Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. Crystal Ball
2. Dream Factory
3. Acknowledge Me
4. Ripopgodazippa
5. Love Sign
6. Hide the Bone
7. 2morrow
8. So Dark
9. Movie Star
10. Tell Me How U Wanna B Done
DISC 2:
1. Interactive
2. Da Bang
3. Calhoun Square
4. What's My Name
5. Crucial
6. Honest Man, An
7. Sexual Suicide
8. Cloreen Bacon Skin
9. Good Love
10. Strays of the World
DISC 3:
1. Days of Wild
2. Last Heart
3. Poom Poom
4. She Gave Her Angels
5. 18 and Over
6. Ride, The
7. Get Loose
8. P. Contro
9. Make Your Mama Happy
10. Goodbye
DISC 4:
1. Truth, The
2. Don't Play Me
3. Circle of Amour
4. 3rd I
5. Dionne
6. Man in a Uniform
7. Animal Kingdom
8. Other Side of the Pillow, The
9. Fascination
10. One of Your Tears
11. Comeback
12. Welcome 2 the Dawn
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Carmen Electra, Carmen Elektra | | Producer: | Prince | | Distributor: | (Independently by Label) | | Recording Type: | Mixed | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
CRYSTAL BALL is a 4-CD set of rarities and B-sides.
Personnel includes: Prince (vocals, various instruments); Carmen Electra (vocals); Mike Scott (guitar); Kathy J. (clarinet); NPG Horz (horns); Tommy Barbarella, Mr. Hayes (keyboards); Sonny T. (bass); Michael B. (drums, percussion); KAJ, Eric Anest, Keith Cohen (programming); Susannah Melvoin. Bonni Boyer (background vocals).
Producers include: Prince, Kirk Johnson, Ricky Peterson.
Engineers include: Prince, Joe Blaney, HM BUff.
Personnel: Prince (vocals); Michael B., Sonny T. (vocals, guitar, horns, background vocals); Yo Mama (vocals, guitar); D.K. Dyson, Kirk "KjustinJ" Johnson, Rhonda Smith (vocals, percussion); Susannah Melvoin, Mayte (vocals, background vocals); Carmen Electra (vocals); Tommy Barbarella (guitar, recorder, background vocals); Yo Grandma (guitar, claves); Mr. Hayes (guitar, background vocals); Mike Scott (guitar); Kathy Jensen (clarinet); Eric Leeds (saxophone, horns); Kirk Johnson (percussion, programming); Keith "KC" Cohen, Airiq Anest, Keith Cohen, Ricky Peterson, Kaj (programming).
Audio Mixers: Kirky J.; Prince; Shock-G.
Recording information: Davout-Paris; KAJ Productions; Larrabee; Paisley Park Studios; Record Plant; Sunset sound.
Unknown Contributor Roles: Dave Jensen; Steve Strand; Michael B. Nelson; Mr. Hayes; Brian Gallagher.
Arrangers: Clare Fischer; Prince.
Leave it to the Artist Formerly Known As to continue blazing new trails. Not satisfied with simply being a musical pioneer, he's applied his adventurous spirit to the world of retail, eschewing traditional record company distribution for the 4-disc CRYSTAL BALL set, and instead marketing it chiefly through the Internet. As he casts off the shackles of music business slavery (a process already begun on the preceding EMANCIPATION), he frees his muse to lead him even further on his musical journey.
As ever, the man with the purple plan is wildly eclectic and outrageously soulful. He moves from the stone-cold funk of "Hide The Bone" to the gorgeous, elegant balladry of "Goodbye" with such seamless agility that he seems almost schizophrenic in his versatility. While danceable grooves and lustful exclamations abound, there's an underlying spiritual element at work here that gives extra depth to CRYSTAL BALL, and expands our vision of The Artist.
Editorial Reviews
...CRYSTAL BALL...offers an astonishing view into the Artist's breadth as, well, an artist, capturing sides of him never before exposed....BALL is for aficionados, making crystal clear that [Prince] isn't a prepackaged pop star but an idiosyncratically brilliant fringe dweller who had a few big chart smashes... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (03/20/1998)
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