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|album name            = Elixer
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|album image            = [[Image:Elixer album.jpg|200px|Elixer (front cover)]]
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|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)
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|length                = 44:25
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|label                  = [[NPG Records]]
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|studios                = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA; [[Circle House]], Miami, FL, USA
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|previous year          = 2007
 
|previous year          = 2007
 
|next year              = 2010
 
|next year              = 2010
|previous image        = Image:Neverforget album.jpg
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|previous image        = File:River_TheJoniLetters_album.jpg
|previous album        = Album: Never Forget: A Journey Of Revelations
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|previous album        = [[Album: River: The Joni Letters|River: The Joni Letters]]
 
|next image            = Image:ConcreteJungle-album.jpg
 
|next image            = Image:ConcreteJungle-album.jpg
 
|next album            = Album: Concrete Jungle
 
|next album            = Album: Concrete Jungle
|previous album link    = [[Album: Never Forget: A Journey Of Revelations|Never Forget: A Journey Of Revelations]]
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|previous album link    = [[Album: River: The Joni Letters|River: The Joni Letters]]
 
|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]]'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'''.
|Page name    = Elixer}}
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| colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:Elixer album.jpg|200px|Elixer (front cover)]]
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|-
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| valign="top" width="25%"| <b>Released:</b>
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| [[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)
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| valign="top"| <b>Length:</b>
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| 44:25
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| valign="top"| <b>Label(s):</b>
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| [[NPG Records]]
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|-
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| valign="top"| <b>Studio(s):</b>
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| [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA; [[Circle House]], Miami, FL, USA
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<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'''.
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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].
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'''Recording progress'''
  
[[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.<br>
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Specific recording dates for the album are not known. [[Prince]] began working with [[Bria Valente|Valente]] in mid-2006, however (and she first appeared on the track [[The Song Of The Heart]]).  
Specific recording dates for the album are not known. [[Prince]] began working with [[Bria Valente|Valente]] in late 2006, however (and she first appeared on the track [[The Song Of The Heart]]).  
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[[Kept Woman]] was initially recorded with [[Támar Davis]] between early 2005 and early 2006, and was intended for her album [[Album: Milk & Honey|Beautiful, Loved & Blessed]], later renamed [[Album: Milk & Honey|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.  
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[[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 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]].
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==Track listing==
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'''Promotion'''
===CD/Download===
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# <b>[[Here Eye Come|Here]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Here Eye Come]][[Here Eye Come| Come]]</b> (4:28)
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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.
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[[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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# <b>[[Here Eye Come|Here ]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Here Eye Come]][[Here Eye Come| Come]]</b> (4:28)
 
# <b>[[All This Love]]</b> (4:39)
 
# <b>[[All This Love]]</b> (4:39)
 
# <b>[[Home]]</b> (4:26)
 
# <b>[[Home]]</b> (4:26)
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# <b>[[2nite]]</b> (5:02)
 
# <b>[[2nite]]</b> (5:02)
 
# <b>[[Another Boy]]</b> (3:56)
 
# <b>[[Another Boy]]</b> (3:56)
# <b>[[Kept Woman]]</b> (4:15) *
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# <b>[[Kept Woman]]</b> (4:15) <sup>1</sup>
 
# <b>[[Immersion]]</b> (4:02)
 
# <b>[[Immersion]]</b> (4:02)
 
# <b>[[Elixer]]</b> (4:00)
 
# <b>[[Elixer]]</b> (4:00)
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All songs written by [[Prince]] and [[Bria Valente]], except where noted<br>
 
All songs written by [[Prince]] and [[Bria Valente]], except where noted<br>
<b>*</b> Written by [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince]] and [[Bria Valente]])
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<sup>1</sup> Written by [[Prince]] (credited to [[Prince]] and [[Bria Valente]])<br>
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==Personnel==
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|musicians              = [[Bria Valente]] - lead vocals
===Musicians===
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*[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted; co-lead vocals on [[Elixer]]; background vocals on [[Immersion]]
*[[Bria Valente]] - lead vocals
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*[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted; co-lead vocals on [[Elixer]]
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*[[C.C. Dunham]] - drums on [[All This Love]], [[Something U Already Know]] and [[Kept Woman]]
 
*[[C.C. Dunham]] - drums on [[All This Love]], [[Something U Already Know]] and [[Kept Woman]]
 
*[[Joshua Dunham]] - bass guitar on [[All This Love]], [[Something U Already Know]] and [[Kept Woman]]
 
*[[Joshua Dunham]] - bass guitar on [[All This Love]], [[Something U Already Know]] and [[Kept Woman]]
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|production            = [[Prince]] - co-producer and arranger, executive producer (as [[Prince|NPG]])
===Production===
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*[[Prince]] - co-producer and arranger, executive producer (as [[Prince|NPG]])
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*[[Bria Valente]] - co-producer and arranger
 
