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− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_15|15 August | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_15|15 August 1994]] (UK)<br>[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/August_16|16 August 1994]] (USA) |
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|label = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] | |label = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] | ||
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'''Come''' is the fifteenth full-length studio album by [[Prince]]. It was the last album of newly-recorded material to be released by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] under the name [[Prince]] while he was under exclusive contract (although [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] released [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']] only three months later, and would later also release [[Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale|The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]]). | '''Come''' is the fifteenth full-length studio album by [[Prince]]. It was the last album of newly-recorded material to be released by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] under the name [[Prince]] while he was under exclusive contract (although [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] released [[Album: The Black Album|''"The Black Album"'']] only three months later, and would later also release [[Album: The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale|The Vault... Old Friends 4 Sale]]). | ||
− | It was released worldwide in August | + | It was released worldwide in August 1994 (eleven months after [[Album: The Hits 1|The Hits 1]], [[Album: The Hits 2|The Hits 2]] and [[Album: The Hits / The B-Sides|The Hits / The B-Sides]] compilations. |
In interviews, [[Prince]] talked about the album as a contractual obligation to help fulfill his recording contract after his relationship with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] had soured, and on a discography included on his [[NPG Music Club]] website years later, the album cover had a "Contractual Obligation" stamp overlaid. Additionally, [[Prince]] declined to use the [[NPG Records]] label for this release. [[Prince]] talked about material on the album as "old" and recorded before the name change, instead hyping [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]] as his "new" material. | In interviews, [[Prince]] talked about the album as a contractual obligation to help fulfill his recording contract after his relationship with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] had soured, and on a discography included on his [[NPG Music Club]] website years later, the album cover had a "Contractual Obligation" stamp overlaid. Additionally, [[Prince]] declined to use the [[NPG Records]] label for this release. [[Prince]] talked about material on the album as "old" and recorded before the name change, instead hyping [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]] as his "new" material. | ||
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<b>Recording process</b> | <b>Recording process</b> | ||
− | Most tracks on the album were recorded in the first half of 1993, although [[Race]] dates back to late 1991 (originally recorded during the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album sessions, but re-worked in 1993), and the last track recorded for the album, [[Letitgo]], was recorded in March | + | Most tracks on the album were recorded in the first half of 1993, although [[Race]] dates back to late 1991 (originally recorded during the [[File:SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Album: Symbol]] album sessions, but re-worked in 1993), and the last track recorded for the album, [[Letitgo]], was recorded in March 1994, nine months after [[Prince]] changed his name. |
− | An initial configuration was made in March | + | An initial configuration was made in March 1993 (although no album title was known for this configuration), and several other configurations are known to have been made throughout 1993 and early 1994 (see [[#Quotations and trivia|below]]). |
− | In late 1993, the album's tracks were to have been merged into the planned 3-disc set [[Album: The Dawn-1993|The Dawn]], but the album was later separated out again. Of note is that the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_11|11 March | + | In late 1993, the album's tracks were to have been merged into the planned 3-disc set [[Album: The Dawn-1993|The Dawn]], but the album was later separated out again. Of note is that the [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_11|11 March 1994]] configuration of the album, as submitted to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.], did not contain the title track. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] responded by asking for [[Come]] and [[The Most Beautiful Girl In The World]] to be included, as well as two or three other strong tracks. |
− | [[Prince]] delivered the final version of the album on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 19|19 May | + | [[Prince]] delivered the final version of the album on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 19|19 May 1994]] (on the same day as delivering a configuration of [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]]), having removed [[Interactive]] and [[Endorphinmachine]] (which he reasoned were recorded by [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], not [[Prince]], and were included on [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]] instead), but with the newly-recorded track [[Letitgo]]. |
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] asked for further changes, but [[Prince]] refused, giving them no other option than to release the album as it was. [[Prince]] proposed that [[Album: Come|Come]] should be released by "[[Prince]]", with [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]] by "[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]" following a few weeks later, but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] was unenthusiastic about this idea. | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] asked for further changes, but [[Prince]] refused, giving them no other option than to release the album as it was. [[Prince]] proposed that [[Album: Come|Come]] should be released by "[[Prince]]", with [[Album: The Gold Experience|The Gold Experience]] by "[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]" following a few weeks later, but [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] was unenthusiastic about this idea. | ||
− | Seven of the album's tracks ([[Come]], [[Space]], [[Pheromone]], [[Loose!]], [[Race]], [[Dark]] and [[Orgasm|Poem]] - the original full-length version of [[Orgasm]]) were used in the [[Project: Glam Slam Ulysses|Glam Slam Ulysses]] stage-show, credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], which premiered in August | + | Seven of the album's tracks ([[Come]], [[Space]], [[Pheromone]], [[Loose!]], [[Race]], [[Dark]] and [[Orgasm|Poem]] - the original full-length version of [[Orgasm]]) were used in the [[Project: Glam Slam Ulysses|Glam Slam Ulysses]] stage-show, credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]], which premiered in August 1993, and six of the tracks ([[Come]], [[Pheromone]], [[Loose!]], [[Papa]], [[Race]] and [[Orgasm|Poem]]) also appeared on [[TV Film: The Beautiful Experience|The Beautiful Experience]] TV movie, again credited to [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). |
[[Michael B.]], [[Sonny T.]], [[Tommy Barbarella]] and [[Morris Hayes]] are listed as musicians for the album as a whole, but [[Tommy Barbarella]] and [[Morris Hayes]] only appear on [[Space]] and [[Dark]], while [[Michael B.]] and [[Sonny T.]] appear on those tracks as well as [[Papa]]. | [[Michael B.]], [[Sonny T.]], [[Tommy Barbarella]] and [[Morris Hayes]] are listed as musicians for the album as a whole, but [[Tommy Barbarella]] and [[Morris Hayes]] only appear on [[Space]] and [[Dark]], while [[Michael B.]] and [[Sonny T.]] appear on those tracks as well as [[Papa]]. | ||
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− | * '''<u>?? March | + | * '''<u>?? March 1993, untitled cassette configuration</u>''' |
:1. <b>[[Come]]</b><br> | :1. <b>[[Come]]</b><br> | ||
:2. <b>[[Endorphinmachine]]</b><br> | :2. <b>[[Endorphinmachine]]</b><br> | ||
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:9. <b>[[Orgasm|Poem]]</b><br> | :9. <b>[[Orgasm|Poem]]</b><br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | * '''<u>29 May | + | * '''<u>29 May 1993, configuration</u>''' |
:<small>Mentioned by [[Mayte]] in a letter to the fan magazine [[Magazine: Controversy|Controversy # 42]]. Complete track order unknown, but known to include:</small> | :<small>Mentioned by [[Mayte]] in a letter to the fan magazine [[Magazine: Controversy|Controversy # 42]]. Complete track order unknown, but known to include:</small> | ||
:<b>[[Come]]</b><br> | :<b>[[Come]]</b><br> | ||
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:<b>[[Pope]]</b><br> | :<b>[[Pope]]</b><br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | * '''<u>June-August | + | * '''<u>June-August 1993, configuration</u>''' |
:<b>Tracklist unknown.</b><br> | :<b>Tracklist unknown.</b><br> | ||
<br> | <br> | ||
− | * '''<u>11 March | + | * '''<u>11 March 1994, configuration</u>''' |
:1. <b>[[Orgasm|Poem]]</b><br> | :1. <b>[[Orgasm|Poem]]</b><br> | ||
:2. <b>[[Interactive]]</b><br> | :2. <b>[[Interactive]]</b><br> |
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