Prince released his 15th album on Aug 16th, 1994
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- What's up UA-camrs how's it going? Today the legendary Prince released his 15th album Come on August 16th, 1994, Happy 30 anniversary to his classic LP and I'm still listening to it. At the time of its release, Prince was in a public dispute with Warner Bros. A lack of promotion from the label and Prince himself resulted in Come under-performing on American record charts, stalling at No. 15, and becoming his first album since Controversy (1981) to not yield any top 10 singles in the US. However, it was more successful overseas, reaching the top 10 across Europe and topping the UK Albums Chart.
The album would be Prince's final Warner Bros. album under his name. For the remainder of his contract with the company, his name would be represented by the unpronounceable "Love Symbol", and he would be referred to in the media as "The Artist Formerly Known as Prince". Most of the songs from the Come album were recorded at Paisley Park Studios and The Record Plant in early 1993 during a highly prolific time for Prince. The guitar sound on "Orgasm" is a sample of a feedback guitar solo from a previous Prince track, "Private Joy" from his 1981 album Controversy. The moaning on "Orgasm" is that of Vanity, recorded in 1983 for the unreleased track "Vibrator." In the liner notes, Vanity is credited as "she knows". The album cover photo was taken in front of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona. Outtakes from the photoshoot were included in the 1994 book Prince Presents: The Sacrifice of Victor. The cover also proclaims "Prince: 1958-1993", indicating that the "Prince" identity had symbolically died in 1993 and had been reborn under the new Love Symbol alias. Upon release, Come received little support from Prince, who derided the album as "old material", despite the fact that many of the tracks had been recorded during the same sessions that produced The Gold Experience. Since Prince placed the more up-tempo and commercial material from these sessions on The Gold Experience, the overall tone of Come is somewhat dark and experimental in nature. Despite Prince's apparent marketing neglect, Come performed moderately well, reaching number 15 in the United States, going gold and receiving heavy R&B airplay with the single "Letitgo". In the United Kingdom, the album was a huge hit, debuting at number 1. Prince also released two maxi singles in support of the album. What's your favorite song off the album? Don't forget to like, subscribe, and comment. God bless and stay safe y'all. Keep playing this classic gem by Prince y'all. #prince #paisleypark #funk #irvinecalifornia
In 1993, a funkier instrumental version of the song "Pheromone" was used as the theme music for the BET music video program, Video LP.
Good album 👍
Nice album 👌
I'm bumping this album right now its a masterpiece that was slept on. Crazy how people want to keep bringing up his Purple Rain that's too outplayed. Come by Prince is a very seductive grab your attention song you got to check that gem. He grabs the ladies attention on this
This album will always be a masterpiece and I'll still bump it on my turntable forever