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Art Official Age

April 12, 2024

Art Official Age is the thirty-seventh studio album by American recording artist Prince.[1][2] It was released on September 26, 2014 by NPG Records under a renewed license to Warner Bros. Records, marking the second collaboration of both parties since 1995's The Gold Experience.

Art Official Age
Studio album by
Prince
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2014
Recorded2008–2013
Genre
Length53:16
LabelNPG, Warner Bros.
ProducerPrince, Joshua Welton
Prince chronology
Plectrumelectrum
(2014) 		Art Official Age
(2014) 		Hit n Run Phase One
(2015)
Singles from Art Official Age
  1. "Breakfast Can Wait"
    Released: February 4, 2013
  2. "The Breakdown"
    Released: April 18, 2014
  3. "Clouds"
    Released: August 24, 2014
  4. "U Know"
    Released: September 18, 2014 (MP3 single)
  5. "FunknRoll"
    Released: September 18, 2014 (MP3 single)

Prince released the album Plectrumelectrum, recorded with his touring band 3rdeyegirl, simultaneously.[3][4]

Commercial performance edit

Art Official Age debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 and sold 51,000 copies in its first week.[5] In its second week of sales, the album dropped to number 22 on the chart, selling 15,000 copies, bringing the total to 66,000 copies.[6]

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [7]
The A.V. ClubA−[8]
Chicago Tribune    [9]
The Daily Telegraph     [10]
Los Angeles Times    [11]
The Observer     [12]
Pitchfork6.5/10[13]
Q     [14]
Rolling Stone     [15]
Slant Magazine     [16]

Art Official Age received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 70, based on 24 reviews.[17] In his review for the Chicago Tribune, Greg Kot said that it is "a more substantial and stranger album" than Plectrumelectrum.[9] Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times called it "an exquisite Prince R&B album",[11] while The Daily Telegraph's Neil McCormick said it is "a slick, seductive electro funk sci-fi concept album".[10] Kitty Empire was favorable toward Prince's use of digital production in her review for The Observer and called it "a far better album than you'd dare hope from the latterday Prince".[12] Billboard magazine's Kenneth Partridge said Prince is "funnier, sexier, and more self-aware than he's been in ages" and that the album is his most creative since the 1990s.[18]

In a less enthusiastic review for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that Art Official Age is a "full-fledged R&B album" in the vein of Prince's work with the New Power Generation, but some of his "modernization feels a bit ham-fisted".[7] Q magazine was more critical and dismissed it as "an overlong, pan-generic concept album",[14] while Jon Pareles of The New York Times said its songs lack memorable melodies despite the "musicianly ingenuity" of their production. Pareles added that it abandons the concept established by the album's first few songs and interludes, which have Prince "waking up from suspended animation 45 years from now".[19] Robert Christgau cited "Breakfast Can Wait" and "FunknRoll" as highlights in his review for Cuepoint, facetiously remarking, "our greatest composer-performer of romantic nu-funk erotica wakes up 40 years later wishing he was Janelle Monáe".[20]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Prince

Art Official Age track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Art Official Cage" (Danish vocals by Ida Kristine Nielsen)3:41
2."Clouds" (featuring Lianne La Havas)4:34
3."Breakdown[21]"4:04
4."The Gold Standard"5:53
5."U Know" (contains a sample from the song "Blinded" by Mila J)3:56
6."Breakfast Can Wait"3:54
7."This Could Be Us"5:12
8."What It Feels Like" (featuring Andy Allo)3:53
9."Affirmation I & II" (featuring Lianne La Havas)0:40
10."Way Back Home" (featuring Delilah)3:05
11."Funknroll"4:08
12."Time" (featuring Andy Allo)6:49
13."Affirmation III" (featuring Lianne La Havas)3:28

