince did not publicly announce who inspired him to write the lyrics. His then sound engineer Susan Rogers is of the opinion that Prince was influenced by his housekeeper Sandra "Sandy" Marie Scipioni (born November 17, 1959; † May 23, 2015). Scipioni took care of his house and garden from 1980, but abruptly terminated his employment in 1984 because her father had unexpectedly died of a heart attack and she wanted to stay with her family. Then Prince Rogers asked several times if and when Scipioni was coming back.
Jerome Benton, a member of The Time, however, describes a different version of the genesis of the lyrics. He himself was engaged in the early 1980s and wanted to marry a woman from Los Angeles, but she insisted he give up music. The two eventually separated, whereupon Benton was very injured and went to Prince with all his problems; he then wrote Nothing Compares 2 U about Benton's feelings.
In 2011, Susannah Melvoin was asked in an interview whether Prince Nothing Compares 2 U had written for her, to which she hesitantly answered with "Maybe ... yes". But he never said, "Baby, I wrote this song for you," she said with a laugh. Melvoin can be heard on the version released on Originals with subtle backing vocals. She was Prince's boyfriend in 1984 and engaged to him from August 1985 to April 1986. Susannah Melvon is the twin sister of Wendy Melvoin .
List of titles and publications
| No. | song | author | length |
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| 1 | Sex shooter | Prince | 3:06 |
| 2 | Jungle love | Prince, Jesse Johnson , Morris Day | 3:03 |
| 3 | Manic Monday | Prince | 2:50 |
| 4th | Noon rendezvous | Prince, Sheila E. | 3:00 |
| 5 | Make up | Prince | 2:26 |
| 6th | 100 MPH | Prince | 3:30 |
| 7th | You're my love | Prince | 4:23 |
| 8th | Holly Rock | Prince, Sheila E. | 6:38 |
| 9 | Baby you're a trip | Prince | 5:51 |
| 10 | The glamorous life | Prince | 4:11 |
| 11 | Gigolos Get Lonely Too | Prince | 4:41 |
| 12 | Love ... Thy Will Be Done | Prince, Martika | 4:06 |
| 13 | Dear Michaelangelo | Prince, Sheila E. | 5:22 |
| 14th | Wouldn't You Love to Love Me? | Prince | 5:56 |
| 15th | Nothing Compares 2 U | Prince | 4:39 |
Originals was released worldwide on June 7, 2019 and was only available through Tidal for the first 14 days . Since June 21, 2019, the album has also been available for download from other streaming providers , and it can also be listened to free of charge from The Prince Estate's YouTube account. Originals was also released on compact disc . The Japanese and Target editions contain the bonus track Nothing Compares 2 U (Cinematic Mix) , which is 4:23 minutes long and has an arrangement by Clare Fischer . On July 19, 2019 Originals was released as a double LP on record , the double LP also being available as an “Exclusive Limited Edition” in white vinyl and as a “Deluxe” edition in purple vinyl.
Singles
A total of two singles were released from the album; on April 19, 2018, Nothing Compares 2 U was released both as a download and on vinyl single . On the A side there is a version shortened to 4:12 minutes, on the B side the album version of Originals can be heard. Holly Rock was released on July 25, 2019 and appeared exclusively as a download in an edit version shortened to 3:47 minutes.
The following songs were released as singles by the performers, on which Prince had passed the pieces on:
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The Glamorous Life The Glamorous Life |
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UK96 (2 weeks) UK |
US7 (26 weeks) US |
• Artist: Sheila E.
• First published: May 2nd, 1984 |
| Sex shooter Apollonia 6 |
- | - | - | - |
US85 (6 weeks) US |
• Artist: Apollonia 6
• First published: August 31, 1984 |
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| Jungle Love Ice Cream Castle |
- | - | - | - |
US20 (25 weeks) US |
• Artist: The Time
• First published: October 11, 1984 |
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| 1985 |
Manic Monday Different Light |
DE2 (18 weeks) DE |
AT2 (12 weeks) AT |
CH4 (12 weeks) CH |
UK2  (13 weeks)UK |
US2 (20 weeks) US |
• Artist: The Bangles
• First published: December 23, 1985 |
| 1988 | Wouldn't You Love to Love Me? Taja Sevelle |
- | - | - |
UK59 (5 weeks) UK |
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• Artist: Taja Sevelle
• First published: February 1988 |
| 1990 |
Nothing Compares 2 U I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got |
DE1  (32 weeks)DE |
AT1 (21 weeks)AT |
CH1 (29 weeks) CH |
UK1  (18 weeks)UK |
US1 (21 weeks)US |
• Artist: Sinéad O'Connor
• First published: January 8, 1990 |
| 1991 |
Love ... Thy Will Be Done Martika’s Kitchen |
DE26 (19 weeks) DE |
- |
CH26 (1 week) CH |
UK9 (9 weeks) UK |
US10 (15 weeks) US |
• Artist: Martika
• First published: August 27, 1991 |
In addition, the following four songs were extracted as singles from the respective albums, but could not be placed in the international charts:
- March 9, 1983: Gigolos Get Lonely Too by The Time from What Time Is It?
