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| |album promotion = Several major TV appearances took place in the two months prior to the release of the album (details to be added). | | |album promotion = Several major TV appearances took place in the two months prior to the release of the album (details to be added). |
| * A major US arena tour, the [[Musicology_Live_2004ever|Musicology Live 2004ever]] tour coincided with the release of the album. The album was given to each ticket-holder, and was counted as an actual sale, growing the numbers of copies sold in retail, which was unprecedented. | | * A major US arena tour, the [[Musicology_Live_2004ever|Musicology Live 2004ever]] tour coincided with the release of the album. The album was given to each ticket-holder, and was counted as an actual sale, growing the numbers of copies sold in retail, which was unprecedented. |
− | |trivia = [[Album: Musicology|Musicology]] entered the french TOP 200 Albums chart at position 7 (its peak position) on April 17, 2004. It remained 22 weeks in it, and exited it on September 11, 2004. | + | |trivia = [[Album: Musicology|Musicology]] entered the french TOP 200 Albums chart at position 7 (its peak position) on April 17 2004. It remained 22 weeks in it, and exited it on September 11 2004. |
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| |references = <b>Charts:</b> [http://www.billboard.com/#/album/prince/musicology/628500 Billboard / Musicology], British Hit Albums ISBN 978-0-7535-1700-0, [http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-256595.xml?cid=257229 SNEP Top Album Chart], [http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259376.xml?year=2004&type=2 SNEP Year 2004 Chart] | | |references = <b>Charts:</b> [http://www.billboard.com/#/album/prince/musicology/628500 Billboard / Musicology], British Hit Albums ISBN 978-0-7535-1700-0, [http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-256595.xml?cid=257229 SNEP Top Album Chart], [http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-259376.xml?year=2004&type=2 SNEP Year 2004 Chart] |
Musicology is the 28th full-length studio album by Prince, and his first release on a major label since 1999's Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic. The album was released initially on CD in a basic slipcase, and was given to every audience member of every show on the Musicology Live 2004ever tour (and at each movie theater which simulcast the tour's second show).
It was also released as a download at the opening of the NPG Music Club's Musicology Download Store.
Three weeks later, the album was released in retail stores, with complete packaging. This retail CD also included a CD-ROM component which showed the Musicology video.
The album, and the corresponding tour, were timed to coincide with Prince's induction into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame, and marked Prince's return to the mass media spotlight after five years of low-key and online-only releases.
Recording process
Recording details for many of the album's tracks are not known. Given the specific jazz or piano themes of albums released between 2001 and 2003, it is likely that many of the tracks included on Musicology may have been recorded during that time and saved for this release.
Engineer H.M. Buff has stated that A Million Days was recorded in 1995 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA, and that If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life was also recorded during his time working for Prince, indicating that it was recorded between 1995 and 2000.
It is assumed that the rest of the album was recorded in 2003 or early 2004, but this may be inaccurate. Despite having a cohesive band for live shows, many of the tracks on the album are largely solo recordings by Prince, with only four of the tracks featuring drums by John Blackwell.
Promotion
The album produced three singles, Musicology, Cinnamon Girl and Call My Name (available as a promotional release only).
Ten months prior to the album release, however, Reflection was offered as an mp3 download on a revamped NPG Music Club website. What Do U Want Me 2 Do? was also streamed on the NPG Music Club five months before the album's release.
Prince toured North America extensively with the Musicology Live 2004ever tour, beginning shortly before the album's commercial release, but as the tour ticket included a CD copy of the album (given to attendees as they entered the venue), the tour should not be considered promotion for the album.
The album was very successful, reaching number 3 on The Billboard 200, and number 3 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums, although the inclusion of the album in ticket sales greatly increased its chart presence (resulting in a policy change by Billboard to prevent such inclusions in future charts).
The album was also successful in other countries, however, perhaps boosted by Prince's induction into the Rock 'N' Roll Hall Of Fame.
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- Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
- Candy Dulfer - additional vocals on Life 'O' The Party and Cinnamon Girl, saxophone on Life 'O' The Party, horns on The Marrying Kind, If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life and On The Couch
- Chance Howard - additional vocals on Life 'O' The Party, Call My Name and Cinnamon Girl
- Stokley - additional vocals on Call My Name
- Kip Blackshire - additional vocals on Call My Name
- Clare Fischer - string samples on Call My Name
- Rhonda Smith - additional vocals on Cinnamon Girl, bass on Dear Mr. Man
- John Blackwell - drums on The Marrying Kind, If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life, On The Couch and Dear Mr. Man
- Maceo Parker - horns on The Marrying Kind, If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life and On The Couch
- Greg Boyer - horns on The Marrying Kind, If Eye Was The Man In Ur Life and On The Couch
- Ornella Bonaccorsi - Italian spoken word on The Marrying Kind (credited as"una donna di passaggio")
- Sheila E. - shaker on Dear Mr. Man
- Renato Neto - fender rhodes on Dear Mr. Man
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