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Hit n Run Phase One (2015)

Where the lyrics of Hit n Run Phase One take you, and where it was really made.

The album reached the public first as a Tidal-exclusive stream and only later as a CD, and its title had first been reported as something else.

Key places

Recorded at Paisley Park (2015)

Recording site Paisley Park Studios — The album page lists Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota as its studio. MusicBrainz also lists mixing at the same studio. The coordinates are at building level. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Hit n Run Phase One: 38th studio album by American recording artist Prince
• First released exclusively on the Tidal streaming service on 7 September 2015
• CD released on 15 September 2015 by NPG Records
• All songs written and composed by Prince and Joshua Welton

Background

• Title first reported as The Hit & Run Album; Prince's publicists confirmed Hit n Run Phase One
• Works as a complement to Art Official Age, released a year earlier together with Plectrum Electrum
• Sound resembles the predecessor, mixing contemporary R&B, electronic music and pop
• No funk on the record, which is rare in Prince's discography
• Hit n Run Phase Two followed three months later

Recording

• Credited mixing and mastering: Joshua Welton and Prince
• Studio listed as Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · fr.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Prince Rogers Nelson, born June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; died April 21, 2016 at Paisley Park in Chanhassen, Minnesota.
• Signed with Warner Bros. Records in 1977 at age 18; first album For You released April 7, 1978.
• Career spanned funk, rock, R&B and pop, with estimated sales over 100 million records.

Career

• Breakthrough with Dirty Mind (1980), Controversy (1981) and 1999 (1982).
• Purple Rain (1984) made him the first singer to hold the number-one film, album and single in the US at the same time.
• Sign o' the Times (1987) is widely considered his greatest work.
• Changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol in 1993, becoming known as the Artist Formerly Known as Prince; reverted to Prince in 2000.
• Won seven Grammy Awards and an Academy Award for Best Original Song Score.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Received mixed reviews from music critics
• Metacritic, which converts mainstream critics' reviews to a 100-point scale, gave an average of 53
• The average is based on 16 reviews
• The mixed reception marked the record as divisive rather than broadly praised

Records

• Streamed first on Tidal, 7 September 2015, as an exclusive release
• CD edition issued by NPG Records on 15 September 2015
• Release followed the 2014 single Fallinlove2nite, which appears here without Zooey Deschanel
• Tracklist includes a Metacritic-scored critical response of 16 reviews

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The opening segment Million $ Show splices in For You (1978), 1999 (1982) and Let's Go Crazy (1984)
• "1000 X's & O's" is listed as "1000's of X's & O's" on the CD edition
• French Wikipedia gives 14 September 2015 as the release date, while the English page gives 15 September for the CD
• Discogs credits Joshua Welton with mixing and mastering alongside Prince
• The title was reported as The Hit & Run Album before the publicists confirmed the final name

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

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