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− | |introduction = '''Vanity 6''' is the first and only album by [[Vanity 6]], a group put together and effectively run by [[Prince]], and was released on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 11|11 August, 1982 | + | |introduction = '''Vanity 6''' is the first and only album by [[Vanity 6]], a group put together and effectively run by [[Prince]], and was released on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August 11|11 August, 1982]]. |
− | The album produced | + | The album was produced by [[Prince]] under the pseudonym [[The Starr Company|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. |
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+ | [[He's So Dull]] was written and produced by [[Dez Dickerson]]. | ||
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+ | A follow-up to the album was planned to coincide with the [[Film: Purple Rain|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 [[Album: Apollonia 6|Apollonia 6]]. | ||
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Some of the tracks were originally recorded in 1981 and intended for the group [[Vanity 6|The Hookers]]. [[Wet Dream]], [[Make-Up]] and [[Drive Me Wild]] were recorded in Summer 1981, but the album by [[Vanity 6|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). [[Vanity 6|The Hookers]] evolved into [[Vanity 6]] when [[Vanity]] (born [[Vanity|Denise Matthews]]) and [[Brenda Bennett]] joined the group, replacing [[Jamie Shoop]] and forming a trio. | Some of the tracks were originally recorded in 1981 and intended for the group [[Vanity 6|The Hookers]]. [[Wet Dream]], [[Make-Up]] and [[Drive Me Wild]] were recorded in Summer 1981, but the album by [[Vanity 6|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). [[Vanity 6|The Hookers]] evolved into [[Vanity 6]] when [[Vanity]] (born [[Vanity|Denise Matthews]]) and [[Brenda Bennett]] joined the group, replacing [[Jamie Shoop]] and forming a trio. | ||
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[[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. | [[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. | ||
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+ | The album produced four singles, [[Single: Nasty Girl|Nasty Girl]], [[Single: Bite The Beat|Bite The Beat]], [[Single: He's So Dull|He's So Dull]], and [[Single: Drive Me Wild|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). | ||
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