Difference between revisions of "Album: Lovesexy"
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[[File:1988-ad-Lovesexy.jpg|x200px|US press advert published in Billboard (Vol. 100 No.20) on 14 May 1988]] [[File:1988-pressad-lovesexy.png|x200px|US press advert published in Rolling Stone (info needed) in 1988]] | [[File:1988-ad-Lovesexy.jpg|x200px|US press advert published in Billboard (Vol. 100 No.20) on 14 May 1988]] [[File:1988-pressad-lovesexy.png|x200px|US press advert published in Rolling Stone (info needed) in 1988]] | ||
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+ | |format = Album | ||
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+ | * '''<u>21 January 1988 configuration</u>''' | ||
+ | :Exact configuration is not known, but the album included [[The Line]] instead of [[I Wish U Heaven]] (which was recorded the following week), and also included the initial recording of [[Lovesexy]] (re-recorded the following week) | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | * '''<u>February 1988 configuration</u>''' | ||
+ | # <b>[[File:Eye88.png|link=Eye No]][[Eye No| No]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Alphabet St.]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Glam Slam]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Anna Stesia]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Dance On]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[Lovesexy]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[When 2 R In Love]]</b> | ||
+ | # <b>[[I Wish U Heaven]]</b> (alternate version) | ||
+ | # <b>[[Positivity]]</b> (alternate version) | ||
+ | }} | ||
|trivia = Warner Bros. records shipped 750,000 units in advance of its street release, and logged in 30,000 reorders by 11 May 1988. | |trivia = Warner Bros. records shipped 750,000 units in advance of its street release, and logged in 30,000 reorders by 11 May 1988. | ||
* Department store giant Wal-Mart refused to carry the album or decided to stock it discreetly in their 1,100 stores across the USA because of the "provocative pose" of [[Prince]] on the cover that they thought was "too hot to handle". Interviewed by Billboard, a representative from the chain declared that their refusal of stocking the album was due to "the album cover itself", something that was "offensive" and that they didn't want to carry anything in their stores containing "graphics of this nature". In a similar way, a Minneapolis based company, Musicland Group, advised the managers of their 616 stores to keep the LP behind the counter, while cassettes and CDs were being displayed routinely. Asked about the controversy, Warner VP Dennissaid that the label had no intent in redesigning the cover as they "didn't see anything wrong with it", pointing that Time Magazine printed the cover on the second week of may 1988. | * Department store giant Wal-Mart refused to carry the album or decided to stock it discreetly in their 1,100 stores across the USA because of the "provocative pose" of [[Prince]] on the cover that they thought was "too hot to handle". Interviewed by Billboard, a representative from the chain declared that their refusal of stocking the album was due to "the album cover itself", something that was "offensive" and that they didn't want to carry anything in their stores containing "graphics of this nature". In a similar way, a Minneapolis based company, Musicland Group, advised the managers of their 616 stores to keep the LP behind the counter, while cassettes and CDs were being displayed routinely. Asked about the controversy, Warner VP Dennissaid that the label had no intent in redesigning the cover as they "didn't see anything wrong with it", pointing that Time Magazine printed the cover on the second week of may 1988. |
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