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|song name = Crucial | |song name = Crucial | ||
|album image = [[File:Crystalball_album.png|100px|link=Album: Crystal Ball]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] </small> | |album image = [[File:Crystalball_album.png|100px|link=Album: Crystal Ball]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] </small> | ||
|single image = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign | |single image = [[File:sottDeluxe.jpg|100px|link= Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]<br><small> from the album <br>[[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
|first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 29|29 January 1998]] - [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] album | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 29|29 January 1998]] - [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] album | ||
|album(s) = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] | ||
[[Album: Sign | [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
|previous song = [[Cross The Line]] | |previous song = [[Cross The Line]] | ||
|next song = [[Crystal Ball]] | |next song = [[Crystal Ball]] | ||
|introduction = '''Crucial''' is the fifth track on the second disc of [[Prince]] | |introduction = '''Crucial''' is the fifth track on the second disc of [[Prince]]’s 20th album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] (his fourth using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). The album is not clearly divided between [[Prince]] tracks and [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] tracks, but the liner notes' discussion of this track state “All instruments and vocals by [[Prince]]” | ||
Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 13|13 September 1986]] at [[Prince]] | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 13|13 September 1986]] at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (four days after the end of the [[Parade Tour]] in Japan, the day before recording [[The Cocoa Boys]]). Two days later [[Prince]] worked further on the song recording almost completely new lyrics for it. | ||
[[Eric Leeds]] added a saxophone part on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_8|8 November 1986]], at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, at [[Prince]] | [[Eric Leeds]] added a saxophone part on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_8|8 November 1986]], at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California, at [[Prince]]’s request, but when [[Prince]] heard it, he let [[Eric Leeds|Leeds]] know that the main saxophone solo was in place of the guitar solo, so the saxophone solo was discarded. [[Eric Leeds|Leeds]] then recorded a different sax part the next day. | ||
The song was written specifically for the planned musical [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]], which was ultimately abandoned, and the song was never intended for any of [[Prince]] | The song was written specifically for the planned musical [[Musical: The Dawn|The Dawn]], which was ultimately abandoned, and the song was never intended for any of [[Prince]]’s many late-1986 album projects (although the album notes in [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] state that it was intended for [[Album: Sign O’ The Times|Sign O’ The Times]] and was replaced by [[Adore]]). The title is mentioned in an early 1987 draft of what would become [[Film: Graffiti Bridge| Graffiti Bridge]]. | ||
It is believed that the version used for release on [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] was edited in 1997, although this has not been confirmed. | It is believed that the version used for release on [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] was edited in 1997, although this has not been confirmed. | ||
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|1= '''[[Crucial]] (Alternate Lyrics Version)'''|2= 6:14 | |1= '''[[Crucial]] (Alternate Lyrics Version)'''|2= 6:14 | ||
|3= [[Album: Sign | |3= [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']]|4= Studio|5= }} | ||
}} | }} | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
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|3= Longer recording with some vocal and musical mixing differences, and lengthy guitar solo | |3= Longer recording with some vocal and musical mixing differences, and lengthy guitar solo | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|1= '''Crucial''' | |1= '''Crucial''' | ||
|2= Studio | |2= Studio | ||
|3= Version with [[Susannah Melvoin]] singing lead | |3= Version with [[Susannah Melvoin]] singing lead | ||
}} | }} --> | ||
{{Unreleasedline| | {{Unreleasedline| | ||
|1= '''Crucial''' | |1= '''Crucial''' | ||
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|performed occasionally in = none | |performed occasionally in = none | ||
|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
|see also = [[Album: Sign | |see also = [[Album: Sign O’ The Times Deluxe|Sign O’ The Times ''Super Deluxe'']] album | ||
*[[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] album | *[[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] album | ||
*[[Album:_Crystal_Ball_1986|Crystal Ball]] unreleased album | *[[Album:_Crystal_Ball_1986|Crystal Ball]] unreleased album | ||
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