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|album name = Elixer | |album name = Elixer | ||
|album image = [[Image:Elixer album.jpg|200px|Elixer (front cover)]] | |album image = [[Image:Elixer album.jpg|200px|Elixer (front cover)]] | ||
|date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_24|24 March 2009]] ( | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_24|24 March 2009]] (Download)<br>[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/March_29|29 March 2009]] (USA/[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Corporation Target] release)<br>[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 7|7 September 2009]] (French release) | ||
|length = 44:25 | |length = 44:25 | ||
|label = [[NPG Records]] | |label = [[NPG Records]] | ||
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|previous year = 2007 | |previous year = 2007 | ||
|next year = | |next year = 2009 | ||
|previous image = File:River_TheJoniLetters_album.jpg | |previous image = File:River_TheJoniLetters_album.jpg | ||
|previous album = [[Album: River: The Joni Letters|River: The Joni Letters]] | |previous album = [[Album: River: The Joni Letters|River: The Joni Letters]] | ||
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|next album link = [[Album: Concrete Jungle|Concrete Jungle]] | |next album link = [[Album: Concrete Jungle|Concrete Jungle]] | ||
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|introduction = <b>Elixer</b> is the first and only full-length studio album by [[Bria Valente]], and is only available in a package with [[Prince]] | |introduction = <b>Elixer</b> is the first and only full-length studio album by [[Bria Valente]], and is only available in a package with [[Prince]]’s 33rd and 34th albums [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] and [[Album: MPLSound|MPLSound]]. It was initially released as a download on the launch date of [[Prince]]’s website [[Lotusflow3r.com]], with a CD release exclusively at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Corporation Target] five days later as part of [[Prince]]’s 3CD package known as '''Lotusflow3r'''. | ||
<b>Sessions and compiling</b> | |||
Specific recording dates for the album are not known | Specific recording dates for the album are not known, however [[Prince]] began working with [[Bria Valente|Valente]] in mid-2006 (first appearing on the track [[The Song Of The Heart]]). | ||
[[Kept Woman]] was initially recorded with [[Támar Davis]] between early 2005 and early 2006, and was intended for her album [[Album: Milk & Honey (2006)|Beautiful, Loved & Blessed]], later renamed [[Album: Milk & Honey (2006)|Milk & Honey]] before it was abandoned. [[Bria Valente]] | [[Kept Woman]] was initially recorded with [[Támar Davis]] between early 2005 and early 2006, and was intended for her album [[Album: Milk & Honey (2006)|Beautiful, Loved & Blessed]], later renamed [[Album: Milk & Honey (2006)|Milk & Honey]] before it was abandoned. [[Bria Valente]]’s version was a re-recording, however, tracked at some point between late 2006 and early 2009. [[Here Eye Come|Here]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Here Eye Come]][[Here Eye Come| Come]] was recorded between late 2006 and late 2007. | ||
[[Home]] was recorded at some point between late 2006 and early 2008. [[Another Boy]] and [[Elixer]] were recorded at some point between late 2006 and Summer 2008. The remaining tracks could have been recorded at any point between late 2006 and early 2009 - [[All This Love]], [[Something U Already Know]], [[Everytime]], [[2nite]] and [[Immersion]].<br> | [[Home]] was recorded at some point between late 2006 and early 2008. [[Another Boy]] and [[Elixer]] were recorded at some point between late 2006 and Summer 2008. | ||
The remaining tracks could have been recorded at any point between late 2006 (or earlier as some songs reportedly existed before [[Prince]] started to work with [[Bria Valente]]) and early 2009 - [[All This Love]], [[Something U Already Know]], [[Everytime]], [[2nite]] and [[Immersion]].<br> | |||
The album was mostly recorded by [[Prince]] and [[Bria Valente]] alone, although [[C.C. Dunham]] and [[Joshua Dunham]] appear on three tracks, [[All This Love]], [[Something U Already Know]] and [[Kept Woman]], and [[Clare Fischer]] provided string arrangements on [[Everytime]] and [[Elixer]]. | The album was mostly recorded by [[Prince]] and [[Bria Valente]] alone, although [[C.C. Dunham]] and [[Joshua Dunham]] appear on three tracks, [[All This Love]], [[Something U Already Know]] and [[Kept Woman]], and [[Clare Fischer]] provided string arrangements on [[Everytime]] and [[Elixer]]. | ||
'''Promotion''' | '''Promotion''' | ||