Charts edit

References edit

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  2. ^ "Prince announces details of two studio albums". The Guardian. August 25, 2014. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  3. ^ "Prince to release two new albums Art Official Age and Plectrum Electrum on the same day". The Independent. Jess Dehnam. August 26, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  4. ^ "Prince Amps Up Funk and Soul on Two New Albums This Fall". The Rolling Stones. Kory Grow. August 25, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2014.
  5. ^ HipHopDX (October 8, 2014). "Hip Hop Album Sales: Prince, Chris Brown, Childish Gambino". HipHopDX.
  6. ^ HipHopDX (October 15, 2014). "Hip Hop Album Sales: Keyshia Cole, Childish Gambino, Tinashe, Flying Lotus". HipHopDX.
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  9. ^ a b Kot, Greg (2014). "Prince says let's go crazy in 2 different ways". Chicago Tribune. No. September 29. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  10. ^ a b McCormick, Neil (2014). "Prince, Art Official Age, first review: 'delightfully nuts'". The Daily Telegraph. No. September 26. London. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  11. ^ a b Roberts, Randall (2014). "Prince dazzles and baffles on two new releases". Los Angeles Times. No. September 29. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  12. ^ a b Empire, Kitty (2014). "Prince: Art Official Age review – partying like it's 1999 all over again". The Observer. No. October 4. London. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
  13. ^ Deusner, Stephen M. (October 3, 2014). "Prince / 3rdEyeGirl: Art Official Age/PlectrumElectrum". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
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  18. ^ Partridge, Kenneth (2014). "Album Review: Prince's First Two Albums In Four Years Are a Mixed Bag". Billboard. No. September 30. Retrieved October 23, 2014.
  19. ^ Pareles, Jon (2014). "Looking at Two Sides of Rock Royalty". The New York Times. No. September 30. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
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External links edit

  • Art Official Age at Discogs (list of releases)

