Prince Musicology Release Party

Dynamic 2004 Prince Acoustic & Electric Performance Released April 20, 2004 by NPG Records, Prince s 28th studio album, Musicology, proved to be his most successful in many years, reaching the Top 5 in the US, UK, Germany, and other major music territories. Prince s first record in five years to be released through a major label (Sony Music, who distributed the album), it was partially recorded in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, the performer s first release to be recorded outside Minneapolis. In the wake of the album s release, Prince and his ever growing NPG entourage played what was billed, The Musicology Release Party at Webster Hall in New York on the very day the record hit the shops, to an invite-only audience. Featuring a five song solo-acoustic set plus full band performances of cuts from the new album , the entire affair was recorded for live TV broadcast on MTV and VH1. A few weeks before this extraordinary event, Prince and NPG performed at San Francisco s Fillmore venue on 16th February, and tracks from this earlier show are also included here as bonus cuts. 1. Musicology 3:30 2. Dear Mr Man 3:58 3. Cream 2:54 4. I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man 1:32 5. Sweet Thing 1:24 6. Proud Mary 0:41 7. Sometimes It Snows In April 1:30 8. Life O' The Party 4:16 9. Soul Man 1:56 10. Kiss 2:47 11. Funky Jam 5:11 12. The Everlasting Now 5:55 13. Take Me With U 2:52 14. I Want To Take You Higher 3:43 15. There Was A Time 2:27 16. Days Of Wild 10:13 17. America 4:00 18. Psychoticbumpschool/House Party (ft. Chance Howard) 4:55 19. No Diggity (ft. Chance Howard) 5:37 20. Down By The Riverside 3:13