Album: The Crown Jewels

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The Crown Jewels

Album details Released: Early 1992 Length: 61:37 Label(s): Paisley Park Records / Warner Bros. Studio(s): Kiowa Trail Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA; Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA; First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Flying Cloud Drive Warehouse, Eden Prairie, MN, USA; Monterey Sound Studios, Glendale, CA, USA; Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA; Warner Pioneer Studios, Tokyo, Japan See also Diamonds And Pearls Tour

The Crown Jewels is the ninth promotional compilation album by Prince, available in early-to-mid 1992 (between the commercial releases Diamonds And Pearls and ), to promote the Diamonds And Pearls Tour. It was the first promotional compilation to be available on CD, and comprises recordings from nine studio albums, released originally between 1982 and 1991. The tracks are presented in rough chronological order based on their release as singles, although this is not followed strictly. The compilation is notable for featuring a previously-unavailable edit of Partyman which misses Jack Nicholson’s intro sampled from the Batman movie (presumably for copyright reasons, although Kim Basinger’s sampled line of "Ooh, I love purple" from the movie is still included). This edit was released the following year on the UK Peach single. Track listing CD 1999 (6:22) Little Red Corvette (3:08) Single version not labeled as such When Doves Cry (3:49) 1 Single version not labeled as such Purple Rain (4:02) 1 Single version not labeled as such Raspberry Beret (3:31) 1 Kiss (3:38) 1 Anotherloverholenyohead (3:23) 1 Single version not labeled as such Sign O’ The Times (3:42) Single version not labeled as such I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (3:39) Single version not labeled as such Alphabet St. (2:27) Single version not labeled as such Batdance (4:14) The Batmix Edit – not labeled as such Partyman (3:07) Edited version not labeled as such Gett Off (4:01) 2 UK Single version not labeled as such Diamonds And Pearls (4:47) 2 Money Don’t Matter 2 Night (4:12) 2 Single version not labeled as such Thieves In The Temple (3:20) All songs written by Prince, except where noted. 1 Written by Prince (credited to Prince and the Revolution) 2 Written by Prince (credited to Prince and the New Power Generation) Personnel Musicians See individual tracks for credits. Production See individual tracks and respective albums for credits.

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Additional Information Trivia This album was a promotional release, not meant to be distributed to the general public and/or made available for retail. References http://www.discogs.com/Prince-The-Crown-Jewels/release/2620328

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