The Gold Experience

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The Gold Experience
Image:Prince Gold.jpg
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	Prince
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Image:4 stars.svg link Robert Christgau (A) link Rolling Stone Image:4 stars.svg link
Prince chronology
The Black Album (1994) The Gold Experience (1995) Girl 6 (1996)

The Gold Experience is an album released by Prince (his stage name at that time being an unpronounceable symbol, see album art) on 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 under the symbolic moniker 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 older "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: "I 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 links

[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. "I 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"

• "I Hate U" (#11 U.S., #3 R&B)

1. "I Hate U"
2. "I 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. "I Hate U" extended remix (maxi-single)

[edit] Promotional, radio only and withdrawn singles

• "319"/"Pussy Control" (withdrawn single)(explicit lyrics)

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 links

• The Gold Experience lyrics

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Studio albums	For You · Prince · Dirty Mind · Controversy · 1999 · Around the World in a Day · Sign o' the Times · Lovesexy · Diamonds and Pearls · Love Symbol · Come · The Black Album · The Gold Experience · Chaos and Disorder · Emancipation · The Truth · Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic · The Rainbow Children · One Nite Alone... · Musicology · 3121 · Planet Earth
Soundtracks	Purple Rain · Parade · Batman · Graffiti Bridge · Girl 6 · "Song of the Heart"
Live albums	One Nite Alone... Live!
Instrumental albums	Kamasutra · Xpectation · N.E.W.S
Internet albums	Xpectation · The Chocolate Invasion · The Slaughterhouse
Compilations	The Hits/The B-Sides · Crystal Ball · The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale · The Very Best of Prince · Ultimate
EPs	The Scandalous Sex Suite EP · The Beautiful Experience · 1999: The New Master
Films	Purple Rain · Under the Cherry Moon · Sign o' the Times · Graffiti Bridge
See also	Prince discography · Unreleased Prince projects · The Revolution · New Power Generation · The Time · The Family · Madhouse · Vanity 6 · Apollonia 6 · Mazarati

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