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Prince
Artist Icon PLECTRUMELECTRUM (2014)
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"PLECTRUMELECTRUM" ist das 36. Studioalbum von Prince und das einzige Album mit seiner Begleitband "3RDEYEGIRL". Es erschien am 26. September 2014 bei dem Label Warner Bros. Records / NPG Records und enthält zwölf Songs, darunter die Singles "FIXURLIFEUP" und "PRETZELBODYLOGIC". Die Laufzeit des Albums beträgt genau 44 Minuten. Das Albumcover gestalteten die Fotografin Madison Dube und der Art Director Jesse Draxler. Die Albumaufnahmen fanden 2013 und 2014 in London und den Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen statt.
Zwischen dem Vorgängeralbum "20TEN" und "PLECTRUMELECTRUM" vergingen vier Jahre und damit so viel Zeit wie zwischen keinen Prince-Alben zuvor. Am gleichen Tag veröffentlichte das Label mit "ART OFFICIAL AGE" ein weiteres neues Studioalbum von Prince. "PLECTRUMELECTRUM" und "ART OFFICIAL AGE" sind 14 Jahre nach Beendigung seines Vertrags mit dem Label Warner Bros. Records die ersten Studioalben von Prince, die wieder bei dem Label veröffentlicht wurden. Der neue Vertrag zwischen Prince und dem Label umfasste die Veröffentlichung nur dieser beiden Alben. Außerdem einigten sich die beiden Parteien darauf, dass Prince die Urheberrechte an den Songs, die er früher für das Label aufgenommen hatte, zurückbekommt. Der Streit um die Mastertapes und damit die Rechte an diesen Songs war in den 90er Jahren der Hauptgrund der Auseinandersetzungen mit dem Label, der darin gipfelte, dass er sich damals als Sklave der Musikindustrie bezeichnete und in der Öffentlichkeit mit dem Schriftzug "Slave" auftrat, den er mit Eyeliner auf seine Wange geschrieben hatte.
"PLECTRUMELECTRUM" erreichte in den amerikanischen Billboard Charts Platz acht und wurde in den USA ca. 95.000 Mal verkauft. In Deutschland wurde das Album 12.500 Mal verkauft und erreichte Platz 31 der deutschen Album-Charts.
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Funny thing is, and it is purely down to the sheer length of time waiting for Plectrumelectrum (since 2010’s 20Ten to be exact), the relief, which was palpable when this was finally released, for there were plenty of dark moments when even the most believing of Prince fans fought off waves of doubt that the album would ever see the light of day, was tempered only in that Plectrumelectrum came out with Art Official Age on the same day. Yet it had always been Plectrum I have been so desperate to hear more so than any other Prince release in my 25 years as a fan because of that long wait to getting it. The big question that arises out of this is will this much delayed ‘debut’ album of 3rdEyeGirl also be their last. The Revolution saw three albums and the NPG only two. But unlike other projects the energy and youth of the 3rdEyeGirls provide an inoculation, not sidetrack, to Prince career. Throughout Prince is sharing, not feigning responsively to his fellow band members – yes, he holds them all on equal par and doing so was the key to the album’s appeal. The opener dispels all that pre-release pent up anxiety, a one-word description of the entire album – Wow! It’s odd not hearing Prince on all the songs and it in that way harks back to when he did it first on Parade (I Wonder U), yet his presence is not only felt but heard keenly throughout. This does remain a true collaboration album, however. His trust in the band’s musicianship is based in the fact they as a quartet are as tight as any serious rock band. Plectrumelectrum is the perfect cocktail of hard (Aintturninaround, Plectrumelectrum), reckless (Marz – a channelling Plastic Bertrand), dreamy (Wow, Stopthistrain), earthy (Anotherlove) and retro (Fleetwood Mac inspired Tictacto) voyage through music fans have grown to expect from Prince releases: Boytrouble and Funknroll pack the real punch. With too many outstanding tunes it’s just far simpler to call out the weakest: Fixurlifeup. The highs just keep coming in what must be a reward for a truly long wait for a Prince album – and one that begs to be played loud. Electric.


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