| C-Note | ||||
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| Released | March 29, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | October–November 2002 | |||
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| Length | 34:03 | |||
| Label | NPG | |||
| Producer | Prince | |||
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C-Note is alive album byPrince andthe New Power Generation released in 2004 (though all five tracks had been released as separateMP3 files earlier in 2003). Its genre isjazz, with five tracks taken from soundchecks during theOne Nite Alone... Tour.[1]
Four of the five tracks are named after the location they were recorded in. The album's title corresponds to the first letters of the words in the track listing: "Copenhagen", "Nagoya", "Osaka", "Tokyo", and "Empty Room".
The entire album was recorded live from the audio console by Prince's concert sound engineer Scottie Baldwin.[citation needed]
The first four tracks are instrumentals, although the fourth features Prince repeating "Tokyo". The fifth track is a live rendition of "Empty Room" (recorded October 25, 2002, inCopenhagen),[citation needed] though the song was writtenc. August 4, 1985,[citation needed] when it was first recorded. The song is reported[by whom?] to have been written and recorded forSusannah Melvoin after relationship difficulty.[citation needed]
The album is highly experimental and reminiscent of theMadhouse project.[citation needed] It was sold in digital format only on Prince'sNPG Music Club.[citation needed]C-Note is jazz-oriented along with quiet storm, jazz-fusion, jazz-funk, and smooth jazz.[citation needed] It is also atmospheric and new age-themed.[citation needed]
Prince's then-fan club, the NPG Music Club charged $100 for a membership that had advertised that paying members would receive four exclusive albums. After Prince releasedOne Nite Alone... and the three-discOne Nite Alone... Live!, members who felt deceived sent complaints of FederalMail Fraud to theMinnesota Attorney General's office and theBetter Business Bureau after Prince failed to honor the agreement. Some fans speculated that the albumsXpectation andC-Note (slang for a$100 bill) were his response to being forced to comply to these demands.
Original 2003 downloads (as separate tracks)
2004 re-release/2015 TIDAL