PrinceThe Rainbow Children

Label:

The Prince Estate – 19075918041S1

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue , Crystal Clear

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Non-Music

Style:

Sermon

Tracklist

A1 Rainbow Children 10:03
A2 Muse 2 The Pharaoh 4:21
A3 Digital Garden 4:07
B1 The Work Pt. 1 4:28
B2 Everywhere 2:55
B3 The Sensual Everafter 2:58
B4 Mellow 4:24
C1 1+1+1 Is 3 5:17
C2 Deconstruction 1:59
C3 Wedding Feast 0:54
C4 She Loves Me 4 Me 2:49
C5 Family Name 8:17
D1 The Everlasting Now 8:18
D2 Last December 7:58
D3 (no audio) 1:00
D4 Last December (Reprise) 0:38

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyWe Are Vinyl
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗The Prince Estate
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗NPG Records, Inc.
  • Copyright ©The Prince Estate
  • Copyright ©NPG Records, Inc.
  • Manufactured BySony Music Entertainment
  • Distributed BySony Music Entertainment
  • Manufactured ByNoiseland Industries – 18-0490
  • Recorded AtPaisley Park Studios
  • Mixed AtPaisley Park Studios
  • Mastered AtBernie Grundman Mastering
  • Lacquer Cut AtSST GmbH
  • Pressed ByMPO

Credits

  • Backing Vocals [Backing Vox]Mr. Hayes
  • Bass [Bazz]Mr. Larry Graham Jr.* (tracks: B1, D2)
  • Design [Design By]Jeremy Gavin
  • Drums [Drumz]John Blackwell
  • Edited By [Pro Tools Editing By]Joe Lepinski
  • Horns [Group Hornz]Hornheadz*
  • IllustrationC'Babi
  • Instruments [All Other Instruments-Digital Or Otherwise], Lead Vocals [Lead And Co-Lead Vox], Percussion, Effects [Sound FX]Prince
  • Lacquer Cut BySST (8)
  • Mastered ByBrian Gardner
  • Mastered By [Assisted By]Joe Lepinski
  • ProducerPrince
  • Recorded By, Mixed ByPrince
  • Soprano Saxophone [Soprano Sax Appeal], FluteNajee

Notes

Yellow hype sticker on shrink, front:
2XLP Reissue of the controversial album from Prince
Limited edition crystal clear vinyl & rainbow slipmat
includes "The Work Pt.1" & "1+1+1 is 3"
19075918041S1

Sticker on shrink, back:
Tracklist ['chapter one' to 'chapter fourteen' / the reprise is not listed]
Barcode

Gatefold cover
℗ 2001 & © 2001, 2020 The Prince Estate/NPG Records, Inc. manufactured and distributed by Sony Music Entertainment/25 Madison Avenue, New York [...] Made in the EU. [...] 19075918041

16 pages booklet with lyrics & credits

Labels:
℗ 2001 & © 2001, 2020 The Prince Estate/NPG Records, Inc. manufactured and distributed by Sony Music Entertainment.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 19075-91804-1 9
  • Rights Society (Booklet): ASCAP
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 19075918041A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 19075918041B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C label): 19075918041C
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D label): 19075918041D
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side A): 18-0490NL_19075918041 A [MPO logo] 20 154427 SST
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side B): 18-0490NL_19075918041 B [MPO logo] 20 152080 SST
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side C): 18-0490NL_19075918041 C [MPO logo] 20 154502 SST
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout Side D): 18-0490NL_19075918041 D2

Other Versions (5 of 31)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
The Rainbow Children (CD, Album, Stereo, Digipak) Redline Entertainment 70004-2, 70004 US 2001
New Submission
The Rainbow Children (2×LP, Album) Redline Entertainment 70004 US 2001
Recently Edited
The Rainbow Children (CD, Album, Digipak) Redline Entertainment 3081502, #70004-2 2001
New Submission
The Rainbow Children (CD, Album, Digipak) Shock (2) CTX149CD Australia 2001
New Submission
The Rainbow Children (CDr, Album, Unofficial Release, Cardsleeve) NPG Records (2) NPGMC09 2001

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Reviews

  • sinnersainthuman's avatar
    One of the most underrated Prince records out there. The pressing is great, I have slight surface noise on two tracks only the rest is perfection.
    • isaacmusicman's avatar
      isaacmusicman
      Edited one year ago
      By this time of his life, "Prince" (as he reclaimed his rightful name), was going through a lot of changes...

      He was studying the Bible with "Larry Graham" for some time (who is known to be of the "Jehovah Witness" faith)....And through those studies, "Prince" found himself at a crossroads....He made a lot a changes in his life, because he experience a lot of tragedies (losing his child, and his divorce from "Mayte")...

      But the one thing that didn't change is his resolve to make Stunning Music....That's where "The Rainbow Children" comes into play...Initially, it was released by a small company called "Redline Entertainment", but you could still find it everywhere (I'm sure because it was "Prince")....

      His personnel on here was small....You had newcomer "John Blackwell" (Drums) along with classic Saxophone and Flute player "Najee", with "Prince" doing the others instruments himself....

      The "Title Track" ushers in where "Prince" was coming from Spiritually, that way there was no confusion...The music is loose but tight at the same time, with room to breath....

      Other songs that help with that is "The Work Pt. 1" (talking about Field Service), "1+1+1 Is 3", the FANTASTIC and "FUNKY" "The Everlasting Now", and the terrific album closer "Last December"...

      Not all the songs talk about the faith....

      "Mellow" is labeled just as it sounds....

      "Family Name" is straight "Funk" to your brain....

      And "She Loves Me 4 Me" is a smooth Slow Jam, even though I feel like it's too short....

      I bought this one on Vinyl and it sounds terrific...I do understand that some didn't agree with his choice of Faith (as I share the same Faith), but I am glad that people do appreciate this body of work as it truly is, a body of work...

      After getting his Spiritual focus, then he got his Musical focus back, and that is what we loved about him.....
      • DelboRecords's avatar
        DelboRecords
        Edited 4 years ago
        My mint copy has noticeable noise in the right channel on Side A, tracks 2 & 3 in particular. (Edit: realized this is caused by a slight warp.) Sides C & D clear as a bell! As for the music, many necessary tracks for Prince fans: "Muse 2 the Pharaoh," "The Work," "1+1+1 is 3,""Family Name," "The Everlasting Now." Great live drummer, Prince signature wailing rock guitar solos scattered throughout.

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