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− | |introduction = | + | |introduction = '''Emancipation''' is the 19th full-length studio album by [[Prince]] (his third using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) and the first album to be released following the end of [[Prince]]'s contract with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.], which ended less than a week prior to this album's release. It is also [[Prince]]'s first released triple album. It was released worldwide in November 1996 (just four months after [[Album: Chaos And Disorder|Chaos And Disorder]]). |
<b>Recording process</b> | <b>Recording process</b> | ||
− | [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) began recording songs for the album in January 1995, and work continued on the album until October 1996. | + | [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) began recording songs for the album in January 1995, and work continued on the album until October 1996. Three early configurations, from early 1995, July 1995, and an unknown date in 1995, are known, but both were single-disc sets and should be viewed as works-in-progress (see [[#Quotations and trivia|below]] for details). |
The album was largely a solo work, although it also contains tracks showing [[Prince]]'s transition from the 1993-5 version of [[The New Power Generation]] (with [[Michael B.]], [[Sonny T.]], [[Tommy Barbarella]] and [[Mr. Hayes]]) to the new 1996, version of the band (containing [[Kirk Johnson]], [[Rhonda Smith]], [[Kat Dyson]], [[Mr. Hayes]] and [[Eric Leeds]]). | The album was largely a solo work, although it also contains tracks showing [[Prince]]'s transition from the 1993-5 version of [[The New Power Generation]] (with [[Michael B.]], [[Sonny T.]], [[Tommy Barbarella]] and [[Mr. Hayes]]) to the new 1996, version of the band (containing [[Kirk Johnson]], [[Rhonda Smith]], [[Kat Dyson]], [[Mr. Hayes]] and [[Eric Leeds]]). | ||
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*[[Mayte]] - Spanish on [[Damned If Eye Do|Damned If]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Damned If Eye Do]][[Damned If Eye Do| Do]] (as "Janelle") and background vocals on [[One Of Us]] | *[[Mayte]] - Spanish on [[Damned If Eye Do|Damned If]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Damned If Eye Do]][[Damned If Eye Do| Do]] (as "Janelle") and background vocals on [[One Of Us]] | ||
*[[Mayte]]'s friend (unnamed) - Spanish on [[Damned If Eye Do|Damned If]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Damned If Eye Do]][[Damned If Eye Do| Do]] | *[[Mayte]]'s friend (unnamed) - Spanish on [[Damned If Eye Do|Damned If]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Damned If Eye Do]][[Damned If Eye Do| Do]] | ||
− | *[[ | + | *[[Todd Burrell]] - additional keyboards on [[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Eye Can't Make U Love Me]] [[Eye Can't Make U Love Me|Can't Make U Love Me]] |
*[[Scrap D.]] - rap on [[Mr. Happy]] and [[Da, Da, Da]], shouts on [[Style]] | *[[Scrap D.]] - rap on [[Mr. Happy]] and [[Da, Da, Da]], shouts on [[Style]] | ||
*[[Ricky Peterson]] - piano on [[Sex In The Summer]] ("part 2"), additional keyboards on [[Saviour]] | *[[Ricky Peterson]] - piano on [[Sex In The Summer]] ("part 2"), additional keyboards on [[Saviour]] | ||
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*Michael Mac - scratches on [[Joint 2 Joint]], shouts on [[Style]] | *Michael Mac - scratches on [[Joint 2 Joint]], shouts on [[Style]] | ||
*[[Hans-Martin Buff]] - "driver" on [[Joint 2 Joint]] | *[[Hans-Martin Buff]] - "driver" on [[Joint 2 Joint]] | ||
− | *[[Kathleen Bradford]] - additional vocals on [[Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife]] | + | *[[Kathleen Johnson|Kathleen Bradford]] - additional vocals on [[Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife]] |
*Rhonda Johnson - additional vocals on [[Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife]] | *Rhonda Johnson - additional vocals on [[Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife]] | ||
*[[Steve Parke]] - jeep horn on [[Face Down]] | *[[Steve Parke]] - jeep horn on [[Face Down]] | ||
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*[[Ray Hahnfeldt]] - engineer | *[[Ray Hahnfeldt]] - engineer | ||
*[[Steve Durkee]] - engineer (as "Steve D.") | *[[Steve Durkee]] - engineer (as "Steve D.") | ||
− | *[[Shane T.K.]] - engineer | + | *[[Shane T. Keller|Shane T.K.]] - engineer |
*[[Hans-Martin Buff]] - engineer | *[[Hans-Martin Buff]] - engineer | ||
*[[César Sogbe]] - engineer, additional programming on [[The Human Body]] and [[Sleep Around]] | *[[César Sogbe]] - engineer, additional programming on [[The Human Body]] and [[Sleep Around]] | ||
