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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'''. | |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'''. | ||
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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. | + | 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]]). |
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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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+ | '''Promotion''' | ||
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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>[[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) | + | # <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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|musicians = [[Bria Valente]] - lead vocals | |musicians = [[Bria Valente]] - lead vocals | ||
− | *[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted; co-lead vocals on [[Elixer]] | + | *[[Prince]] - all instruments, except where noted; co-lead vocals on [[Elixer]]; background vocals on [[Immersion]] |
*[[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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|singles = | |singles = | ||
{{AlbumSinglesLine| | {{AlbumSinglesLine| | ||
− | |Single = [[Single: Another Boy|Another Boy]] download-only single< | + | |Single = [[Single: Another Boy|Another Boy]] <small>(download-only single)</small> |
− | |B-side = | + | |B-side = None |
|Image = Anotherboy_single.jpg | |Image = Anotherboy_single.jpg | ||
|Link = Another Boy | |Link = Another Boy | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | |Single = [[Single: 2nite|2nite]] <small>(released in 2012)</small> | ||
+ | |B-side = [[2nite]] | ||
+ | |Image = 2nite_single.jpg | ||
+ | |Link = Single: 2nite | ||
}} | }} | ||
|see also = | |see also = | ||
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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. | * [[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. | ||
|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'. | |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'. | ||
− | * While [[Prince]] appears prominently on instrumentation throughout the album, his | + | * 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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|references = http://www.lotusflow3r.com | |references = http://www.lotusflow3r.com |
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