- February 1985: Noon Rendezvous by Sheila E. from The Glamorous Life
- June 13, 1985: 100 MPH from Mazarati to Mazarati
- 4th July 1986: Holly Rock by Sheila E. from the soundtrack Krush Groove
Sex Shooter by Apollonia 6 can be seen in the film Purple Rain and was nominated for the negative Golden Raspberry award in the "Worst Song" category, but was spared an award when it was awarded in 1985 .
Music videos
The Prince Estate has produced a total of three music videos from the songs on the Originals album ; in Nothing Compares 2 U Prince and are The revolution seen in 1984, as in Eden Prairie rehearse dance scenes in Minnesota at the Flying Cloud Drive warehouse. On the occasion of the CD release of Originals , a music video for Manic Monday was initially available on Apple Music for a fee of 1.99 US dollars (equivalent to 1.76 euros). The video is similar to that of Nothing Compares 2 U ; Prince and The Revolution can be seen rehearsing dance scenes in the Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse. Since June 23, 2019, the video can also be viewed free of charge on the user account of The Prince Estate on YouTube . On July 25, 2019, a video for Holly Rock was released, which was produced in the single version. The video was created in the Electric Light Studios in London and is almost exclusively comic- like in design, with Prince being seen in different outfits . In addition, individual passages of Holly Rock's lyrics can be read.
Music videos exist for the following eight other songs, but they are not influenced by Prince: The Glamorous Life (1984: Sheila E.), Sex Shooter (1984: Apollonia 6), Jungle Love (1984: The Time), Manic Monday (1985 : The Bangles), 100 MPH (1986: Mazarati), Wouldn't You Love to Love Me? (1988: Taja Sevelle), Nothing Compares 2 U (1990: Sinéad O'Connor) and Love… Thy Will Be Done (1991: Martika).
About the seven songs Make-Up (1982: Vanity 6), Gigolos Get Lonely Too (1982: The Time), Noon Rendezvous (1984: Sheila E.), Dear Michaelangelo and Holly Rock (both 1985: Sheila E.), You No videos were produced for 're My Love (1986: Kenny Rogers) and Baby, You're a Trip (1987: Jill Jones).
Cover versions
Various musicians from the most varied of genres recorded cover versions of songs from the original album and published them on sound carriers , with the piece Nothing Compares 2 U being by far the most frequently interpreted; this example have Sinéad O'Connor (1990) Aretha Franklin (2014) Dixie Chicks (2017) Nikka Costa (2017) and ONAIR added (2018) new. In 1993 Prince recorded a live version with Rosie Gaines and brought it out on The Hits / The B-Sides .
Manic Monday can be heardfor 1:34 minutes in the medley of the party mix of Das Super Za Za Zabadak (1986) by the Saragossa Band . In addition, the German punk band Die Bengels (1994) recorded a new version of Manic Monday , as did the US pop punk band Missile Command (1996), the hi-NRG band Popcorn feat. Jade (1998) in a medley with Hooked on a Feeling , Bonnie Pink feat. Yuka Honda (2005), Relient K (2005), Leningrad Cowboys (2006), the punk band Punk People (2006), Ephemera (2008), the indie band The Yellow Melodies (2013) and the Filipino soul singer Stephanie Romawag (2015). In addition, there are two German-language versions with the title Müder Montag from 1986, but they have different lyrics. One version of Die Bengelinchen is a children's version, the lyrics of which refer to the school. The other version comes from the Austrian Regina Brandstätter, who was still a teenager at the time; the content of the lyrics is based on the English-language original. Brandstätter later becameknownas a violinist .
