Album: Corporate World (1989)

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► 1990: Untitled Jill Jones album

Corporate World

Album details Intended Release Date: 1989 Label(s): Paisley Park Records Studio(s): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA See also Pandemonium (album)

Corporate World is an unreleased studio album by The Time, recorded in Summer 1989 and planned for release in November 1989. Like previous albums by The Time, all tracks featured Prince heavily as a writer and musician, with Morris Day adding vocals as the only member of the band to appear on the album. The album was submitted to Warner Bros., and planned for release on 14 November 1989, with Nine Lives planned as the first single. Warner Bros. stopped the release, however, feeling that other members of the band should be brought in to contribute to the album. Following a meeting with Prince, the band members Jesse Johnson, Monte Moir, Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam began contributing songs to the album without input by Prince, as well as revising Chocolate and Jerk Out; the resulting album became The Time's fourth album Pandemonium (see that album's entry for details). Of the tracks included on Corporate World, three tracks were kept for Pandemonium: Donald Trump (Black Version), Data Bank and My Summertime Thang. Four other tracks were kept as The Time's contribution to Prince's twelfth album Graffiti Bridge (the soundtrack album to the movie Graffiti Bridge): Love Machine, Shake!, The Latest Fashion and Release It. Murph Drag was included on NPG Ahdio Show # 3 in 2001, but was not available as a separate track. Rollerskate Is an unreleased 6-minute instrumental continuation of My Summertime Thang. Only Nine Lives and Corporate World have not been released in any form. Track listing CD Murph Drag Nine Lives Donald Trump (Black Version) Love Machine 1 Data Bank Shake! 2 Corporate World The Latest Fashion Release It 3 My Summertime Thang Rollerskate All tracks assumed to be written by Prince except where noted. 1  Written by Prince, Levi Seacer, Jr. and Morris Day 2  Written by Prince and Morris Day 3  Written by Prince and Levi Seacer, Jr. Personnel Musicians Morris Day – lead vocals Prince – background vocals and all instruments, except where noted, co-lead vocals on The Latest Fashion Candy Dulfer - saxophone on Murph Drag, Love Machine, The Latest Fashion, Release It and My Summertime Thang Jerome Benton - percussion on Murph Drag (uncertain involvement), background vocals on Love Machine, crowd noise on The Latest Fashion Unidentified female vocalist(s) - background vocals on Murph Drag Margie Cox - vocals on Nine Lives Elisa Fiorillo - vocals on Love Machine Jana Anderson - background vocals on Shake! Robin Power - crowd noise on The Latest Fashion Tom Garneau - crowd noise on The Latest Fashion Michael Koppelman - crowd noise on The Latest Fashion David Garibaldi - drums on Release It (sampled loop from Squib Cakes by Tower Of Power) Production Prince - producer Other production details unknown.

Additional Information Trivia References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

1989 Untitled Cat album

Unreleased Albums (Prince)

Unreleased Albums (Related Artists)

1990 Untitled Jill Jones album