Prince – Originals (2019) (CD)

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 proteges The Time, Vanity 6, Sheila E., Apollonia 6, Jill Jones, the Family, and Mazarati. Occasionally, Prince's original demo recordings would beused as master takes on their albums, with only minor alterations to the instrumentation and a
 
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 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..
 
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 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," released in 2018 as a standalone single.
 
 FORMAT: Compact Disc 
 CONDITION: Brand New
 GENRE:  Pop / R&B / Funk
 UPC:  603497851782
 LABEL:  Warner Bros / WEA
 NO. OF DISCS:  1
 
 TRACKLIST:
 1 Sex Shooter
 2 Jungle Love
 3 Manic Monday
 4 Noon Rendezvous
 5 Make-Up
 6 100 MPH
 7 You're My Love
 8 Holly Rock
 9 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