| Artist |
Prince |
| Album Title: |
1999 |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Rock: Funk Rock |
| Format |
CD |
| Released |
10/27/1982 |
| Reissue Date |
01/29/1985 |
| Label |
Warner Bros. Records |
| Catalog No |
9 23720-2 |
| Bar Code No |
0 7599-23720-2 |
| Packaging |
Jewelcase |
| Tracks |
| 1.
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1999 (6:15)
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| 2.
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Little Red Corvette (5:03)
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| 3.
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Delirious (4:00)
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| 4.
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Let's Pretend We're Married (7:21)
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| 5.
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D.M.S.R. (8:17)
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| 6.
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Automatic (9:28)
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| 7.
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Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) (4:02)
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| 8.
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Free (5:08)
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| 9.
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Lady Cab Driver (8:19)
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| 10.
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All The Critics Love U In New York (5:59)
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| 11.
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International Lover (6:37)
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| Date Acquired |
04/26/1991 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Down In The Valley |
| Purchase Price |
19.00 |
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Notes |
Originally released on vinyl in 1982.
This is the second edition of the CD that has the the track "D.M.S.R." restored, which was missing from the first CD edition.
CDD Pre-Mastering by WCI Record Group
Printed in U.S.A.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Manufactured By – WEA Manufacturing
Recorded At – Uptown Sound Studios
Mixed At – Uptown Sound Studios
Recorded At – Sunset Sound
Mixed At – Sunset Sound
Mastered At – A&M Records
Engineer [2nd] – Don Batts
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, Performer – Prince
Recorded By, Mixed By – Peggy McCreary
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Analyzed Folder: Prince - 1999_dr.txt
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DR Peak RMS Filename
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DR14 -2.11 dB -18.16 dB 01 - 1999.flac
DR11 -3.70 dB -18.46 dB 02 - Little Red Corvette.flac
DR13 -3.27 dB -19.41 dB 03 - Delirious.flac
DR14 -1.82 dB -17.43 dB 04 - Let's Pretend We're Married.flac
DR13 -0.00 dB -15.27 dB 05 - D.M.S.R..flac
DR13 -2.62 dB -19.68 dB 06 - Automatic.flac
DR13 -3.11 dB -20.24 dB 07 - Something in the Water (Does Not Compute).flac
DR15 -2.18 dB -21.48 dB 08 - Free.flac
DR16 -0.58 dB -18.85 dB 09 - Lady Cab Driver.flac
DR15 -3.96 dB -20.75 dB 10 - All the Critics Love U in New York.flac
DR16 -2.78 dB -22.44 dB 11 - International Lover.flac
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Number of Files: 11
Official DR Value: DR14
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review:
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
With Dirty Mind, Prince had established a wild fusion of funk, rock, new wave, and soul that signaled he was an original, maverick talent, but it failed to win him a large audience. After delivering the sound-alike album, Controversy, Prince revamped his sound and delivered the double album 1999. Where his earlier albums had been a fusion of organic and electronic sounds, 1999 was constructed almost entirely on synthesizers by Prince himself. Naturally, the effect was slightly more mechanical and robotic than his previous work and strongly recalled the electro-funk experiments of several underground funk and hip-hop artists at the time. Prince had also constructed an album dominated by computer funk, but he didn't simply rely on the extended instrumental grooves to carry the album -- he didn't have to when his songwriting was improving by leaps and bounds. The first side of the record contained all of the hit singles, and, unsurprisingly, they were the ones that contained the least amount of electronics. "1999" parties to the apocalypse with a P-Funk groove much tighter than anything George Clinton ever did, "Little Red Corvette" is pure pop, and "Delirious" takes rockabilly riffs into the computer age. After that opening salvo, all the rules go out the window -- "Let's Pretend We're Married" is a salacious extended lust letter, "Free" is an elegiac anthem, "All the Critics Love U in New York" is a vicious attack at hipsters, and "Lady Cab Driver," with its notorious bridge, is the culmination of all of his sexual fantasies. Sure, Prince stretches out a bit too much over the course of 1999, but the result is a stunning display of raw talent, not wallowing indulgence.
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