1001 Other Albums<p>This is the penultimate set of our Prince-themed 6 Degrees series, where we connect albums from <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/the-list/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The List</a> and point out some connections with The Purple One. Carrying on from where we left off <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/19/6-degrees-of-separation-part-6" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">last time</a>…</p> <p><strong>6 Degrees of Separation: Tom Waits to Madhouse</strong></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/13974-Tom-Waits-Nighthawks-At-The-Diner" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Tom Waits – </a><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/13974-Tom-Waits-Nighthawks-At-The-Diner" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>Nighthawks At The Diner</em></a> (list number 525) <br>>> While Madhouse (which ended Part 6) may not be a familiar connection to Prince for some, the name “New Power Generation” (or NPG, or NPG Orchestra), likely rings a bell for those who are even just casual Prince fans. The group played both as Prince’s backing band and as a standalone recording group, with an ever-changing list of members. One of the members of the NPG Orchestra at some point was Jim Hughart, who was the bass player on this Tom Waits album. Tom Waits would later go on to collaborate with…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/368576-Los-Lobos-Del-Este-De-Los-Angeles-Just-Another-Band-From-East-LA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Los Lobos Del Este De Los Angeles – <em>Just Another Band From East L.A.</em></a> (511)<br>…Los Lobos (on their 2004 album <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ride_(Los_Lobos_album)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Ride</a></em>), who appear on the final track of…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/55658-Paul-Simon-Graceland" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Paul Simon – <em>Graceland</em></a> (78)<br>…this album by Paul Simon. Previously, as part of Simon & Garfunkel, Simon played with the drummer <a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/264362-Bobby-Gregg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bobby Gregg</a>, who was also the drummer on…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/3986-Bob-Dylan-Highway-61-Revisited" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bob Dylan – <em>Highway 61 Revisited</em></a> (843)<br>…this album by Bob Dylan. Dylan has noted that a big influence on him was…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/552531-The-Staple-Singers-Uncloudy-Day" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Staple Singers – </a><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/552531-The-Staple-Singers-Uncloudy-Day" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>Uncloudy Day</em></a> (204)<br>…The Staple Singers (who have also <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrfcxBaaERs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">covered Dylan</a>). Mavis Staples of the Staple Singers is tightly connected to Prince – he essentially brought her out of (semi-)retirement in the 80s and wrote two albums for her (the 1989 <em>Time Waits For No One</em> and 1993 <em>The Voice</em>), both of which were put out on his Paisley Park label, as was…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/16350-Madhouse-16-New-Directions-In-Garage-Music" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Madhouse – <em>16 (New Directions In Garage Music)</em></a> (470)<br>all albums by Madhouse. <<</p> <p class=""><strong>Prince 6</strong></p><p>In addition to those listed above, here’s a few more fun connections between this group of artists and The Purple One. Let me know in the comments if you know of any others!</p><ul><li>Tom Waits and Paul Simon both dug Prince, because of course they did.</li><li>Prince has covered Bob Dylan at least a couple times, including “All Along the Watchtower” at that spectacular 2008 Super Bowl performance (<a href="https://youtu.be/twa3oiqOdOE" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Youtube</a>).</li><li>In Bob Dylan’s <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_Time_Radio_Hour" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Theme Time Radio Hour</a></em> radio show, Dylan played Prince a few times: in the “Cars” episode, he included Prince’s song “Little Red Corvette” (go to 48:40 in <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DlciagxZY5EM%26t%3D2949&ved=2ahUKEwj3q9vYuMqFAxXTAzQIHWqBDr0Qn_QFKAd6BAgMEEI&usg=AOvVaw3lK2rUEj8O2ZzEgx89UbCA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">this video</a>; the song had to be removed due to copyright, but Dylan’s banter before and after the song appeared is a lot of fun); “Kiss” in the “Kiss” episode; and “When Doves Cry” in the “More Birds” episode.</li><li>Mavis Staples also appeared with Prince in the <em>Graffiti Bridge</em> film (her song on the soundtrack, “Melody Cool”, also appeared on <em>The Voice</em> album).</li><li>(Not a direct Prince connection, but Mavis Staples is also on Los Lobos’ album <em>The Ride</em> mentioned above.)</li><li>Mavis Staples and Prince remained very close even after this period of collaboration, and she essentially <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/feb/12/mavis-staples-i-often-think-what-would-have-happened-if-id-married-bob-dylan" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">treated Prince as her son</a>. (And, since Dylan had once proposed to Mavis Staples, if she hadn’t turned him down, in another timeline Dylan might’ve been Prince’s surrogate step-dad, lol…)</li></ul> <p>Tune in tomorrow for the final part of this series, to see where we go from Madhouse! While the set is heavily laced with The Purple One, there will also be a surprising amount of the 90s Seattle scene in there (!).