The Glamorous Life covered Eden's Crush with Nicole Scherzinger (2001), Ringo Starr with Sheila E. (2002), the punk band Dirty Children (2004), the Australian presenter and Europop singer Melissa Tkautz (2005), DJ T-Funk feat. Inaya Day (2005), Theophilus London (2012) under the title Glam Life 2.0 and the Filipino electro singer Jenn Cuneta (2017).
Gigolos Get Lonely Too played US rapper Passion (1996), R&B singers Jack Knight (1999), Andrew Young (2008), Warren G feat. Snoop Dogg (2009) and soul singer Leander (2013) new one. The song was also released under the title Gig a los Get Lonely Too by rapper K-Dee feat. Morris Day (1994), covered by DJ Screw on his mixtape Chapter 016: Late Night Fuckin 'Yo Bitch (1995) and covered by R&B singer James Jr (2007). Big Moe feat. Noke D (2003) recorded a version called Get Lonely Too , and the songs Kalifornia (1994) by Above the Law feat. Like Contrary to Rumor (1998) by R&B singer Levitti, Kokane is based on Gigolos Get Lonely Too .
Jungle Love interpreted the Italian Eurodance singer Victor (1995), the US punk band Franks & Deans (2016), as well as the US The Voice finalist from 2017 and funk singer Jesse Larson. Sex Shooter covered the following musicians: the electro band Coco Electrik (2006), the house band FireFox (2006), the Norwegian electro band Frost (2008), the British electro dance music band Cahill feat. Nikki Belle (2009) and the Dutch techno - DJ Miss Z (2013). Love… Thy Will Be Done re- recorded the acapella band Counterparts (1998) and Delta Goodrem (2014).
reception
Press
Some music critics rated Originals as excellent. Many believed that Prince's versions were usually better than the versions released in the 1980s.
Thomas Hobbs from the British music magazine New Musical Express was enthusiastic about Originals and gave the highest number of five stars. The "unearthed tracks" demonstrated Prince's "amazing, chameleon-like ability to master virtually any genre." Originals act "as a fascinating time capsule of the 1980s" and Prince reminds "us of how incredibly talented he was". It was "a shame" that he "ever passed these tracks on to other artists," said Hobbs. The song Manic Monday is "one of the highlights" of the album. In closing, Hobbs wrote, "If this collection is an indicator of the quality of the thousands of hours of unreleased music Prince still has in the vaults," then one should not be surprised "if we are still celebrating to new Prince music in 2099".
André Bosse from the German magazine Musikexpress also awarded the maximum number of five stars. He said the compilation of the originals was "overdue". The 15 songs are the best from the "mid-80s to early 90s" period. Love ... Thy Will Be Done is a “brilliant piece” and Manic Monday is a “jewel”. In addition, the album offers "great discoveries" with make-up , Holly Rock and The Glamorous Life .
Kerstin Kratochwill from the Internet magazine Tonspion also gave it the maximum number of five stars. When Prince Manic Monday or Nothing Compares 2 U sings, "once again reveals his generous genius," she wrote. To hear the 15 songs by him, which he has composed for other artists, makes you "pretty happy". It is "fascinating" how Prince interpreted or created these songs. Manic Monday has "a more melancholy touch", Love ... Thy Will Be Done is "extremely intimate" and The Glamorous Life is "a sparkling funk monster". The entire album is "full of funk, sex and energy", which is "entirely in the spirit of the deceased," said Kratochwill.
Rebecca Bengal from the music website Pitchfork Media gave almost the highest number with 9.5 out of 10 possible points. When you hear Prince sing the songs, you get “close to the pulse of his art: transgressive , funky, sexy, proof of his genius”. The compilation of originals confirms "once and for all" that a Prince demo was often better than the finished songs of most other musicians. According to Bengal, Kenny Rogers ' version of You're My Love pales with Prince's. Grooves like Jungle Love and Make-Up formed the “dance floor core” of Originals . In addition, one oscillates on the album “between slowly burning love songs” like Baby, You're a Trip and “dance hits” like Holly Rock , which sounds “fast” and “happy”. The arrangement of Nothing Compares 2 U described Bengal as "plain and lonely and beautiful".
