Difference between revisions of "The Gold Standard"
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|single image = [[File:Artofficialage_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Art Official Age]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] </small> | |single image = [[File:Artofficialage_album.jpg|100px|link=Album: Art Official Age]] <br><small> from the album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] </small> | ||
|performer = [[Prince]] | |performer = [[Prince]] | ||
| − | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 30|30 September | + | |first released = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/September 30|30 September 2014]] - [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] album |
|album(s) = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] | |album(s) = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] | ||
| − | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] | + | |writer(s) = [[Prince]] |
|producer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Joshua Welton]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] and [[Joshua Welton]] | ||
|previous song = [[Gold]] | |previous song = [[Gold]] | ||
|next song = [[Golden Parachute]] | |next song = [[Golden Parachute]] | ||
| − | |introduction = '''The Gold Standard''' is the fourth track on [[Prince]] | + | |introduction = '''The Gold Standard''' is the fourth track on [[Prince]]’s 37th album [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]]. |
| − | The track was first mentioned in a 23 June | + | The track was first mentioned in a 23 June 2014 article by Jon Bream in the Minneapolis [http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/264172601.html Star Tribune] (along with [[This Could Be Us]], a remix of [[Funknroll]] and an unnamed duet with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Ora Rita Ora]). |
It was mentioned as the opening track of an untitled album (which later evolved into [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]]), and was described as:<blockquote>''"Percolating electro-funk, an update of classic [[Prince]] with a lyric that referenced the notions of “wild and rude” from his previous days."''</blockquote> | It was mentioned as the opening track of an untitled album (which later evolved into [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]]), and was described as:<blockquote>''"Percolating electro-funk, an update of classic [[Prince]] with a lyric that referenced the notions of “wild and rude” from his previous days."''</blockquote> | ||
| − | + | A tape photographed in [[Prince]]’s vault at [[Paisley Park Studios]] lists it as [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 27|27 October 2013]] alluding the exact date for the recording at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota. | |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| − | |date = | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 27|27 October 2013]] |
| − | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, MN, USA | + | |studio = [[Paisley Park Studios]],<br>Chanhassen, MN, USA |
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Tracking |
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|recording personnel = | |recording personnel = | ||
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|sampled in = | |sampled in = | ||
|unreleased versions = | |unreleased versions = | ||
| − | |first live appearance = | + | |first live appearance = [[02 February 2015|2 February 2015: Koko, London, England]] <small>(clip during sampler set; this track is not known to have been performed in full)</small><br> |
| + | * [[15 October 2015-am|15 October 2015 (a.m.), Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA]] <small>(clip during sampler set) </small> | ||
|performed regularly on = none | |performed regularly on = none | ||
| − | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#2015|2015]] <small>(clip | + | |performed occasionally in = [[All Concerts#2015|2015]] <small>(clip during sampler set)</small> |
|trivia = | |trivia = | ||
|see also = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] album | |see also = [[Album: Art Official Age|Art Official Age]] album | ||
| − | |references = [http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/264172601.html A late-night taste of | + | |references = [http://www.startribune.com/entertainment/music/264172601.html A late-night taste of Prince’s new music] |
| − | |categories = [[Category:2014]][[Category: | + | |categories = [[Category:2014]][[Category:Recorded 2014]][[Category:Songs (Prince)]][[Category:Released Songs (Prince)]] |
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