</p><p><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/20/6-degrees-of-separation-part-7/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/20/6-degrees-of-separation-part-7/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1001otheralbums/" target="_blank">#1001OtherAlbums</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/6-degrees-of-separation/" target="_blank">#6DegreesOfSeparation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/bob-dylan/" target="_blank">#BobDylan</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/bobby-gregg/" target="_blank">#BobbyGregg</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/jim-hughart/" target="_blank">#JimHughart</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/los-lobos/" target="_blank">#LosLobos</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/madhouse/" target="_blank">#Madhouse</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/mavis-staples/" target="_blank">#MavisStaples</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/npg-orchestra/" target="_blank">#NPGOrchestra</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/paul-simon/" target="_blank">#PaulSimon</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/prince/" target="_blank">#Prince</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/staple-singers/" target="_blank">#StapleSingers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/the-staple-singers/" target="_blank">#TheStapleSingers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/tom-waits/" target="_blank">#TomWaits</a></p>
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1001 Other Albums<p>Continuing our 6 Degrees series where we connect albums from <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/the-list/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The List</a>, getting into the more Prince-heavy sets (an interesting feat, seeing as we only have three Prince albums on The List, and have already used up one of them in an early set). Special thanks again to avi_miller, who starts us off with the first two albums in this set!</p><p>Alrighty, carrying on from where we left off <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/17/6-degrees-of-separation-part-5/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">last time</a>…</p> <p><strong>6 Degrees of Separation: Wishbone Ash to Madhouse</strong></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/46956-Wishbone-Ash-Argus" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Wishbone Ash – <em>Argus</em></a> (list number 103) <br>>> Rainbow’s <em>Rainbow Rising </em>(which ended Part 5) was produced by Martin Birch, who was also the sound engineer on this album by Wishbone Ash, which features John Tout on organ. Tout later joined…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/25013-Renaissance-Live-At-Carnegie-Hall" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Renaissance – <em>Live At Carnegie Hall</em></a> (307)<br>…Renaissance and was on this live album, which was recorded at the famous Carnegie Hall, where…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/289547-Billie-Holiday-The-Essential-Billie-Holiday-Carnegie-Hall-Concert-Recorded-Live" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Billie Holiday – <em>The Essential Billie Holiday (Carnegie Hall Concert Recorded Live)</em></a> (529)<br>…this album by Billie Holiday was also recorded. One of the songs Holiday covers on this album, “Ain’t Nobody’s Business” (a 1920s blues standard) has also been covered by…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/237604-Erykah-Badu-New-Amerykah-Part-Two-Return-Of-The-Ankh" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Erykah Badu – <em>New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh</em></a> (261)<br>…Erykah Badu (<a href="https://youtu.be/4TWpuvKw70k" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">here</a>), who collaborated with…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/1354359-Janelle-Mon%C3%A1e-Dirty-Computer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Janelle Monáe – <em>Dirty Computer</em></a> (151)<br>…Janelle Monáe on the Monáe’s 2013 album <em>The</em> <em>Electric Lady</em>, specifically on the song “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEddixS-UoU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Q.U.E.E.N.</a>“, which <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJuKy9rjQgs&t=9s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Prince later remixed</a> (but did not officially release). Prince also collaborated with Monáe on the same album, for the song “Givin Em What They Love”. Prince and Monáe were continuing to work together, on Monáe’s next album, <em>Dirty Computer</em>, before he died, and was somewhat of a mentor for Monáe. It’s not clear what specific contributions of Prince’s were kept, if any, for the final version of the album (released in 2018), but Monáe wrote a lovely message to the late Prince in the liner notes. And, even if he doesn’t officially appear in the credits, it’s not the first time that he played or wrote anonymously, as he did for…</p><p class=""><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/02/19/madhouse-8-1987-us/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Madhouse – <em>8</em></a> (469)<br>the Madhouse jazz-funk project where, for the first album, Prince played nearly everything, with a bit of help from Eric Leeds. <<</p> <p class=""><strong>Prince 6</strong></p><p>In addition to those listed above, here’s a few more fun connections between this group of artists and The Purple One. Let me know in the comments if you know of any others!</p><ul><li>Prince did not shy away from a good organ solo.</li><li>Prince recorded a song called “Billie Holiday”, named after the singer/songwriter and intended for the <em>Graffiti Bridge</em> film/album. It however was not included and wasn’t released elsewhere.