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|introduction              = '''...Back 2 The Lotus''' is the twelfth and final track on [[Prince]]'s 33rd studio album [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]], and is a bookend to the album's first track [[From The Lotus...]].
 
|introduction              = '''...Back 2 The Lotus''' is the twelfth and final track on [[Prince]]'s 33rd studio album [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]], and is a bookend to the album's first track [[From The Lotus...]].
  
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Recording dates and studio are unknown. [[Prince]] has stated that some tracks on the [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] date back to [[Album: 3121|3121]] recording sessions - as this song features [[Michael B.]] and [[Sonny T.]], it is possible that at least the musical backdrop of this track comes from their late 2005 recording session, or one of the subsequent sessions, but no information has been verified.  
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While an exact recording dates is not known, initial tracking took place in November 2004, during a three-and-a-half hour session with [[Michael B.]] on drums and [[Sonny T.]] on bass at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA that also yielded [[3121]], [[...Back 2 The Lotus]], [[Colonized Mind]], [[Love Like Jazz]], [[Wall Of Berlin]], [[Planet Earth]] and [[Guitar]]. In an August 2006 [http://www.moderndrummer.com/site/2006/08/michael-bland-2/#.VD7L3IvF_HI interview], [[Michael B.]]  said [they recorded] eleven or twelve tracks in three and a half hours that night. And a different occasion he has later indicated that this was the last recording sessions they did with [[Prince]] for a while after that.<br>
  
 
Lyrics included in the track, stating "From the lotus flower..." were sampled in [[3121]] (released three years prior), supporting the theory that this track (and its counterpart [[From The Lotus...]]) was were recorded in 2005. It is not known if further work was done on the track later.
 
Lyrics included in the track, stating "From the lotus flower..." were sampled in [[3121]] (released three years prior), supporting the theory that this track (and its counterpart [[From The Lotus...]]) was were recorded in 2005. It is not known if further work was done on the track later.
 
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|date                      = Late 2005 (assumed)
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|date                      = November 2004
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|studio                   = Unknown studio ([[Paisley Park Studios|Paisley Park]], Chanhassen, MN, USA, [[Location:77 Beverly Park|77 Beverly Park]], Hollywood, CA, USA or [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA)
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|studio                 = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
 
|additional info          = Initial tracking
 
|additional info          = Initial tracking
 
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|performed occasionally in = none
 
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|trivia                    = The sessions that yielded this track is the first appearance of [[Michael B.]] and [[Sonny T.]] together on a released [[Prince]] recording since their Spring 1996 sessions as part of the [[Band: New Power Generation|New Power Generation]]
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] album<br>
 
|see also                  = [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] album<br>
 
* [[From The Lotus...]]
 
* [[From The Lotus...]]

Revision as of 11:23, 9 August 2017

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...Back 2 The Lotus
Lotusflow3r album.jpg
from the album Lotusflow3r
Song details
Performer: Prince
First Released: 24 March 2009 - Lotusflow3r album
Album(s): Lotusflow3r
Writer(s): Prince
Producer(s): Prince
Live Appearances
First and last live appearance:
  • This track is not believed to have been performed live by Prince.
Performed regularly on tour:
  • none
Performed occasionally in shows:
  • none

...Back 2 The Lotus is the twelfth and final track on Prince's 33rd studio album Lotusflow3r, and is a bookend to the album's first track From The Lotus....

While an exact recording dates is not known, initial tracking took place in November 2004, during a three-and-a-half hour session with Michael B. on drums and Sonny T. on bass at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA that also yielded 3121, ...Back 2 The Lotus, Colonized Mind, Love Like Jazz, Wall Of Berlin, Planet Earth and Guitar. In an August 2006 interview, Michael B. said [they recorded] eleven or twelve tracks in three and a half hours that night. And a different occasion he has later indicated that this was the last recording sessions they did with Prince for a while after that.

Lyrics included in the track, stating "From the lotus flower..." were sampled in 3121 (released three years prior), supporting the theory that this track (and its counterpart From The Lotus...) was were recorded in 2005. It is not known if further work was done on the track later.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
November 2004 Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA Initial tracking
Recording Personnel

Versions
Released Versions
Title Length Released Version Additional info
...Back 2 The Lotus 5:34 Lotusflow3r Studio


Sampled, Referred to, Quoted in...
Title Length Released Version Additional info
3121 4:31 3121 Studio
 
Additional Information
See also Trivia
References
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