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|introduction          = '''Try Me''' is a studio album by [[Rosie Gaines]] originally planned for release in 1994, but eventually released digitally in 2005; many of the tracks had since been worked on further and released on [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]], released in 1995. '''Try Me''' features one song with writing and musical input by [[Prince]] - [[Hit U In The Socket|In The Socket]] (previously released by the [[NPG Music Club]] in a remixed form as [[Hit U In The Socket]]).
|introduction          = '''Try Me''' is the sixth studio album by [[Rosie Gaines]] (after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caring_(album) Caring] released in 1985, [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]] in 1995, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrival_(Rosie_Gaines_album) Arrival] in 1997, a 'lost album' from the eighties ''No Sweeter Love'' released in 2000 and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Gave_Me_Freedom You Gave Me Freedom] in 2004). '''Try Me''' was originally planned for release in 1994, but eventually released digitally in 2005; many of the tracks had since been worked on further and released on [[Album: Closer Than Close|Closer Than Close]], released in 1995. '''Try Me''' features one song with writing and musical input by [[Prince]] - [[Hit U In The Socket|In The Socket]] (previously released by the [[NPG Music Club]] in a remixed form as [[Hit U In The Socket]]).




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Try Me

Album details

Released: 6 February 2005
Length: 54:43
Label(s): RosieGaines.com (no label)
Studio(s): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA

Charts, Certifications & Awards

Charts
This album has not charted in the USA
Certifications
This album has not received any certifications in the USA
Awards
This album has not received any awards in the USA

Singles released

  • None at the time of release, but a remixed version of In The Socket (named "Hit U In The Socket") was released as an mp3 download as part of the NPG Music Club Edition # 4, four years prior to the album’s release

See also

Closer Than Close
(Album) 		Concrete Jungle
(Album)
Try Me is the sixth studio album by Rosie Gaines (after Caring released in 1985, Closer Than Close in 1995, Arrival in 1997, a 'lost album' from the eighties No Sweeter Love released in 2000 and You Gave Me Freedom in 2004). Try Me was originally planned for release in 1994, but eventually released digitally in 2005; many of the tracks had since been worked on further and released on Closer Than Close, released in 1995. Try Me features one song with writing and musical input by Prince - In The Socket (previously released by the NPG Music Club in a remixed form as Hit U In The Socket).


Sessions and compiling

Work on a solo Rosie Gaines album began while she was still a member of the New Power Generation band, in 1990 (I Want U was first recorded in late 1989, before work on the album commenced). Work continued until September 1991, when she and Prince fell out regarding her solo career. She was contracted to Paisley Park Records, however, and continued to work on the album without Prince following her departure from the band (after the Diamonds And Pearls Tour). The album became known as Concrete Jungle.

After Paisley Park Records closed, Rosie Gaines worked on the album further, now renamed Try Me. The album still remained unreleased, however, until she worked on it further, renamed it Closer Than Close and released it on Motown Records (see that album’s entry for full details of its release).

Rosie Gaines’ albums Closer Than Close (released in 1995), Try Me and Concrete Jungle (planned for 1993 and released in 2009) were recorded around the same period (between 1990 and 1995 during her tenure with Prince as a band member or as a Paisley Park Records act, and the year following the closing of his label). They share several songs in common, although some versions may be different or have an alternate title. Two songs on Try Me ("Do What You Wanna Do" and "Ooh La La") also appear on Closer Than Close and Concrete Jungle. Five other songs were included on Concrete Jungle (Hit U In The Socket, "In The Middle Of The Garden", "Jah Love"/"JAH Love", "Play That Beat", "The Bitch"/"B.I.T.C.H."). Most of the other songs ("Crazy Mutha Funky", her cover of Brian Adams’ "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You", "The Greatest Touch", "Lost In The Wilderness", "The People Of Today"/"We The People" and "Swing Hard") were on early configurations of Concrete Jungle in 1993. To some extent, Try Me can be seen as an alternate version of Concrete Jungle.


Promotion

In The Socket, as released on Concrete Jungle, is the original 1991 recording, which was later remixed for its release in 2001 through the NPG Music Club.

No singles were released to promote the album, and the album did not enter any charts, receiving a release only through RosieGaines.com.



Track listing
CD

No physical CD is known to exist, therefore the tracks below are listed from the RosieGaines.com download version.

Details given for Prince-related tracks only:
  1. Try Me
  2. B.I.T.C.H.
  3. In The Middle Of The Garden
  4. Ooh, La, La
  5. In The Socket (3:56) 1
  6. Lost In The Wilderness
  7. Do What You Wanna Do
  8. Swing Hard
  9. Crazy Mutha Funky
  10. The Greatest Touch
  11. Play That Beat
  12. Jah Love
  13. The People Of Today
  14. (Everything I Do) I Do It For You

1 Written by Rosie Gaines and Prince.


Available on Digital format on:



Personnel
Musicians


Production
  • Prince - producer (uncredited)
  • No other production credits available.


Thanks
  • None



Releases
LP, CD, Cassettes and Other versions

There were no other releases than the digital release through RosieGaines.com

 
Additional Information
Promotion (at time of release) Trivia
References
2003
94 East 		All Albums All Related Artists Albums 2005
A Retrospective 1982-1987
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