PlectrumElectrum (Album)

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PlectrumElectrum
Studio album by Prince & 3rdEyeGirl

Publication
(s)

September 26, 2014

admission

2013-2014

Label (s) NPG Records / Warner Bros. Records

Format (s)

LP, CD, download

Genre (s)

Funk , pop , rock

Title (number)

12

running time

44:07

occupation All songs were produced, arranged, composed and performed by Prince & 3rdEyeGirl. His band members added the following to the recordings:
  • Hannah Ford - main vocals in Aintturninround , Whitecaps and Stopthistrain , backing vocals in Fixurlifeup , Boytrouble , Anotherlove
  • Donna Grantis - Backing Vocals in Anotherlove
  • Lizzo and Sophia Eris - Rap in Boytrouble
  • Joshua Aaron Michael Welton - backing vocals in Stopthistrain

production

Prince & 3rdEyeGirl

Studio (s)

Paisley Park Studio ( Chanhassen )
Studio One ( London )

chronology
20th
(2010) 		PlectrumElectrum HITnRUN Phase One
(2015)
Single releases
May 16, 2013 Fixurlifeup
3rd February 2014 Pretzelbodylogic

PlectrumElectrum ( English for Plectrum Electrum ) is the 36th studio album of the US musician Prince . It was released on September 26, 2014 on Warner Bros. Records / NPG Records and is the first studio album that Prince recorded in collaboration with his then new backing band 3rdEyeGirl . Parallel to PlectrumElectrum also appeared Prince '37th studio album art official age .

The music of PlectrumElectrum one of the genres of funk , pop and rock , as rapper acts Lizzo with. Music critics rated the album mostly positive, but preferred Art Official Age . From a commercial perspective, PlectrumElectrum has failed to achieve gold or platinum status internationally. A tour to the album completed and Prince 3rdEyeGirl.

Emergence

Bassist Ida Kristine Nielsen

In December 2012, Prince formed his backing band 3rdEyeGirl ; The trio consisted of the Danish bassist Ida Kristine Nielsen (* 1975 in Aarhus ), the Canadian guitarist Donna Grantis (* September 28, 1986 in Mississauga ) and the American drummer Hannah Ford-Welton (* June 29, 1990 in Louisville , Kentucky as Hannah Ford); she is married to the musician Joshua Aaron Michael Michael Welton (born October 21, 1990), who appeared on both PlectrumElectrum and the album Art Official Age .

From April 15, 2013 to May 15, 2013 Prince went on tour with 3rdEyeGirl for the first time . On this tour they played the then unreleased songs PlectrumElectrum and Fixurlifeup , and he recorded both pieces with 3rdEyeGirl in the recording studio in 2013. Funknroll played Prince on August 4, 2013 at a live concert in Stockholm . The remaining 9 songs on the album PlectrumElectrum are from 2014, with Tictactoe recorded in Studio One in London . All other songs were recorded by Prince & 3rdEyeGirl at Paisely Park Studio in Minneapolis.

The Swiss Jamie Lewis from Winterthur and Ben Mühlethaler from Bern mixed and mastered the album PlectrumElectrum . Lewis, who already worked for Prince in 2011, and Mühlethaler were invited to the Paisley Park Studio in Chanhassen to record the PlectrumElectrum . The production was "challenging and at the highest musical level imaginable," said Lewis.

According to saxophonist Marcus Anderson, then a member of The New Power Generation , Prince was already working on 3rdEyeGirl's second studio album in the fall of 2014.

Design of the cover

The CD is in a fold-out digipak . The booklet contains the lyrics of the individual pieces by PlectrumElectrum , and it also contains photos of Prince, Ida Kristine Nielsen, Donna Grantis, Hannah Ford and Joshua Aaron Michael Welton.

music

The music of PlectrumElectrum belongs to the genres of funk , pop and rock . The rappers include Lizzo and Sophia Eris, who comes from Minneapolis. 3rdEyeGirl drummer Hannah Ford took over the lead vocals on the three songs Aintturninround , Whitecaps and Stopthistrain .

