Just seen an article posted on twitter ( mentioned article )and it got me thinking as the C-Note album tracks (except for one) are names of places, do you think that the fact that earth creates a C-note was the reason for the title?

Apologies if this has been previously discussed.

cnote is a nickname for a hundred dollar bill, the price of the membership that year when members of npgmc were complaining about what they got for their money

Damn I like the whole planet thing alot better

80rn7rue said:

Damn I like the whole planet thing alot better

Im sure t had nothing to do with planets

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80rn7rue said:

Just seen an article posted on twitter ( mentioned article )and it got me thinking as the C-Note album tracks (except for one) are names of places, do you think that the fact that earth creates a C-note was the reason for the title?

Apologies if this has been previously discussed.

Yes, I think it's the $100 bill thing, most def. But tell us about the earth C-note thing - I have no idea what that is.

Copenhagen

Nagoya

Osaka

Tokyo

Empty Room

Soundchecks played in the city that each track was named for. Not sure where Emtpy Room was played and can't be arsed googling it.

C-Note is the only Prince album I still haven't listened to.

thedance said:

C-Note and Xpectation are the albums that when a song pops up on shuffle, I think "what is this? It's great!"

C-Note is fine, but with it, Xpectation, N.E.W.S., and half of Rainbow Children, it was all too samey-sounding in that period. 10 years later, in smaller chunks, it works much better.

fms said:

80rn7rue said:

Just seen an article posted on twitter ( mentioned article )and it got me thinking as the C-Note album tracks (except for one) are names of places, do you think that the fact that earth creates a C-note was the reason for the title?

Apologies if this has been previously discussed.

Yes, I think it's the $100 bill thing, most def. But tell us about the earth C-note thing - I have no idea what that is.

Check the link posted by the op. The eart makes a sound as it moves:

If we imagine a piano keyboard without limitation, the sound of the earth is a "C sharp" placed 29 octaves below middle C (about 4.7 meters left of the piano bench)

It would be pretty awesome if the music played on C-note is all in C-sharp. But I don't think it is. It was really a jab at the fans complaining they basically waited an entire year to receive at least 4 new Prince albums but then only got a box set for $100

billymeade said:

C-Note and Xpectation are the albums that when a song pops up on shuffle, I think "what is this? It's great!"

C-Note is fine, but with it, Xpectation, N.E.W.S., and half of Rainbow Children, it was all too samey-sounding in that period. 10 years later, in smaller chunks, it works much better.

Several years ago, I created my own CD combining the Xpectation and C-Note, leaving out Empty Room from C-Note, as it doesn't fit the jazz fusion vibe of the rest of the music. I call it Xpedition, and I find it an impressive instrumental companion piece to The Rainbow Children, its rough contemporary.

thedance said:

C-Note is the only Prince album I still haven't listened to.

The version of Empty Room is simply stunning