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Following the piano compositions from Piano & A Microphone 1983 released in 2018, we now have a second posthumous, princely album. Originals is centred around the 1981-1991 decade which was particularly prolific for Prince and so there is a beautiful unity throughout the album which mainly comprises of recordings of songs written for others. Rogers Nelson was first and foremost a very accomplished, versatile artist who could play all the instruments in Purple Rain just as well as he performed on stage, like his idol James Brown, for whom he composed numerous songs. He also composed songs for many other outstanding performers in the “Prince world” and among the fifteen tracks in this album are The Glamorous Life written for Sheila E, the Bangles’ Manic Monday, Martika’s Love Thy Will Be Done and You’re My Love for country crooner Kenny Rogers. With its priceless, unreleased tracks, Originals gives a sneak-peak behind the scenes of the studio in which this legendary icon produced some of the very best melodies and sang them with real panache, without really knowing what would become of them. The perfect example of this has to be Nothing Compares 2 U, the real emotional peak of this opus. © Charlotte Saintoin/Qobuz
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Prince, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - NIKO BOLAS, MixingEngineer - Don Batts, Engineer
© 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
Jill Jones, Backing Vocals - Prince, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Peggy McCreary, Engineer - NIKO BOLAS, MixingEngineer - Jesse Johnson, Guitar, Backing Vocals, Writer - MORRIS DAY, Backing Vocals, Writer - Martika Marrero, Writer
© 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
Jill Jones, Backing Vocals - Prince, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Peggy McCreary, Engineer - BRENDA BENNETT, Backing Vocals - NIKO BOLAS, MixingEngineer
© 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
Prince, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Peggy McCreary, Engineer - Sheila E., Writer - NIKO BOLAS, MixingEngineer
© 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
Prince, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - NIKO BOLAS, MixingEngineer - Don Batts, Engineer
© 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
Prince, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - SUSAN ROGERS, Engineer - NIKO BOLAS, MixingEngineer
© 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
Prince, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - NIKO BOLAS, MixingEngineer - Don Batts, Engineer
© 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
Prince, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - SUSAN ROGERS, Engineer - Peggy McCreary, Engineer - Sheila E., Percussion, Backing Vocals, Writer - NIKO BOLAS, MixingEngineer - Eddie Mininfield, Saxophone
© 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
Jill Jones, Backing Vocals - Prince, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Peggy McCreary, Engineer - NIKO BOLAS, MixingEngineer
© 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
Prince Rogers Nelson, Composer - David Coleman, Cello - Prince, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - LARRY WILLIAMS, Saxophone - Terry Christian, Engineer - NIKO BOLAS, MixingEngineer
© 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
Prince, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Peggy McCreary, Engineer - NIKO BOLAS, MixingEngineer - Jesse Johnson, Guitar, Backing Vocals - MORRIS DAY, Drums, Backing Vocals - Bob Mockler, Engineer
© 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
Prince, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Michael Koppelman, Engineer, MixingEngineer - Martika Marrero, Writer
© 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
Prince, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - SUSAN ROGERS, Engineer - Sheila E., Percussion, Backing Vocals, Writer - NIKO BOLAS, MixingEngineer - Eddie Mininfield, Saxophone
© 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
Prince, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - NIKO BOLAS, MixingEngineer
© 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
Susannah Melvoin, Backing Vocals - Prince, Producer, Arranger, Lead Vocals, Writer, Instruments, MainArtist - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - SUSAN ROGERS, Engineer - TONY MASERATI, MixingEngineer - Eric Leeds, Saxophone
© 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
Album review
Following the piano compositions from Piano & A Microphone 1983 released in 2018, we now have a second posthumous, princely album. Originals is centred around the 1981-1991 decade which was particularly prolific for Prince and so there is a beautiful unity throughout the album which mainly comprises of recordings of songs written for others. Rogers Nelson was first and foremost a very accomplished, versatile artist who could play all the instruments in Purple Rain just as well as he performed on stage, like his idol James Brown, for whom he composed numerous songs. He also composed songs for many other outstanding performers in the “Prince world” and among the fifteen tracks in this album are The Glamorous Life written for Sheila E, the Bangles’ Manic Monday, Martika’s Love Thy Will Be Done and You’re My Love for country crooner Kenny Rogers. With its priceless, unreleased tracks, Originals gives a sneak-peak behind the scenes of the studio in which this legendary icon produced some of the very best melodies and sang them with real panache, without really knowing what would become of them. The perfect example of this has to be Nothing Compares 2 U, the real emotional peak of this opus. © Charlotte Saintoin/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:03:44
- Main artists: Prince
- Composer: Prince
- Label: Rhino - Warner Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Funk
© 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. ℗ 2019 NPG Records, Inc., under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc.
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