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|album name = The Rainbow Children | |album name = The Rainbow Children | ||
|album image = [[File:Rainbowchildren album.jpg|The Rainbow Children album artwork]] | |album image = [[File:Rainbowchildren album.jpg|The Rainbow Children album artwork]] | ||
− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_16|16 October 2001]] ([[NPG Music Club]] download)<br>[[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_20|20 November 2001]] (US retail release) | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October_16|16 October 2001]] ([[NPG Music Club]] download)<br> |
+ | [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_20|20 November 2001]] (US retail release) | ||
|length = 68:49 | |length = 68:49 | ||
|label = [[NPG Records]] / Redline Entertainment | |label = [[NPG Records]] / Redline Entertainment | ||
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It was released worldwide in November 2001 (two years after his previous studio album [[Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]] and five months after the compilation album [[Album: The Very Best Of Prince|The Very Best Of Prince]]), but was released as a single untracked audio file the previous month as [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_9|NPG Music Club Edition # 9]], the October edition of the club's monthly offerings (taking the place of the monthly [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases|NPG Ahdio]] shows and other downloads). | It was released worldwide in November 2001 (two years after his previous studio album [[Album: Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic|Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic]] and five months after the compilation album [[Album: The Very Best Of Prince|The Very Best Of Prince]]), but was released as a single untracked audio file the previous month as [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases#NPGMC_Edition_.23_9|NPG Music Club Edition # 9]], the October edition of the club's monthly offerings (taking the place of the monthly [[NPG_Music_Club_Year_One_Releases|NPG Ahdio]] shows and other downloads). | ||
− | The album was first previewed during the [[ | + | The album was first previewed during the [[A Celebration|Celebration]] week-long festival at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA in June 2001, with [[Prince]] sitting in the audience and hearing feedback from the audience following the album's playback. The album was distributed worldwide by the independent label Redline Entertainment. |
− | <b> | + | <b>Sessions and compiling</b> |
Album sessions took place in late 2000 and early 2001 at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. Horns were added to five of the tracks in February 2001. | Album sessions took place in late 2000 and early 2001 at [[Paisley Park Studios]]. Horns were added to five of the tracks in February 2001. | ||
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<b>Storyline</b> | <b>Storyline</b> | ||
− | The album opens with narrative in a distorted low voice by [[Prince]] that continues through many of the album's tracks. It introduces the story of the "Rainbow Children", who "go about the work of building a new nation" with "accurate understanding of God and his laws". "The Wise One" and his woman are tempted by "The Resistor" "as prophesied". The woman succumbed, and was banished from the land along with five others, who became "The Banished Ones" (this was long thought to be as being written about Prince's separation from his first wife Mayte, which she confirmed in her 2017 biography "The Beautiful | + | The album opens with narrative in a distorted low voice by [[Prince]] that continues through many of the album's tracks. It introduces the story of the "Rainbow Children", who "go about the work of building a new nation" with "accurate understanding of God and his laws". "The Wise One" and his woman are tempted by "The Resistor" "as prophesied". The woman succumbed, and was banished from the land along with five others, who became "The Banished Ones" (this was long thought to be as being written about Prince's separation from his first wife Mayte, which she confirmed in her 2017 biography "The Most Beautiful"). |
The Wise One trusted in God to bring him another woman (read: [[Prince]]'s soon-to-be second wife, [[Manuela Testolini]]). The term "Rainbow Children" seems to indicate a group of people who have obtained some kind of spiritual enlightenment, "flying on the wings of the New Translation" (likely referring to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Translation_of_the_Holy_Scriptures New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures] used by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah's_Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses], the religious group [[Prince]] belonged to at the time of recording). | The Wise One trusted in God to bring him another woman (read: [[Prince]]'s soon-to-be second wife, [[Manuela Testolini]]). The term "Rainbow Children" seems to indicate a group of people who have obtained some kind of spiritual enlightenment, "flying on the wings of the New Translation" (likely referring to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Translation_of_the_Holy_Scriptures New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures] used by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah's_Witnesses Jehovah's Witnesses], the religious group [[Prince]] belonged to at the time of recording). | ||
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Outside of the USA, The Rainbow Children failed to chart, except in Japan and France. | Outside of the USA, The Rainbow Children failed to chart, except in Japan and France. | ||