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* Press release (NPG Records: 22 November 1996): | * Press release (NPG Records: 22 November 1996): | ||
<blockquote>''"The Freedom Train Rolls In Minneapolis; Live Performance And Video Simulcast Via Satellite."<br><br>"Chanhassen, Minneapolis - "Free at last! Free at last! God Almighty, we're free at last!" was the chant that began the birth of the Emancipation era. Broadcast live around the world by MTV, VH1 and BET in a rare show of cross-network unity, [[Image:SymbolSmaller.png]] delighted millions with a liberating performance at his Paisley Park Studios. celebrating both his artistic freedom and the November 19th release of his new album Emancipation on NPG records, [[Image:SymbolSmaller.png]] and his four-piece New Power Generation band performed selections fro mthe new albul on a heavenly all-white soundstage. The half-hour long set included new album tracks "Jam Of The Year", Joan Osbourne's "One Of Us", and "Get Your Groove On", as well as old favorites "Purple Rain" and "If I was Your Girlfriend". The video for the first single, "Betcha By Golly Wow" (directed by [[Image:SymbolSmaller.png]]) kicked off the broadcast. Among thos swaying in gleeful attendance and snacking on [[Image:SymbolSmaller.png]]'s favorite cereal (Cap'n Crunch) were Boys II Men, Donatella Versace, Phish, Bill Belamy, Mavis Staples and D'Angelo."<br><br>"At a press conference following his performance, [[Image:SymbolSmaller.png]] commented:"''<br><small>"The whole process of this record was different. I'm a free man, I'm a happy man, I'm a married man and I'm a clear man. All the tracks on this record are free, happy and clear. making this record was uplifting for me."</small><br><br>''"Emancipation is [[Image:SymbolSmaller.png]]'s historic celebration of personal freedom, the album he states he was "born to make", times three: three discs, three hours of love, sex and liberty".''</blockquote> | <blockquote>''"The Freedom Train Rolls In Minneapolis; Live Performance And Video Simulcast Via Satellite."<br><br>"Chanhassen, Minneapolis - "Free at last! Free at last! God Almighty, we're free at last!" was the chant that began the birth of the Emancipation era. Broadcast live around the world by MTV, VH1 and BET in a rare show of cross-network unity, [[Image:SymbolSmaller.png]] delighted millions with a liberating performance at his Paisley Park Studios. celebrating both his artistic freedom and the November 19th release of his new album Emancipation on NPG records, [[Image:SymbolSmaller.png]] and his four-piece New Power Generation band performed selections fro mthe new albul on a heavenly all-white soundstage. The half-hour long set included new album tracks "Jam Of The Year", Joan Osbourne's "One Of Us", and "Get Your Groove On", as well as old favorites "Purple Rain" and "If I was Your Girlfriend". The video for the first single, "Betcha By Golly Wow" (directed by [[Image:SymbolSmaller.png]]) kicked off the broadcast. Among thos swaying in gleeful attendance and snacking on [[Image:SymbolSmaller.png]]'s favorite cereal (Cap'n Crunch) were Boys II Men, Donatella Versace, Phish, Bill Belamy, Mavis Staples and D'Angelo."<br><br>"At a press conference following his performance, [[Image:SymbolSmaller.png]] commented:"''<br><small>"The whole process of this record was different. I'm a free man, I'm a happy man, I'm a married man and I'm a clear man. All the tracks on this record are free, happy and clear. making this record was uplifting for me."</small><br><br>''"Emancipation is [[Image:SymbolSmaller.png]]'s historic celebration of personal freedom, the album he states he was "born to make", times three: three discs, three hours of love, sex and liberty".''</blockquote> | ||
− | |alternative = | + | |alternative = |
− | |references = [[Book:_The_Vault|'''The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince''']] ''by Per Nilsen & | + | {{Alternative| |
+ | |format = Album | ||
+ | |config = | ||
+ | * '''<u>July 1995 configuration'''</u> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Right Back Here In My Arms]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Slave 2 The System|Slave]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Slave|(Slowly Candle Burns)]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[New World]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[2020]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Feel Good]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart |Journey 2 The Center Of Your ♥]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[I'm A DJ|D.J.]