Prince originally wrote the track Wow for Liv Warfield, who released the song under the title The Unexpected on her album of the same name on February 18, 2014. Warfield was a member of The New Power Generation from 2009 to 2014 . Why Prince changed the song title to Wow is not known. The title track PlectrumElectrum was written by 3rdEyeGirl guitarist Donna Grantis in 2012 and then released under the title Elektra (Elektra Suits) on the album Suites of her group Donna Grantis Electric Band.

Lizzo and Sophia Eris are on the song Boytrouble and Anotherlove is a cover version of Prince & 3rdEyeGirl; the original version was composed by the American singer Alice Smith (* 1978), who released it in 2013 on her album She . In addition to Smith, Rebecca Jordan and Reginald Perry, also known under the pseudonym Syience, are among the authors. A remix version of Funknroll can be found on the Art Official Age album .

List of titles and publications

No. song author length
01 Wow Prince 4:27
02 Pretzelbodylogic Prince 3:26
03 Aintturninround (lead vocals: Hannah Ford) Prince 3:01
04th PlectrumElectrum (instrumental) Donna Grantis 4:51
05 Whitecaps (lead vocals: Hannah Ford) Prince 3:42
06th Fixurlifeup Prince 3:12
07th Boytrouble ( Featuring Lizzo and Sophia Eris) Prince 3:52
08th Stopthistrain (lead vocals: Hannah Ford) Prince 3:40
09 Anotherlove Alice Smith, Rebecca Jordan, Reginald "Syience" Perry 4:15
010 Tictactoe Prince 3:38
011 March Prince 1:48
012 Funknroll Prince 4:09

PlectrumElectrum was released on September 26, 2014 in Germany and most of Europe, in Great Britain the album was released on September 29 and in the USA on September 30, 2014. The album is available on compact disc , as a download and on vinyl .

Single releases

Two singles were released from the album, which are only available as a download; Fixurlifeup was released on May 16, 2013 and the second single Pretzelbodylogic was released on February 3, 2014. Both single versions are identical to the respective album version. On October 19, 2015, the music streaming service Tidal released Pretzelbodylogic Reloaded , a remix version of Pretzelbodylogic designed by Joshua Aaron Michael Welton and featuring rap passages by Kendrick Lamar . The remix version is 2:49 minutes long.

Music videos

Prince & 3rdEyeGirl released three music videos for the album PlectrumElectrum . The Fixurlifeup video was shot on May 4, 2013, thirty minutes after a live concert in San Diego , California, in front of an audience of approximately 250. In the video, Prince and 3rdEyeGirl can be seen singing the song on stage in the playback . It is also equipped with various messages; For example, there are occasional lyrics passages in the video. The director was Sanaa Hamri, with whom Prince has worked since 2004.

On December 23, 2014, a music video for Anotherlove was released, including the appearance of Prince & 3rdEyeGirl on the US comedy show Saturday Night Live from November 1, 2014, as they sing the song on stage. However, the album version of Anotherlove can be heard in the music video and not the live vocals. The lyrics of the song can be read in the video. The music video was produced by John Andosca of JPA Entertainment.

On January 19, 2015, Warner Bros. Records released a music video for Marz , which is kept in a psychedelic style and also shows the appearance of Prince & 3rdEyeGirl on Saturday Night Live . In the music video - similar to Anotherlove - you can hear the album version and not the live vocals. The producer was again JPG Entertainment.

reception

Press

The album PlectrumElectrum was rated slightly lower than Art Official Age by the international press , but Neil McCormick of the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph was enthusiastic; he gave PlectrumElectrum the highest score with five stars. The music on the album is "bold and excellent".

André Boße from Musikexpress gave three and a half stars out of six and wrote that the album was “over the top, sometimes silly. There are stupid riffs , sometimes the Rocky Horror Picture Show sounds , often Lenny Kravitz . But when this gang [3rdEyeGirl] finds its groove like with Boytrouble , then you don't want to sit a moment longer. ”Werner Herpel from Stern.de praised the album and was of the opinion that PlectrumElectrum was“ more interesting ”than Art Official Age . On PlectrumElectrum , Prince sounds “more funky and rock than it has been for a long time”. Not for nothing is one of the songs called Funknroll .

