Difference between revisions of "Album: Cat Album (1989)"
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− | |introduction = This entry details a planned solo (debut) album by [[Cat]], | + | |introduction = This entry details a planned solo (debut) album by [[Cat]], songs for which have been recorded between November 1988 and January 1989, in between the US and Japan legs of the [[Lovesexy Tour]]. Only a handful of songs are known to have been recorded for the project before being abandoned, when [[Cat]] announced she was moving to England to work with producer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Simenon Tim Simenon] (of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_the_Bass Bomb The Bass]). |
− | It is assumed it was going to be a rap album, as [[Cat]] | + | It is assumed it was going to be a rap album, as [[Cat]] wasn’t known to sing. Songs known to have been written specifically for this album by [[Prince]] ([[Cat]] may also have provided lyrics) are [[Cat Attack]], [[Cat And Mouse]], [[Nine Lives]] and [[A Man Called Jesus]]. A song called "December 1st, 1987" written solely by [[Cat]] about the cancelling of [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']] was also planned for the album. [[Cat]] has stated that she also worked on [[Good Judy Girlfriend]] and [[Cornbread Rappers]] with [[Prince]] but it is not known if those songs were considered for this project. |
− | Following the Japanese leg of the [[Lovesexy Tour]] in early 1989, [[Cat]] left [[Prince]] | + | Following the Japanese leg of the [[Lovesexy Tour]] in early 1989, [[Cat]] left [[Prince]]’s camp and moved to London, England to work with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Simenon Tim Simenon] when she signed on [[Steve Fargnoli]]’s label Red Dot Records. She released a single called "Catwoman" in 1989 (around the time of the release of the [[Album: Batman| Batman]] album although it was unrelated to the movie and [[Prince]] had no involvement in the song). Her first album, called "I Am Energy", fully produced by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Simenon Tim Simenon] was completed but never saw the light of the day. |
− | After [[Cat]] | + | After [[Cat]]’s departure, [[Prince]] re-recorded [[Nine Lives]] with [[Morris Day]] for [[The Time]]’s [[Album: Corporate World (1989)|Corporate World]] album, but it was left off when this album evolved into [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]] and it remains unreleased. [[A Man Called Jesus]] was released by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Staples Mavis Staples] on her second [[Paisley Park Records]] album, [[Album: The Voice|The Voice]] in 1993. [[Cat Attack]] and [[Cat And Mouse]] remain unreleased. |
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− | |trivia = The planned album produced by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Simenon Tim Simenon] for [[Cat]] ("I Am Energy") was supposed to include the following songs: "Catwoman" / "R U Listening?" / "Love Like This" / "Everytime We Touch" / "Now It Rains" / "December 1st 1988" and "Good Judy Girlfriend". "Good Judy Girlfriend" is not related to [[Prince]] | + | |trivia = The planned album produced by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Simenon Tim Simenon] for [[Cat]] ("I Am Energy") was supposed to include the following songs: "Catwoman" / "R U Listening?" / "Love Like This" / "Everytime We Touch" / "Now It Rains" / "December 1st 1988" and "Good Judy Girlfriend". "Good Judy Girlfriend" is not related to [[Prince]]’s song of the [[Good Judy Girlfriend|same name]]. "Catwoman" and "Now It Rains" (which was written about [[Prince]]) were the only songs released from that planned album on a single in 1989 (with "Now It Rains" as the b-side). |
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|references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | |references = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' |
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1989 untitled Sheila E. album |
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