Difference between revisions of "Album: The Slaughterhouse"

3 December 2015 (Tidal download reissue)

• The below singles were released prior the 2004 digital release of this compilation.

Peace b/w 2045: Radical Man Sold at concerts in 2001.
The Daisy Chain b/w Gamillah Sold at concerts and during the Celebration week-long festival at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA, in 2001.

Four tracks are edits or alternate versions to those previously-released.

In 2003, the album was planned for inclusion as part of the The Chocolate Invasion 7 CD set, which was put on hold indefinitely in late 2003, officially due to a manufacturing problem.

In 2015, the album was re-released on the Tidal music service, initially only to stream before a download store was opened three months later, offering the album in mp3 and flac files.

Sessions and compiling
Specific recording dates are not known, but it is believed that most of the tracks were recorded between late 1999 and 2001 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA. Peace, 2045: Radical Man and Northside were at one point considered for the album Peace, by the New Power Generation, which was advertised on NPGOnlineLtd.com upon its launch in March 2000, before being abandoned.

Golden Parachute and The Daisy Chain were at one point considered for the album High, which was completed in late Summer 2000, before being abandoned. Instead, the tracks were released on an individual basis on the NPG Music Club (2045: Radical Man was released separately on the Bamboozled soundtrack album in 2000, credited to Prince).

Notably, S&M Groove and Hypnoparadise were originally released using the name , while Northside, Peace, 2045: Radical Man and The Daisy Chain had all been previously released under the name New Power Generation (although 2045: Radical Man was first released under the name Prince).

This collection does not credit tracks at all, but the album is considered here as a "Prince" release.

Promotion
No singles were released from the album at the time of release (although Peace and The Daisy Chain, both credited to the New Power Generation, had been sold at shows on the Hit N Run Tour in 2001).

The album was not eligible for the charts, as it was available only through the NPG Music Club.

This albums hasn’t been released on CD format.

The digital version (.wma) is the original issue. Most tracks were made available individually in 2001/2002 through the NPG Music Club in mp3 format, however.
A digital lossless version was made available trough Tidal in September 2015.

1. Silicon (4:15)
2. S&M Groove (5:08)
3. Y Should Do That When Can Do This? (4:31)
4. Golden Parachute (5:36)
5. Hypnoparadise (6:03)
6. Props N’ Pounds (4:36)
7. Northside (6:34)
8. Peace (5:33)
9. 2045: Radical Man (6:35)
10. The Daisy Chain (6:15) *

All songs assumed to be written by Prince (no writing credits officially given) except where noted
* Written by Prince (lyrics and music - assumed) & DVS (rap)
.

• No credits officially given: credits below are assumed
• Prince - all vocals and instruments, except where noted
• Marva King - vocals on S&M Groove
• Michael B. - drums on Y Should Do That When Can Do This?
• Michael B. Nelson - trombone on Y Should Do That When Can Do This?
• Dave Jensen - trumpet on Y Should Do That When Can Do This? on Y Should Do That When Can Do This?
• Kathy Jensen - baritone saxophone on Y Should Do That When Can Do This?
• Steve Strand - trumpet on Y Should Do That When Can Do This?
• Kenni Holmen - saxophone on Y Should Do That When Can Do This?
• Najee - flute and trumpet on Golden Parachute, horn on Northside
• Kurt Loder - dialogue (sampled) on Props N’ Pounds
• Kip Blackshire - background vocals on Northside, Peace and 2045: Radical Man
• Larry Graham - bass guitar on Peace and The Daisy Chain, co-lead vocals on Peace
• Johnnie Blackshire - vocals (intro and outro) on Peace
• Mr. Hayes - keyboards (assumed) on Peace
• Kirk Johnson - programming on 2045: Radical Man
• DVS - rap on The Daisy Chain

• Prince - producer, arranger and engineer (assumed)
• Sam Jennings - executive producer (no other production credits officially given)

• none.

• The Slaughterhouse was planned as one of seven discs in the aborted 7CD set The Chocolate Invasion in 2003, but this set remains unreleased.
• The title The Slaughterhouse comes from the opening line of Silicon - "Welcome 2 the slaughterhouse" and is in no way connected to the unreleased 1985 instrumental Slaughterhouse.
• Silicon and S&M Groove are slightly edited versions of the previously-available tracks.
• Y Should Do That When Can Do This? contains slight musical embellishments on the previously-available track (which was titled Y Should Eye Do That When Eye Can Do This?).
• Golden Parachute contains a brief three-second intro not on the previously-available track.

• The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)