Kenneth Partridge of Billboard were three out of five stars and wrote, "as a companion" of art official age is PlectrumElectrum Although "more dessert than a side dish," but 3rdEyeGirl was best at Soul - Pop - Tunes such as Whitecaps and Stop This Train . Guitar- heavy songs like Aintturninround and Fixurlifeup didn't appeal to Partridge very much. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic also gave three out of five stars and Evan Sawdey from online magazine PopMatters gave it five out of ten points.

Stephen M. Deusner of the Pitchfork Media website had a very different opinion ; he was disappointed with the album and only gave 3.8 out of ten points. In conclusion, he drew that PlectrumElectrum "only copied the sound and politics of Rock 'n' Roll 's seductive past".

After Prince's death in April 2016, the music journalists Albert Koch and Thomas Weiland from Musikexpress reviewed the album again and gave it three and a half out of six stars, like André Boße in 2014. Among other things, they wrote: “The idea of ​​the jam session ultimately played a bigger role than the quality of the songs. Not to be complained about as a change ”.

Charts

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 31 (2 weeks) 2
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 10 (2 weeks) 2
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 8th (5 weeks) 5
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 11 (2 weeks) 2
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 8th (4 weeks) 4th

The single Fixurlifeup could not place in the international charts and Pretzelbodylogic only reached number 90 in the British charts.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Booklet of the CD PlectrumElectrum by Prince & 3rdEyeGirl, Warner Bros. Records / NPG Records, 2014
  2. ↑ Donna Grantis: "Prince taught me about articulation, attitude, power and tones". In: Guitarworld.com. August 29, 2019, accessed April 6, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Live Out Loud Tour. In: Princevault.com. December 20, 2016, accessed March 24, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Funknroll. In: Princevault.com. October 20, 2016, accessed March 24, 2017 .
  5. ^ Tictactoe. In: Princevault.com. February 27, 2016, accessed March 24, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Roland Gamp: Prince gets help in Winterthur. (No longer available online.) In: Blickamabend.ch. October 6, 2014, archived from the original on December 1, 2017 ; accessed on March 24, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.blickamabend.ch
  7. ↑ Azhar (2016), p. 137
  8. ↑ Booklet of the CD PlectrumElectrum by Prince & 3rdEyeGirl, Warner Bros. Records / NPG Records, 2014
  9. ↑ Jay Gabler: Lizzo, Sophia Eris, and Claire de Lune featured on Prince and 3RDEYEGIRL album. In: Thecurrent.org. September 29, 2014, accessed March 24, 2017 .
  10. ^ Plectrumelectrum. In: Princevault.com. December 3, 2016, accessed March 24, 2017 .
  11. ^ Plectrumelectrum. In: Princevault.com. October 11, 2017, accessed February 20, 2018 .
  12. ^ Fixurlifeup. In: Princevault.com. February 27, 2016, accessed March 24, 2017 .
  13. ^ Pretzelbodylogic. In: Princevault.com. February 27, 2016, accessed March 24, 2017 .
  14. ^ Pretzelbodylogic. In: Princevault.com. October 20, 2016, accessed March 24, 2017 .
  15. ^ Fixurlifeup. In: Princevault.com. May 13, 2016, accessed March 24, 2017 .
  16. ↑ Elias Leight: Exclusive: Prince Premieres Jagged 'ANOTHERLOVE' Lyric Video. In: Billboard.com. December 23, 2014, accessed March 24, 2017 .
  17. ↑ Prince & 3rdEyeGirl released music video for “Marz”. In: Warnermusic.de. January 20, 2015, accessed March 24, 2017 .
  18. ↑ March. In: Princevault.com. February 27, 2016, accessed March 24, 2017 .
  19. ↑ a b Draper (2016), p. 200.
  20. ↑ André Bossé: PRINCE & 3RDEYEGIRL - Plectrumelectrum. In: Musikexpress.de. September 26, 2014, accessed March 24, 2017 .
  21. ↑ Werner Herpell: Prince brings out albums with the old “slave driver”. In: Stern.de. 2014, accessed March 24, 2017 .
  22. ↑ Kenneth Partridge: Album Review: Prince's First Two Albums In Four Years Are a Mixed Bag. In: Stern.de. September 30, 2014, accessed March 24, 2017 .
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  24. ↑ Evan Sawdey: Prince - Art Official Age / Prince & 3rdeyegirl: PLECTRUMELECTRUM. In: Popmatters.com. September 30, 2014, accessed March 24, 2017 .
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Prince
Studio albums

