Mavis STAPLES featuring PRINCE The Voice
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THE VOICE 1993 USA 9 2504962
Etat / Grading : COMME NEUF ! LIKE NEW !
The Voice is the eighth solo studio album by Mavis Staples (her second and final on Paisley Park Records), and her second to include input by Prince.
Eight of the album's twelve songs are written by Prince (two of which, Melody Cool and Positivity, had previously been included in different forms on albums released by Prince), and he appears as a musician to varying degrees on some of the tracks also. Ricky Peterson produced the five newly-written Prince tracks, and added production to the vault track A Man Called Jesus.
Melody Cool was recorded in Summer, 1987 (and was at one point planned for the Rave Unto The Joy Fantastic album), before lead vocals by Mavis Staples were overdubbed in late 1989 (a remix by Ricky Peterson was made in 1992 for its inclusion on The Voice).
A Man Called Jesus was recorded in late December 1988, with saxophone by Candy Dulfer added in July 1989, and lead vocals by Mavis Staples added in Summer 1992. The Voice was recorded in April 1991, with vocal overdubs by Mavis Staples in late 1992 or early 1993.
House In Order, Blood Is Thicker Than Time, You Will Be Moved and The Undertaker were recorded in Summer 1992, without Prince's direct involvement. Positivity was recorded in 1992 or early 1993, reusing some tracks from the original December 1987, recording by Prince.
In 1995, the album was re-released by NPG Records*** with a different sequence, including an additional track, Come Home, which was previously included in identical form on Mavis Staples' first Paisley Park Records release Time Waits For No One***.(***SEE MY ITEMS / VOIR MES AUTRES ARTICLES)
- The Voice (4:14) *
- House In Order (4:44) +
- Blood Is Thicker Than Time (3:13) +
- You Will Be Moved (4:12) +
- All Because Of You (5:06)
- The Undertaker (7:26) #
- Melody Cool (3:46) +
- Kain't Turn Back (4:03)
- I'll Be Right There (4:03)
- A Man Called Jesus (3:56) +
- Why (4:27)
- Positivity (4:34) +
* Written by Prince, Rosie Gaines and Francis Jules
+ Written by Prince
# Written by Prince, Tommy Barbarella, Michael B., Levi Seacer, Jr. and Sonny T.
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