The album produced one download-only single, [[Single: Another Boy|Another Boy]], released six months before the album, although a few tracks had been previewed as online streams also. In October 2007, [[Here Eye Come|Here]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Here Eye Come]][[Here Eye Come| Come]] was streamed on [[3121.com]] as the | The album produced one download-only single, [[Single: Another Boy|Another Boy]], released six months before the album, although a few tracks had been previewed as online streams also. In October 2007, [[Here Eye Come|Here]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Here Eye Come]][[Here Eye Come| Come]] was streamed on [[3121.com]] as the site’s first "[[3121.com#Jam Of The Week|Jam Of The Week]]" (initially known as "Jam Of The Month"). In May 2008, a clip of [[Home]] was premiered on [http://www.drfunkenberry.com DrFunkenberry.com]. [[Single: 2nite|2nite]] was released in 2012 almost three years after the album’s release, but it is not known if this single was intended to tie in to a larger project or a re-release of the album. | ||
[[Bria Valente]] did not promote the album, but [[Prince]] promoted the 3CD set, which benefited '''Elixer''' also (see [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] and [[Album: MPLSound|MPLSound]] for promotion details). The album package reached number 2 on the US Billboard 200, and number 1 on both the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart and the Billboard Independent Albums chart, perhaps due in part to the sale of three CDs together for the low retail price of $11.98. | [[Bria Valente]] did not promote the album, but [[Prince]] promoted the 3CD set, which benefited '''Elixer''' also (see [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] and [[Album: MPLSound|MPLSound]] for promotion details). The album package reached number 2 on the US Billboard 200, and number 1 on both the Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart and the Billboard Independent Albums chart, perhaps due in part to the sale of three CDs together for the low retail price of $11.98. | ||
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|see also = | |see also = | ||
{{SeeAlso| | {{SeeAlso| | ||
|item1 = | |item1 = [[Album:_Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]]<br>(Album) | ||
|image1 = | |image1 = [[File:Lotusflow3r album.jpg|60px|link= Album:_Lotusflow3r]] | ||
|item2 = | |item2 = [[Album:_MPLSound|MPLSound]]<br>(Album) | ||
|image2 = | |image2 = [[File:Mplsound album.jpg|60px|link= Album:_MPLSound]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
|charts = | |charts = | ||
{{Charts| | {{Charts| | ||
|charts = | |charts = | ||
{{ChartLine| | {{ChartLine| | ||
| Date = 18 Apr. 2009 | | Date = 18 Apr. 2009 | ||
| Chart (Country) = '''USA''': Billboard R&B/Hip | | Chart (Country) = '''USA''': [[The Billboard 200]] | ||
| Peak Position = '''1'''< | | Peak Position = 2<sup>(1)</sup> | ||
| Weeks in chart = 13 | |||
}} | |||
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| Date = 18 Apr. 2009 | |||
| Chart (Country) = '''USA''': [[Billboard_Top_R&B_Albums|Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums]] | |||
| Peak Position = '''1'''<sup>(1)</sup> | |||
| Weeks in chart = 23 | | Weeks in chart = 23 | ||
}} | }} | ||
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| Date = 18 Apr. 2009 | | Date = 18 Apr. 2009 | ||
| Chart (Country) = '''USA''': Billboard Independent Albums | | Chart (Country) = '''USA''': Billboard Independent Albums | ||
| Peak Position = '''1''' < | | Peak Position = '''1'''<sup>(1)</sup> | ||
| Weeks in chart = 20 | | Weeks in chart = 20 | ||
}} | |||
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| Date = 25 Apr. 2009 | |||
| Chart (Country) = '''Belgium''': Ultratop Albums Flanders | |||
| Peak Position = 44 | |||
| Weeks in chart = 6 | |||
}} | |||
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| Date = 18 Apr. 2009 | |||
| Chart (Country) = '''Belgium''': Ultratop 200 Wallonia | |||
| Peak Position = 78 | |||
| Weeks in chart = 2 | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{ChartLine| | {{ChartLine| | ||
| Date = 18 Apr. 2009 | | Date = 18 Apr. 2009 | ||
| Chart (Country) = ''' | | Chart (Country) = '''The Netherlands''': [[Dutch_Album_Top_100|Album Top 100]] | ||
| Peak Position = | | Peak Position = 23 | ||
| Weeks in chart = | | Weeks in chart = 7 | ||
}} | }} | ||
|certifications = {{noCertification|format=album|Country= the USA}} | |certifications = {{noCertification|format=album|Country= the USA}} | ||
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|Format = CD | |Format = CD | ||
|CatNr = 07541 09549 | |CatNr = 07541 09549 | ||
|Comment = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Corporation Target] exclusive, 3CD package with<br>[[Prince]] | |Comment = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Corporation Target] exclusive, 3CD package with<br>[[Prince]]’s [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] and [[Album: MPLSound|MPLSound]] | ||
|Front = Princevaultsinglecover.png | |Front = Princevaultsinglecover.png | ||
|Back = Princevaultsinglecover.png | |Back = Princevaultsinglecover.png | ||
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}} | }} | ||
|VariantLine = <b>Elixer</b> is only available to purchase as part of the '''Lotusflow3r''' package, along with [[Prince]] | |VariantLine = <b>Elixer</b> is only available to purchase as part of the '''Lotusflow3r''' package, along with [[Prince]]’s [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] and [[Album: MPLSound|MPLSound]]. | ||
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