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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...]].
  
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]], [[From 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>
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Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_19|19 November 2004]], during a three-and-a-half hour session with [[Michael B.]] on drums and [[Sonny T.]] on bass at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota that also yielded [[3121]], [[From The Lotus...]], [[Colonized Mind]], [[Love Like Jazz]], [[Wall Of Berlin]], [[Planet Earth]], [[Guitar]] and a song titled [[Shameless]] as well as two or three others. <br>
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A tape photographed in [[Prince]]'s vault at [[Paisley Park Studios]] lists [[Wall Of Berlin]] as [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_19|19 November 2004]], which alludes this is the exact date for all of the songs in this sessions. <br>
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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. On a later occasion, he indicated that this was the last recording session 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.
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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...]]) were recorded in 2004. It is not known if further work was done on the track later.
 
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|date                      = November 2004
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|date                      = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_19|19 November 2004]]
|studio                 = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
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|studio                   = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA
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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]]
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|trivia                    = The sessions that yielded this track mark 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...]]
 
|references                = <b>Copyright(s):</b> [http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?mode=search ASCAP Work ID: 323887916 / ISWC: T9023211452]
 
|references                = <b>Copyright(s):</b> [http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?mode=search ASCAP Work ID: 323887916 / ISWC: T9023211452]
|categories                = [[Category:2009]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 2005]]
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|categories                = [[Category:2009]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Recorded 2004]]
 
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Revision as of 13:35, 28 July 2020

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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....

Basic tracking took place on 19 November 2004, during a three-and-a-half hour session with Michael B. on drums and Sonny T. on bass at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota that also yielded 3121, From The Lotus..., Colonized Mind, Love Like Jazz, Wall Of Berlin, Planet Earth, Guitar and a song titled Shameless as well as two or three others.
A tape photographed in Prince's vault at Paisley Park Studios lists Wall Of Berlin as 19 November 2004, which alludes this is the exact date for all of the songs in this sessions.
In an August 2006 interview, Michael B. said [they recorded] eleven or twelve tracks in three and a half hours that night. On a later occasion, he indicated that this was the last recording session 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...) were recorded in 2004. It is not known if further work was done on the track later.


Recording Information
Recording Sessions
Date Studio Additional info
19 November 2004 Paisley Park Studios,
Chanhassen, MN, USA
Basic 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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