Album
The Rainbow Children
2001 · Jazz, Funk / Soul
9 collectors on Gatefold own this
The Rainbow Children is a Soul & Funk album by Prince, originally released in 2001. On Gatefold: 27 pressings tracked, owned by 9 collectors.
About
The Rainbow Children is the twenty-fourth studio album by Prince. It was released on November 20, 2001 by NPG Records and Redline Entertainment. It was also released through Prince's website earlier in the year. It is the first album released outside of the NPG Music Club to be released under the name of Prince again, as he had reverted to his previous stage name from his symbolic moniker a year earlier. It was released on double vinyl with a glossy colour booklet, and was not available on vinyl again until the Legacy release in 2020. This concept album illustrates common Prince themes of spirituality and human sexuality, as well as love and racism, through the fictitious story of a social movement toward a Martin Luther King Jr.-inspired utopian society. The album seems to allude to his recent conversion to the Jehovah's Witnesses denomination, but Egyptian monotheism and New Age concepts such as the Akashic records are used as metaphors as well. Jazzier than any of his previous effort, it was met with mixed reaction. Some fans saw the album as a musical and spiritual evolution for Prince. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Rainbow Children10:03
- A2Muse 2 The Pharaoh4:21
- A3Digital Garden4:07
Side B
- B1The Work Pt. 14:28
- B2Everywhere2:55
- B3The Sensual Everafter2:58
- B4Mellow4:24
Side C
- C11+1+1 Is 35:17
- C2Deconstruction1:59
- C3Wedding Feast0:54
- C4She Loves Me 4 Me2:49
- C5Family Name8:17
Side D
- D1The Everlasting Now8:18
- D2Last December7:58
- D3(no audio)1:00
- D4Last December (Reprise)0:38
Sound DNA
- Soul & Funk
- Funk
- warm
- spiritual
- groovy
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Femi JiyaBACKING VOCALS
- John BlackwellDRUMS
- Kip BlackshireBACKING VOCALS
- Larry GrahamBASS FEATURING , BASS
- MileniaBACKING VOCALS
- Mr. HayesBACKING VOCALS
- NajeeFEATURING , SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, FLUTE SAXOPHONE, FLUTE SOPRANO SAXOPHONE , FLUTE
- PrinceINSTRUMENTS , LEAD VOCALS , PERCUSSION, EFFECTS INSTRUMENTS , LEAD VOCALS, VOCALS INSTRUMENTS, LEAD VOCALS, PERCUSSION
- The HornheadsHORNS
9 collectors on Gatefold own this · 27 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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