Precious

Single details

Released:	9 June, 1992 (Europe) 22 June, 1993 (USA)
Length:	54:35 (original release) 50:27 (1993 US re-issue)
Label(s):	Lana Lane
Studio(s):	Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA

Precious is the third studio album by Dutch pop duo Loïs Lane (who are known in the USA as "Loïs L." due to legal issues with the Superman character Lois Lane), and was released in June, 1992.

The album contained two tracks with writing input by Prince, Qualified (co-written by Kirk Johnson) and a new version of Sex (co-written by Levi Seacer, Jr.), which had previously been released by Prince on The Scandalous Sex Suite EP. Both songs feature Prince as a musician also. In addition, Prince appears, uncredited, as a musican on the tracks I Oh I and Crying, and for the 1993 USA re-release, he provided a remix of I Wanna Be (a track from their previous album Fortune Fairytales).

The album produced two singles, Qualified and Sex but failed to chart in the USA. It reached number 13 on their home country album chart, however.

Prince met the band Loïs Lane when they opened for some shows on the Nude Tour, and they later asked him to contribute songs to their next album. Prince obliged, and some of the album's tracks were recorded by Kirk Johnson at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA, in early 1992.

Track listing

Details given for Prince-related tracks only

CD

(NDL: 513 418-2)
(JAP: AVCD-11202)
(PHL: 920 730-2)

I Oh I (4:03) *
Qualified (4:45) #
The Singer
Loneliness
Precious
Need A Little Space
I Love A Woman
She Came By
Forever
Crying (4:05) ^
Sex (5:46) +
Make Way

(USA/CAN: 519 255-2)

Qualified (4:45) #
I Wanna Be (4:16) **
Sex (5:46) +
I Love A Woman
I Oh I (4:03) *
Forever
Need A Little Space
Crying (4:05) ^
Precious
She Came By
Make Way

* Written by A. Van Dongen and Monique Klemann
# Written by Prince and Kirk Johnson
^ Written by J. Doornik and Suzanne Klemann
+ Written by Prince and Levi Seacer, Jr.
** Written by Evert K. Abbing

Personnel

Musicians

Monique Klemann – vocals
Suzanne Klemann– vocals
Prince - unidentified instruments on I Oh I, Qualified, Crying and I Wanna Be (uncredited), all instruments on Sex
Kirk Johnson - unidentified instruments on I Oh I, Qualified, Crying (uncredited)
Kathleen Johnson - background vocals on I Oh I
Nard Berings - guitar on I Wanna Be
Dimitri Veldkamp - bass guitar on I Wanna Be
Cees ten Dam - saxophone on I Wanna Be

Production

Kirk Johnson - producer on I Oh I, Crying, co-producer on Qualified and I Wanna Be, arranger on I Oh I, Crying, co-arranger on Qualified, mixing engineer on Qualified, Crying
Prince - co-producer and co-arranger on Qualified and Sex, co-producer on I Wanna Be, executive producer on Crying
Keith "KC" Cohen - additional production on I Oh I and Sex, additional mixing on I Oh I, mixing on Sex
Ray Hahnfeldt - recording engineer on I Oh I
Frans Hendrix - additional recording engineer on I Oh I
Tom Garneau - mixing engineer on Qualified and Crying
Michael Koppelman - recording engineer on Qualified and Sex
J.P. Exalto - vocal recording engineer on Crying

Singles released

Charts

Entry Date	Chart, Country	Peak Position	Weeks In Chart
Albums Mega Top 100 (The Netherlands)	20 Jun. 1992	13	19

Releases


Country	Format	Cat. Number	Comments	Front	Back	Label1	Label2

NL	CD	513 418-2
JAP	CD	Avex AVCD-11202	with OBI
PHL	CD	920 730-2
EUR	LP	ref needed
EUR	DCC	ref needed
USA	CD	519 255-2	1993 re-issue
CAN	CD	314 519 255-2	1993 re-issue