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|song name = An Honest Man | |song name = An Honest Man | ||
− | |single image | + | |single image = [[File:Crystalball_album.png|100px|link=Album: Crystal Ball]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]]</small> |
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
− | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_29|29 January | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/April_29|29 January 1998]] - [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] | ||
|writer(s) = [[Prince]] | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
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|next song = [[And God Created Woman]] | |next song = [[And God Created Woman]] | ||
|introduction = '''An Honest Man''' is the sixth track on the second disc of [[Prince]]'s 20th album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] (his fourth using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). The album is not clearly divided between [[Prince]] tracks and [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] tracks, but the liner notes' discussion of this track state "All vocals by [[Prince]]", so it is credited to [[Prince]] in this entry. While the released version was a truncated, a capella version, in 1986 a full-length instrumental version was included in the [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] movie. | |introduction = '''An Honest Man''' is the sixth track on the second disc of [[Prince]]'s 20th album [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] (his fourth using the name [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]). The album is not clearly divided between [[Prince]] tracks and [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] tracks, but the liner notes' discussion of this track state "All vocals by [[Prince]]", so it is credited to [[Prince]] in this entry. While the released version was a truncated, a capella version, in 1986 a full-length instrumental version was included in the [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] movie. | ||
− | + | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_30|30 November 1985]] (on the same day as [[Mountains]]) at the [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]] in Edina, Minnesota. It is thought that the a capella version was created around the same time, and it may have been considered as a brief opening track for the [[Album: Parade|Parade]] album, in the same vein as [[For You]] on the [[Album: For You|For You]] album. The [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] liner notes state that the song is "inspired by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Scott_Thomas Kristin Scott Thomas]' character Mary Sharon in [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]]." | |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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− | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_30|30 November | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/November_30|30 November 1985]] |
− | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]], | + | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Basic tracking |
}} | }} | ||
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|date = Late 1985 (assumed) | |date = Late 1985 (assumed) | ||
− | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]], | + | |studio = [[Washington Avenue Warehouse]],<br>Edina, MN, USA (assumed) |
− | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Basic tracking (a capella recording) |
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{RecordingLine| | ||
+ | |date = January 1986 | ||
+ | |studio = Monterey Sound Studios, <br>Glendale, CA, USA | ||
+ | |additional info = Orchestra recording by [[Clare Fischer]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
'''Crystal Ball version''' | '''Crystal Ball version''' | ||
− | *[[Prince]] - all vocals | + | *[[Prince]] - all vocals and instruments |
<br> | <br> | ||
'''Unreleased version''' | '''Unreleased version''' | ||
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{{Songline| | {{Songline| | ||
|1= '''An Honest Man''' | |1= '''An Honest Man''' | ||
− | |2= | + | |2= 4:12 |
|3= [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] DVD | |3= [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] DVD | ||
|4= Performance | |4= Performance | ||
|5= See [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] for details | |5= See [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] for details | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{Songline| | ||
+ | |1= '''Tricky Escapes - Mary In Grotto''' | ||
+ | |2= 1:31 | ||
+ | |3= [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] DVD | ||
+ | |4= Studio | ||
+ | |5= Lyrics recited by [[Prince]] and Kristin Scott-Thomas over [[Venus De Milo]]. See [[Under The Cherry Moon cues]] for details | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
|broadcasts, streaming = | |broadcasts, streaming = | ||
− | |first live appearance = [[24_August | + | |first live appearance = [[24_August 1986|24 August 1986: New Morning, Paris, France]]<br> |
+ | * [[05 October 2013|5 October 2013: Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
− | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#2012|2012]] | + | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#1986|1986]], [[All Concerts#1990|1990]], [[All Concerts#2012|2012]]<!--, [[All Concerts#2016|2016]] <small>''(solo piano)'' </small> --> |
|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
|see also = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] album | |see also = [[Album: Crystal Ball|Crystal Ball]] album |
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