PRINCE – Originals (2019)

I don’t know you, but PRINCE always has been one of my musical guilty pleasures. Today is being released “Originals”, a collection of Prince songs made famous by other artists, for the first time presented performed by himself.

By the mid-1980s, Prince was dominating the charts even as a writer/producer with songs he’d composed and recorded for others. In addition to releasing nine of his most commercially successful full-length albums, he also wrote and recorded endless reels of material for many proteges.
Occasionally, Prince’s original demo recordings would beused as master takes on their albums, with only minor alterations to the instrumentation and a replacement of the vocal tracks.
Other times, artists would rely on his demos to guide them through their own recording process, with Prince’s initial take informing their final version of his song. The aggregate effect was a complete saturation and transformation of the pop music landscape, with Prince both leading and subverting mainstream culture.

Several of the iconic songs found on “Originals” were considerable hits for the artists who recorded them. Sheila E.’s “The Glamorous Life” reached #1 on the dance charts in 1984, while the enormous success of “Manic Monday” propelled the single and its accompanying album, The Bangles’ Different Light, to the #2 spot on the pop charts.
The Time’s Ice Cream Castle, featuring the top 20 “Jungle Love”, spent a whopping 57 weeks on the Billboard 200. And in 1991, Martika enjoyed international success with “Love… Thy Will Be Done”, a top 10 hit in France, Australia, the UK and the USA.
And of course, “Nothing Compares 2 U” made Sinead O’Connor famous world-wide.

“Originals” pulls back the curtain to reveal the origins of these familiar songs, in addition to deeper album cuts such as Vanity 6’s “Make-Up,” Jill Jones’s “Baby, You’re a Trip,” and Kenny Rogers’ “You’re My Love.” The album also features Prince’s majestic original 1984 version of “Nothing Compares 2 U”.
Here’s talent folks.

01 – Sex Shooter (Originals Version)
02 – Jungle Love
03 – Manic Monday
04 – Noon Rendezvous
05 – Make-Up
06 – 100 MPH
07 – You’re My Love
08 – Holly Rock
09 – Baby, You’re a Trip
10 – The Glamorous Life
11 – Gigolos Get Lonely Too
12 – Love… Thy Will Be Done
13 – Dear Michaelangelo
14 – Wouldn’t You Love to Love Me?
15 – Nothing Compares 2 U

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www.amazon.com/Originals-1CD-Prince/dp/B07R37Y7JD
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