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|album name = 1999 | |album name = 1999 | ||
|album image = [[File: 1999.jpg]] | |album image = [[File: 1999.jpg]] | ||
− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_27|27 October | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_27|27 October 1982]] (USA)<br>[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_9|9 November 1984]] (UK) |
|length = 70:35 | |length = 70:35 | ||
|label = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros. Records] | |label = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros. Records] | ||
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|previous album link = [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] | |previous album link = [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]] | ||
|next album link = [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] | |next album link = [[Album: Purple Rain|Purple Rain]] | ||
− | |introduction = [[Album: 1999|1999]] is the fifth full-length studio album by [[Prince]]. It was released worldwide in October | + | |introduction = [[Album: 1999|1999]] is the fifth full-length studio album by [[Prince]]. It was released worldwide in October 1982 (twelve months after his previous album, [[Album: Controversy|Controversy]]). |
When CD technology was created and albums were released on CD, [[D.M.S.R.]] was left off the initial releases of [[Album: 1999|1999]] as the time limit on CDs was 74 minutes at the time. As CD capacities increased, however, the track was added to the tracklist again. | When CD technology was created and albums were released on CD, [[D.M.S.R.]] was left off the initial releases of [[Album: 1999|1999]] as the time limit on CDs was 74 minutes at the time. As CD capacities increased, however, the track was added to the tracklist again. | ||
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<b>Recording process</b> | <b>Recording process</b> | ||
− | Album sessions took place from early 1982 to August | + | Album sessions took place from early 1982 to August 1982, at [[Prince]]'s [[Kiowa Trail Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA and later at [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA. [[International Lover]] is believed to be the first track recorded for the album, in mid-January 1982. Recording dates for [[All The Critics Love U In New York]] are not known, but it was recorded in early 1982. |
− | [[Let's Pretend We're Married]] was recorded in late March | + | [[Let's Pretend We're Married]] was recorded in late March 1982. [[D.M.S.R.]] followed in mid-April 1982. [[Free]] and [[Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)]] were recorded in late April 1982, while [[Automatic]] and [[Delirious]] were recorded in early May 1982. [[Lady Cab Driver]] followed in early July 1982. [[1999]] and [[Little Red Corvette]] were recorded on the same day, [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_7|7 August 1982]]. |
[[1999]] was not included on an early configuration of the album (which was likely given another name at the time), but [[Prince]]'s management suggested he add an over-arching thematic song to the album, and he wrote the song in response (since [[Little Red Corvette]] was recorded on the same day, the early configuration must have been missing this also, although no details of the early configuration are known). | [[1999]] was not included on an early configuration of the album (which was likely given another name at the time), but [[Prince]]'s management suggested he add an over-arching thematic song to the album, and he wrote the song in response (since [[Little Red Corvette]] was recorded on the same day, the early configuration must have been missing this also, although no details of the early configuration are known). | ||
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− | |trivia = At time [[Album: 1999|1999]] went platinum, it was the third double-pocket album released in the 80's decade to top the million sales mark. It followed Bruce Springsteen's ''The River'' and Dan Fogelberg's ''The Innocent Age''. In their article '''Prince Scores Platinum Double''' (Vol.95 N°24 - 11 June | + | |trivia = At time [[Album: 1999|1999]] went platinum, it was the third double-pocket album released in the 80's decade to top the million sales mark. It followed Bruce Springsteen's ''The River'' and Dan Fogelberg's ''The Innocent Age''. In their article '''Prince Scores Platinum Double''' (Vol.95 N°24 - 11 June 1983), Billboard commented that such achievement was noteworthy for a black artist because the last black starts to accomplish similar success with a double studio album were Donna Summer with ''Bad Girls'' in 1979 and Stevie Wonder with ''Songs In the Key of Life'' in 1976. Billboard also added that in the past 5 years (1979 to 1983), only two double-pocket studio albums went platinum: Fleetwood Mac's ''Tusk'' and Pink Floyd's ''The Wall'' (both in 1979). |
|references =[[Book:_The_Vault|'''The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince''']] ''by Per Nilsen & JooZt Mattheij, with the UPTOWN Staff'' (Uptown: 2004) ISBN 91-631-5482-X | |references =[[Book:_The_Vault|'''The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince''']] ''by Per Nilsen & JooZt Mattheij, with the UPTOWN Staff'' (Uptown: 2004) ISBN 91-631-5482-X | ||
* <b>Copyright:</b> [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First US Copyright Office / SR0000041035 / 1982-11-17] | * <b>Copyright:</b> [http://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First US Copyright Office / SR0000041035 / 1982-11-17] | ||
* <b>Certifications:</b><br> | * <b>Certifications:</b><br> | ||
:[http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=1999&ica=False&sa=PRINCE&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssd=1/1/1978&sed=2/1/2011&ssb=Cert.%20Date www.musiccanada.com / CRIA Gold and Platinum / 1999] | :[http://www.musiccanada.com/GPSearchResult.aspx?st=1999&ica=False&sa=PRINCE&sl=&smt=0&sat=-1&ssd=1/1/1978&sed=2/1/2011&ssb=Cert.%20Date www.musiccanada.com / CRIA Gold and Platinum / 1999] | ||
− | :'''Prince Scores Platinum Double''' ''by Paul Grain'' (Billboard Vol.95 N°24 - 11 June | + | :'''Prince Scores Platinum Double''' ''by Paul Grain'' (Billboard Vol.95 N°24 - 11 June 1983). |
|categories = [[Category:1982]][[Category:albums (Prince)]][[Category:Studio albums (Prince)]] | |categories = [[Category:1982]][[Category:albums (Prince)]][[Category:Studio albums (Prince)]] | ||
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