*[[Bria Valente]] - co-producer and arranger
 
*[[Mr. Hayes]] - additional production
 
*[[Mr. Hayes]] - additional production
 
*[[Kevin 'KD' Davis]] - assistant engineer
 
*[[Kevin 'KD' Davis]] - assistant engineer
*[[Ian Boxhill]] - assistant engineer
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*[[Ian Boxill]] - assistant engineer
 
*Eddy Schreyer - mastering at Oasis Los Angeles
 
*Eddy Schreyer - mastering at Oasis Los Angeles
 
*[[Clare Fischer]] - string arrangements on [[Everytime]] and [[Elixer]]
 
*[[Clare Fischer]] - string arrangements on [[Everytime]] and [[Elixer]]
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|thanks                =
 
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==Singles released==
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|singles                =
* [[Single: Another Boy|Another Boy]] download-only single<br>
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|B-side = None
==Charts==
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|Link  = Another Boy
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! <u>Chart, Country</u>
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! <u>Peak Position</u>
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|Single = [[Single: 2nite|2nite]] <small>(released in 2012)</small>
! <u>Weeks In Chart</u>
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|B-side = [[2nite]]
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|Image  = 2nite_single.jpg
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|Link  = Single: 2nite
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{{ChartLine|
| Date            = 18 Apr. 2009
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| Date            = 18 Apr. 2009
| Chart (Country) = Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, USA
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| Chart (Country) = '''USA''': Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums
 
| Peak Position  = '''1'''<small> (1 week)</small>
 
| Peak Position  = '''1'''<small> (1 week)</small>
 
| Weeks in chart  = 23
 
| Weeks in chart  = 23
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| Date            = 18 Apr. 2009
 
| Date            = 18 Apr. 2009
| Chart (Country) = Billboard Independent Albums, USA
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| Chart (Country) = '''USA''': Billboard Independent Albums
 
| Peak Position  = '''1''' <small>(1 week)</small>
 
| Peak Position  = '''1''' <small>(1 week)</small>
 
| Weeks in chart  = 20
 
| Weeks in chart  = 20
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{{ChartLine|
 
| Date            = 18 Apr. 2009
 
| Date            = 18 Apr. 2009
| Chart (Country) = Billboard 200, USA
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| Chart (Country) = '''USA''': Billboard 200
 
| Peak Position  = 2
 
| Peak Position  = 2
 
| Weeks in chart  = 13
 
| Weeks in chart  = 13
 
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==Releases==
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| USA || CD || 07541 09549 || [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Corporation Target] exclusive, 3CD package with<br>[[Prince]]'s [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] and [[Album: MPLSound|MPLSound]]
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|Comment = [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_Corporation Target] exclusive, 3CD package with<br>[[Prince]]'s [[Album: Lotusflow3r|Lotusflow3r]] and [[Album: MPLSound|MPLSound]]
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===Variants, special editions and re-releases===
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* <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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==Album promotion==
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|Courtesy    = &nbsp;
===Time-of-release===
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* [[Bria Valente]] was rumored to be performing on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_With_Jay_Leno The Tonight Show With Jay Leno] along with [[Prince]], but her appearance was canceled at the last minute for reasons unknown. [[Prince]] performed without her instead.
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|album promotion       = [[Bria Valente]] was rumored to be performing on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tonight_Show_With_Jay_Leno The Tonight Show With Jay Leno] along with [[Prince]], but her appearance was canceled at the last minute for reasons unknown. [[Prince]] performed without her instead.
*[[Bria Valente]] appeared on the PBS show [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tavis_Smiley_Show Tavis Smiley] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_28|28 April, 2009]] to discuss the album and her working relationship with [[Prince]]. She did not perform, however.
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*[[Bria Valente]] appeared on the PBS show [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tavis_Smiley_Show Tavis Smiley] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_28|28 April 2009]] to discuss the album and her working relationship with [[Prince]]. She did not perform, however.
 
* [[Elixer]] had its own 'area' on the website [[Lotusflow3r.com]], containing a download of the album, a video for the song [[Video: Everytime|Everytime]], and various promotional photos.
 
