Released May 26, 2003 Length 56:00 N·E·W·S
(2003) Musicology
(2004) Release date 26 May 2003 | Recorded February 6, 2003 Label NPG Artist Prince Producer Prince | |
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Genres Funk, Instrumental, Jazz fusion Nominations Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album Similar Prince albums, Funk albums | ||
N·E·W·S is the twenty-seventh studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on May 26, 2003 by NPG Records. The album is the second instrumental album released under Prince's own name, containing four tracks of 14 minutes duration each. Recorded at Prince's Paisley Park Studios over a single day, the album was initially available through Prince's NPG Music Club website on May 26, 2003 before becoming widely commercially available on July 29. The album can be seen as a modern incarnation of Madhouse, but this time as a Prince release. Original Madhouse member Eric Leeds lends his talents, as well as The New Power Generation members John Blackwell, Rhonda Smith and Renato Neto. The album is reportedly the lowest-selling Prince album released to date, with just 30,000 copies sold, but it did become a top ten hit on the Billboard Internet sales chart, and garnered a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Instrumental Performance.
Contents
Track listing
All songs written and produced by Prince.
Band members
Songs
1North14:00
2East14:00
3West14:00