The cover art for the first single "Walk In Sand" has just been leaked:

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squirrelgrease said:

squirrelgrease said:

The cover art for the first single "Walk In Sand" has just been leaked:

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I stopped breathing for a minute!

serk said:

is the album titel 20TEN confirmed already? I doubt that the titel will be 20TEN. The advertisement in the German rolling stone magazin says 'SOMETHING BIG 4 20TEN'. I'm not a native English speaker, but as I understand, either the Titel is 'SOMETHING BIG 4 20TEN' or it's something else and the ad only announces something big for 2010, I can't read out any CD Titel. What do you think?

Yeah, I had the same question too. I mean 2010 is 20TEN. No "official" title that I know of thus far.

Clubkid said:

Here's the real track list:

1. I've Lost It
2. Not Funky Anymore
3. R&B Cover Song
4. Hip Replacement
5. (Eye Used 2 B) Good
6. Uninspired
7. $77 4 Nothing
8. I Love Jehovah (But Jehovah Don't Love Me)
9. Eye Hate My Fans
10. Tweakercity

Sounds like a winner

Hidden Tracks:

11. Why my fans are stuck in the 80's

12. Eye only got into him because he looked Gay and White and not Black

13. Eye could do anything better than Prince

14. If only eye had talent

15. Eye made that Black MF rich, he owes me

16. Eye need to recapture my youth again Prince

serk said:

is the album titel 20TEN confirmed already? I doubt that the titel will be 20TEN. The advertisement in the German rolling stone magazin says 'SOMETHING BIG 4 20TEN'. I'm not a native English speaker, but as I understand, either the Titel is 'SOMETHING BIG 4 20TEN' or it's something else and the ad only announces something big for 2010, I can't read out any CD Titel. What do you think?

Yes, the actual album title has been confirmed as "20TEN".

I think it 's a very clever way to release new music.

The coverage of newspapers, especially global ones around the world dwarfs the reach of the music industry. We're talking millions and millions of readers. If Prince is able to keep making these deals with big news papers , he could easily reach people who didn't know he was still alive.

Strictly from the perspective of taking the music to the masses, it's a clever and (though I think it was done before Prince) way to distribute music to the masses. Whatever his profit margin is for something like this, the real success is just 'growing the franchise' or 'promoting the product line' so to speak.

HOWEVER, that shit better not be a lackluster, boring, album. Prince needs to wow people also. He'll convert a good number of people to fans if he does.

IstenSzek said:

ARock said:

Since this is the sticky on 20TEN I'm gonna repost the tracklist as posted in the previous thread and moquake 1. Compassion 2. Beginning Endlessly 3. Future Love Song 4. Sticky Like Glue 5. Lavaux 6. Act Of God 7. Walk In Sand 8. Sea Of Everything 9. Everybody Loves Me

this could be a couple of years old since there is a lyric called "glue" in the 21 nights book:

GLUE

eye still keep ur picture upon my shelf

next 2 a single slice of burnt toast

cuz eye can't figure 4 the life of me

which one eye loathe the most

u know eye'm lying

eye really miss u baby

u know it's true

wish u were here right now

on me -

stuck like glue

OMG, you actually OWN and read the book?

BorisFishpaw said:

serk said:

is the album titel 20TEN confirmed already? I doubt that the titel will be 20TEN. The advertisement in the German rolling stone magazin says 'SOMETHING BIG 4 20TEN'. I'm not a native English speaker, but as I understand, either the Titel is 'SOMETHING BIG 4 20TEN' or it's something else and the ad only announces something big for 2010, I can't read out any CD Titel. What do you think?

Yes, the actual album title has been confirmed as "20TEN".

Just awful. The guy is seemingly bereft of imagination. Teenagers in bus shelters tag them with juvenile crap like that.

20TEN.

Embarrassing. I guess time is no longer a trick.

from the previous thread:

we need to have compassion,

and begin this endlessly.

we're all a future love song,

sticky like glue,

an act of god,

simple as a walk in the sand,

just a raindrop in the sea of everything,

where everybody loves me.

wishing Prince all the best with his new project

1999 3121 20TEN ... Mathematician added to the list.

chocolate1 said:

damn said:

It takes the fun out of going out and buying the album, and I'm guessing the packaging and all is going to be cheap.

