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''The Gold Experience'' is the seventeenth studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was produced entirely by Prince and released on September 26, 1995. The album charted at number 6 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and number 2 on the Top R&B Albums.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gold Experience - Prince : Awards )〕 The singles "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" and "I Hate U" charted on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 3 and number 12, respectively.〔 == Release and reception == 〕 |rev2 = ''Blender'' |rev2Score = |rev3 = ''Chicago Tribune'' |rev3Score = |rev4 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' |rev4Score = A− |rev5 = ''Los Angeles Times'' |rev5score = |rev6 = ''NME'' |rev6score = 7/10 |rev7 = ''Q'' |rev7score = |rev8 = ''Rolling Stone'' |rev8score = |rev9 = ''The Rolling Stone Album Guide'' |rev9Score = |rev10 = ''The Village Voice'' |rev10Score = A }} ''The Gold Experience'' was released on September 26, 1995, by Warner Bros. Records and NPG Records.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gold Experience (Cassette - Warner Bros./NPG #45999) )〕 It sold 500,000 copies in the United States and peaked at number six on the ''Billboard'' 200, failing to meet commercial expectations. According to biographer Jason Draper, it may have undersold because Prince was losing touch with younger listeners and how his contractual dispute with Warner Bros. Records overshadowed the album's promotion, which he had done well before it was released.〔 Nonetheless, ''The Gold Experience'' was a success with critics. ''Melody Maker'' called it Prince's best record in years, while ''Vibe'' said it was his best since ''Sign o' the Times'' in 1987. In ''The Village Voice'', Robert Christgau wrote that it showcased not only the unbridled artistry displayed on his other records but also "a renewal. It's as sex-obsessed as ever, only with more juice—'Shhh' and '319' especially pack the kind of porno jolt sexy music rarely gets near and hard music never does."〔 He believed its best songs, specifically "Endorphinmachine" and "P Control", "funk and rock as outrageously and originally as anything he's ever recorded". Jon Pareles was less enthusiastic in ''The New York Times'', finding most of the songs to be minor successes and calling it "a proficient album, not a startling one; most of its songs are variations and retreads of previous Prince efforts." ''The Gold Experience'' was voted the 30th best album of 1995 in the Pazz & Jop, an annual poll of American critics published by ''The Village Voice''. Christgau, the poll's supervisor, ranked it 10th best in his own year-end list. In a retrospective review, Keith Harris from ''Blender'' cited ''The Gold Experience'' as the best album Prince recorded in the 1990s, "a mix of newly stripped-down funk and delicate balladry that reasserts his dynamic range".〔 Several people speculated that the song "Billy Jack Bitch" was written about a ''Minneapolis Star Tribune'' gossip columnist known as "CJ".〔(blackvoices.com )〕 Prince denied the song was about the columnist when CJ herself interviewed him. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Gold Experience」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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