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+ | On [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/May 29|29 May 2020]], [[The Prince Estate]] re-released the album with Sony’s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy_Recordings Legacy Recordings] ([[Album: One Nite Alone...|One Nite Alone...]], [[Album:_One_Nite_Alone..._Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]] and [[Album:_One_Nite_Alone..._The_Aftershow:_It_Ain't_Over|One Nite Alone... The Aftershow: It Ain't Over!]] were also re-released on vinyl as well as a 4CD+DVD box set called ''Up All Nite With Prince: The One Nite Alone Collection'' which contained the [[Album: One Nite Alone...|One Nite Alone...]], [[Album:_One_Nite_Alone..._Live!|One Nite Alone... Live!]], [[Album:_One_Nite_Alone..._The_Aftershow:_It_Ain't_Over|One Nite Alone... The Aftershow: It Ain't Over!]] albums and the [[Home Video: Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas|Live At The Aladdin Las Vegas]] DVD). | ||
<!-------TRACK LIST -------> | <!-------TRACK LIST -------> | ||
|tracklisting = <small>The CD version is the original retail issue.</small> | |tracklisting = <small>The CD version is the original retail issue.</small> | ||
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*[http://cbabibayoc.com Cbabi Bayoc] - cover art and illustrations (credited as "C'Babi") | *[http://cbabibayoc.com Cbabi Bayoc] - cover art and illustrations (credited as "C'Babi") | ||
*Jeremy Gavin - design | *Jeremy Gavin - design | ||
− | *''"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Martin_Luther_King | + | *''"[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Martin_Luther_King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.] License granted by Intellectual Properties Management, Atlanta, Georgia, as exclusive licensor of the King Estate."'' |
*''"Strings samples courtesy of The Vault"'' | *''"Strings samples courtesy of The Vault"'' | ||
|thanks = | |thanks = | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{AlbumSinglesLine| | {{AlbumSinglesLine| | ||
− | |Single = [[Single: She Loves Me 4 Me|She Loves Me 4 Me]] <small>promo only</small> | + | |Single = [[Single: She Loves Me 4 Me|She Loves Me 4 Me]] <small>(promo only)</small> |
|B-side = None | |B-side = None | ||
|Image = Shelovesme4me single.jpg | |Image = Shelovesme4me single.jpg | ||
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}} | }} | ||
{{AlbumSinglesLine| | {{AlbumSinglesLine| | ||
− | |Single = [[Single: Last December|Last December]] <small>promo only</small> | + | |Single = [[Single: Last December|Last December]] <small>(Japan promo only)</small> |
|B-side = None | |B-side = None | ||
|Image = Lastdecember single.jpg | |Image = Lastdecember single.jpg | ||
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| Weeks in chart = 4 | | Weeks in chart = 4 | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | |certifications = {{noCertification|format=album|Country= | + | |certifications = {{noCertification|format=album|Country= the USA}} |
− | |awards = {{noAwards|format=album|Country= | + | |awards = {{noAwards|format=album|Country= the USA}} |
}} | }} | ||
|releases = | |releases = | ||
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| Courtesy = | | Courtesy = | ||
}} | }} | ||
− | |album promotion = The 2001 [[ | + | |album promotion = The 2001 [[A Celebration|Celebration]] in June 2001 included listening parties at which the full album was played to audience members, with [[Prince]] in attendance at some sessions. Lyric booklets were also distributed, and as a result, the album was widely discussed online months prior to its release. |
*The track [[The Work Part 1|The Work Pt. 1]] had been released in a slightly alternate form on the file-sharing program [[Exclusive retail partnerships#Napster|Napster]] in April, and had been played on [[03_May 2001|The Tonight Show With Jay Leno]] in addition to nightly appearances in the 2001 dates of the [[Hit N Run Tour 00-01|Hit N Run Tour]] and [[A Celebration]] tours. | *The track [[The Work Part 1|The Work Pt. 1]] had been released in a slightly alternate form on the file-sharing program [[Exclusive retail partnerships#Napster|Napster]] in April, and had been played on [[03_May 2001|The Tonight Show With Jay Leno]] in addition to nightly appearances in the 2001 dates of the [[Hit N Run Tour 00-01|Hit N Run Tour]] and [[A Celebration]] tours. | ||
* A website, [[www.rainbowchildren.com]] was set up, which offered information on the album and a free download of [[She Loves Me 4 Me]] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_10|10 December 2001]] | * A website, [[www.rainbowchildren.com]] was set up, which offered information on the album and a free download of [[She Loves Me 4 Me]] on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/December_10|10 December 2001]] | ||
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*The album cover is based on "Reine Keis Quintet", a painting by C'Babi Bayoc, purchased by [[Prince]] with 7 other paintings of this artist. | *The album cover is based on "Reine Keis Quintet", a painting by C'Babi Bayoc, purchased by [[Prince]] with 7 other paintings of this artist. | ||
|alternative = | |alternative = | ||
− | |references = [[Book:_The_Vault|'''The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince''']] ''by Per Nilsen & | + | |references = [[Book:_The_Vault|'''The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince''']] ''by Per Nilsen & jooZt Mattheij, with the UPTOWN Staff'' (Uptown, 2004) |
* [http://www.thecommonspace.org/2001/09/editor.php '''Trickle-Up Theory''' ''By Brian H. Marston'' (CommonSpace: September 2001)] | * [http://www.thecommonspace.org/2001/09/editor.php '''Trickle-Up Theory''' ''By Brian H. Marston'' (CommonSpace: September 2001)] | ||
|categories = [[Category:2001]][[Category:Albums (Prince)]][[Category:Studio albums (Prince)]][[Category:NPG Records releases]] | |categories = [[Category:2001]][[Category:Albums (Prince)]][[Category:Studio albums (Prince)]][[Category:NPG Records releases]] | ||
}} | }} |
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