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Track List
01) Nasty Girl
02) Wet Dream
03) Drive Me Wild
04) He's So Dull
05) If a Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up)
06) Make-Up
07) Bite The Beat
08) 3 x 2 = 6
01) Nasty Girl
02) Wet Dream
03) Drive Me Wild
04) He's So Dull
05) If a Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up)
06) Make-Up
07) Bite The Beat
08) 3 x 2 = 6
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First Released
1982
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"Vanity 6" ist das einzige Studioalbum der Band Vanity 6. Das von Prince komponierte, arrangierte, eingespielte und produzierte Album erschien am 11. August 1982 bei dem Label Warner Bros. Records und enthält acht Songs, darunter die vier Singles "He's So Dull", "Nasty Girl", "Drive Me Wild" und "Bite The Beat". Als CD ist das Album seit September 1988 erhältlich. Die Laufzeit des Albums beträgt 30 Minuten und 59 Sekunden. Das Albumcover gestaltete der Fotograf Allen Beaulieu.
Die Albumaufnahmen fanden zwischen Mitte 1981 und April 1982 in Chanhassen und Hollywood statt. Die Band Vanity 6 bestand aus Brenda Bennett, Susan Moonsie und der Sängerin Denise Matthews alias Vanity. Im Jahr 1983 trennte sich die Band, da Sängerin Vanity eine Solokarriere anstrebte. Auf dem Album wird Prince als Produzent unter einem seiner Pseudonyme, "The Starr*Company", aufgeführt.
"Vanity 6" erreichte in den amerikanischen Billboard Charts Platz 45 und erlangte Gold-Status. In Deutschland schaffte es das Album nicht in die Charts.
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No one ever accused the members of Vanity 6 of being great singers; if you wanted to hear female vocalists with great chops in the early '80s, you listened to Teena Marie, Alicia Myers, or Evelyn "Champagne" King. Nor did the female trio have the depth of its mentor Prince. But then, Vanity 6 wasn't supposed to be about depth or vocal prowess. Its mission was to entertain, and if you accept this self-titled debut album for what it is -- wild, decadent, trashy entertainment -- Vanity and her colleagues are insanely fun. Prince's stamp is all over this 1982 release, which finds Vanity, Brenda, and Susan backed by the Time. The raunchy lyrics reflect Prince's obsession with all things sexual, and like Prince, Vanity 6 manages to bridge the gap between funk/R&B and rock/pop/new wave. Even if the sexually exploitive lyrics become predictable after awhile, this LP is quite diverse and unpredictable musically. The hit "Nasty Girl" and the hilarious rap tune 'If a Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up)" are irresistibly funky, and new wave audiences were drawn to more rock-minded tracks like "Bite the Beat," "Make-Up," and the Go-Go's-influenced "He's So Dull." As it turned out, Vanity 6's first album was also its last. In 1984, Vanity went solo, and Brenda and Susan formed the very similar Apollonia 6 with singer Apollonia. That group only recorded one album, which is probably just as well -- Vanity 6 and Apollonia 6 certainly weren't without their limitations. But despite those obvious limitations, Vanity 6 is a highly entertaining footnote in the history of Prince's Minneapolis funk-rock scene.
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"Vanity 6" ist das einzige Studioalbum der Band Vanity 6. Das von Prince komponierte, arrangierte, eingespielte und produzierte Album erschien am 11. August 1982 bei dem Label Warner Bros. Records und enthält acht Songs, darunter die vier Singles "He's So Dull", "Nasty Girl", "Drive Me Wild" und "Bite The Beat". Als CD ist das Album seit September 1988 erhältlich. Die Laufzeit des Albums beträgt 30 Minuten und 59 Sekunden. Das Albumcover gestaltete der Fotograf Allen Beaulieu.
Die Albumaufnahmen fanden zwischen Mitte 1981 und April 1982 in Chanhassen und Hollywood statt. Die Band Vanity 6 bestand aus Brenda Bennett, Susan Moonsie und der Sängerin Denise Matthews alias Vanity. Im Jahr 1983 trennte sich die Band, da Sängerin Vanity eine Solokarriere anstrebte. Auf dem Album wird Prince als Produzent unter einem seiner Pseudonyme, "The Starr*Company", aufgeführt.
"Vanity 6" erreichte in den amerikanischen Billboard Charts Platz 45 und erlangte Gold-Status. In Deutschland schaffte es das Album nicht in die Charts.
User Album Review
No one ever accused the members of Vanity 6 of being great singers; if you wanted to hear female vocalists with great chops in the early '80s, you listened to Teena Marie, Alicia Myers, or Evelyn "Champagne" King. Nor did the female trio have the depth of its mentor Prince. But then, Vanity 6 wasn't supposed to be about depth or vocal prowess. Its mission was to entertain, and if you accept this self-titled debut album for what it is -- wild, decadent, trashy entertainment -- Vanity and her colleagues are insanely fun. Prince's stamp is all over this 1982 release, which finds Vanity, Brenda, and Susan backed by the Time. The raunchy lyrics reflect Prince's obsession with all things sexual, and like Prince, Vanity 6 manages to bridge the gap between funk/R&B and rock/pop/new wave. Even if the sexually exploitive lyrics become predictable after awhile, this LP is quite diverse and unpredictable musically. The hit "Nasty Girl" and the hilarious rap tune 'If a Girl Answers (Don't Hang Up)" are irresistibly funky, and new wave audiences were drawn to more rock-minded tracks like "Bite the Beat," "Make-Up," and the Go-Go's-influenced "He's So Dull." As it turned out, Vanity 6's first album was also its last. In 1984, Vanity went solo, and Brenda and Susan formed the very similar Apollonia 6 with singer Apollonia. That group only recorded one album, which is probably just as well -- Vanity 6 and Apollonia 6 certainly weren't without their limitations. But despite those obvious limitations, Vanity 6 is a highly entertaining footnote in the history of Prince's Minneapolis funk-rock scene.
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