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|album image = [[File:NPGMusicClub logo.jpg|130px|link=NPGMusicClub.com downloads]]<br> <small> | |album image = [[File:NPGMusicClub logo.jpg|130px|link=NPGMusicClub.com downloads]]<br> <small> | ||
[[NPG Music Club]] download <br>- no official artwork created </small> | [[NPG Music Club]] download <br>- no official artwork created </small> | ||
|single image = [[File:Slaughterhouse album.png|x100px|link=Album: The Slaughterhouse]] <br> <small> included on [[Album: The Slaughterhouse|The Slaughterhouse]]</small> | |single image = [[File:Slaughterhouse album.png|x100px|link= Album: The Slaughterhouse]] <br> <small> included on [[Album: The Slaughterhouse|The Slaughterhouse]]</small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 15|15 December 2001]] - [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_11|NPG Music Club Edition # 11]] | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December 15|15 December 2001]] - [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_11|NPG Music Club Edition # 11]] | ||
|album(s) = [[Album: The Slaughterhouse|The Slaughterhouse]] | |album(s) = [[Album: The Slaughterhouse|The Slaughterhouse]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] <small>(assumed)</small> | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] (assumed) | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] <small>(assumed)</small> | ||
|previous song = [[Sign | |previous song = [[Sign O’ The Times]] | ||
|next song = [[Silly Game]] | |next song = [[Silly Game]] | ||
|introduction = '''Silicon''' was released initially as an mp3 download as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_11|NPG Music Club Edition # 11]], although a clip of the song had been included nine months earlier as part of [[NPG Ahdio Show 2|NPG Ahdio Show # 2]]. In 2002, [[Silicon]] was offered again (with no explanation) as one of only two mp3 downloads offered in the second year of the [[NPG Music Club]]. In 2004, an edited version of the track was included as the opening track on the compilation album [[Album: The Slaughterhouse|The Slaughterhouse]] (the first line of the song is "welcome 2 the slaughterhouse"). | |introduction = '''Silicon''' was released initially as an mp3 download as part of [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_11|NPG Music Club Edition # 11]], although a clip of the song had been included nine months earlier as part of [[NPG Ahdio Show 2|NPG Ahdio Show # 2]]. In 2002, [[Silicon]] was offered again (with no explanation) as one of only two mp3 downloads offered in the second year of the [[NPG Music Club]]. In 2004, an edited version of the track was included as the opening track on the compilation album [[Album: The Slaughterhouse|The Slaughterhouse]] (the first line of the song is "welcome 2 the slaughterhouse"). | ||
Recording dates are unknown, but the first verse is largely taken from [[The Greatest Romance Ever Sold|The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (The Adam & Eve Remix)]], which may suggest the track was recorded shortly after that remix, in late 1999 or 2000 (most likely at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota). Some lyrics from the track (" | Recording dates are unknown, but the first verse is largely taken from [[The Greatest Romance Ever Sold|The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (The Adam & Eve Remix)]], which may suggest the track was recorded shortly after that remix, in late 1999 or 2000 (most likely at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota). Some lyrics from the track ("don’t you know dead blood kills [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interferon interferons]?") were later quoted in the live version of [[Xenophobia]], released on the live album [[Album: One Nite Alone... Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
|date = Late 1999 - 2000 (assumed) | |date = Late 1999 - 2000 (assumed) | ||
|studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA (assumed) | ||
|additional info = | |additional info = Tracking | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
|first live appearance = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]], | |first live appearance = This track is not believed to have been performed live by [[Prince]], except for some of its lyrics quoted in [[Xenophobia]] on the [[One Nite Alone... Tour 2002]]. | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
|performed occasionally in = [[One Nite Alone... Tour 2002]] <small>(lyrics included in [[Xenophobia]])</small> | |performed occasionally in = [[One Nite Alone... Tour 2002]] <small>(lyrics included in [[Xenophobia]])</small> | ||
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* [[Album: The Slaughterhouse|The Slaughterhouse]] album | * [[Album: The Slaughterhouse|The Slaughterhouse]] album | ||
|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | ||
|categories = [[Category:2001]][[Category: | |categories = [[Category:2001]][[Category:Recorded 2000]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] | ||
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