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{{Album|
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|album name             = Art Official Age
|album image            = [[Image:Artofficialage_album.jpg|200px|Art Official Age album artwork]]
|date                   = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 26|26 September 2014]] (Germany and much of Europe)<br>[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 29|29 September 2014]] (UK)<br>
[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 30|30 September 2014]] (USA)
|length                 = 53:14
|label                  = [[NPG Records|NPG Records, Inc.]] under exclusive license to Warner Bros. Records Inc.
|studios                = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA
<!------ ALBUM CHRONOLOGY -------->
|previous year          = 2014
|previous album         = Album: Plectrumelectrum
|previous album link    = [[Album: Plectrumelectrum|Plectrumelectrum]]
|previous image         = Image:Plectrumelectrum album.jpg
|next image             = Image: Hitnrun album.jpg
|next year              = 2015
|next album             = Album: Hitnrun Phase One
|next album link        = [[Album: Hitnrun Phase One|Hitnrun Phase One]]
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|introduction           = '''Art Official Age''' is the 37th full-length studio album by [[Prince]]. It was released 4 years after the previous album [[Album: 20TEN|20Ten]], and on the same day [[Album: Plectrumelectrum|Plectrumelectrum]], his 36th full-length studio album (in collaboration with [[3rdEyeGirl]]) was released. [[Prince]] worked heavily with [[Joshua Welton]] on the album, and [[Joshua Welton|Welton]] received co-producer credit on the album.

The album was made available for pre-order on [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/art-official-age/id911631220?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 iTunes USA] as well as on a dedicated [http://preorder.artofficialage.com/uk/ Warner Bros Records] website on 25 August 2014. 

A 2 LPs vinyl version was released late November 2014. It had been made available for pre-order by [http://warnermusic.zoopcommerce.com/products/art-official-age-12-vinyl.html Warner Australia], [http://musique.fnac.com/a7665322/Prince-Art-official-age-Vinyl-album France (Fnac)], UK (Amazon), Germany (Amazon) and the USA in late august.


<b>Sessions and compiling</b>

Most of the songs on '''Art Official Age''' were recorded between late 2013 and Summer 2014 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA. Some of the tracks were recorded earlier : [[Breakdown]], [[What It Feels Like]] and [[Time]] (first recorded between Fall 2011 and early 2012) and [[Breakfast Can Wait]] (from late 2012). 


<b>Promotion</b>

The album produced two commercially-released single so far: [[Single: Breakfast Can Wait|Breakfast Can wait]] and [[Single: The Breakdown|Breakdown]] (which preceded the album). [[Single: Clouds|Clouds]] was made available as a promotional single also. The tracks [[Clouds]] and [[U Know]] were also made available with album pre-orders.

