The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince) – The Gold Experience
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The Prince Estate – 19439935961 |
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US |
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Genre: |
Pop |
Style: |
Pop Rock |
Tracklist
| A1 | P Control | 5:59 | |
| A2 | NPG Operator | 0:12 | |
| A3 | Endorphinmachine | 4:07 | |
| A4 | Shhh | 7:18 | |
| B1 | We March | 4:49 | |
| B2 | NPG Operator | 0:18 | |
| B3 | The Most Beautiful Girl In The World | 4:25 | |
| B4 | Dolphin | 4:59 | |
| C1 | NPG Operator | 0:20 | |
| C2 | Now | 4:30 | |
| C3 | NPG Operator | 0:31 | |
| C4 | 319 | 3:05 | |
| C5 | NPG Operator | 0:10 | |
| C6 | Shy | 5:04 | |
| C7 | Billy Jack Bitch | 5:32 | |
| D1 | [Eye] Hate U | 5:54 | |
| D2 | NPG Operator | 0:45 | |
| D3 | Gold | 7:23 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – The Prince Estate
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – NPG Records, LLC
- Copyright © – The Prince Estate
- Copyright © – NPG Records, LLC
- Published By – NPG Music Publishing, LLC.
- Published By – Universal Music Works
- Published By – Bouillabaisse Music
- Published By – Universal Music Publishing
- Manufactured By – Sony Music Entertainment
- Distributed By – Sony Music Entertainment
- Recorded At – Paisley Park Studios
- Recorded At – Studio Guillaume Tell
- Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
- Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
- Manufactured By – Memphis Record Pressing – MRP3550
- Pressed By – GZ Media – 235603E
Credits
- Art Direction – The Artist (Formerly Known As Prince)
- Artwork [Art Production] – Steve Parke
- Band [NPG Hornz] – Steve Strand
- Band [The New Power Generation] – Tommy Barbarella
- Coordinator [Project Coordinator] – Therese Stoulil
- Design [Logo Design] – Liz Luce*
- Design [Package Design] – Michael Van Huffel
- Horns – NPG Hornz*
- Liner Notes – Jim Walsh
- Mastered By – Brian Gardner
- Mixed By [Assisted], Engineer [Assisted] – Tom Garneau
- Mixed By, Engineer – Tom Tucker
- Performer [NPG Operator] – Rain Ivana
- Photography By – Randee St. Nicholas
- Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, Performer – The New Power Generation
- Programmed By [Additional Programming] – Statik (4)
Notes
Hype sticker on shrink-wrap:
Prince's classic 1995 album
and his first as [Love Symbol]
"A triumph of affirmative pop."
-The Guardian
features
"[eye] hate u"
Issued with printed inner sleeves. Title on insert, labels, and spine as "the gold experience."
"Eye" as mentioned on the sticker, in the track titles and liner notes is represented by a stylized "👁" eye symbol.
"Made In Czech Republic" sticker on back cover shrink-wrap.
℗ 1995 and © 1995, 2023 Prince Estate/NPG Records, LLC, manufactured and distributed by Sony Music Entertainment
Prince's classic 1995 album
and his first as [Love Symbol]
"A triumph of affirmative pop."
-The Guardian
features
"[eye] hate u"
Issued with printed inner sleeves. Title on insert, labels, and spine as "the gold experience."
"Eye" as mentioned on the sticker, in the track titles and liner notes is represented by a stylized "👁" eye symbol.
"Made In Czech Republic" sticker on back cover shrink-wrap.
℗ 1995 and © 1995, 2023 Prince Estate/NPG Records, LLC, manufactured and distributed by Sony Music Entertainment
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode (Text): 194399359617
- Barcode (Printed): 1 94399 35961 7
- Barcode (Printed, second number): 19439935961
- Matrix / Runout (Record 1, sleeve): 19439935961SV1
- Matrix / Runout (Record 2, sleeve): 19439935961SV2
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, label): 19439935961A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, label): 19439935961B
- Matrix / Runout (Side C, label): 19439935961C
- Matrix / Runout (Side D, label): 19439935961D
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, runout): 235603E1/C MRP3550 / 19439935961 - A
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, runout): 235603E2/A MRP3550 / 19439935961 - B
- Matrix / Runout (Side C, runout): 235603E3/B MRP3550 / 19439935961 - C
- Matrix / Runout (Side D, runout): 235603E4/A MRP3550 / 19439935961 - D
- Rights Society: GMR
Other Versions (5 of 65)
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The Gold Experience (CD, Album, Stereo) | NPG Records | CDW 45999 | Canada | 1995 | ||
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The Gold Experience (Cassette, Album, Stereo, No Embossing) | NPG Records | 9362 45999-4 | Europe | 1995 | ||
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The Gold Experience (CD, Album) | NPG Records | 9362-45999-2 | Europe | 1995 | ||
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The Gold Experience (Cassette, Album) | NPG Records | 9 45999-4, 4-45999 | US | 1995 | ||
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The Gold Experience (CD, Album, Allied Record Company) | NPG Records | 9 45999-2 | US | 1995 |
Recommendations
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2022 USVinyl —LP, Album, Record Store Day, Reissue, Stereo -
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2021 USVinyl —LP, Album, Record Store Day, Reissue -
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2019 USVinyl —LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue -
2019 USA & EuropeVinyl —LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue -
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Reviews
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The Gold Experience is my 2nd fave Prince album. This album sounds amazing on vinyl!! Always loved the artwork to this album too. Absolute masterpiece. -
I have mixed feelings about the reissue here, but it's mostly good!
I like that it's black vinyl and that they didn't cram too much music on each side (unlike the transparent gold Record Store Day release from 2022 with all those remixes crammed on side D).
The wax surface is flat in appearance and sounds mostly good. I think a better pressing plant/mastering job could've pulled more depth out of the wax but it sounds fine in most places. 1 or 2 tracks sound like they lack some top end / bottom end definition, but I'm being picket.
The sleeve art is the real issue. It's so blurry and almost looks like an enlargement the CD booklet. Even if the estate didn't have the original design files to send to the press, I'm sure they had the original photos (considering all the other released/unreleased photos they have access to). As a graphic designer, this would've been a fairly simple recreation in photoshop — get the original photos, do the text overlays and vector art. It would be cool if they just released it without any of the tacky typography/fonts — just the symbol and the photos, boom, instant impact. But... we all know a lot of these Prince album covers got tacky once Photoshop came along. I'll settle.
Overall I'm satisfied and can't really complain, just thinking of ways this could've been an A+ reissue instead of a B. :-)
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