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Emancipation]]</b> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | * '''<u>undated 1995 configuration'''</u> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Slave 2 The System|Slave]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[New World]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Slave|(Slowly Candle Burns)]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[2020]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Feel Good]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Right Back Here In My Arms]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart |Journey 2 The Center Of Your ♥]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[I'm A DJ|D.J.]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Goodbye|(Excuse Me Is This) Goodbye]] </b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Emancipation]]</b> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | * '''<u>Fall 1995 configuration'''</u> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Emancipation]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Right Back Here In My Arms]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Slave 2 The System|Slave]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Slave|(Slowly Candle Burns)]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[2020]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[New World]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Feel Good]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart |Journey 2 The Center Of Your ♥]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[I'm A DJ|D.J.]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Goodbye|(Excuse Me Is This) Goodbye]] </b> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | * '''<u>early 1996 configuration''' </u><br> | ||
+ | Disc 1: | ||
+ | # <b>[[Slave]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[New World]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Journey 2 The Center Of Your Heart |Journey 2 The Center Of Your ♥]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Right Back Here In My Arms]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Feel Good]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Courtin' Time]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Betcha By Golly Wow!]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Get Yo Groove On]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Da, Da, Da]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[She Gave Her Angels]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Emancipation]]</b> | ||
+ | Disc 2: | ||
+ | # <b>[[One Kiss At A Time]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Soul Sanctuary]] </b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Extraordinary]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[ Coincidence Or Fate?]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Van Gogh]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Let's Have A Baby]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[1000 X's & O's|A Thousand Hugs And Kisses]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[(If It Ain't) Gutbucket]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[file:EyeBlue.png|link=I Will]][[I Will| Will]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Saviour]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Goodbye]]</b> | ||
+ | Disc 3: | ||
+ | # <b>[[Into The Light]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Dig U Better Dead]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Face Down]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Stone]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Heart In My Hand]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[One Of Us]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Mr. Happy]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[The Holy River]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[With God As My Witness]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Funky Design|nǫiƨɘᗡ yʞnuᖷ]]</b> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | |references = [[Book:_The_Vault|'''The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince''']] ''by Per Nilsen & jooZt Mattheij, with the UPTOWN Staff'' (Uptown, 2004) | ||
* <b>Certifications</b>: [http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=emancipation&ica=False&sa=artist&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist CRIA / Emancipation] | * <b>Certifications</b>: [http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=emancipation&ica=False&sa=artist&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssb=Artist CRIA / Emancipation] | ||
|categories = [[Category:1996]][[Category:Albums (Symbol)]][[Category:Studio albums (Prince)]][[Category:NPG Records releases]] | |categories = [[Category:1996]][[Category:Albums (Symbol)]][[Category:Studio albums (Prince)]][[Category:NPG Records releases]] | ||
}} | }} |
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