Difference between revisions of "Hardrocklover"
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| − | |introduction = '''Hardrocklover''' was released as | + | |introduction = '''Hardrocklover''' has been announced as the eighth track on [[Prince]]'s forthcoming 38th album [[Album: Hitnrun|Hitnrun]]. Ten weeks before the album's release, [[Single: Hardrocklover|Hardrocklover]] was released as the album's second single (although no album was announced at the time of the single's release, and when the album was announced [[Single: Hardrocklover|Hardrocklover]] was retroactively called the album's lead-off single, as [[Single: Fallinlove2nite|Fallinlove2nite]] had been over a year earlier). |
The song was first made available to stream on the [http://soundcloud.com/prince3EG/hardrocklover/s-WiPyF Prince3EG Soundcloud account] the week before, and was added to [http://listen.tidal.com/album/48543483 Tidal] before the single release. | The song was first made available to stream on the [http://soundcloud.com/prince3EG/hardrocklover/s-WiPyF Prince3EG Soundcloud account] the week before, and was added to [http://listen.tidal.com/album/48543483 Tidal] before the single release. | ||
| + | While specific recording dates are not known, a [http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34126942 BBC interview] with [[Joshua Welton]] seemed to confirm that '''Hardrocklover''' was recorded in late June, 2015, very shortly before its release, at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA (on the same day as [[June]]). When discussing the track, [[Joshua Welton|Welton]] is quoted as saying: | ||
| − | < | + | :''[[Prince]] said to me: "I need something that starts off quiet, and then I just want it to erupt and then I want you to go back… like this roller coaster". And so I said, "ok, cool".''<br> |
| + | :''So '''Hardrocklover''' was done literally almost as soon as it came out. Actually, that and the last song on the album were made literally in the same hour.'' | ||
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*[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments (assumed) | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments (assumed) | ||
| + | *[[Joshua Welton]] - unidentified instruments | ||
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|1= '''Hardrocklover''' | |1= '''Hardrocklover''' | ||
|2= 3:52 | |2= 3:52 | ||
| − | |3= [[Single: Hardrocklover|Hardrocklover]] single | + | |3= [[Album: Hitnrun|Hitnrun]] (announced)<br> |
| + | [[Single: Hardrocklover|Hardrocklover]] single | ||
|4= Studio | |4= Studio | ||
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|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
| − | |see also = [[Single: Hardrocklover|Hardrocklover]] single | + | |see also = [[Album: Hitnrun|Hitnrun]] album |
| + | *[[Single: Hardrocklover|Hardrocklover]] single | ||
|references = [http://soundcloud.com/prince3EG/hardrocklover/s-WiPyF Prince3EG Soundcloud account] | |references = [http://soundcloud.com/prince3EG/hardrocklover/s-WiPyF Prince3EG Soundcloud account] | ||
*[http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33649080 '''Prince's band 3rdEyeGirl confirm new album for 2015''' (BBC: 24 July, 2015)] | *[http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-33649080 '''Prince's band 3rdEyeGirl confirm new album for 2015''' (BBC: 24 July, 2015)] | ||
| − | |categories = [[Category:2015]][[Category:Recorded 2015]] | + | *[http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34126942 '''HITNRUN: Behind the scenes of Prince's new album''' ''by Mark Savage'' (BBC: 3 September, 2015)] |
| + | |categories = [[Category:2015]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 2015]] | ||
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