Still it's new music

That's just it, and I agree...I don't care much if the CD came in nothing but a plain brown envelope with nothing else AS LONG AS THE MUSIC IS GOOD. (well, I'd care in the sense of that not being much for protecting the CD from damage, but you get my drift)

"20Ten":

a Danish article is now on gaffa.dk - in danish -

http://gaffa.dk/nyhed/40854

wont matter if its a poor album or his best ever.....releasing it this way means it will be ignored by most people and will quickly fade from view....get yourself a record deal....get a single and video out and promote it properly then get the album in the shops ......then at least it might be noticed.....

ARock said:

Since this is the sticky on 20TEN I'm gonna repost the tracklist as posted in the previous thread and moquake

1. Compassion

2. Beginning Endlessly

3. Future Love Song

4. Sticky Like Glue

5. Lavaux

6. Act Of God

7. Walk In Sand

8. Sea Of Everything

9. Everybody Loves Me

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

ARock said:

9. Everybody Loves Me

Marrk said:

BorisFishpaw said:

Yes, the actual album title has been confirmed as "20TEN".

Just awful. The guy is seemingly bereft of imagination. Teenagers in bus shelters tag them with juvenile crap like that.

20TEN.

Embarrassing. I guess time is no longer a trick.

What´s really embarassing is whining like this about a album title.

chocolate1 said:

What about here in the US?

I hope he releases it through stores in the UK. A distribution deal, maybe through Warners.

The general public are not aware of music industry battles and do not comprehend the reason for giving CD's away. Most consider these 'freebies'. In some ways, it devalues the music.

Plus, after the giveaway with 'P.E' and the sold-out '21 Nights', the UK record-buying public (anyone thirty-plus that is) are very aware of him again. A retail album may capitalize on this success.

Also, I want a proper case.

blackbob said:

wont matter if its a poor album or his best ever.....releasing it this way means it will be ignored by most people and will quickly fade from view....get yourself a record deal....get a single and video out and promote it properly then get the album in the shops ......then at least it might be noticed.....

I agree.

Prince has been successful in Europe again since the '07 '21 Nights' to Paris and the upcoming gigs. He needs to capitalize on this with a UK-based and/or Europe-based, distribution deal.

I guess you remember Edel? That seemed to do well for Prince in 1994.

im not 100% on the uk distribution as my newsagent stands guard but america has 2 pay.the deal looks in the works with warner for those poorly catered for

damn said:

They are so many haters. They already think the album is lame although they haven't heard a single note.

I hope it's a good one

I hope I'll be surprised

fantasticjoy said:

as long as youve got a pc or a cornershop its all good.and when people attempt to cheapen prince and his music just remember most of the doubters are retards.ive always referred prince as the musician's musician because of how damn good he is.i cant wait to get the new disk.import or not.

I think its a clever way to distribute music, although, but when that issue is over how does one go about getting it? Its good as a one off deal, but then its not available in the long term, that's my only concern. Its a great way to make it widely available for a very short period of time.

wow ive been out of town for 3 days with no internet connection and i missed all of this

so there is gonna be a new album for sure omg

now the beat is on my friends, get ready

future love song interesting title ready to hear some lyrics too this baby

Everybody Loves Me ..wow if this is real ,then this title seems really deep when you think about

but all in all .....me so excited

The method of distribution worked in his favor before with 'Planet Earth'. It made him money and garnered press for the concept and in effect promoted the disc. Hopefully these deals are beneficial to both the magazines/newspapers and to Prince. I'd like to see him do more of these deals.

For everyone who thinks it's all about money for Prince...

Guess what the man needs to earn a living just like normal folks. Get off the soapbox and get real. I don't see any of you going into work on Monday and telling your boss to keep your paycheck.

ARock said:

Since this is the sticky on 20TEN I'm gonna repost the tracklist as posted in the previous thread and moquake 1. Compassion 2. Beginning Endlessly 3. Future Love Song 4. Sticky Like Glue 5. Lavaux 6. Act Of God 7. Walk In Sand 8. Sea Of Everything 9. Everybody Loves Me

Mind telling where this comes from?

With no "Hot Summer" in it while "Hot Summer" was sent to french radios as being "the 1st single from the september album" this tracklist can only mean 3 things:

1) This tracklist is another boring fake

2) Prince changed his mind at the last minute (again)

3) There will be a magazine album in july ("20ten") and another one, with a usual release on some major wreck company, in september (unlikely but possible)

[Edited 6/26/10 18:53pm]