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Free of any further contractual obligations to Warner Bros., Prince attempted a major comeback later that year with the release of Emancipation, a 36-song, 3-CD set (each disc was exactly 60 minutes long). The album was released via his own NPG Records with distribution through EMI.
Prince signed a record deal with Warner Bros. Records at the age of 19, soon releasing the albums For You (1978) and Prince (1979). He went on to achieve critical success with the influential albums Dirty Mind (1980), Controversy (1981), and 1999 (1982).
Paisley Park Records was an American record label founded by musician Prince in 1985, which was distributed by and funded in part by Warner Bros. Records. [1] It was started in 1985, following the success of the film and album Purple Rain.
Love Symbol is the fourteenth studio album by American recording artist Prince, [2] and the second of the two that featured his backing band the New Power Generation.It was released on October 13, 1992, by Paisley Park Records and Warner Bros. Records. [3]
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.
Warner Bros. rejected this version, and asked for the title track along with some other new material, such as the recent hit "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World". Prince went back into the studio and tooled with the title track, creating an 11-minute horn-boosted sexual romp. With these additions, Warner Bros. agreed to release the album.
Controversy is the fourth studio album by the American singer-songwriter and musician Prince, released on October 14, 1981, by Warner Bros. Records. With the exception of one track, it was written and produced entirely by Prince. He also performed most of the instruments on its recording.
Prince is the second studio album by the American musician Prince. It was released on October 19, 1979, by Warner Bros. Records. The album was written, arranged, composed, produced and performed entirely by Prince. Overall, Prince was regarded as more diverse than For You (1978), and performed better