Love Symbol

Infobox Album
Name = 'Tenth studio album'
Type = Album
Artist = Prince and New Power Generation


Released = start date|1992|10|13
Recorded = 1991–1992
Genre = Pop, rock, funk
Length = 74:56
Label = Paisley Park
Warner Bros.
Producer = Prince
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0xdkyl7jxpvb~T1 link]
Last album = "Diamonds and Pearls"
(1991)
This album = "Love Symbol"
(1992)
Next album = "The Hits/The B-Sides"
(1993)

The tenth studio album by Prince and the New Power Generation, colloquially referred to as the "Love Symbol", was released on October 13, 1992. The album's first two singles, "My Name Is Prince," and "Sexy M.F.," were only minor hits on the US pop charts, though both made top ten in the UK. Conversely, the third single, "7," was relatively unsuccessful in the UK, but was a top ten hit in the US. This album was considered Prince's last mainstream effort as far as sales and visibility went, until the release of "Musicology" in 2004, reaching #1 in the UK. The album was originally conceived as a rock-soap opera with various spoken segues throughout. However, in a last-minute attempt to add an additional song, most of the segues had to be cut for album length. The few that remained were somewhat confusing in context. The album also debuts Mayte Garcia, who also plays a part in the album's storyline, and would become Prince's wife in 1996. In a dispute with Warner Bros., Prince would later change his stage name to the album's eponymous symbol.

Track listing

:"Produced, Arranged, and Performed by Prince and the New Power Generation. All songs composed by Prince except where noted."

# "My Name Is Prince" (Prince, Tony Mosley)
# "Sexy M.F." (Prince, Levi Seacer, Jr., Tony Mosley)
# "Love 2 the 9s"
# "The Morning Papers"
# "The Max"
# "Segue" (spoken word with Prince and Kirstie Alley)
# "Blue Light"
# "I Wanna Melt with U"
# "Sweet Baby"
# "The Continental"
# "Damn U"
# "Arrogance"
# "The Flow" (Prince, Tony Mosley)
# "7" (Prince, Lowell Fulsom, Jimmy McCrackin)
# "And God Created Woman"
# "3 Chains O' Gold"
# "Segue" (spoken word with Prince and Kirstie Alley)
# "The Sacrifice of Victor"

Charts

ingles and Hot 100 chart placings

succession box
before = "Automatic for the People" by R.E.M.
title = UK number one album
years = October 17, 1992 – October 23, 1992
after = "Glittering Prize 81/92" by Simple Mindssuccession box
before = "Some Gave All" by Billy Ray Cyrus
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = October 25 1992 – October 31 1992
after = "Erotica" by Madonna