1999

by Prince

1999 cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: October聽27,聽1982
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:10:18
  • Community rating: 4.4/5 from 14 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Prince's fifth album, '1999', codified the influential Minneapolis sound through its pioneering use of the Linn LM-1 drum machine and layered synthesizers, creating a dense fusion of funk, synth-pop, and new wave. The double album's songwriting broadened Prince's thematic palette from signature carnal explorations to address apocalyptic anxiety and the dawn of the computer age. As his first top-ten album and first credited work with The Revolution, its immense commercial success and iconic music videos, which broke racial barriers on MTV, launched Prince into global superstardom.

Genres

Descriptors: party, rhythmic, funky, synth, conceptual, synthesizers, dance, vocal

Tracklist

  1. 1999 (06:13)
  2. Little Red Corvette (05:03)
  3. Delirious (04:00)
  4. Let's Pretend We're Married (07:19)
  5. D.M.S.R. (08:17)
  6. Automatic (09:26)
  7. Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) (04:02)
  8. Free (05:07)
  9. Lady Cab Driver (08:17)
  10. All The Critics Love U In New York (05:57)
  11. International Lover (06:37)

Credits

  • Prince - all vocals and instruments, performer, producer, arranged by, composed by
  • Lisa Coleman - background vocals on 1999, little red corvette, delirious, d.m.s.r., automatic and free, co-lead vocals on 1999
  • Dez Dickerson - co-lead vocals on 1999, background vocals on little red corvette, guitar solos on little red corvette
  • Jill Jones - co-lead vocals on 1999, background vocals on automatic, free and lady cab driver
  • Jesse Johnson - background vocals on 1999
  • Brown Mark - background vocals and handclaps on d.m.s.r.
  • Jamie Shoop - background vocals and handclaps on d.m.s.r.
  • Poochie - background vocals and handclaps on d.m.s.r.
  • The Count - background vocals and handclaps on d.m.s.r.
  • Don Batts - engineer [2nd engineer]
  • Bernie Grundman - mastered by
  • Peggy McCreary - recorded by, mixed by
  • Cavallo, Ruffalo & Fargnoli - management

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