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The Rainbow Children is the twenty-fourth studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on November 20, 2001, by NPG Records and Redline Entertainment. It was also released through Prince's website earlier in the year. It is the first album released outside of the NPG Music Club to be released under the name of Prince again, as he had reverted to his previous stage name from his symbolic moniker a year earlier. It was released on double vinyl with a glossy color booklet, and was not available on vinyl again until the Legacy release in 2020.
This concept album illustrates common Prince themes of spirituality and human sexuality, as well as love and racism, through the fictitious story of a social movement toward a Martin Luther King Jr.-inspired utopian society. The album seems to allude to his recent conversion to the Jehovah's Witnesses denomination, but Egyptian monotheism and New Age concepts such as the Akashic records are used as metaphors as well. Jazzier than any of his previous efforts, it was met with mixed reactions. Some fans saw the album as a musical and spiritual evolution for Prince.
The Rainbow Children was released through the independent distributor Redline Entertainment. At Prince's decision, it received minimal promotion, as he wanted to focus more on the music and avoid commercialism. The album sold 158,000 copies in US stores as of summer 2007, with an estimated 560,000 copies worldwide.
The album also had a dedicated promotional website that offered the tracks "She Loves Me 4 Me" and "Mellow" as free MP3 downloads.
The album cover features Cbabi Bayoc's "The Reine Keis Quintet". Prince favored the painting of a women's band, as he was backed by an all-female ensemble.




Track listing


All songs written and produced by Prince.

Additional notes:

Tracks 15–21 are all hidden tracks and are all silent with the exception of track 21, which gradually fades in to the repetition of the word "one" being sung.




Personnel


Prince – lead and backing vocals, electric guitars, Fender Rhodes electric piano, Yamaha Motif 6, Korg Trident, bass guitar, drums, electronic percussion
Najee – Soprano saxophone, flute
John Blackwell – drums, cowbell and Roland V-Drums (1–9, 11–14)
Larry Graham – bass guitar (4, 14)




Charts






References






Further reading


Phipps, Keith (November 20, 2001). "The Rainbow Children". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2011.
Ross, Mike (November 17, 2001). "The Rainbow Children". Jam!. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved September 16, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Brown, Ethan (December 24, 2001). "Pop Music: In Brief". New York. Archived from the original on January 27, 2002. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
"Prince Transcends His Own Genius on Rainbow Children". New York Press. January 22, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2011.




External links


The Rainbow Children at Metacritic

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