Will Hermes from the US music magazine Rolling Stone praised Originals and gave them four stars out of five. The 15 songs ranged “from entertaining throwaway songs to first-class Prince songs”, which makes the album “a very good Prince album”. But “the most fun” is “how Prince's seemingly non-binary persona comes out so big”. Originals is "probably the most gender-specific" album in his music catalog. The song Noon Rendezvous , sung by Prince in falsetto , is "stunning", but he sings the make-up reminiscent of Kraftwerk "at the bottom of its register". Prince's version of You're My Love compared Hermes to "almost a drag- king gig" and sounds like "a real attempt" to "keep his inner queen under control". In conclusion, Hermes drew, ultimately the songs on Originals " proved his possession" and added Prince's music catalog, "which becomes more astonishing with every newly unearthed track".
Rob Tannenbaum from the US daily Los Angeles Times rated all 15 tracks, giving the three songs Sex Shooter , Jungle Love and Love ... Thy Will Be Done the highest score of "5" each. Because of Prince's determination to question sexual and racist categories, it is "fascinating" when he sings lines of text like "No girl's body can compete with mine" as in Sex Shooter . Jungle Love starts with monkey noises and is a "hilarious" song overall. The music of Love… Thy Will Be Done is "strange and haunting, with a calm tempo and a chord ". The piano ballad Noon Rendezvous received four and a half points; Prince delivers an "elegant melody in a thoughtful falsetto" and his vocal performance is "one of the best", comparable to that of The Beautiful Ones . The five songs Make-Up , You're My Love , The Glamorous Life , Gigolos Get Lonely Too and Nothing Compares 2 U each received four points. The two songs 100 MPH and Manic Monday only received two and a half points. 100 MPH is "boring" and the groove is "looking for a song". Prince's version of Manic Monday appears "grumpy" compared to that of The Bangles . The piece Dear Michaelangelo was rated worst by Tannenbaum with two points; the song is a "chaotic mess with an overloaded and sometimes atonal arrangement". Although was Sheila E. , the most commercially successful of his protégés Tannenbaum, "but not because of this song," said.
Compared to the previously mentioned reviews, Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic was more reserved with praise and gave three and a half stars out of five. He described the album title "Originals" as a "minor misunderstanding" because the album was not intended for an official release by Prince. His singing was deliberately reserved, but the songs lacked “ornament and flair”. Nevertheless, he is a convincing interpreter. But if Prince had intended to release the songs on Originals under his own name during his lifetime, it would have included "richer, bolder arrangements" and his vocals would have been "sharper". The songs only served as “instructions” for a “finished product”. As a conclusion, Erlewine wrote that if you keep “this reservation in mind”, the album is “an enlightening and illuminating hearing”.
Eric Leimann from teleschau.de also rated Originals more cautiously with praise and gave them three out of five stars. His review was taken over by various newspapers such as Focus Online and the Weser-Kurier . Among other things, Leimann wrote that on the album "the 80s keyboards already squeak to rudimentary drum computer beats". As a listener, you have to “get along with a certain retro aesthetic of the sound”, which is certainly interesting for Prince fans. But with one or the other piece you think you can feel that your time is over. Since a lot of Prince publications would follow in the future, it was difficult to answer whether Prince would "turn in his grave about it or not", philosophized Leimann. But one could probably look forward to “a more lush and perhaps also more varied legacy” than “is usually the case with deceased pop icons ,” he wrote in conclusion.
Charts
| Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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| Chart placements | ||
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Germany (GfK)
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26th (2 weeks) | 2 |
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Austria (Ö3)
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34 (2 weeks) | 2 |
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Switzerland (IFPI)
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9 (5 weeks) | 5 |
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United Kingdom (OCC)
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21st (2 weeks) | 2 |
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United States (Billboard)
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15th (3 weeks) | 3 |
Originals did not achieve gold or platinum status internationally. The two single releases Nothing Compares 2 U and Holly Rock could not place in the international charts.
literature
- Allen Beaulieu: Prince - Before the Rain. Minnesota Historical Society Press, Canada 2018, ISBN 978-1-68134-121-7 .
- Per Nilsen: DanceMusicSexRomance - Prince: The First Decade. Firefly Publishing, London 1999, ISBN 0-946719-23-3 .
- Duane Tudahl: Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition). Rowman & Littlefield, London 2018, ISBN 978-1538114629 .
- Uptown: The Vault - The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince. Nilsen Publishing, Linköping 2004, ISBN 91-631-5482-X .
Web links
- Princevault , information on the Originals album
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