Album: The Dawn

1996: Happy Tears ◄

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► 1998: Beautiful Strange

The Dawn

Album details Intended Release Date: 1997 Label(s): NPG Records (assumed) Studio(s): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA; other studio information unknown See also The Dawn (unreleased movie) The Dawn '93 (unreleased album)

The Dawn is an unreleased album by , and was mentioned in late 1996 interviews primarily designed to promote Emancipation, most likely planned for release in 1997. Many of the tracks planned for inclusion on the 1993 project also titled The Dawn had since been released on Come, The Gold Experience and Chaos And Disorder, therefore it is not clear what tracks had planned for this album, or whether it was still planned as a 3 CD set (which Emancipation was, and which his next album, Crystal Ball, would also turn out to be). Given Prince’s history of using the term "the dawn" as a milestone or a finishing point (often writing "May U live 2 see the dawn" at the end of album or movie credits), it appeared that he viewed this as an important piece of work; his magnum opus (in the same way he has often used the term "the grand progression)". It is possible, although unverified, that The Dawn, in one form or another, was a project Prince continued to return to over time. The only tracks assumed to have been included on the 1996-7 rendition of The Dawn were Welcome 2 The Dawn (an acoustic version of which was released on The Truth, and which appeared on a single for The Holy River, with the artwork noting "from the 4thcoming album The Dawn"), and The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Mustang Mix '96). No other information about the album is known. Track listing CD Unknown, but believed to include the following tracks: Welcome 2 The Dawn The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Mustang Mix '96) All songs written by except where noted. Personnel Musicians - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (assumed) Other recording personnel not known. Production - producer (assumed) Ricky Peterson - co-producer on The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (Mustang Mix '96) Other production details unknown.

Additional Information Trivia Prince worked on a 1986 musical sharing the name The Dawn; see here for details of that project. Prince worked on a 1989 movie sharing the name The Dawn; see here for details of that project. worked on an earlier album sharing the name The Dawn; see here for details of that project. References The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)

1996 Happy Tears

Unreleased Albums (Prince)

Unreleased Albums (Related Artists)

1998 Beautiful Strange