I have heard that the Jill Jones Album rocks, unfortunately i cannot get hold of it anywhere.

Can anyone give me some info on it please!!

Straight from www.allmusic.com ;

The debut set from Jill Jones was three years in the making and went through many different track listings, but in the end the final version was well worth the wait. The album is produced entirely by the multi-talented Prince and is highly regarded among his fans, even though it was not well received at the time. Highlights include lead single "Mia Bocca," "All Day, All Night," and "For Love," on which Prince can be heard on the backing vocals and the Revolution can be heard on all instruments. The closing track, "Baby, You're a Trip," was originally a Prince demo in the vein of "Purple Rain," and his backing track survives on this version. Jones' vocals are distinctive and passionate, and the influence of her mentor, Teena Marie, is evident throughout. The album was released on CD in 1987 but, due to a culmination of poor sales and poor promotion, was quickly deleted and has now become very sought after.

Jill Jones 'Jill Jones'
Released: 1987
Label: Paisley Park

Intro: (Baby, You're A Trip)
Mia Bocca
G. Spot
Violet Blue
With You
All Day, All Night
For Love
My Man
Baby, You're A Trip

All Prince compositions, although Prince's contributions were sometimes disguised on the sleeve and Jill may have co-written some of the tracks where she is credtied as sole writer.

Look out on Ebay for the vinyl or CD release.

Care: some fakes circulate

By many, the Jill Jones album Prince produced is one of his finest for other artists. As you know, Jones was hanging around Prince (or dated him) off and on since 1982 or so... she appears in video's of the 1999 album and does background vocals on the album too. Their relationship is maybe the reason Prince took extra care of this production, not shipping her off with loads of second rate songs (like Apollonia), but gave her re-worked versions of his top-notch Purple Rain outtakes.

Whiskas31 said:

Music's ok. Her singing on the other hand is an acquired taste.

Ifsixwuz9 said:

Hehehe, so are MANY artists... Chaka, for one. Prince, for another.

I love her voice, as she uses it to express emotion. Thenagain, I am a Björk fan. And I love the debut album by the Nina Hagen Band. So there ya go.

HamsterHuey said:

Yeah but the difference between Chaka/Prince and Jill Jones is that Jill is not world known for her singing prowess. And I was being nice by saying it's an "acquired taste".

Ifsixwuz9 said:

It was a great album.

Ifsixwuz9 said:

no, i'd say the difference is that individuality is no longer "pushed" by labels so an artist like jones will never be world known.

Its a great album. I am not crazy over her singing either...its kinda screechy at times...but the songs are so good and most of the time she sounds pretty good that its worth searching for. Any serious Prince fan will like it since its essentially a Prince album with a chick singing.

Not just a prince album with a chick singing for crying out loud. Acquired taste or not Jill Jones has the most powerful lungs out of all of Ps good looking proteges. Thats got to count for something. As for visual appeal I think Jill Jones is a fox. Others can disagree. And her treatment of the material she was given by prince was gutsy and assured. Even if its not to everyone's taste. But you can argue that Prince's music is an acquired taste in itself. some people will always be moaning about innocuous stuff like that till kingdom come. I say bollocks to them

What Jill looks like is irrelevant to what she sounds like singing. I have always maintainted she has an ok voice ....for a backup singer. She tends to be screechy just like someone else pointed out. But as I said earlier, the music is ok so it's worth checking out.

JJ's voice is not my cup of tea. It grates on my nerves.
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Masterpiece.

I would say its the best album he has worked on for someone else.

GoldiesParade said:

May I also offer Eric Leed's Times Squared? To me, those two asociate artist albums have the best what Prince has got to offer.

With Sheila!

HamsterHuey said:

agreed if you add The Family..

Whiskas31 said:

It was tight!! The thing is, the music and musicanship was 15 years ahead of the game. It was funky. Jill still plays over in England, last I heard ( this was back in December 2005), so she may still be over there or not, but she was good. To me she was better than Vanity and Apples. But it is really good.

Last I heard, Jill was in NYC working on some new music.

Is this the most recent photo?

I bought it when it first came out, let a friend borrow it, and never got it back. I bought it in a thrift shop in 2004. It was 50 cents and still sealed. Talk about luck.

HeyJude said:

wow...she looks great...who's the hottie with her?

sosgemini said:

I believe its Ian Ginsberg(sp?) of the Grand Royals. He put out the fab "Wasted" album with Jill awhile back. Same kinda vibe as her "Two" CD.

HamsterHuey said:

Are you saying that Chaka Khan's voice is an acquired taste....what planet are you from?

dseann said:

to some people, yes. i'd agree with that. isnt that the beauty of all music/art though? each person's perspective will dictate their responce.

It was definately the best album that prince had produced for an artist ever, the music was gr3at..tho it didnt get as much props as Sheila E's albums which were gr3at as well.

sosgemini said:

Beauty is in the ear of the beholder.

I mean, I looooove Chaka's voice, as I do Jill's. Two different voices, but the same when it comes to conveying emotions.