| Child Of The Sun is the first and only studio album by Mayte, and was released in November 1995 in Europe only on NPG Records (Warner Bros. refused to release the album in the USA).
Sessions and compiling
All but one of the 12 tracks were written or co-written by Prince (with the other, House Of Brick (Brick House), being a cover version of the Commodores track Brick House), and all contain him playing some instruments, with significant contributions from other bandmembers.
An early version of the album was titled Latino Barbie Doll, and contained several tracks which were removed as the album progressed; Latino Barbie Doll, If I Could Get Your Attention, Telepathy, Violet Blue, Slow Love, Hold Me and ¿Quieres Ser El Mas Bello De Este Mundo? (which was included on the single of The Most Beautiful Boy In The World).
Of the ten English-language tracks included on Latino Barbie Doll, eight were Mayte’s versions of tracks released on earlier Prince-related albums (If I Love U Tonight, Love’s No Fun, If I Could Get Your Attention, Telepathy, Violet Blue, Slow Love, Hold Me and The Most Beautiful Boy In The World), in addition to the two Spanish-language tracks, Si Te Amo Esta Noche and ¿Quieres Ser El Mas Bello De Este Mundo?
Promotion
The album produced four singles, The Most Beautiful Boy In The World, If  Love U 2night (both of which preceded the album), House Of Brick (Brick House) (which was available as a promotional single only) and Rhythm Of Your ♥ (which received a limited release in 1998).
The album failed to enter the charts.
In 1998, Love4OneAnother.com announced an album release by Mayte called Scorpio, which was to contain some of the same tracks from Child Of The Sun with some newly-recorded tracks in addition. This project never came to pass, and it is not clear if this was completed.
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Personnel
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- Mayte - lead and background vocals, finger symbols on However Much U Want
- Prince (as
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- New Power Generation - instruments (credited as a group) on Children Of The Sun, In Your Gracious Name, The Rhythm Of Your ♥, Love’s No Fun, Baby Don’t Care and However Much U Want, performer on Ain’t No Place Like U (as The New Power Generation Drum Corp)
- Kirk Johnson - keyboards on Children Of The Sun and In Your Gracious Name, background vocals on However Much U Want, all instruments on Mo' Better
- Kathleen Bradford - background vocals on Children Of The Sun, If Love U 2night, House Of Brick (Brick House), Love’s No Fun, Baby Don’t Care and Mo' Better
- Kameron Johnson - kid vocals on Children Of The Sun
- Billy Franze - guitar on If Love U 2night
- Ricky Peterson - all other instruments on If Love U 2night, keyboards on Baby Don’t Care
- Michael B. Nelson - trombone on The Rhythm Of Your ♥
- Steve Strand - trumpet on The Rhythm Of Your ♥
- Dave Jensen - trumpet on The Rhythm Of Your ♥
- Kathy Jensen - baritone saxophone on The Rhythm Of Your ♥
- Brian Gallagher - tenor saxophone on The Rhythm Of Your ♥
- Eric Leeds - alto, baritone and tenor saxophones on House Of Brick (Brick House), Love’s No Fun and Baby Don’t Care, flute on Love’s No Fun
- JD Steele - background vocals on Love’s No Fun
- Jevetta Steele - background vocals on Love’s No Fun
- Jearlyn Steele - background vocals on Love’s No Fun
- Fred Steele - background vocals on Love’s No Fun
- Mike Scott - acoustic guitar on Love’s No Fun
- Todd Burrell - piano on Love’s No Fun
- Troy Beyer - Spanish vocals on Baby Don’t Care
- Levi Seacer, Jr. - background vocals on However Much U Want
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- Prince (as ) - producer on Children Of The Sun, In Your Gracious Name and The Most Beautiful Boy In The World, producer (uncredited) on The Rhythm Of Your ♥, Ain’t No Place Like U, House Of Brick (Brick House), Baby Don’t Care and However Much U Want
- Ricky Peterson - producer on If Love U 2night, additional production on The Most Beautiful Boy In The World
- David Z. - producer on Love’s No Fun
- The New Power Generation - executive producer
- Kirk Johnson - mastering, additional production and drum programming on Children Of The Sun and In Your Gracious Name, drum programming on The Rhythm Of Your ♥ and House Of Brick (Brick House), mixing on The Rhythm Of Your ♥, Ain’t No Place Like U, House Of Brick (Brick House) and Mo' Better, co-producer on Love’s No Fun
- Ray Hahnfeldt - engineering on Children Of The Sun, In Your Gracious Name, The Rhythm Of Your ♥, Ain’t No Place Like U, Love’s No Fun, Baby Don’t Care, However Much U Want and Mo' Better
- Steve Durkee - engineering on Children Of The Sun, In Your Gracious Name, The Rhythm Of Your ♥, Ain’t No Place Like U, Love’s No Fun, Baby Don’t Care, However Much U Want and Mo' Better
- Shane T. Keller - assistant engineering on Children Of The Sun, In Your Gracious Name, The Rhythm Of Your ♥, Ain’t No Place Like U, Love’s No Fun, Baby Don’t Care, However Much U Want and Mo' Better
- Hans-Martin Buff - assistant engineering on Children Of The Sun, The Rhythm Of Your ♥, Ain’t No Place Like U, Love’s No Fun and However Much U Want
- Tim Hoogenakker - assistant engineering on Children Of The Sun
- Tom Tucker - mixing on If Love U 2night and The Most Beautiful Boy In The World
- Brian Poer - assistant mixing on If Love U 2night
- Statik - drum programming on If Love U 2night, programming on The Rhythm Of Your ♥
- Chronic Freeze - engineering on The Rhythm Of Your ♥ and Ain’t No Place Like U
- Tom Garneau - mixing and engineering on Ain’t No Place Like U and Mo' Better, mixing on House Of Brick (Brick House), engineering on Love’s No Fun
- Eric Leeds - co-arrangement on House Of Brick (Brick House) and Baby Don’t Care
- Michael Koppelman - engineering on Love’s No Fun and However Much U Want
- Steve Noonan - assistant engineering on However Much U Want
- Freddie H. - assistant engineering on The Most Beautiful Boy In The World
- Brian Gardner - mastering (at Bernie Grundmann Studio, Hollywood, CA)
- House Of Brick (Brick House) contains a sample from the movie Back To The Future (1985), spoken by Michael J. Fox
- House Of Brick (Brick House) contains a sample from Kain’t Turn Back, written by Bernard Belle and Raymond Watkins
- Albert Earl - photography
- Ricky Davilla - photography
- Steve Parke - art direction, computer art
- Michael Van Huffel - art direction
- Mark R. Johnson - art direction
- Michelle Scwartzbauer - project manager
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1995: Closer Than Close ◄
