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|label = [[Paisley Park Records]] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] | |label = [[Paisley Park Records]] / [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] | ||
|studios = | |studios = [[Sunset Sound]], Hollywood, CA, USA; [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, MN, USA; [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA; [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townhouse_Studios Townhouse Studios], London, England; [http://www.medleystudios.dk/ Medley Studios], Copenhagen, Denmark | ||
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|introduction = '''Times Squared''' is the first solo studio album by [[Eric Leeds]], and was released in February 1991 (on the same day as [[Album: Contribution|Contribution]] by Mica Paris, also featuring musical input by [[Prince]]). Nine of the eleven tracks were written or co-written by [[Prince]] and contain him playing most instruments, with [[Eric Leeds]] playing saxophone and minimal contributions from other musicians. In addition, [[Prince]] appears on [[Kenya]], one of the two remaining tracks, as a musician. | |introduction = '''Times Squared''' is the first solo studio album by [[Eric Leeds]], and was released in February 1991 (on the same day as [[Album: Contribution|Contribution]] by Mica Paris, also featuring musical input by [[Prince]]). Nine of the eleven tracks were written or co-written by [[Prince]] and contain him playing most instruments, with [[Eric Leeds]] playing saxophone and minimal contributions from other musicians. In addition, [[Prince]] appears on [[Kenya]], one of the two remaining tracks, as a musician. | ||
<b>Sessions and compiling</b> | |||
'''Times Squared''' evolved from the planned third [[Madhouse]] album, '''26''', compiled in September 1989 from instrumental tracks recorded between 1985-1988. [[Little Rock]] was recorded in late May 1985 at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California. [[Easy Does It]] was recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 22|22 July 1986]] at [[Prince]] | '''Times Squared''' evolved from the planned third [[Madhouse]] album, '''26''', compiled in September 1989 from instrumental tracks recorded between 1985-1988. [[Little Rock]] was recorded in late May 1985 at [[Sunset Sound]] in Hollywood, California. [[Easy Does It]] was recorded on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/July 22|22 July 1986]] at [[Prince]]’s [[Galpin Blvd Home Studio]], Chanhassen, Minnesota. [[Andorra]], [[Night Owl]], [[Overnight, Every Night]] and [[Kenya]] were recorded in July 1987 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota (while recording tracks for [[Madhouse]]’s [[Album: 16|16]] album). | ||
[[Once Upon A Time]] was recorded in December 1987 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, | [[Once Upon A Time]] was recorded in December 1987 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. [[Times Squared]] and [[Cape Horn]] were recorded in June 1988 at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. [[The Dopamine Rush]] was part of the unreleased [[The Dopamine Rush|21-24 (The Dopamine Rush Suite)]], recorded from July-December 1988, at [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Townhouse_Studios Townhouse Studios], London, England, [http://www.medleystudios.dk Medley Studios], Copenhagen, Denmark and [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota. | ||