The album reached number 1 on the [[Billboard_Top_R&B_Albums|Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums]] chart, number 1 on the Billboard R&B albums chart, and 5 on [[The Billboard 200]]. It also entered the main charts in Europe, Australia and Japan, reaching top 5 positions in Denmark, France, Japan, Norway, Switzerland and the Netherlands and top 10 positions in Austria, Ireland, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
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|tracklisting           = <small>The compact disc and digital versions are the original issue.</small>
# <b>[[Art Official Cage]]</b> (3:41)                       
# <b>[[Clouds]]</b> (4:34)
# <b>[[Breakdown]]</b> (4:04)
# <b>[[The Gold Standard]]</b> (5:53)   
# <b>[[U Know]]</b> (3:56)
# <b>[[Breakfast Can Wait]]</b> (3:54)   
# <b>[[This Could Be Us]]</b> (5:11)
# <b>[[What It Feels Like]]</b> (3:53)   
# <b>[[Affirmation I & II]]</b> (0:40)
# <b>[[Way Back Home]]</b> (3:05)
# <b>[[Funknroll]]</b> (4:07)
# <b>[[Time]]</b> (6:49)
# <b>[[Affirmation III]]</b> (3:27)
|credits                = All songs written by [[Prince]].<br>
|* comment              = 
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Side A:
:A1 <b>[[Art Official Cage]]</b> (3:41)                       
:A2 <b>[[Clouds]]</b> (4:34)
:A3 <b>[[Breakdown]]</b> (4:04)
Side B:
:B1 <b>[[The Gold Standard]]</b> (5:53)   
:B2 <b>[[U Know]]</b> (3:56)
:B3 <b>[[Breakfast Can Wait]]</b> (3:54) 
Side C:  
:C1 <b>[[This Could Be Us]]</b> (5:11)
:C2 <b>[[What It Feels Like]]</b> (3:53)   
:C3 <b>[[Affirmation I & II]]</b> (0:40)
:C4 <b>[[Way Back Home]]</b> (3:05)
Side D:
:D1 <b>[[Funknroll]]</b> (4:07)
:D2 <b>[[Time]]</b> (6:49)
:D3 <b>[[Affirmation III]]</b> (3:27)
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|musicians              = [[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments, except where noted (assumed)
*[[Joshua Welton]] - unidentified instruments
*[[Ida Nielsen]] - Danish vocals on [[Art Official Cage]]
*[[The Golden Hippie]] - background vocals on [[Art Official Cage]]
*[http://www.stringenius.com/ Stringenius] - strings on [[Art Official Cage]], [[Breakdown]], [[The Gold Standard]] and [[Affirmation III]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lianne_La_Havas Lianne La Havas] - vocals (as "Charlotte Anne Telepathy") on [[Clouds]], [[Affirmation I & II]], [[Way Back Home]] and [[Affirmation III]]
*[[Andy Allo]] - background vocals on [[Breakdown]], co-lead vocals on [[What It Feels Like]] and [[Time]]
*[[Michael B. Nelson]] - trombone (assumed)
*[[Steve Strand]] - trumpet on [[The Gold Standard]] (assumed)
*[[Dave Jensen]] - trumpet on [[The Gold Standard]] (assumed)
*[[Kenni Holmen]] - tenor saxophone on [[The Gold Standard]] (assumed)
*[[Kathy Jensen]] - alto- & baritone saxophone on [[The Gold Standard]] (assumed)
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mila_J Mila J] - looped vocals (sampled from ''Blinded'') on [[U Know]]
*Other recording personnel from ''Blinded'' not known on [[U Know]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delilah_(musician) Delilah] - background vocals (as "Paloma Ayana") on [[Way Back Home]] and [[Affirmation III]]
*[[Hannah Ford]] - drums on [[Funknroll]]
*[[Ida Nielsen]] - bass guitar on [[Funknroll]]
*[[Donna Grantis]] - guitar on [[Funknroll]]
*H.C. I II  III - unknown contributions
|production             = [[Prince]] - co-producer, co-arranger, mixer
*[[Joshua Welton]] - co-producer, co-arranger, mixer
*[[Chris James]] - mixer
*[[Adi Yeshaya]] - string arrangements
*[[Michael B. Nelson]] - string production
*Maya Washington - art direction and photography
|thanks                  = None
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| Courtesy    = Some of the above images courtesy of [http://www.discogs.com/Prince-Art-Official-Age/master/739508 Discogs.com]
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|album promotion        = On 25 August 2014, the album release was officially announced on Good Morning America broadcast. For the occasion, all off the Time Square digital billboards had been rented to promote the album, and showed various versions of the artwork.
* Digital banner space was rented on iTunes to promote the album in France. Double sided promotion posters and pin buttons were distributed to retailers in the USA.<br>[[File:ArtOfficialAgePromotionPoster.jpg|x100px|USA Retail promotion poster]] &nbsp; [[File:ArtOfficialAgeUSApromoPinButton.png|x100px|USA Retail promotion pin button]] &nbsp; [[File:ArtOfficialAgeiTunesPromoBanner.png|x100px|iTunes France digital promotion banner]] 
* In the London underground digital billboard spaces were rented from September 11 onwards. UK Press adverts were published in Mojo and Q Magazines (November editions).
* In major cities around the world, a street poster campaign promoted the album from release date onwards.
* A contest was organized in France by Warner and several media to enable fans to attend the listening party set on 25 September 2014.
|trivia                 = Pre-order bundles were made available at €&nbsp;12,99 / £&nbsp;9,99 (CD+MP3) and €&nbsp;9,99 / £&nbsp;7,99 (MP3, WAV)<br>
*When the album was first announced and made available for pre-order, track timings were only available for some tracks: [[Clouds]], [[Breakdown]], [[U Know]], [[This Could Be Us]] and [[Funknroll]]. 
|alternative            = 
|references             = 
<b>Preorder(s)</b>
: [http://prince.warnerartists.net/en/?intcmp=140812%2Fprince%2Fwbr%2Fspl%2Fs_pr%2Fbut%2Fbdy%2Fuk%2Fartofficialagepreorder_cd Warner Bros Records]; [http://preorder.artofficialage.com/uk/ Art Official Age Website]; [http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/art-official-age/id911631220?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 iTunes USA]
* <b>Press:</b>
: [http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/music-icon-prince-announces-two-brand-new-studio-albums-1941030.htm  '''Prince announces two brand new studio albums''' (Press Release)]
: [http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/aug/25/prince-art-official-age-new-album-3rd-eye-girl '''Prince announces details of two studio albums''' ''by Harriet Gibsone'' (The Guardian: 25 August 2014)]
: [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/prince-new-albums-plectrumelectrum-and-art-official-age-20140825 '''Prince Amps Up Funk and Soul on Two New Albums This Fall''' ''by Kory Grow'' (Rolling Stone: 25 August 2014)]
: [http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6229256/prince-new-solo-album-artificial-age-3rd-eye-girl-plectrum-electrum '''Prince Set to Release First Solo Album in Four Years''' ''by By Ashley Lee (The Hollywood Reporter)'' (Billboard: 25 August 2014)]
: [http://www.nme.com/news/prince/80052?utm_campaign=nmedailymon29september-29-09-2014&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter '''Prince streams two new albums on Spotify – listen''' ''by  Lisa Wright'' (NME: 29 September 2014)]
*<b>Releases:</b>
: [http://www.discogs.com/Prince-Art-Official-Age/master/739508 Discogs: '''Art Official Age''' master release]
|categories             = [[Category:2014]][[Category:Albums (Prince)]][[Category:Studio albums (Prince)]]
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