Vanity 6 – Vanity 6
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Warner Bros. Records (2) – 9 23716-2 |
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Funk / Soul |
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Funk |
Tracklist
| 1 | Nasty Girl | 5:10 | |
| 2 | Wet Dream | 4:12 | |
| 3 | Drive Me Wild | 2:31 | |
| 4 | He's So Dull | 2:32 | |
| 5 | If A Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up) | 5:34 | |
| 6 | Make-Up | 2:40 | |
| 7 | Bite The Beat | 3:12 | |
| 8 | 3 x 2 = 6 | 5:24 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
- Manufactured By – WEA Manufacturing (2)
Credits
- Backing Band [The Players] – The Time
- Photography By – Allen Beaulieu
- Producer, Arranged By – Vanity 6
Notes
Pirate of Vanity 6
The barcode is missing (blank field on back tray insert), on the disc track 8 is misspelt as "3X2=6" (instead of 3 X 2 = 6), a different font is used and the mirror band is absent.
The barcode is missing (blank field on back tray insert), on the disc track 8 is misspelt as "3X2=6" (instead of 3 X 2 = 6), a different font is used and the mirror band is absent.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: none
- Matrix / Runout (Glass Master, distorted): 1 23716-2 SRC-01
- Mastering SID Code: none
- Mould SID Code: none
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Vanity 6 (LP, Album) | Warner Bros. Records | 92 37161 | Canada | 1982 | ||
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Vanity 6 (LP, Album, Winchester Pressing) | Warner Bros. Records | 9 23716-1, 1-23716 | US | 1982 | ||
| Vanity 6 (Cassette, Album) | Warner Bros. Records | 92 37164 | Canada | 1982 | |||
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Vanity 6 (LP, Album, Stereo) | Warner Bros. Records | WB 57 023, WB K 57 023, 1-23716 | Netherlands | 1982 | ||
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Vanity 6 (LP, Album, Stereo) | Warner Bros. Records | WB 57 023, WB K 57 023 | 1982 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Edited 6 years agoThe thing is, Vanity 6 is a manufactured masterpiece. Partially a mixed bag of oddities, Prince may hide behind a moniker here, but altogether doesn't even try hiding his sexual appetite, pouring it into lascivious songs, sang by three attractive women (he named them after three pairs of breasts - hence the phrase "3x2=6"), while complimenting this early 80s funk ambition of his with a subversive slab of electronic beats that at times sound ever so dangerously close to DAF, while also pre-date Miss Kittins and Adult.s of today (Tamion 12 Inch even directly borrowed from "Make-Up" to create their own masterpiece, called "Fuck You Tami").
"Nasty Girl", "Wet Dream" or "He's So Dull" reflect Prince at his most typical (and somewhat too sleezy; "He's So Dull" sounds like a song that never made it to the Flashdance movie soundtrack, the adorable "Wet Dream" sounds like an early take of "I Could Never Take the Place Of Your Man"), while masterpieces like "Drive me wild" and "Make up" are more to do with early Mute Records' repertoire than that of Prince (or the Revolution's). "Bite the Beat" on the other hand is charmingly close to the sound of The B-52's (think of a "Whammy!" demo of sorts). In all, "Vanity 6" is fun to listen to - naive, but at the same time there is something twisted bubbling in the background of it all. A truly recommended listen. -
Edited 18 years agoAn essential funk/synthpop album, which is the perfect epitomy of Prince's then brilliant producer talent. My personal highlights here are Nasty Girl and I A Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up). The first seems to have been, well, a big "inspiration" for the Neptunes-produced "I'm A Slave For You" by Britney (listen to the rhythm!) - but you can also find references to this huge funk cut in other r'n'b tracks, such as Joyce 'Fenderella' Irby's "Let's Do It". The second is worth the listen for Prince part alone (he plays the part of an 'irresistible bitch' having an argument with the Vanity 6 girls). -
Classic funk! So what if Vanity was replaced by Apollonia when she didn't make the final cut to star opposite Prince in Purple Rain? The 'heart & soul' of Vanity 6/Apollonia 6 were in the writing and production of the songs - handled of course by Prince (as Jamie Starr) and Jam & Lewis of the then fledgling Time. All that withstanding, this one's worth listening to just to hear Vanity and Brenda catfighting via the phone with another girl (voice supplied by a vocoded Prince)... this is when Prince and his entourage were truly at their best.
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