Anyone with a idea or info on when those songs were recorded? My guess was between "diamonds and pearls" and "gold"? But I dont have a clue

Just before the start of the European "Gold" Tour I would guess.

Get an avatar, and maybe people will remember you, and maybe they'll post here.

EDIT: Or maybe I should not drink and post...sorry...

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[This message was edited Sat Mar 15 7:28:19 PST 2003 by teller]

if you have the sacrifice of victor video, you can hear, at the end of Peach, what became Chaos and Disorder. it's the same riff/groove and everythang. so that was 1993 - so maybe all the way back then.
by the way, i think Chaos and Disorder was Prince's best 90's album.

i think Chaos and Disorder was Prince's best 90's album.[/quote]

At last someone has given Chaos the praise it deserves!!!
Like the picture by the way.. aah!

It was recorded pretty late in the first half of the 90's,
during a 7 day holiday or something. The NPG had some time
off and everyone was supposed to be chilling when Prince
called them up and told them to come down and record the
album, see how fast they could put it together.

So my guess is that they probably recorded 5 or 6 tracks
in a few days and than the thing was fleshed out with a
few other things here and there, like Zanalee which had
been floating around for a bit and stuff like that.

I think it dates from after The Undertaker and even from
after some of the songs recorded for Emancipation, even
though that was released later that same year.

The exact recording date is in some interview from 1995
or 1996, I can't remember.

BorisFishpaw is bound to know though, he usually had all
the facts straight, whereas I tend to babble a lot

Cool, Thanks. I dig the cd just wondering.

swdee said:

At last someone has given Chaos the praise it deserves!!!
Like the picture by the way.. aah![/quote]

damn right...i believe he even got a couple great reviews for that album as well. i even think it was the first prince album that i ever instantly loved from the first note.

milty said:

You're taking the piss, right?

[This message was edited Sat Mar 15 6:54:08 PST 2003 by Anji]

Its a very underrated album, I love its rawness, its one of my favorites.

Anji said:[quote]

milty said:

no i'm not. i truly believe prince gave Warners a fantastic album that showed how pissed off he was. the first half has some great tunes on it - Dinner with Dolores has to be a great pop ditty. P has always been a master at writing great pop - Rasp. Beret, Take Me With U, TMBGITW, etc. C&D, I lIke It There rock like nobody's business and then the second half has songs that are a bit more structured like i Will and In To The Light - ahh, Rosie Gaines is on it. that alone is worth the price of admission. The Same December and Right The Wrong are so grand they seem to heavy to comprehend. Prince has never relased anything like those two songs ever.
anyway, that's just my opinion.
hey at least it wasn't a paycheck album like RAVE was.

milty said:[quote]

Anji said:

True, very true. What's your verdict on I Rock, Therefore I Am. I actually quite like it.

i had chaos on just yesterday.
it got some really shitty reviews but i think it is superb.
This is the Rolling Stone review;

On the back of the CD booklet is a disclaimer by The Artist Formerly Known As Prince:'Originally intended 4 private use only,this compilation serves as the last original material recorded by 4 Warner Brothers Records.' His ongoing war of protest and whining against his record label is also reflected in the photos adorning the pages of the Chaos and Disorder booklet:a syringe with a dollar bill rolled up inside,a toilet with a heart floating in the water,and the master-tape vault inside Paisley Park Studio,framed by gold records.Before you hear a single note,you're prepped for a halfhearted transaction from a self-pitying celebrity.
The whole album-its vibe,purpose and effect-is summarised in the self-aggrandising 'I Rock Therefore I Am'.Elements from the proverbial kitchen sink-blaring horns,funky,stuttering drums,police sirens,rap-cum reggae style toasting-bracket defiant lyrics that flash hints of social commentary to mask what is essentially 's taunting of his record company.The lyrics gracelessly confuse the personal with the political.
Chaos and Disorder is distinguished by its confusion;even the title admits that the album's fractured parts never resolve into a thematic whole.Ai it's best,the record sounds like a collection of polished demos.More often,though,it seems like the work of a Prince impersonator-someone who has closely studied the star's moves and mannerisms but has nothing new or substantial of his own to say.It's a drag act that becomes a drag real quickly.
sings the delicate 'Dinner With Delores' in a high register,his lead vocals backed by a breezy,softly cooed chorus.Yet the result is still a less attractive twin of Sign O The Times's 'The ballad of Dorothy Parker'. The title track has a searing organ,Rosie Gaines's fiery backing vocals and wild drumming that suits 's manic blasts of lead guitar.It's wildly energetic-but also generic.
Whether he's just distracted by his record-company battles or has truly shot his wad,it's been a while since has really had anything important to say in his music.It doesnt matter what The Artist Formerly Known As Prince calls himself,Chaos and Disorder is the sound of a man repeating himself badly.
as written by Ernest Hardy.


that was a bit feckin harsh..

Wow. That was a horrible review.

And compare that to some of the really positive reviews the album got (and there were some).

I love Chaos because it was the most raw, demo-like album since Dirty Mind. Those raw, demo-like albums just fuckin' rock!

The tracks on Chaos And Disorder were mostly recorded
in 1996, though some tracks date back to 1993.

Into The Light, I Will, I Rock Therefore I Am,
Dinner With Delores & I Like It There were all
recorded during '96

Chaos And Disorder, Right The Wrong & Zannalee
were recorded in '93

The Same December was recorded in '94

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BorisFishpaw said:

Thats right
He registered the songs some time after 1993..

I still love the original version of Zannalee