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Emancipation is the nineteenth studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on November 19, 1996, by NPG Records and EMI Records as a triple album . The title refers to Prince's freedom from his contract with Warner Bros. Records after 18 years, with which he had a contentious relationship.
"The Holy River" is a song by American musician Prince (his stage name at that time being an unpronounceable symbol, see cover art), released in January 1997 by NPG/EMI as the second single from his nineteenth album, Emancipation (1996). [1]
The song's album in question, The Gold Experience, was released the following year and hit the top 40 with the singles "I Hate U" (Prince's last original single to reach the United States top 40), "Gold", and "Endorphinmachine" (in Japan), while the promotional single "Purple Medley", a remix of his greatest hits, reached the top 20 worldwide.
(His earlier hit "1999" did sneak back into the Top 40 in the song's namesake year, peaking at number 40, but this was a reissued single, not a new release and, in 1996, "Betcha by Golly Wow!" from Emancipation made the Top 40, but all of the singles from Emancipation were promotional in the US so they were not allowed to chart on the Hot 100 ...
The album Crystal Ball is Prince's second triple album in succession, following Emancipation. Each of the three CDs contain ten tracks and last fifty minutes, resembling Emancipation ' s 12-song, sixty-minute disc lengths. In 2018, NPG Records released Crystal Ball and The Truth digitally on Spotify, iTunes, Tidal, and Apple Music. [6]
According to the For You album notes, Prince wrote, produced, arranged, composed, and played all 27 instruments on the recording, except for the song "Soft and Wet", whose lyrics were co-written by Moon. The cost of recording the album was twice Prince's initial advance. Prince used the Prince's Music Co. to publish his songs.
Da, Da, Da (Prince song) Damn U; Damned If I Do (Prince song) Dance 4 Me (Prince song) Dark (song) Darling Nikki; Days of Wild; Delirious (Prince song) Diamonds and Pearls (song) Dinner with Delores; Dirty Mind (Prince song) Do It All Night (Prince song) Do Me, Baby; Don't Talk 2 Strangers; Donald Trump (Black Version) Dream of Fire; Dreamin ...
The song speaks degradingly about angsty teenagers who look for backwards messages in music, and contains the lyrics "Play that record backwards / Here's a message yo for the suckas / Play that record backwards / And go fuck yourself." Moby "Machete" "I have to say goodbye." [62] Appears midway through the song. Motörhead