http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?pamg&sql10:qdjp7i26g7xr link] * Robert Christgau (A-) http://robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?namePrince link] * [[Entertainment Weekly]](C+) http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1174173,00.html link] * [[Los Angeles Times]]http://articles.latimes.com/2006/mar/19/entertainment/ca-rack19.1 link] * [[The New York Times|New York Times]](favorable) http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/20/arts/music/20choi.html link] * [[Newsday]](A) http://weblogs.newsday.com/entertainment/music/blog/2006/03/prince_3121.html link] * Pitchfork Media (6.0/10) http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21054/Prince_3121 link] * [[Rolling Stone]]http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cdrev/prince-rs.php link] * Stylus Magazine (A-) http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID3915 link] * [[Village Voice]](favorable) http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-04-25/music/princely-digs/ link] | Last album [[Musicology (album)|Musicology]]lt;br />(2004) | This album 3121
(2006) | Next album = [[Planet Earth (album)|Planet Earth]]
(2007) | Misc }} 3121 (pronounced "thirty-one twenty-one") is a studio album by [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]. The album, released March 21, 2006 in [[North America]], is distributed through [[Universal Records]]. ==Album information== The albums first single, "[[Te Amo Corazón]]", was released in the United States on December 13, 2005, and debuted at number twenty on the [[VH1]] countdown; the second single, "[[Black Sweat]]", was released on February 2, 2006.http://www.princevault.com/index.php/Album:_3121 The title of the album was believed to be a reference to the address of Princes rented [[Los Angeles]] mansion. A lawsuit filed against Prince by the landlord ([[National Basketball Association|NBA]] player [[Carlos Boozer]]) indicates an entirely different address (1235 Sierra Alta Way).{{cite web|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0320063prince4.html |title=Extreme Makeover: Prince Edition - March 20, 2006 |publisher=Thesmokinggun.com |date=2006-03-20 |accessdate=2010-03-15}} However, Prince has repeatedly referred to the property as "3121"; indeed, the lawsuit alleges he painted 3121 on the exterior of the property, and the album liner notes indicate that it was "recorded at Paisley Park Studios and 3121." According to another explanation the albums title refers to a verse in the Bible (Psalms 31:21). "Blessed be Jehovah (God/Yahweh), For he has rendered wonderful loving-kindness to me in a city under stress." Prince made a reference to this during a performance of the title track on the 2006 BET Awards "Wheres the real party at? Shake your tambourines! Black Entertainment Television read Psalms; thats where it is." Album sessions started in November 2004 with the recording of the song "3121" with Michael Bland and Sonny T Ostensibly inspired by the 1964 childrens novel [[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]] Prince included a limited number of "purple tickets" with the album. Lucky winners who found tickets were flown in from Europe, Asia, Mexico and the US to attend a semi-private performance (along with a long list of celebrities) at Princes home in Los Angeles [[3121]]is supposed to be the soundtrack to the [[3121 (film)|3121]]film. Since, it is not released due to sake of authenticity, the disc said "3121-The Music" in case of another movie of the same name is released. 3121reinforced Princes big comeback after the release of 2004s [[Musicology (album)|Musicology]] It became the first Prince album ever to debut at #1, with 183,436 sold in its first week. It knocked the soundtrack for [[High School Musical]]off the top spot, and became Princes first #1 album since 1989s [[Batman (album)|Batman]] Eventually it was certified Gold (for over 500,000 copies sold) by the RIAA

Track listing

Written by Prince except where indicated # "3121" – 4:31 # "Lolita" – 4:06 # "Te Amo Corazón – 3:35 # "Black Sweat – 3:12 # "Incense and Candles" – 4:04 # "Love" – 5:45 # "Satisfied" – 2:50 # "Fury (song) – 4:02 # "The Word" – 4:11 # "Beautiful, Loved and Blessed" (Prince, Támar – 5:43 # "The Dance" – 5:20 # "Get On the Boat" – 6:18

Personnel

*Drummer Michael Bland (on "3121"), Cora Coleman Dunham (on "Te Amo Corazón", "Get On the Boat") *Bassist Sonny T (on "3121"), Joshua Dunham (on "Te Amo Corazón", "Get On the Boat") *Horn section Maceo Parker Candy Dulfer Greg Boyer and Ray *Percussionist Herbert Urena, Ricky Salas (on "Te Amo Corazón"), Sheila E. (on "Get On the Boat") *Strings (music) arrangement Clare Fischer *Backing vocalist The New Power Generation (shouts), Támar (and co-lead on "Beautiful, Loved and Blessed") *All other instruments and voices: Prince *Record producer by Prince *Photography Afshin Shahidi *Designer Sam Jennings *Sound recording and reproduction at Paisley Park Studios and 3121 *Audio engineering by Ian Boxill, L. Stu Young *Assisted by Lisa Chamblee Hampton *Audio mastering at Bernie Grundman

References

External links

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