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Artist Icon Planet Earth (2007)
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Genre Icon Funk

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"Planet Earth" ist das 32. Studioalbum von Prince. Es erschien am 24. Juli 2007 bei dem Label NPG Records / Columbia Records und enthält zehn Songs, darunter die Single "Guitar". Die Laufzeit des Albums beträgt genau 45 Minuten. Das Albumcover gestaltete der Art Director Sam Jennings.
Die Albumaufnahmen fanden Ende 2006 und 2007 in Las Vegas, Miami und den Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen statt. Bereits am 15. Juli 2007, also neun Tage vor dem offiziellen Veröffentlichungstermin, war das Album der britischen Sonntagszeitung "The Mail On Sunday" beigelegt. Als das Label Columbia Records und seine Mutterfirma Sony Music Entertainment von Prince' Deal mit der Tageszeitung erfuhren, waren die Verantwortlichen der Labels sehr verärgert und beschlossen, das Album in Großbritannien nicht zu veröffentlichen. Die betreffende Ausgabe der "The Mail On Sunday" wurde über 2,9 Million Mal in Großbritannien verkauft.
Zwischen dem 1. August und 21. September 2007 gab Prince 21 Konzerte in der O2-Arena in London. Wie beim 2004 herausgebrachten Album "Musicology" war "Planet Earth" im Ticketpreis der zugehörigen Konzertreihe inbegriffen, d.h. alle Konzertbesucher erhielten ein Exemplar des Albums. Die Konzerte waren mit insgesamt 352.000 Zuschauern alle ausverkauft.
"Planet Earth" erreichte in den amerikanischen Billboard Charts Platz drei und wurde in den USA knapp 300.000 Mal verkauft. In Deutschland wurde das Album 45.000 Mal verkauft und erreichte Platz sieben der deutschen Album-Charts.
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Given away totally free in the UK, no other Prince album received as much media attention since Purple Rain. Planet Earth spawned a new first for the music industry, in that it was an album that supported the tour. His “Best in years!” critics claimed. Planet Earth is a typically varied Prince outing, showcasing his legendary diversity through many genres: rock, funk, rap and soul. The title track gives it the mark of quality with haunting, yet theatrical, scope. Guitar sets the pace before slowing up with Somewhere Here On Earth reassuring the listener into an album that boasts quality. Old habits die hard in The One U Wanna C which sees Prince talking his woman into bed with the proposal to “come like thunder”. Resolution (providing the cheese) and Lion of Judah form nice simple old-style harmonies that fuse both maturity and playfulness into Planet Earth. Prince retains his position as master of ballads with the Grammy winning Future Baby Mamma – superior as any in his career. Mr. Goodnight soothes where Prince provides a silky dreamy rap. The highlight of the album is Chelsea Rodgers, his funkiest in track in recent memory. Overall Planet Earth offers scope and maturity, whisking the listener on a journey of absolute quality, so rare a trait found this day and age. “So shall it be written, shall be sung” Prince is clearly showing it is 2007 which marks his prime, not 1984. Planet Earth is made the more sweeter as a freebie.


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