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For You

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Album details


Released: 7 April 1978
Length: 33:26
Label(s): Warner Bros. Records
Studio(s): Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, USA

Sound Labs, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Charts, Certifications & Awards


Charts
America
Country: Chart Entry Date Peak Position Weeks in Chart
USA: Billboard Top LP’s & Tapes 28 Oct. 1978 163 5
USA: Billboard Soul LP’s Chart 22 Jul. 1978 21 23
Certifications
This album has not received any certifications in the USA
Awards
This album has not received any awards in the USA

Singles released


Soft And Wet
b/w So Blue
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Just As Long As We’re Together
b/w In Love
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For You is the first full-length studio album by Prince, and the first Prince-related release of any kind. The album was released when Prince was 19 years old, in April 1978, receiving international release later based on his success in the years that followed.


Sessions and compiling

Many of the songs (For You, Soft And Wet, Just As Long As We’re Together, Baby My Love Is Forever and I’m Yours) had been demoed by Prince as home recordings or early studio recordings in 1976 and 1977. These tracks were all re-recorded for the album, when In Love, Crazy You and So Blue were also recorded.

The album sessions took place at Record Plant, Sausalito, CA, USA, from 1 October 1977 to 22 December 1977, before overdubs and mixing were done in early January 1978-at Sound Labs, Los Angeles, CA, USA. While Warner Bros. had initially given Prince a budget of $180,000 for his first three albums, the album sessions of For You accumulated $170,000 in studio bills.

Prince was credited for all vocals, songwriting, every instrument played on the album, as well as the whole arrangements and production. The only credit given to someone other than Prince is a co-writing credit to Chris Moon for the lyrics of Soft And Wet. Moon and Prince disagreed over credits due on My Love Is Forever, which was financially settled after the album release.


Promotion

The album would produce two singles, Soft And Wet, issued two months after the album release, and Just As Long As We’re Together, released in November 1978.

Prince didn’t go on tour to promote the album. A band was assembled in late 1978-and played their first concerts with Prince at the Capri Theatre on 5 and 6 January 1979, but they failed to convince Warner executives that the band was ready to tour.


Charts

The album reached number 163 on the US Billboard Top LP’s & Tapes chart were it remained only five weeks. During the same period, the pop chart toppers were the soundtrack to blockbuster movie "Grease", Linda Rondstadt’s "Living In The USA", Donna Summer’s "Live And More" and Billy Joel’s "52nd Street".

On the Billboard Soul LP’s Chart For You fared a lot better, reaching number 21. However the album could not compete with other LPs of established black artists like Brothers Johnson ("Blam"), Ashford And Simpson ("Is It Still Good For Ya"), Funkadelic ("One Nation Under A Groove"), Barry White ("The Man") and Chic ("C'est Chic"); these albums together with other very successful LPs from Donna Summer ("Live And More"), Rick James ("Come Get It") and Rose Royce ("Strikes Again") trusted the first five positions in the Soul LPs chart from August to December 1978, making it almost impossible for Prince to reach top ten.


Sales

Owen Husney reported the album sold 150,000 to 200,000 copies in Trax Magazine in December 1979.



Track listing
CD LP

The compact disc version is a reissue from the LP.

  1. For You (1:06)
  2. In Love (3:38)
  3. Soft And Wet (3:01) 1 
  4. Crazy You (2:17)
  5. Just As Long As We’re Together (6:24)
  6. Baby (3:09)
  7. My Love Is Forever (4:09) 2 
  8. So Blue (4:26)
  9. I’m Yours (5:01)

The vinyl long play format is the initial release.

  • Side 1:
  1. For You (1:06)
  2. In Love (3:38)
  3. Soft And Wet (3:01) 1 
  4. Crazy You (2:17)
  5. Just As Long As We’re Together (6:24)
  • Side 2:
  1. Baby (3:09)
  2. My Love Is Forever (4:09) 2 
  3. So Blue (4:26)
  4. I’m Yours (5:01)

All songs written by Prince except where indicated.

1  Music by Prince, lyrics by Prince and Chris Moon
2  Music by Prince, lyrics by Prince (credited) and Chris Moon (uncredited)



Personnel
Musicians


Production
  • Prince - producer, arranger, engineer, dust cover design
  • Tommy Vicari - executive producer, engineer, remixer
  • David Rivkin - vocal recording engineer (uncredited)
  • Patrice Rushen - synth programming (uncredited)
  • Charles Veal - string arrangement on Baby (uncredited)
  • Steve Fontano - assistant engineer
  • Dave Roeder - assistant engineer
  • Bernie Grundman - mastering (A&M)
  • Jeff Farmakes - art direction (The Ad Company)
  • Joe Giannetti - photography


Thanks
  • "Special thanks to God, Owen, Britt, Bernadette, My Father and Mother, Russ Thyret, Gary, David Rivkin / Sound 80 Studios, C. Moon, Eddie, Sharon and Eleanor, L. Phillips, Bobby "Z" Rivkin, Tom Coster, Graham Lear, Joe Giannetti, Patrice Rushen, Charles Veal, Jr., Shirley Walker, Knut Koupee Music, Chuck Orr, Lisa H., and You!"



Releases
LP, CD, Cassettes and Other versions
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2

This section is under construction

Variants, Special Editions and Reissues
Country Format Cat. Number Comments Front Back Label 1 Label 2

This section is under construction

 
Additional Information

Promotion (at time of release) Trivia

  • Signature sessions were organized in record shops. Amongst others:
- 15 Sep. 1978-Unique Records, San Francisco, CA, USA
- 16 Sep. 1978-The Record Factory, Oakland, CA, USA
  • US press adverts for this album.

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  • US Retail Poster for this album.

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  • Billboard Soul LP’s Chart Chart progression:
    Entry position 55 (22 Jul. 1978), 54 (29 Jul. 1978), 49 (5 Aug. 1978), 49 (12 Aug. 1978), 47 (19 Aug. 1978), 60 (26 Aug. 1978), 60 (2 Sep. 1978), 58 (9 Sep. 1978), 48 (16 Sep. 1978), 38 (23 Sep. 1978), 30 (30 Sep. 1978), 27 (7 Oct. 1978), 21 (14 Oct. 1978), 28 (21 Oct. 1978), 28 (28 Oct. 1978), 28 (4 Nov. 1978), 30 (11 Nov. 1978), 51 (18 Nov. 1978), 51 (25 Nov. 1978), 47 (2 Dec. 1978), 62 (9 Dec. 1978), 62 (16 Dec. 1978), Exit position: 67 (23 Dec. 1978).
  • Billboard Top LP’s & Tapes Chart progression:
    Entry position 190 (28 Oct. 1978), 181 (4 Nov. 1978), 173 (11 Nov. 1978), 165 (18 Nov. 1978), Exit position: 163 (25 Nov. 1978).

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