The Gold Experience

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The Gold Experience
Studio album by Prince
Released	September 26, 1995
Recorded	January 1993–July 1994
Genre	Pop, Rock, Funk
Length	65:11
Label	NPG/Warner Bros.
Producer(s)	Prince
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (A) link Rolling Stone link
Prince chronology
The Black Album (1994)	The Gold Experience (1995)	Girl 6 (1996)

The Gold Experience is a Prince (then known as ) album released September 26, 1995. The album is considered by some fans to be the Purple Rain of the 1990s, due to the rock and roll feel, accessibility of the tracks and Prince's own admission that the song "Gold" would be the next "Purple Rain".

Prince wanted to release The Gold Experience as a album in 1994, alongside Come, which was marketed as a "Prince" album of "old" material. Ironically, both albums contained material from Prince's musical production called Glam Slam Ulysses. The plan was to show the superior quality of the newer material as opposed to the "Prince" material. Plans were thwarted by Warner Bros., which felt the market would be over-saturated with Prince material and withheld the album. Prince was prompted to protest by appearing in public with the word "Slave" written on his face and stating The Gold Experience's release date would be "never".

Some songs originally intended for the album such as "Interactive" and "Days of Wild" were removed by the time of its release. It has been alleged by some that "Days of Wild" was nixed by Warner Brothers at the request of some of the larger retail chains because of its lyrical content. By the time the album actually was released in 1995, Prince's interest in it had passed and he was already working on songs for his 3-CD opus, Emancipation, which could be partially responsible for the album's lack of commercial success. Despite that, The Gold Experience garnered Prince his best reviews in nearly a decade.

The Gold Experience produced three singles, each with an accompanying music video: " Hate U", "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" and "Gold". In addition, a video for "Dolphin" was also released prior to the album. The released singles enjoyed success on the R&B and Pop Charts, with the exception of "Gold".

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Singles and Hot 100 chart placings 3 Promotional, radio only and withdrawn singles 4 External link

[edit] Track listing

1. "P Control" (5:59)
2. "npg operator" (0:11)
3. "Endorphinmachine" (4:06)
4. "Shhh" (7:17)
5. "We March" (4:49)
6. "npg operator" (0:17)
7. "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (4:25)
8. "Dolphin" (4:59)
9. "npg operator" (0:19)
10. "Now" (4:30)
11. "npg operator" (0:31)
12. "319" (3:05)
13. "npg operator" (0:09)
14. "Shy" (5:03)
15. "Billy Jack Bitch" (5:31)
16. " Hate U" (5:54)
17. "npg operator" (0:44)
18. "Gold" (7:23)

[edit] Singles and Hot 100 chart placings

• "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (#3 U.S., #2 R&B, #1 UK, #1 Australia)

1. "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World"
2. "Beautiful"

• " Hate U" (#11 U.S., #3 R&B)

1. " Hate U"
2. " Hate U" (Quiet Night Mix)

• "Gold" (#88 U.S., #10 UK)

1. "Gold"
2. "Rock'N'Roll Is Alive (And It Lives In Minneapolis)"
3. " Hate U" extended remix (maxi-single)

[edit] Promotional, radio only and withdrawn singles

• "319"/"Pussy Control" (withdrawn single)

1. "319" – 3:05
2. "Pussy Control" – 5:59

• "P Control" (promotional only)

1. "P Control" (house mix)
2. "Chauntounette Controlle"

• "Endorphinmachine"

1. "Endorphinmachine" – 4:07

[edit] External link

The Gold Experience lyrics

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