In July 1989, [[Prince]] gave numerous tracks from the vault that he felt might be worth examining for use on the album and suggested to [[Eric Leeds|Leeds]] to work with [[Atlanta Bliss]] and [[Candy Dulfer]] on the tracks: [[XYZ]], [[Evolsidog]], [[My Summertime Thang]], [[Pickle]], [[You’re All I Want]], [[U Should Be Mine]], [[Wet Dream Cousin]], [[Vibrator]], [[The Max-2|The Max]], [[A Couple Miles]] and [[Feline]]. Except for [[You’re All I Want|U’re All I Want]], it is not believed that [[Eric Leeds|Leeds]] worked on the tracks, however. | |||
In keeping with previous [[Madhouse]] releases tracks were given tentative numerical titles of [[Andorra|17]] to [[Once Upon A Time|26]]. When [[Prince]] suggested the album should be released as a solo album by [[Eric Leeds]], Leeds came up with titles for each track (and recorded a new track, ''Lines'', in Spring 1990, which became the new opening track). ''Lines'' did not contain any input by [[Prince]], and so is not linked below, but interpolations from the track have been played live during shows (see [[Lines]] for details). [[Overnight, Every Night]] was included on the CD version of the album only. | |||
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# <b>[[Andorra]]</b> (3:31) <sup>1</sup> | # <b>[[Andorra]]</b> (3:31) <sup>1</sup> | ||
# <b>[[Night Owl]]</b> (4:00) <sup>1</sup> | # <b>[[Night Owl]]</b> (4:00) <sup>1</sup> | ||
# <b>[[ | # <b>[[Cape Horn]]</b> (4:10) <sup>2</sup> | ||
# <b>[[Little Rock]]</b> (3:41) <sup>3</sup> | |||
# <b>[[Easy Does It]]</b> (2:22) <sup>3</sup> | |||
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# <b>[[The Dopamine Rush]]</b> (7:36) <sup>2</sup> | |||
# <b>[[Kenya]]</b> (2:40) <sup>4</sup> | |||
# <b>[[Times Squared]]</b> (5:44) <sup>3</sup> | |||
# <b>[[Once Upon A Time]]</b> (7:19) <sup>3</sup> | |||
<big><div style="color:#ab3e00">Cassette</div></big><br> | |||
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# <b>Lines</b> (6:30) | |||
# <b>[[Andorra]]</b> (3:31) <sup>1</sup> | |||
# <b>[[Night Owl]]</b> (4:00) <sup>1</sup> | |||
# <b>[[Cape Horn]]</b> (4:10) <sup>2</sup> | # <b>[[Cape Horn]]</b> (4:10) <sup>2</sup> | ||
# <b>[[Little Rock]]</b> (3:41) <sup>3</sup> | # <b>[[Little Rock]]</b> (3:41) <sup>3</sup> | ||
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<sup>4</sup> Written by [[Eric Leeds]] | <sup>4</sup> Written by [[Eric Leeds]] | ||
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|musicians = [[Eric Leeds]] – flute on [[Night Owl]], [[Cape Horn]], [[The Dopamine Rush]], [[Times Squared]] and [[Once Upon A Time]], saxophone on [[Andorra]], [[Night Owl]], [[Cape Horn]], [[Little Rock]], [[Easy Does It]], [[Kenya]] and [[Once Upon A Time]], keyboards on [[Night Owl]], [[Overnight, Every Night]], [[Little Rock]], [[Easy Does It]] and [[Times Squared]] | |musicians = [[Eric Leeds]] – flute on [[Night Owl]], [[Cape Horn]], [[The Dopamine Rush]], [[Times Squared]] and [[Once Upon A Time]], saxophone on [[Andorra]], [[Night Owl]], [[Cape Horn]], [[Little Rock]], [[Easy Does It]], [[Kenya]],[[The Dopamine Rush]], [[Times Squared]] and [[Once Upon A Time]], keyboards on [[Night Owl]], [[Overnight, Every Night]], [[Little Rock]], [[Easy Does It]] and [[Times Squared]] | ||
*[[Prince]] – all other instruments, except where noted, drums on [[Cape Horn]] and [[Kenya]], drum programming on [[Little Rock]], [[The Dopamine Rush]] and [[Times Squared]], bass guitar on [[Cape Horn]], [[Little Rock]], [[The Dopamine Rush]] and [[Times Squared]], guitar on [[Little Rock]], [[Easy Does It]] and [[The Dopamine Rush]], keyboards on [[Cape Horn]], [[Little Rock]], [[Kenya]] and [[Times Squared]] | *[[Prince]] – all other instruments, except where noted, drums on [[Cape Horn]] and [[Kenya]], drum programming on [[Little Rock]], [[The Dopamine Rush]] and [[Times Squared]], bass guitar on [[Cape Horn]], [[Little Rock]], [[The Dopamine Rush]] and [[Times Squared]], guitar on [[Little Rock]], [[Easy Does It]] and [[The Dopamine Rush]], keyboards on [[Cape Horn]], [[Little Rock]], [[Kenya]] and [[Times Squared]] | ||
