View source for Album: Corporate World (1989)

{{Unreleased-Album|
|album name             = Corporate World
|album image            = [[File:Unreleased project.png|200px]]
|date                   = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_14|14 November 1989]]
|label                  = [[Paisley Park Records]]
|studios                = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA; [https://www.paramountrecording.com/ameraycan-studio-a Ameraycan Studio], Los Angeles, CA, USA; [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA
<!------ ALBUM CHRONOLOGY -------->
|previous album         = Album: Cat Album (1989)
|previous album link    = [[Album: Cat Album (1989)|''Untitled Cat album'']]
|previous year          = 1989
|next year              = 1990
|next album             = Album: Anna Fantastic (1990)
|next album link        = [[Album: Anna Fantastic (1990)|''Untitled Anna Fantastic album'']]
|introduction           = '''Corporate World''' is an unreleased studio album by [[The Time]], recorded in Summer 1989. Like previous albums by [[The Time]], all tracks featured [[Prince]] as a writer and musician, with [[Morris Day]] adding vocals as the only member of the band to actually appear on the album. The [[Corporate World|title track]] was written and mostly performed by [[Morris Day]]’s bassist Ricky 'Freeze' Smith. The album was submitted to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.], and planned for release on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_14|14 November 1989]], with [[Nine Lives]] planned as the first single. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] stopped the release, however, wanting the other members of the band brought in to contribute to the album. 

Following a meeting with [[Prince]], original [[the Time]] members [[Jesse Johnson]], [[Monte Moir]], [[Terry Lewis]] and [[Jimmy Jam]] began contributing songs to the album without input by [[Prince]], as well as revising [[Chocolate]] and [[Jerk Out]]; the resulting album became [[The Time]]’s fourth album [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]] (see that album’s entry for details).

Of the tracks included on '''Corporate World''', three tracks were kept for [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]]: [[Donald Trump (Black Version)]], [[Data Bank]] and [[My Summertime Thang]]. Four other tracks were kept as [[The Time]]’s contribution to [[Prince]]’s twelfth album [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]] (the soundtrack album to the movie [[Film: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]): [[Love Machine]], [[Shake!]], [[The Latest Fashion]] and [[Release It]]. [[Murph Drag]] was included on [[NPG Ahdio Show 3|NPG Ahdio Show # 3]] in 2001, but was not available as a separate track. [[My Summertime Thang|Rollerskate]] is an unreleased 6-minute instrumental continuation of [[My Summertime Thang]]. Only [[Nine Lives]] and [[Corporate World]] have not been released in any form. 

An incomplete tracklist for the album shows that [[Dream Factory]], [[Miss Thang]] and [[The Sex Of It]] were considered for the album. [[Data Bank]] is listed as [[Data Bank|(I’m feeling like I wanna put ya in my) Data Bank]] and [[Murph Drag]] as [[Murph Drag|Murph Drag (Part 1 and 2)]]. The tracklist is included below as an early configuration. 
<br>
Another early configuration, closer to the final version but with some slightly different edits and including an extra portion of [[My Summertime Thang]] (as a separate track called [[My Summertime Thang|''Rollerskate'']]), omitted from the final configuration was compiled on 1 October 1989.
<!-------TRACK LIST ------->
|format                 = CD
|tracklisting           = 
# <b>[[Murph Drag]]</b>
# <b>[[Nine Lives]]</b>
# <b>[[Donald Trump (Black Version)]]</b>
# <b>[[Love Machine]]</b> <sup>1</sup>
# <b>[[Data Bank]]</b>
# <b>[[Shake!]]</b> <sup>2</sup>
# <b>[[Corporate World]]</b> <sup>3</sup>
# <b>[[The Latest Fashion]]</b>
# <b>[[Release It]]</b> <sup>4</sup>
# <b>[[My Summertime Thang]]</b>
|credits                 = All tracks assumed to be written by [[Prince]] except where noted.
|* comment               = 
<small>
<sup>1</sup>&nbsp; Written by [[Prince]], [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] and [[Morris Day]]<br>
<sup>2</sup>&nbsp; Written by [[Prince]] and [[Morris Day]]<br>
<sup>3</sup>&nbsp; Written by Ricky 'Freeze' Smith<br>
<sup>4</sup>&nbsp; Written by [[Prince]] and [[Levi Seacer, Jr.]]<br>
</small> 
<!-------PERSONNEL ------->
|musicians              = [[Morris Day]] – lead vocals
*[[Prince]] – background vocals and all instruments, except where noted
*[[Candy Dulfer]] - saxophone on [[Murph Drag]], [[Love Machine]], [[Data Bank]], [[The Latest Fashion]], [[Release It]] and [[My Summertime Thang]]
*[[Jerome Benton]] - percussion on [[Murph Drag]] (uncertain involvement), background vocals on [[Love Machine]], crowd noise on [[My Summertime Thang]]
*Unidentified female vocalist(s) - background vocals on [[Murph Drag]], [[The Latest Fashion]] and [[My Summertime Thang]]
*[[Margie Cox]] - vocals on [[Nine Lives]], background vocals on [[Corporate World]]
*[[Elisa Fiorillo]] - vocals on [[Love Machine]]
*[[Jana Anderson]] - background vocals on [[Shake!]]
*[[Robin Power]] - crowd noise on [[My Summertime Thang]]
*[[Tom Garneau]] - crowd noise on [[My Summertime Thang]]
*[[Michael Koppelman]] - crowd noise on [[My Summertime Thang]]
*[[Clare Fischer]] - string arrangements on [[Nine Lives]] (assumed)
*David Garibaldi - drums on [[Release It]] (sampled loop from [[Squib Cakes]] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Power Tower Of Power])
|production             = [[Prince]] - producer
*Other production details unknown.
|trivia                 = 
|see also               = 
{{SeeAlso|
|item1   = [[Album: Pandemonium|Pandemonium]]<br>(Album)
|image1  = [[File:Pandemonium_album.jpg|60px|link=Album: Pandemonium]]
|item2   = [[Album: Graffiti Bridge|Graffiti Bridge]]<br>(Album)
|image2  = [[File:Graffitibridge.jpg|60px|link=Album: Graffiti Bridge]]
}}
|alternative            = 
{{Alternative|
|format = Album
|config = 
* '''<u>Incomplete 1989 untitled early configuration</u>'''
# <b>[[The Sex Of It]]</b>
# <b>[[Dream Factory]]</b>
# <b>[[Data Bank|I’m Feeling Like I Wanna Put Ya In My) Data Bank]]</b>
# <b>[[Miss Thang]]</b>
# <b>[[Murph Drag|Murph Drag (Part 1 and 2)]]</b>
<br>
* '''<u>1 October 1989 'The Time Album'</u>'''
# <b>[[Murph Drag]]</b>
# <b>[[Nine Lives]]</b>
# <b>[[Donald Trump (Black Version)]]</b>
# <b>[[Love Machine]]</b> <sup>1</sup>
# <b>[[Data Bank]]</b>
# <b>[[Shake!]]</b> <sup>2</sup>
# <b>[[Corporate World]]</b>
# <b>[[The Latest Fashion]]</b>
# <b>[[Release It]]</b> <sup>3</sup>
# <b>[[My Summertime Thang]]</b>
# <b>[[My Summertime Thang|Rollerskate]]</b>
}}
|references             = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]] ''
|categories             = [[Category:1989]][[Category:Albums (Related Artists)]][[Category:Studio Albums (Related Artists)]][[Category:Unreleased Albums]][[Category:Unreleased Albums (Related Artists)]]
}}