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Prince
Artist Icon Xpectation (2003)
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Track List
01) Xhalation
02) Xcogitate
03) Xemplify
04) Xpectation
05) Xotica
06) Xogenous
07) Xpand
08) Xosphere
09) Xpedition











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Genre

Genre Icon Funk

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Sales Icon 10,000 copies

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"Xpectation" ist das 26. Studioalbum und erste Instrumentalalbum von Prince. Es erschien am 1. Januar 2003 ohne Albumcover bei seinem eigenen Label NPG Records als MP3-Download für die Mitglieder seiner damaligen Webseite NPG Music Club. Ein Jahr später konnte man das Album im Musicology Download Store des NPG Music Club kaufen. Im Jahr 2015 wurde das Album über den Musikstreaming-Dienst Tidal mit Albumcover bereitgestellt. Das Album enthält neun Songs, deren Titel alle mit einem X beginnen, und seine Laufzeit beträgt 40 Minuten und 53 Sekunden. Der Untertitel des Albums lautet "New Directions In Music By Prince". Aus "Xpectation" wurden keine Singles ausgekoppelt.
Die Albumaufnahmen fanden im Herbst und Winter 2001 in den Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen statt. Als Gastmusiker wirken unter anderem die Saxofonistin Candy Dulfer und die Violinistin Vanessa Mae mit. Ursprünglich sollte das Album "Xenophobia" heißen, doch der gleichnamige Song wurde von der Trackliste entfernt, vermutlich da der Song auf das einen Monat vorher veröffentlichte Livealbum "One Nite Alone... Live!" gesetzt wurde.
"Xpectation" konnte sich nicht in den internationalen Musikcharts platzieren. Weltweit wurde das Album ca. 10.000 Mal verkauft.
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User Album Review
For the first time as a fan I felt Prince embark on a musical trajectory I had no wish to accompany him on. Having felt him moving too far down the independent, self-indulgent, path of artistry, Prince was not only isolating himself but his fans, with completely inaccessible and even undesirable music. Even Prince could not be convinced to put this music on CD. The 9-MP3s that make up Xpectation forms of (and making up) nine words that begin with ‘X’. Indeed it was never worthy for CD, only put out in digital format from his NPG Music Club website. Prince proves his musical fallibility after all and Xpectation is unfortunately exhibit A. Its one saving grace Xenophobia was removed from the album as it had been released as a live version on One Nite Alone… Live!. The release turned to the ridiculous after the sublime The Rainbow Children. As it later turned out Prince got the taste for experimental music out of his system within a couple of years but all what it achieved was a collection more worthy as after dinner ambiance than a showcase of Prince’s vast talent. Is this the same guy who wrote Darling Nikki? Needless to say it would be wrong to suggest this music is uninspired yet it provides too few footholds to inspire the listener. This is an album to buy to own, not to buy to love. His releases in 2003 are strangers in Prince’s musical canon, marking his ‘skip-able’ year. Every artist has one.


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