Album: The Crown Jewels

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The Crown Jewels

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Album details


Released: Early 1992
Length: 61:37
Label(s): Paisley Park Records / Warner Bros.
Studio(s): Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA; First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA; Monterey Sound Studios, Glendale, CA, USA; Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA; Warner Pioneer Studios, Tokyo, Japan

See also


Diamonds And Pearls Tour  
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The Crown Jewels is the ninth promotional compilation album by Prince, available in early-to-mid 1992 (between the commercial releases Diamonds And Pearls and SymbolSmallerBlue.png), to promote the Diamonds And Pearls Tour.

It was the first promotional compilation to be available on CD, and comprises recordings from nine studio albums, released originally between 1982 and 1991. The tracks are presented in rough chronological order based on their release as singles, although this is not followed strictly.

The compilation is notable for featuring a previously-unavailable edit of Partyman which misses Jack Nicholson’s intro sampled from the Batman movie (presumably for copyright reasons, although Kim Basinger’s sampled line of "Ooh, I love purple" from the movie is still included). This edit was released the following year on the UK Peach single.



Track listing
CD
  1. 1999 (6:22)
  2. Little Red Corvette (3:08) Single version not labeled as such
  3. When Doves Cry (3:49) 1 Single version not labeled as such
  4. Purple Rain (4:02) 1 Single version not labeled as such
  5. Raspberry Beret (3:31) 1
  6. Kiss (3:38) 1
  7. Anotherloverholenyohead (3:23) 1 Single version not labeled as such
  8. Sign O’ The Times (3:42) Single version not labeled as such
  9. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (3:39) Single version not labeled as such
  10. Alphabet St. (2:27) Single version not labeled as such
  11. Batdance (4:14) The Batmix Edit – not labeled as such
  12. Partyman (3:07) Edited version not labeled as such
  13. Gett Off (4:01) UK Single version not labeled as such
  14. Diamonds And Pearls (4:47)
  15. Money Don’t Matter 2 Night (4:12) Single version not labeled as such
  16. Thieves In The Temple (3:20)

All songs written by Prince, except where noted.

1 Written by Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution).



Personnel
Musicians
  • See individual tracks for credits.


Production
  • See individual tracks and respective albums for credits.



Releases
LP, CD, Cassettes and Other versions
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2

This section is under construction

Variants, Special Editions and Reissues
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2

This section is under construction

 
Additional Information

Trivia

  • This album was a promotional release, not meant to be distributed to the general public and/or made available for retail.

References
Nothingcompares2him album.jpg 1990
Nothing Compares 2 Him
All Albums All Related Artists Albums 1993
My Name Was Prince
Mynamewasprince album.jpg