Prince: The Albums - #30, 20Ten (Finished!)

[SHOOTER]

From the heart of Minnesota
Here come the Purple Yoda
Guaranteed to bring the dirty new sound
Come on, now...





Sir Benji : 1
tim : 3
LBTrocks : 3
SHOOTER : 3
samo🦕 : 5
Mirago : 6
Zach : 6
newpower : 7
.indulgecountry : 7
Linnethia Monique : 8

Laydown was hidden as the 77th track on the CD pressing of 20Ten.

[.indulgecountry]

From the heart of Minnesota
Here come the Purple Yoda

[SHOOTER]

Take me to the vineyards of Lavaux
Want to see the mountains where the waters flow
Life back home depresses me, just another form of slavery
The cost of freedom is anything but free...





newpower : 2
SHOOTER : 2
Linnethia Monique : 3
Zach : 3
LBTrocks : 4
.indulgecountry : 5
samo🦕 : 6
tim : 7
Mirago : 7
Sir Benji : 8

Lavaux is named after The Lavaux, a region in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland near the site of the Montreux Jazz Festival which Prince headlined in 2007 and 2009.

[SHOOTER]

When ego, fear, and judgment become the rule of law
Watch the polar ice caps heat up, melt down, and thaw
When the greedy one forgets that he's the reason for it all
The only gold that's so worth stashin'...





samo🦕 : 1
Mirago : 1
Zach : 2
newpower : 3
tim : 4
Sir Benji : 5
SHOOTER : 5
.indulgecountry : 6
LBTrocks : 9
Linnethia Monique : 10

Compassion is one of the oldest songs on 20Ten as it was initially recorded during studio sessions in early 2006.

[samo🦕]

2 vs 10

[SHOOTER]

And when my voice rose, so did the sun
When the trees sang the harmony as one
Every living soul sang the most beautiful melody ever sung...





tim : 1
Zach : 1
Mirago : 2
.indulgecountry : 3
Linnethia Monique : 4
newpower : 4
Sir Benji : 4
SHOOTER : 4

LBTrocks : 8
samo🦕 : 10

Prince's longtime engineer confirmed that Future Soul Song was initially recorded in the late '90s with Prince revamping the final version of the track around 2008.

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I get a million dollars people hear me sang
Got to give the banker half of everything
Didn't the founding fathers holler about the same thing?
Call it an act of God...





LBTrocks : 1
SHOOTER : 1
tim : 2
.indulgecountry : 2
Sir Benji : 2
samo🦕 : 2
Mirago : 3
Zach : 4

Linnethia Monique : 6
newpower : 9

Act of God is one of the few pointedly political records in Prince's catalog, written not long after Barack Obama's presidential win. He felt the years preceding it would be "very important" but reckoned it with his feelings that one of the biggest problems facing the country is "people not having enough God in their lives."