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Chaos and Disorder
Studio albumby
Prince
ReleasedJuly 9, 1996
RecordedMay 1993; October 1993; Late 1994; Late 1995–early 1996; February – April 1996
Genre
Length39:13
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerPrince
Princechronology
Girl 6
(1996) 		Chaos and Disorder
(1996) 		Emancipation
(1996)
SinglesfromChaos and Disorder
  1. "Dinner with Delores"
    Released: June 12, 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer GuideA−[2]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[3]
The Guardian[4]
NME2/10[5]
Q[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]
Select1/5[9]
Tom HullB+[10]

Chaos and Disorderis the eighteenthstudio albumby American recording artistPrince.It was released on July 9, 1996, byWarner Bros. Records.The album reached number 26 in the United States—his poorest performance with an album of new material since his debut albumFor You—and number 14 in the United Kingdom.[11]Prince refused to promote the album, still engaged in his fight against his Warner Bros. contract, and it was released simply to fulfill his contractual obligations.[12]The inlay sleeve carries the message: "Originally intended 4 private use only, this compilation serves as the last original material recorded by (love symbol) 4 warner brothers records - may you live 2 see the dawn".[13]

The single "Dinner with Delores"was released in the United Kingdom only, and despite the low-key promotion, became a Top 40 hit, albeit a minor one by his previous standards. Despite having been out of print for years, the album was released digitally onTidalin 2016, and on iTunes in 2018.[14]It was reissued on CD and vinyl in September 2019. The inlay sleeve shows a bloody hypodermic needle with a dollar bill inside it, and a human heart sitting in a toilet bowl.[13]

Production, release and re-appraisal

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While Prince insisted that the album "was done very quickly", and that they were "seeing how fast and hard we could thrash it out", more than a third of it dates back to sessions forThe Gold ExperienceandCome.[15][16]It also marked the return ofRosie Gaines,who sang on five songs, andMichael B.andSonny T., in what were to be their last sessions as regularNew Power Generationmembers. A re-appraisal of the album after Prince's death lauded it as "a rocker with moments of some of Prince's finest guitar playing."[17]Another described it as a "tightly-focused, grunge-oriented rock-funk collection" where "the grit and punch of the musicianship is what gives the album its overall raw edge".[18]The Village VoicecriticRobert Christgauwrote in his review that, "anybody expecting a kissoff or a throwaway radically underestimates his irrepressible musicality. Apropos of nothing, here's a guitar album for your earhole, enhanced by a fresh if not shocking array of voices and trick sounds and cluttered now and then by horns."[2] At the time of its release, Prince told theLos Angeles Times:"I was bitter before, but now I've washed my face. I can just move on. I'm free."[15]

Warner Bros. contract

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"We've come to a point where we feel that if he's happier somewhere else, we don't have any beef with him."

— Bob Merlis, senior vice president of publicity at Warner Bros.[15]

AfterChaos and Disorderit was 18 years before Prince released another album on Warner Bros., 2014'sPlectrumelectrum,under a deal which gave back Prince control of his masters, the absence of which on his original contract had been a source of considerable acrimony.[19]

Track listing

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All songs written byPrince.

Chaos and Disordertrack listing
No.TitleLength
1."Chaos and Disorder"4:19
2."I Like It There"3:15
3."Dinner with Delores"2:46
4."The Same December"3:24
5."Right the Wrong"4:39
6."Zannalee"2:43
7."I Rock, Therefore I Am"6:15
8."Into the Light"2:46
9."I Will"3:37
10."Dig U Better Dead"3:59
11."Had U"1:26

Singles

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Charts

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Chart performance forChaos and Disorder
Chart (1996) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[20] 54
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[21] 17
Belgian Albums (UltratopFlanders)[22] 24
Belgian Albums (UltratopWallonia)[23] 47
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[24] 39
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[25] 8
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[26] 31
French Albums (SNEP)[27] 25
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[28] 42
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[29] 15
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 32
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 21
UK Albums(OCC)[32] 14
USBillboard200[33] 26