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Art Official Age is the thirty seventh studio album by American recording artist Prince 1 2 It was released on September 26 2014 by NPG Records under a renewed license to Warner Bros Records marking the second collaboration of both parties since 1995 s The Gold Experience Art Official AgeStudio album by PrinceReleasedSeptember 26 2014Recorded2008 2013GenreR amp Belectro funkLength53 16LabelNPG Warner Bros ProducerPrince Joshua WeltonPrince chronologyPlectrumelectrum 2014 Art Official Age 2014 Hit n Run Phase One 2015 Singles from Art Official Age Breakfast Can Wait Released February 4 2013 The Breakdown Released April 18 2014 Clouds Released August 24 2014 U Know Released September 18 2014 MP3 single FunknRoll Released September 18 2014 MP3 single Prince released the album Plectrumelectrum recorded with his touring band 3rdeyegirl simultaneously 3 4 Contents 1 Commercial performance 2 Critical reception 3 Track listing 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 References 6 External linksCommercial performance editArt Official Age debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 and sold 51 000 copies in its first week 5 In its second week of sales the album dropped to number 22 on the chart selling 15 000 copies bringing the total to 66 000 copies 6 Critical reception editProfessional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 7 The A V ClubA 8 Chicago Tribune nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 9 The Daily Telegraph nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 10 Los Angeles Times nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 11 The Observer nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 12 Pitchfork6 5 10 13 Q nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 14 Rolling Stone nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 15 Slant Magazine nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 16 Art Official Age received generally positive reviews from music critics At Metacritic which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics the album received an average score of 70 based on 24 reviews 17 In his review for the Chicago Tribune Greg Kot said that it is a more substantial and stranger album than Plectrumelectrum 9 Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times called it an exquisite Prince R amp B album 11 while The Daily Telegraph s Neil McCormick said it is a slick seductive electro funk sci fi concept album 10 Kitty Empire was favorable toward Prince s use of digital production in her review for The Observer and called it a far better album than you d dare hope from the latterday Prince 12 Billboard magazine s Kenneth Partridge said Prince is funnier sexier and more self aware than he s been in ages and that the album is his most creative since the 1990s 18 In a less enthusiastic review for AllMusic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that Art Official Age is a full fledged R amp B album in the vein of Prince s work with the New Power Generation but some of his modernization feels a bit ham fisted 7 Q magazine was more critical and dismissed it as an overlong pan generic concept album 14 while Jon Pareles of The New York Times said its songs lack memorable melodies despite the musicianly ingenuity of their production Pareles added that it abandons the concept established by the album s first few songs and interludes which have Prince waking up from suspended animation 45 years from now 19 Robert Christgau cited Breakfast Can Wait and FunknRoll as highlights in his review for Cuepoint facetiously remarking our greatest composer performer of romantic nu funk erotica wakes up 40 years later wishing he was Janelle Monae 20 Track listing editAll tracks are written by PrinceArt Official Age track listingNo TitleLength1 Art Official Cage Danish vocals by Ida Kristine Nielsen 3 412 Clouds featuring Lianne La Havas 4 343 Breakdown 21 4 044 The Gold Standard 5 535 U Know contains a sample from the song Blinded by Mila J 3 566 Breakfast Can Wait 3 547 This Could Be Us 5 128 What It Feels Like featuring Andy Allo 3 539 Affirmation I amp II featuring Lianne La Havas 0 4010 Way Back Home featuring Delilah 3 0511 Funknroll 4 0812 Time featuring Andy Allo 6 4913 Affirmation III featuring Lianne La Havas 3 28Charts editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Art Official Age Chart 2014 PeakpositionAustralian Albums ARIA 22 15Belgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 23 8Belgian Albums Ultratop Wallonia 24 18Canadian Albums Billboard 25 21Danish Albums Hitlisten 26 3Dutch Albums Album Top 100 27 4Finnish Albums Suomen virallinen lista 28 20French Albums SNEP 29 6Hungarian Albums MAHASZ 30 3Italian Albums FIMI 31 9Japanese Albums Oricon 32 6Japanese Hot Albums Billboard Japan 33 16New Zealand Albums RMNZ 34 17Norwegian Albums VG lista 35 2Scottish Albums OCC 36 9Spanish Albums PROMUSICAE 37 16Swedish Albums Sverigetopplistan 38 9UK Albums OCC 39 8UK R amp B Albums OCC 40 1US Billboard 200 41 5US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 42 1 Year end charts edit 2014 year end chart performance for Art Official Age Chart 2014 PositionBelgian Albums Ultratop Flanders 43 147US Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 44 412015 year end chart performance for Art Official Age Chart 2015 PositionUS Top R amp B Hip Hop Albums Billboard 45 87References edit Fall Album Preview 72 Anticipated Releases Billboard August 29 2014 Retrieved September 9 2014 Prince announces details of two studio albums The Guardian August 25 2014 Retrieved October 19 2015 Prince to release two new albums Art Official Age and Plectrum Electrum on the same day The Independent Jess Dehnam August 26 2014 Retrieved September 9 2014 Prince Amps Up Funk and Soul on Two New Albums This Fall The Rolling Stones Kory Grow August 25 2014 Retrieved September 9 2014 HipHopDX October 8 2014 Hip Hop Album Sales Prince Chris Brown Childish Gambino HipHopDX HipHopDX October 15 2014 Hip Hop Album Sales Keyshia Cole Childish Gambino Tinashe Flying Lotus HipHopDX a b Erlewine Stephen Thomas Art Official Age Prince AllMusic Retrieved October 15 2014 Covington Abigail October 1 2014 Prince puts an end to his patchy period once and for all The A V Club Chicago Retrieved October 10 2014 a b Kot Greg 2014 Prince says let s go crazy in 2 different ways Chicago Tribune No September 29 Retrieved October 15 2014 a b McCormick Neil 2014 Prince Art Official Age first review delightfully nuts The Daily Telegraph No September 26 London Retrieved October 15 2014 a b Roberts Randall 2014 Prince dazzles and baffles on two new releases Los Angeles Times No September 29 Retrieved October 15 2014 a b Empire Kitty 2014 Prince Art Official Age review partying like it s 1999 all over again The Observer No October 4 London Retrieved October 15 2014 Deusner Stephen M October 3 2014 Prince 3rdEyeGirl Art Official Age PlectrumElectrum Pitchfork Retrieved October 15 2014 a b Q November London 107 2014 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint untitled periodical link Dolan Jon October 23 2014 Prince s New Album Art Official Age Rolling Stone No 1220 New York Retrieved October 15 2014 Henderson Eric October 1 2014 Prince Art Official Age Slant Magazine Retrieved October 15 2014 Reviews for Art Official Age by Prince Metacritic Retrieved October 15 2014 Partridge Kenneth 2014 Album Review Prince s First Two Albums In Four Years Are a Mixed Bag Billboard No September 30 Retrieved October 23 2014 Pareles Jon 2014 Looking at Two Sides of Rock Royalty The New York Times No September 30 Retrieved October 15 2014 Christgau Robert October 17 2014 Expert Witness Cuepoint Retrieved October 23 2014 Andy Allo Releases First Single Off Upcoming EP prurgent com Archived from the original on March 4 2016 Retrieved November 14 2014 Australiancharts com Prince Art Official Age Hung Medien Retrieved October 4 2014 Ultratop be Prince Art Official Age in Dutch Hung Medien Retrieved April 30 2016 Ultratop be Prince Art Official Age in French Hung Medien Retrieved April 30 2016 Prince Chart History Canadian Albums Billboard Retrieved October 9 2014 Danishcharts dk Prince Art Official Age Hung Medien Retrieved October 11 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