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|album name = Batman | |album name = Batman | ||
|album image = [[File:Batman.jpg]] | |album image = [[File:Batman.jpg]] | ||
|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_19|19 June 1989]] ( | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_19|19 June 1989]] (Europe)<br> | ||
[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_20|20 June 1989]] (USA) | [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/June_20|20 June 1989]] (USA) | ||
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|item1 = [[Sheet Music: Batman|Batman Sheet Music | |item1 = [[Sheet Music: Batman|Batman]]<br>(Sheet Music) | ||
|image1 = [[File:SheetMusicBatman.jpg|60px|link=Sheet Music: Batman]] | |image1 = [[File:SheetMusicBatman.jpg|60px|link=Sheet Music: Batman]] | ||
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[[File:1989-ad-Batman.jpg|x200px|Press advert pubvlished in UK press]] [[File:1989-08-26_Billboard_USA_Press_Advert_Batman.png|x200px|US press advert published in Billboard on 26 August 1989 to commemorate 3 millions copies shipped]]<br><br> | [[File:1989-ad-Batman.jpg|x200px|Press advert pubvlished in UK press]] [[File:1989-08-26_Billboard_USA_Press_Advert_Batman.png|x200px|US press advert published in Billboard on 26 August 1989 to commemorate 3 millions copies shipped]]<br><br> | ||
[[File:Batman_USpressadvertRS.jpg|x200px|US press advert published in Rolling Stone on 10 August 1989]] | [[File:Batman_USpressadvertRS.jpg|x200px|US press advert published in Rolling Stone on 10 August 1989]] | ||
|trivia = An early configuration of the album is known to exist containing an extra track [[Dance With The Devil]] but omitting [[Batdance]], which had not yet been recorded (see alternative section above). The sequence is otherwise the same as released. A different early configuration has [[Batdance]] as well as [[Dance With The Devil]] segueing into one another, and has the track order slightly revised with [[ | |trivia = An early configuration of the album is known to exist containing an extra track [[Dance With The Devil]] but omitting [[Batdance]], which had not yet been recorded (see alternative section above). The sequence is otherwise the same as released. A different early configuration has [[Batdance]] as well as [[Dance With The Devil]] segueing into one another, and has the track order slightly revised with [[Scandalous]] as track 3 and [[The Arms Of Orion]] as the last track. Some of the film dialogue is also not present in the versions on this configuration. | ||
* In an [https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/3/4/22960026/prince-batman-soundtrack-oral-history-batdance article] published in 2022, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds Of Blackness]’director Gary Hines discusses their recording session with [[Prince]] : ''"We recorded one song, which wound up being [[Scandalous]]. I say that because he remixed or reformatted what we did to where it was a whole ’nother creation. Originally, we were just going to do one song, but it was going so well. We got there probably at 7, 8 o’clock. By this time, it’s midnight. [[Sheila E.]] is actually conducting, or engineering, I should say, most of the session. Then he pulls me aside and says, "Gary Hines, I’m really happy. This is going so well, Gary Hines." I’m not exaggerating. He would do that all the time."''. In an other [http://www.consciousnessmagazine.com/garyhines.html interview], Hines gives other details about that one and only session involving [[Prince]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds Of Blackness]: ''"In addition to the lengthy late nights - early morning phone conversations pouring out heart and soul, then some of the projects we were blessed with him on was like the [[Album: Batman|Batman]] soundtrack. I’ll never forget he called and said they had this really important project that he wanted us to work with him on. At the time, he couldn’t even tell us what it was, he told us afterwards. He said we probably would stay an hour or two in the studio; of course we were there all night (laugh). We had a great time! In fact, [[Sheila E.]] actually engineered; she was at the console much of the session and [[Prince]] was producing. That was on a Halloween. I will never forget that. Of course there are countless others, but those are among the standouts."''. [[Scandalous]] was recorded in mid-October 1988 (two weeks before Halloween), while he was working on both [[Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]] and the [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] albums. Although that track is not known to have been considered for those projects, [[Prince]]’s organisation was contacted by the people behind the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman] film only in mid-december 1988, two months after the recording of the song. Since their contribution was discarded from that track, and that no other recording session with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds Of Blackness] took place, it is likely that their vocals sampled on [[Album: Batman|Batman]] soundtrack (the [[The Future]] and possibly [[Batdance]]) come from that session. | * In an [https://www.theringer.com/movies/2022/3/4/22960026/prince-batman-soundtrack-oral-history-batdance article] published in 2022, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds Of Blackness]’director Gary Hines discusses their recording session with [[Prince]] : ''"We recorded one song, which wound up being [[Scandalous]]. I say that because he remixed or reformatted what we did to where it was a whole ’nother creation. Originally, we were just going to do one song, but it was going so well. We got there probably at 7, 8 o’clock. By this time, it’s midnight. [[Sheila E.]] is actually conducting, or engineering, I should say, most of the session. Then he pulls me aside and says, "Gary Hines, I’m really happy. This is going so well, Gary Hines." I’m not exaggerating. He would do that all the time."''. In an other [http://www.consciousnessmagazine.com/garyhines.html interview], Hines gives other details about that one and only session involving [[Prince]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds Of Blackness]: ''"In addition to the lengthy late nights - early morning phone conversations pouring out heart and soul, then some of the projects we were blessed with him on was like the [[Album: Batman|Batman]] soundtrack. I’ll never forget he called and said they had this really important project that he wanted us to work with him on. At the time, he couldn’t even tell us what it was, he told us afterwards. He said we probably would stay an hour or two in the studio; of course we were there all night (laugh). We had a great time! In fact, [[Sheila E.]] actually engineered; she was at the console much of the session and [[Prince]] was producing. That was on a Halloween. I will never forget that. Of course there are countless others, but those are among the standouts."''. [[Scandalous]] was recorded in mid-October 1988 (two weeks before Halloween), while he was working on both [[Album: Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic|Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic]] and the [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] albums. Although that track is not known to have been considered for those projects, [[Prince]]’s organisation was contacted by the people behind the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(1989_film) Batman] film only in mid-december 1988, two months after the recording of the song. Since their contribution was discarded from that track, and that no other recording session with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sounds_of_Blackness Sounds Of Blackness] took place, it is likely that their vocals sampled on [[Album: Batman|Batman]] soundtrack (the [[The Future]] and possibly [[Batdance]]) come from that session. | ||
* When reaching the number one spot of the Billboard 200 on 22 July | * When reaching the number one spot of the Billboard 200 on 22 July 1989, [[Prince]]’s '''Batman''' soundtrack replaced [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine_Young_Cannibals Fine Young Cannibals]’s album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Raw_%26_the_Cooked_(album) The Raw And The The Cooked] which contains significant contributions by [[David Z.]] and was partially recorded at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. Fine Young Cannibal’s album itself took the number one position 7 weeks earlier from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_(entertainer) Madonna]’s album [[Album: Like A Prayer|Like A Prayer]] which contains contributions from [[Prince]]. | ||
* A limited edition was available at the time of the album’s release, featuring a 5" circular metal can containing the CD (as a picture disc) and a circular booklet.<br> | * A limited edition was available at the time of the album’s release, featuring a 5" circular metal can containing the CD (as a picture disc) and a circular booklet.<br> | ||
:[[File:Batman album batcan.jpg|x150px|border]] [[File:Batman album batcan details.jpg|x150px|border]]<br> | :[[File:Batman album batcan.jpg|x150px|border]] [[File:Batman album batcan details.jpg|x150px|border]]<br> | ||
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