References

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  1. ^Erlewine, Stephen Thomas."Prince:Chaos and DisorderReview "atAllMusic.Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  2. ^abChristgau, Robert."Prince".robertchristgau.com.Archivedfrom the original on March 4, 2014.RetrievedSeptember 16,2011.
  3. ^Browne, David (July 26, 1996)."Chaos and Disorder(1996): Prince ".Entertainment Weekly.No. #337. Time.ISSN1049-0434.Archivedfrom the original on October 19, 2012.RetrievedSeptember 16,2011.
  4. ^"Prince: every album rated – and ranked".The Guardian.April 22, 2016.Archivedfrom the original on December 2, 2022.
  5. ^Perry, John (July 6, 1996)."TAFKAP - Chaos and Disorder".NME.Archived fromthe originalon August 17, 2000.RetrievedSeptember 16,2011.
  6. ^"Prince - Chaos and Disorder CD Album".CDUniverse.com.RetrievedSeptember 16,2011.
  7. ^Hardy, Ernes (August 22, 1996)."Prince:Chaos And Disorder".Rolling Stone.No. RS 741. Wenner Media.ISSN0035-791X.Archivedfrom the original on October 2, 2007.
  8. ^Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (2004).The New Rolling Stone Album Guide(Revised 4th ed.). Firefly.ISBN978-0-7432-0169-8.
  9. ^Gilbey, Ryan (September 1996)."The Artist Formerly Known As Prince - Chaos & Disorder".Select:99.
  10. ^Hull, Tom(n.d.)."Rock (1970s)".tomhull.com.RetrievedJuly 1,2020.
  11. ^"Chaos and Disorder> Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums "atAllMusic.Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  12. ^"Chaos and Disorder".www.goldiesparade.co.uk.Goldies Parade. Archived fromthe originalon April 2, 2015.RetrievedMarch 26,2015.
  13. ^abPrince, "Chaos and Disorder" (1996)(2019 reissue), CD inlay sleeve
  14. ^ab"T.A.F.K.A.P Full Official Chart History".Official Charts Company.Official Charts Company.RetrievedJanuary 19,2016.
  15. ^abc"From the archives:: Prince: 'If I knew the things I know now before, I wouldn't be in the music industry'".Los Angeles Times.April 21, 2016.
  16. ^"Why Prince's 'Chaos and Disorder' Isn't a Throwaway".
  17. ^"On Second Thought… Prince," Chaos and Disorder "".May 2, 2016.Archivedfrom the original on June 14, 2018.
  18. ^"Prince's 'Chaos and Disorder' Turns 25 | Anniversary Retrospective".
  19. ^"Inside Prince's Career-Long Battle to Master His Artistic Destiny".Billboard.
  20. ^Ryan, Gavin (2011).Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010(PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 225.
  21. ^"Austriancharts.at – The Symbol – Chaos and Disorder"(in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  22. ^"Ultratop.be – The Symbol – Chaos and Disorder"(in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  23. ^"Ultratop.be – The Symbol – Chaos and Disorder"(in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  24. ^"Listen – Danmarks Officielle Hitliste – Udarbejdet af AIM Nielsen for IFPI Danmark – Uge 29".Ekstra Bladet(in Danish).Copenhagen.July 21, 1996.
  25. ^"Dutchcharts.nl – The Symbol – Chaos and Disorder"(in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  26. ^"The Symbol: Chaos and Disorder "(in Finnish).Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  27. ^"Lescharts.com – The Symbol – Chaos and Disorder".Hung Medien. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  28. ^"Offiziellecharts.de – The Symbol – Chaos and Disorder"(in German).GfK Entertainment Charts.Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  29. ^"Norwegiancharts.com – The Symbol – Chaos and Disorder".Hung Medien. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  30. ^"Swedishcharts.com – The Symbol – Chaos and Disorder".Hung Medien. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  31. ^"Swisscharts.com – The Symbol – Chaos and Disorder".Hung Medien. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  32. ^"Official Albums Chart Top 100".Official Charts Company.Retrieved February 20, 2019.
  33. ^"Prince Chart History (Billboard200) ".Billboard.Retrieved May 1, 2016.

Further reading

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