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Times Squared

Album details
Released:	19 February 1991
Length:	51:43
Label(s):	Paisley Park Records / Warner Bros.
Studio(s):	Sunset Sound, Hollywood, CA, USA; Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA; Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA; Townhouse Studios, London, England; Medley Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark

Times Squared is the first solo studio album by Eric Leeds, and was released in February 1991 (on the same day as 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.

The album produced two promotional singles, The Dopamine Rush and Little Rock, but the album failed to enter the charts.

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, Hollywood, CA, USA. Easy Does It was recorded on 22 July 1986 at Prince's Galpin Blvd Home Studio, Chanhassen, MN, USA. Andorra, Night Owl, Overnight, Every Night and Kenya were recorded in July 1987 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA.

Once Upon A Time was recorded in December 1987 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA. Times Squared and Cape Horn were recorded in June 1988 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA. The Dopamine Rush was part of the unreleased 21-24 (The Dopamine Rush Suite), recorded from July-December 1988, at Townhouse Studios, London, England, Medley Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark and Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA.

In keeping with previous Madhouse releases tracks were given tentative numerical titles of 17 to 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).

Track listing

CD

1. Lines (6:30)
2. Andorra (3:31) *
3. Night Owl (4:00) *
4. Overnight, Every Night (4:10) *
5. Cape Horn (4:10) #
6. Little Rock (3:41) +
7. Easy Does It (2:22) +
8. The Dopamine Rush (7:36) #
9. Kenya (2:40) ^
10. Times Squared (5:44) +
11. Once Upon A Time (7:19) +

*Written by Prince, Eric Leeds, Levi Seacer, Jr. and Sheila E.
#Written by Prince
+Written by Prince and Eric Leeds
^Written by Eric Leeds

Other formats

Personnel

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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Clare Fischer - string arrangement on The Dopamine Rush
• Mathilda May - vocals on The Dopamine Rush

Production

• Eric Leeds - producer and arranger on Andorra, Night Owl, Overnight, Every Night, Cape Horn, Little Rock, Easy Does It, Kenya and Once Upon A Time, engineer on Overnight, Every Night, Little Rock and Easy Does It
• Prince - producer and arranger on The Dopamine Rush and Times Squared
• Alan Leeds - executive producer
• Bob Ludwig - mastering
• James Farber - mixing on Andorra, Night Owl, Cape Horn, Kenya and Times Squared
• Chuck Zwicky - engineer
• David Friedlander - engineer
• Eddie Garcia- engineer
• Eddie Miller - engineer
• Femi Jiya - engineer
• Heidi Hanschu - engineer
• Joe Blaney - engineer
• Michael Koppelman - engineer (as "Mike Koppelman")
• Susan Rogers - engineer
• Timothy Penn - engineer
• Tom Garneau - engineer

Singles released

• The Dopamine Rush (promotional release only)
• Little Rock (promotional release only)

Charts

• This album did not enter the charts.

Releases

Album promotion

Time-of-release

• None.

Awards, nominations, and certifications

• None.

Quotations and trivia

• 1989 Madhouse 26 configuration:
  

1. 17 (later renamed Andorra)
2. 18 (later renamed Night Owl)
3. 19 (later renamed Overnight, Every Night)
4. 20 (later renamed Cape Horn)
5. 21 (later renamed Little Rock)
6. 22 (later renamed Easy Does It)
7. 23 (later renamed The Dopamine Rush)
8. 24 (later renamed Kenya)
9. 25 (later renamed Times Squared)
10. 26 (later renamed Once Upon A Time)

References

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

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