- r&b
- 180 min
- 36 tracks
- NPG Records
Emancipation is the nineteenth studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on November 19, 1996, by NPG Records and EMI Records as a triple album. The title refers to Prince's freedom from his contract with Warner Bros. Records after 18 years, with which he had a contentious relationship. The album was Prince's third to be released that year, which made 1996 one of the most prolific years for material released by Prince.
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Spare, character-led, grave and contemporary.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Blender4/5 ★
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- The Guardian4/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times4/4 ★
- Music Week4/5 ★
- NME5/10
- Q4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- Spin7/10
- The Village VoiceA−
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Tracks
- 1Jam of the Year6:10
- 2Right Back Here in My Arms4:44
- 3Somebody’s Somebody4:44
- 4Get Yo Groove On6:32
- 5Courtin’ Time2:47
- 6Betcha by Golly Wow!3:31
- 7We Gets Up4:19
- 8White Mansion4:48
- 9Damned If I Do5:21
- 10I Can’t Make U Love Me6:38
- 11Mr. Happy4:47
- 12In This Bed I Scream5:41
- 1Sex in the Summer5:58
- 2One Kiss at a Time4:41
- 3Soul Sanctuary4:42
- 4Emale3:39
- 5Curious Child2:57
- 6Dreamin’ About U3:53
- 7Joint 2 Joint7:53
- 8The Holy River6:56
- 9Let’s Have a Baby4:08
- 10Saviour5:49
- 11The Plan1:48
- 12Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife7:38
- 1Slave4:51
- 2New World3:43
- 3The Human Body5:42
- 4Face Down3:17
- 5La, La, La Means I Love U3:59
- 6Style6:41
- 7Sleep Around7:43
- 8Da, Da, Da5:16
- 9My Computer4:37
- 10One of Us5:20
- 11The Love We Make4:39
- 12Emancipation4:13
36 tracks, 180 minutes.
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