* [[Elixer]] had its own 'area' on the website [[Lotusflow3r.com]], containing a download of the album, a video for the song [[Video: Everytime|Everytime]], and various promotional photos.
* [[Here Eye Come|Here]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Here Eye Come]][[Here Eye Come| Come]] was streamed on [[3121.com]] as the first [[3121.com#Jam Of The Week|Jam Of The Week]] (at first titled 'Jam Of The Month'), on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_12|12 October, 2007]] (as "[[Here Eye Come|Here I Come]]"), but no album was announced at the time.
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* [[Here Eye Come|Here]][[file:EyeBlue.png|link=Here Eye Come]][[Here Eye Come| Come]] was streamed on [[3121.com]] as the first [[3121.com#Jam Of The Week|Jam Of The Week]] (at first titled 'Jam Of The Month'), on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_12|12 October 2007]] (as "[[Here Eye Come|Here I Come]]"), but no album was announced at the time.
===Associated tours===
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|trivia                 = [[Elixer]] appears to be a deliberately-misspelled word to give the sexual connotation 'he licks her'. When [[Single: Another Boy|Another Boy]] was released as a download single, however, the artwork stated the album title as the correctly-spelled 'Elixir'.
* None.
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* While [[Prince]] appears prominently on instrumentation throughout the album, his vocals are audible only on the title track ([[Elixer]]) and [[Immersion]].
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|alternative            =  
==Awards, nominations, and certifications==
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|references            = http://www.lotusflow3r.com
* None
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==Quotations and trivia==
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* [[Elixer]] appears to be a deliberately-misspelled word to give the sexual connotation 'he licks her'. When [[Single: Another Boy|Another Boy]] was released as a download single, however, the artwork stated the album title as the correctly-spelled 'Elixir'.
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* While [[Prince]] appears prominently on instrumentation throughout the album, his only vocals appear as a duet with Bria on the title track, [[Elixer]].
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==References==
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* http://www.lotusflow3r.com
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* [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/26987575/review/27108520/lotusflow3r http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/lotusflow3r]
 
* [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/26987575/review/27108520/lotusflow3r http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/lotusflow3r]
 
* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/lotusflow3r-1003958659.story http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/lotusflow3r-story]
 
* [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/lotusflow3r-1003958659.story http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/lotusflow3r-story]
 
* [http://www.vibe.com/music/revolutions/2009/03/prince_lotusflow3r_mplsound_elixer http://www.vibe.com/prince_lotusflow3r_mplsound_elixer]
 
* [http://www.vibe.com/music/revolutions/2009/03/prince_lotusflow3r_mplsound_elixer http://www.vibe.com/prince_lotusflow3r_mplsound_elixer]
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Elixer

Elixer (front cover)

Album details


Released: 24 March 2009 (download)
29 March 2009 (USA/Target release)
7 September 2009 (French release)
Length: 44:25
Label(s): NPG Records
Studio(s): Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA; Circle House, Miami, FL, USA

Charts, Certifications & Awards


Charts
America
Country: Chart Entry Date Peak Position Weeks in Chart
USA: Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 18 Apr. 2009 1 (1 week) 23
USA: Billboard Independent Albums 18 Apr. 2009 1 (1 week) 20
USA: Billboard 200 18 Apr. 2009 2 13
Certifications
This album has not received any certifications in the USA
Awards
This album has not received any awards in the USA

Singles released


Another Boy (download-only single)
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2nite (released in 2012)
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See also


    
Elixer 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 Lotusflow3r and MPLSound. It was initially released as a download on the launch date of Prince's website Lotusflow3r.com, with a CD release exclusively at Target five days later as part of Prince's 3CD package known as Lotusflow3r.


Recording progress

Specific recording dates for the album are not known. Prince began working with Valente in mid-2006, however (and she first appeared 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 Beautiful, Loved & Blessed, later renamed 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. HereEyeBlue.png 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.
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

The album produced one download-only single, Another Boy, released six months before the album, although a few tracks had been previewed as online streams also. In October 2007, HereEyeBlue.png Come was streamed on 3121.com as the site's first "Jam Of The Week" (initially known as "Jam Of The Month"). In May 2008, a clip of Home was premiered on DrFunkenberry.com. 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 Lotusflow3r and 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.



Track listing
CD
  1. Here EyeBlue.png Come (4:28)
  2. All This Love (4:39)
  3. Home (4:26)
  4. Something U Already Know (5:44)
  5. Everytime (3:50)
  6. 2nite (5:02)
  7. Another Boy (3:56)
  8. Kept Woman (4:15) 1
  9. Immersion (4:02)
  10. Elixer (4:00)


All songs written by Prince and Bria Valente, except where noted
1 Written by Prince (credited to Prince and Bria Valente)



Personnel
Musicians


Production


Thanks



Releases
LP, CD, Cassettes and Other versions
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2

America
USA CD 07541 09549 Target exclusive, 3CD package with
Prince's Lotusflow3r and MPLSound
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Variants, Special Editions and Reissues
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2

Elixer is only available to purchase as part of the Lotusflow3r package, along with Prince's Lotusflow3r and MPLSound.


 
 
Additional Information

Promotion (at time of release) Trivia

  • Elixer appears to be a deliberately-misspelled word to give the sexual connotation 'he licks her'. When Another Boy was released as a download single, however, the artwork stated the album title as the correctly-spelled 'Elixir'.
  • While Prince appears prominently on instrumentation throughout the album, his vocals are audible only on the title track (Elixer) and Immersion.

References
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