For You (1978) • Prince (1979) • Dirty Mind (1980) • Controversy (1981) • 1999 (1982) / 1999 Deluxe (2019) • Purple Rain (1984) / Purple Rain Deluxe (2017) • Around the World in a Day (1985) • Parade (1986) • Sign "☮" the Times (1987) • Lovesexy (1988) • Batman (1989) • Graffiti Bridge (1990) • Diamonds and Pearls (1991) • Love Symbol (1992) • Come (1994) • Black Album (1994) • The Gold Experience (1995) • Chaos and Disorder (1996) • Emancipation (1996) • Crystal Ball (1998) • The Truth (1998) • The Vault… Old Friends 4 Sale ( 1999) • Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic (1999) • The Rainbow Children (2001) • One Nite Alone… (2002) • Xpectation (download album - 2003) • NEWS (2003) • The Chocolate Invasion (download album - 2004) • The Slaughterhouse (Download album - 2004) • Musicology (2004) • 3121 (2006) • Planet Earth (2007) • Lotusflow3r (2009) • MPLSound (2009) • 20Ten (2010) • PlectrumElectrum (2014) • Art Official Age (2014) • HITnRUN Phase One (2015) • HITnRUN Phase Two (2015) • Piano & A Microphone 1983 (2018) • Originals (2019)

Mix tapes

NYC (1997)

Extended plays

The Scandalous Sex Suite (1989) • New Power Generation Remixes (1990) • Gett Off Remix EP (1991) • Cream Remixes (1991) • My Name Is Prince Remixes (1992) • 7 Remixes (1992) • The Beautiful Experience (1994 ) • Letitgo Remixes (1994) • Space Remixes (1994) • Eye Hate U Remixes (1995) • 1999 - The New Master (1999) • The Greatest Romance Ever Sold Remixes (1999) • The Breakfast Experience (2013)

Remix albums

His Majesty's Pop Life / The Purple Mix Club (1985) • The Versace Experience (Prelude 2 Gold) (1995) • Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic (2001)

Live albums

One Nite Alone… Live! (2002) • One Nite Alone… The Aftershow: It Ain't Over! (2002) • C-Note (2003) • Indigo Nights (2008) • Live in Detroit - November 30, 1982 (2019)

Soundtracks

Purple Rain (1984) • Under the Cherry Moon (1986) • Batman (1989) • Graffiti Bridge (1990) • Girl 6 (1996)

Compilation albums

The Hits / The B-Sides (1993) • The Hits 1 (1993) • The Hits 2 (1993) • The Very Best of Prince (2001) • Ultimate (2006) • 4Ever (2016) • Anthology: 1995–2010 ( 2018)

Tours

Prince tour (1979–80) • Fire It Up tour by Rick James (Prince as opening act - 1980) • Dirty Mind tour (1980–81) • Controversy tour (1981–82) • 1999 tour (1982–83) • Purple Rain Tour (1984–85) • Hit-N-Run Tour (1986) • Parade Tour (1986) • Sign-o'-the-Times-Tour (1987) • Lovesexy -Tour (1988-89) • Nude-Tour (1990) • Diamonds-and-Pearls-Tour (1992) • Act-I-Show (1993) • Act-II-Show (1993) • The Ultimate Live Experience (1995 ) • Japan ′96 (1996) • Love-4-One-Another-Charities-Tour 1997 (1997) • Jam-of-the-Year-Tour (1997-98) • Newpower-Soul-Tour / Newpower-Soul- Festival-Tour (1998) • Hit-N-Run-Tour (2000–01) • One-Nite-Alone-Tour (2002) • World-Tour 2003 (2003) • Musicology Live 2004ever (2004) • Per4ming Live 3121 in Las Vegas (2006–07) • 21 Nights in London: The Earth Tour (2007) • 20Ten Tour (2010) • Welcome 2 America Tour (2010–12) • Live Out Loud Tour (2013 ) • Hit-N-Run-Tour (2014) • Hit-N-Run-Tour 2015 (2015) • Piano & A Microphone (2016)