I've read in these forums that THE GOLD EXPERIENCE didn't sell. Does anyone know an estimated amount of what it did sell? My best friend's mom is in love with "Pussy Control" It's so funny to hear her boyfriend sing it because he's Mexican and he doesn't know a lot of English yet and it just sounds weird with him singing it.

ANYWAYS.... I never would've thought it wouldn't sell, Pussy Control is one of my favorite songs by him (although I only have 6 cds by him) and I just saw a video for Gold and that is really good too.

As Prince records go, it bombed pretty good. Sweet record, though...

mariahj said:

it sold 500,000 copies which certified it as Gold..it peaked on the billboard album chart at #6 and stayed on the charts 8 weeks...the sales figures arent that bad when you factor in Prince lost interest in the album by the time it was released and didnt really promote it.....this was a great album that i think was Prince's "Purple Rain" of 90's and i think it would have gone multiplatinum if it werent for all the crap that was going with Prince and Warner Bros

The Gold Experience didn't sell well according to the music industry expectation that a record must sell millions of copies to be successful and if it doesn't it's a flop. A half million copies is pretty good, in my opinion. I would be quite happy if I sold that many records.

I've always tried to use sales of Prince's less successful records to find out how many "true" Prince fans there are out there (assuming they will by every one of his CDs). Chaos and Disorder, which hardly recieved any promotion, sold 100,000 copies.

I could never understand how it was considered a flop either. Two of my favorite CD's are GE and Chaos and Disorder. Neither one did well but I wonder what sales are like on those within the last 3-4 months???? I bet he's sold quite a few copies of Chaos and he would GE, too, if it were still available. For me, they're both rocking.

It's a terrible album.

darladee said:

When Chaos & Disorder was released I used 2 work in a wrecka stow, That album really got to the serious collectors (not only P collector's) It was a raw and right in your face kind of album... There even was an english mag that devoted the cover and an article to the greatness of this album...
Needles 2 say I love this album... Back 2 topic..

Unfortunately yes the Gold Experience didn't receive the amount of listeners it was supposed 2 reach... though the song I hate u was played regurly on the radio over here...

darladee said:

GE & C&D are two of my favorites!

Victor333 said:

Well count me in. I've got it on my shelf. I'm one of only 16,000 that bought it in the UK!

BinaryJustin said:

*SMACK!* TERRIBLE?!

BinaryJustin said:

Bargain Bin favourite...
Edit!

BinaryJustin said:

dude, you like that new power soul album, and that was fucking retarded. that album is not only the worst prince album, it has to be one of the worst peices of shit in recording history.

Ashtheking said:

Yes, indeed! William Shatner did better albums!!

TGE is fantastic.

MaquisVixen said:

As Ash stated, BJ is a fan of NPS, and is always hating on TGE. Now, I wouldn't be as harsh as Ash was, but I gotta agree with the sentiment! TGE is a superb, tight album, while NPS is Prince at his worst (easily my least favorite album of his).

TGE---> Vegas

It sold just over 500,000 copies. By the time it came out, most of the tracks were 2 years old and Prince had lost interest in promoting it.

Diamonds and Pearls sold over 5 million by comparison, his biggest seller of the 90's. His famous $100 million contract was only valid if he sold 5 million each album - because his sales figures dipped after d&p, he never got that total amount.

I've been reading the Vault, oh yes.

[Well count me in. I've got it on my shelf. I'm one of only 16,000 that bought it in the UK!]

Wow! I didn't know he sold only 16,000 copies of TGE in the UK that's too bad. Is it true??
My god, that's a shame!

I love this album..... should of made the top ten.

NPS was a funky cd and would have been a helluva live show with the band he has now!

My favourite Prince album - I've got 3 copies, just in case something happens to one of them!

BinaryJustin said:

F.U.

JediMaster said:

William Shatner to release new album

William Shatner has recorded a new album featuring a guest appearance by US punk legend Henry Rollins.

Shatner, who played Captain James T Kirk in the original TV series of Star Trek, has also enlisted Joe Jackson and US country star Brad Paisley to guest on the album.

The album will be produced by Ben Folds, leader of the Ben Folds Five, reports the New York Post.

Shatner is generally acknowledged as having recorded the worst ever version of a Beatles' song.

He released his spoken word cover of Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds in 1968.

To say it was a flop is to say it was catapulted at commercial success, which it never really was.

Emancipation and Rave - those are flops, TGE is just another undiscovered Prince gem for fans.

The sad thing is, it had the make-up to be Prince's biggest record of the 90s, full of single material - If it was released with the backing of artist and record company, it would have flown.

Musicology isn't a patch on TGE, yet it's been a huge commercial success - again, I echo the often told truth that money is the only reason Musicology is a success.

There couldn't have been much promotion. I remember I hadn't even heard he had a new release coming out. I just saw it on sale in the wrecka sto. Same with C&D.

Well, I'm sorry...

You go watch Prince play live this year and what's he gonna play? 'Dolphin' or 'The One'?

I agree that TGE was the Purple Rain of the 90's. I also love C&D. And I for one have never understood all of the complaints about NPS. The One, Come On, Until Ure In My Arms Again and Wasted Kisses are all songs that I consider classic Prince. When U Love Somebody and Mad Sex are also a gems. I might skip the others on occasion, but if I'm in a funky mood, my finger get's no where near the skip button on the entire album.

BinaryJustin said:

Both times I saw him, they played the shit out of "Shhh"...

mariahj said:

It bombed with my ex-girlfriend and it didn't do so well on the charts. But I think with a LOT of Prince fans, it was his musical comeback. The boy got energy again!

And Pussy Control is so damn funky, rappy and rockin', it still makes me shake my booty like it's 1999! pussy, puSSY, PUSSY!

Luv & Peace,
Alex
Clubbin' in Mpls/A Night w. Prince

NouveauDance said:

You're so right. TGE is a hundred times the album Musicology is. If ANY album should be used to show disgruntled old 80's fans that Prince still has IT past his prime decade, it's TGE.

That's why I always laugh at the total bullshit of some mainstream comments like "Musicology is the best Prince album since Lovesexy", etc.

It was just a victim of Prince's fight with Warners and his whole making ridiculous career decisions period.
[This message was edited Wed Aug 11 3:00:27 2004 by PurpleKnight]

according to music&media and some others TGE sold 1.2 milions worldwide including over 500k in the US market. U consider it a flop....? Come on...It's good.