*[[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] - bass guitar on [[Andorra]], [[Night Owl]], [[Overnight, Every Night]], [[Cape Horn]] and [[Once Upon A Time]] | *[[Levi Seacer, Jr.]] - bass guitar on [[Andorra]], [[Night Owl]], [[Overnight, Every Night]], [[Cape Horn]] and [[Once Upon A Time]] | ||
*[[Sheila E.]] - drums on [[Andorra]], [[Night Owl]], [[Overnight, Every Night]] and [[Cape Horn]] | *[[Sheila E.]] - drums on [[Andorra]], [[Night Owl]], [[Overnight, Every Night]] and [[Cape Horn]] | ||
*Larry Fratangelo - percussion on [[Andorra]], [[Night Owl]], [[Cape Horn]], [[Little Rock]], [[Easy Does It]], [[Kenya]] and [[Once Upon A Time]] | *[[Larry Fratangelo]] - percussion on [[Andorra]], [[Night Owl]], [[Cape Horn]], [[Little Rock]], [[Easy Does It]], [[Kenya]] and [[Once Upon A Time]] | ||
*[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet on [[Andorra]], [[Night Owl]], [[Overnight, Every Night]], [[Easy Does It]] and [[Once Upon A Time]] | *[[Atlanta Bliss]] - trumpet on [[Andorra]], [[Night Owl]], [[Overnight, Every Night]], [[Easy Does It]] and [[Once Upon A Time]] | ||
*[[Ricky Peterson]] - piano on [[Andorra]] and [[Once Upon A Time]] | *[[Ricky Peterson]] - piano on [[Andorra]] and [[Once Upon A Time]] | ||
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*[[Timothy Penn]] - engineer | *[[Timothy Penn]] - engineer | ||
*[[Tom Garneau]] - engineer | *[[Tom Garneau]] - engineer | ||
*[https://olipoulsen.com/ Oli Poulsen] - engineer (uncredited - [http://www.medleystudios.dk/ Medley Studios]) | |||
|thanks = | |thanks = | ||
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|see also = | |see also = | ||
{{SeeAlso| | {{SeeAlso| | ||
|item1 = | |item1 = [[Album: 16|16]]<br>(Album) | ||
|image1 = | |image1 = [[File:16 album.jpg|60px|link= Album: 16]] | ||
|item2 = | |item2 = [[Album: 24 (1989)|24]]<br>(Unreleased 1989 album) | ||
|image2 = | |image2 = [[File:24_1988_album.jpg|60px|link= Album: 24 (1989)]] | ||
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|releases = {{:Releases: Empty}} | |releases = {{:Releases: Empty}} | ||
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|trivia = | |trivia = This album is one of the numerous attempts to record and/or release a third [[Madhouse]] album between 1988 and 1995 (see the trivia section of the [[Album: 24 (1994)|24]] page). | ||
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* 1989 [[Madhouse]] '''26''' configuration:<br> | * 1989 [[Madhouse]] '''26''' configuration:<br> | ||
# <b>[[Andorra|17]]</b> (later renamed [[Andorra]]) | # <b>[[Andorra|17]]</b> (later renamed [[Andorra]]) | ||
# <b>[[Night Owl|18]]</b> | # <b>[[Night Owl|18]]</b> (later renamed [[Night Owl]]) | ||
# <b>[[Overnight, Every Night|19]]</b> (later renamed [[Overnight, Every Night]]) | # <b>[[Overnight, Every Night|19]]</b> (later renamed [[Overnight, Every Night]]) | ||
# <b>[[Cape Horn|20]]</b> (later renamed [[Cape Horn]]) | # <b>[[Cape Horn|20]]</b> (later renamed [[Cape Horn]]) | ||
# <b>[[Little Rock|21]]</b> (later renamed [[Little Rock]]) | # <b>[[Little Rock|21]]</b> (later renamed [[Little Rock]]) | ||
# <b>[[Easy Does It|22]]</b> | # <b>[[Easy Does It|22]]</b> (later renamed [[Easy Does It]]) | ||
# <b>[[The Dopamine Rush|23]]</b> | # <b>[[The Dopamine Rush|23]]</b> (later renamed [[The Dopamine Rush]]) | ||
# <b>[[Kenya|24]]</b> (later renamed [[Kenya]]) | # <b>[[Kenya|24]]</b> (later renamed [[Kenya]]) | ||
# <b>[[Times Squared|25]]</b> (later renamed [[Times Squared]]) | # <b>[[Times Squared|25]]</b> (later renamed [[Times Squared]]) |
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