![]() ![]() ![]() With the pounding, rocking drum filled into from Michael B, The Artist dials it up with a seductive retelling that includes a wonderous guitar solo that scorches the track. Originally released by Quincy Jones protégé Tevin Campbell, “Shhh” is reclaimed and retooled by The Artist and transformed into a lust filled journey of desire. It’s also the track that fulfills a promise as it welcomes us to The Dawn.īut the two standouts on the album are tracks we had previously heard in one way or another. It’s The Artist’s very own “Purple Rain” moment, if you will, with rousing chorus, powerful arrangement, soaring guitar solo and epic seven-plus-minute run time. The stripped back “Shy” is beautifully filled with haunting acoustic arrangements and solace, while the heartbreak in “Eye Hate You” is palpable as a bittersweet love song in the grandest tradition of “done me wrong” songs.Īnd album closer “Gold” is filled with uplift and hope despite the trials and tribulations it documents. In the album’s quieter moments, there’s a confidence that comes through. This was The Artist reasserting himself as a pop/funk force to be reckoned with, hoping to reclaim the critical and commercial success that had waned a little over his past few releases. The long gestational period between recording and release saw the album wind its way through a multitude of configurations before landing on the set of songs that would make up the final track listing.Īnd as I place the needle on The Gold Experience once more, I'm reminded that there are gems aplenty hidden within its grooves. With most of the songs that would wind up on the album recorded during the same sessions as Come. Having killed off his Princely identity with 1994’s Come release, The Gold Experience was the first album released under his O(+> moniker. ![]() For me, this album is The Gold Experience released in 1995 at the height of Prince’s battle with and separation from Warner Brother Records over the rights to his master recordings and what he saw as an unfairly binding contract. When an artist is as prolific as Prince was, it's easy to have an album or two that gets lost in the shuffle. All charted in the UK, with only "Human Behaviour", "Violently Happy" and "Big Time Sensuality" charting on dance and modern rock charts in the US.Happy 25th Anniversary to Prince’s seventeenth studio album The Gold Experience, originally released September 26, 1995. It was certified gold in Canada and platinum in the US, where it remains Björk's best-selling album.įive singles were released from Debut: "Human Behaviour", "Venus as a Boy", "Play Dead", "Big Time Sensuality" and "Violently Happy". It exceeded sales expectations, charting at number two in Iceland, three in the United Kingdom, and 61 in the US. The album departed from the rock style of her previous work and drew from an eclectic variety of styles, including electronic pop, house music, jazz and trip hop.ĭebut received critical acclaim from British music critics, though United States reviews were mixed. It was Björk's first recording following the dissolution of her previous band, the Sugarcubes. It was produced by Björk and Nellee Hooper. ![]() Debut is the international debut studio album by Icelandic recording artist Björk, released in July 1993 by One Little Indian and Elektra Entertainment. ![]()
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