Album: Vanity 6

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Vanity 6

Vanity 6 (Front Cover)

Album details


Released: 11 August, 1982
Length: 30:59
Label(s): Warner Bros.
Studio(s): Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA

Charts, Certifications & Awards


Charts
America
Country: Chart Entry Date Peak Position Weeks in Chart
USA: Billboard 200 2 Oct. 1982 45 31
USA: Billboard Black LPs 2 Oct. 1982 6 36
Certifications
Institution, Country Date Certification
RIAA (USA) 1 Aug. 1985 Gold
Awards
This album has not received any awards in in the USA

Singles released


Nasty Girl
b/w Drive Me Wild
Nastygirl single.jpg
Bite The Beat
b/w 3 x 2 = 6
Bitethebeat single.jpg
He's So Dull
b/w Make-Up
Hessodull single.jpg
Drive Me Wild
b/w 3 x 2 = 6
Drivemewild single.jpg

See also


Apollonia 6
(album)
  
Apollonia6 album.jpg
Vanity 6 is the first and only album by Vanity 6, a group put together and effectively run by Prince, and was released on 11 August, 1982.

The album was produced by Prince under the pseudonym The Starr* Company, and production credit was shared (erroneously) with Vanity 6. Seven of the eight songs were written or co-written by Prince, but credit was given to the bandmembers.

He's So Dull was written and produced by Dez Dickerson.

A follow-up to the album was planned to coincide with the Purple Rain movie, but when Vanity decided she did not want to participate in the movie, Prince instead replaced her with Apollonia and changed the group's name to Apollonia 6; the tracks planned for the follow-up were subsequently included on the album Apollonia 6.


Recording process

Some of the tracks were originally recorded in 1981 and intended for the group The Hookers. Wet Dream, Make-Up and Drive Me Wild were recorded in Summer 1981, but the album by The Hookers was left unfinished in Autumn, 1981, when Prince embarked on the Controversy Tour (see details of the album in the trivia section below).

The Hookers evolved into Vanity 6 when Vanity (born Denise Matthews) and Brenda Bennett joined the group, replacing Jamie Shoop and forming a trio.

Nasty Girl, Bite The Beat and He's So Dull were recorded in late March, 1982 for the newly revised group. If A Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up) and 3 x 2 = 6 were the final tracks recorded for the album, in March or April, 1982. Vanity and Brenda Bennett's vocals for Wet Dream, Make-Up and Drive Me Wild were also recorded at some point in Spring, 1982.


Promotion

The album produced four singles, Nasty Girl, Bite The Beat, He's So Dull, and Drive Me Wild, and Vanity 6 supported the album by touring as one of Prince's opening acts on the 1999 Tour (with the musical backing played by The Time).

Perhaps due to the album's explicit lyrics, the album only reached number 45 on the US Billboard Pop Chart, but reached number 6 on the US Billboard Black Chart (recently renamed from the Billboard Soul Chart).



Track listing
CD LP

The compact disc version is a reissue from the original LP.

  1. Nasty Girl (5:10)
  2. Wet Dream (4:12)
  3. Drive Me Wild (2:31)1
  4. He's So Dull (2:32)2
  5. If A Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up) (5:34)3
  6. Make-Up (2:40)1
  7. Bite The Beat (3:12)4
  8. 3 x 2 = 6 (5:24)5

The vinyl long play is the original issue.

  • Side 1:
  1. Nasty Girl (5:10)
  2. Wet Dream (4:12)
  3. Drive Me Wild (2:31)1
  4. He's So Dull (2:32)2
  • Side 2:
  1. If A Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up) (5:34)3
  2. Make-Up (2:40)1
  3. Bite The Beat (3:12)4
  4. 3 x 2 = 6 (5:24)5

All songs written by Prince (credited to Vanity 6) except where noted.

1 Written by Prince (credited to Susan Moonsie)
2 Written by Dez Dickerson (credited to Dez Dickerson and Vanity)
3 Written by Prince and Terry Lewis (credited to Terry Lewis and Vanity 6)
4 Written by Prince (lyrics, credited to Brenda Bennett) and Jesse Johnson (music)
5 Written by Prince (credited to Vanity)



Personnel
Musicians


Production


Thanks
  • none.



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

Promotion (at time of release) Trivia


References
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