Album: Times Squared

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Times Squared


Times Squared (Front Cover)

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


Production


Singles released

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Charts

  • This album did not enter the charts.

Releases

Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2

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Variants, Special Editions and Reissues
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Album promotion

Time-of-release

  • None.


Awards, nominations, and certifications

  • None.

Quotations and trivia

  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

Iam album.jpg 1990
I Am
All Albums All Related Artists Albums 1991
Contribution
Contribution album.jpg