Graffiti Bridge
Graffiti Bridge is Prince's twelfth album. It is the soundtrack to the film of the same name. It includes several guest vocalists and a number of songs performed by The Time.
The album largely consists of vault material, with the oldest recording dating back to 1982. The more recent tracks on the album incorporate contemporary R&B styles like New Jack Swing. Around this time, Prince started to arrange entire songs using the Publison IM-90 Infernal Machine.
The album was released during the Nude tour, although “The Question of U” was the only song from the album that was regularly performed.
Prince Live
Equipment
Rig Diagram
Prince In The Studio
Graffiti Bridge was recorded over a number of years, with many songs from the album either coming from the Vault or from earlier versions of the album dating back to 1987. The newer songs were recorded or re-recorded at Paisley Park. For the vault tracks, please see these pages: We Can Funk (Purple Rain), Question Of U (Parade), Joy In Repetition (Sign O The Times), Graffiti Bridge, Melody Cool (Lovesexy), Elephants & Flowers and Still Would Stand All Time (Batman)
References
- Brown, Jake. (2010) Prince 'in the Studio' 1975 - 1995.
- Court keyboardists Rosie Gaines & Matt Fink Speak for Themselves. (1990) Keyboard.