</li><li>Prince and Erykah Badu were collaborators, as well as friends. Prince once <a href="https://www.essence.com/news/erykah-badu-shares-personal-photo-and-memories-prince/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">played rhythm guitar for a Erykah Badu show</a> in Dallas, and then sent Badu a picture of them playing on stage together.</li><li>As far as I can find, Prince himself didn’t play Carnegie Hall, but he allowed others to play his music at a tribute/benefit concert at the venue in 2013 called “The Music of Prince”. Artists included Eric Leeds (who plays on the Madhouse albums), D’Angelo (who is on The List), Nina Persson (singer of The Cardigans, also on The List), among many others, but Prince did not attend the event.</li></ul> <p>Tune in tomorrow for Part 7, to see how we get from Madhouse to, well, Madhouse!</p><p><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/19/6-degrees-of-separation-part-6/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/19/6-degrees-of-separation-part-6/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1001otheralbums/" target="_blank">#1001OtherAlbums</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/6-degrees-of-separation/" target="_blank">#6DegreesOfSeparation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/billie-holiday/" target="_blank">#BillieHoliday</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/carnegie-hall/" target="_blank">#CarnegieHall</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/erykah-badu/" target="_blank">#ErykahBadu</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/janelle-monae/" target="_blank">#JanelleMonae</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/john-tout/" target="_blank">#JohnTout</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/madhouse/" target="_blank">#Madhouse</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/martin-birch/" target="_blank">#MartinBirch</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/prince/" target="_blank">#Prince</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/rainbow/" target="_blank">#Rainbow</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/renaissance/" target="_blank">#Renaissance</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/wishbone-ash/" target="_blank">#WishboneAsh</a></p>
1001 Other Albums<p>All right, y’all know the drill by now. Continuing our (kinda sorta) Prince-themed 6 Degrees series, connecting albums from <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/the-list/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The List</a> and carrying on from where we left off <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/15/6-degrees-of-separation-part-4/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">last time</a>. This is essentially a guest post as avi_miller provided the connections for the last four albums in this set, so a big thank you to them!</p> <p><strong>6 Degrees of Separation: Daniel Lanois to Rainbow</strong></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/12106-Harold-Budd-Brian-Eno-With-Daniel-Lanois-The-Pearl" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Harold Budd / Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois – </a><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/12106-Harold-Budd-Brian-Eno-With-Daniel-Lanois-The-Pearl" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>The Pearl</em></a> (list number 268) <br>>> Explosions In The Sky (who ended Part 4) were on the <a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/121839-Various-Friday-Night-Lights-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">soundtrack</a> to the 2004 film <em>Friday Night Lights</em>, as was Daniel Lanois. On this album (plus others), Lanois collaborated with Brian Eno, who is on…</p><p class=""><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/16/robert-fripp-exposure-1979-uk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Robert Fripp – <em>Exposure</em></a> (971)<br>…this album by Robert Fripp, who was in…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/463-King-Crimson-Red" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">King Crimson – <em>Red</em></a> (568)<br>…King Crimson. The line-up at the time of this album included <a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/129858-Bill-Bruford" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Bill Bruford</a> on drums/percussion, who had previously been the drummer for…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/34934-Yes-Fragile" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Yes – <em>Fragile</em></a> (527)<br>…Yes. This album was recorded at Advision Studios, where part of…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/28613-Kate-Bush-The-Dreaming" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Kate Bush – <em>The Dreaming</em></a> (576)<br>…this album by Kate Bush was also recorded. This album features <a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/325629-Jimmy-Bain" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Jimmy Bain</a> on bass guitar, who also played bass on…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/40614-Blackmores-Rainbow-Rainbow-Rising" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rainbow – <em>Rainbow Rising</em></a> (57)<br>this album by Rainbow. <<</p> <p class=""><strong>Prince 6</strong></p><p>Some fun connections between this group of artists and The Purple One. Let me know in the comments if you know of any others!</p><ul><li><a href="https://whynow.co.uk/read/when-kate-bush-and-prince-formed-an-unlikely-musical-partnership" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">In 1990</a>, Prince invited Kate Bush to meet him after a show, and they decided to collaborate. The two couldn’t again get in the same room, so “<a href="https://youtu.be/B3j4pgqdwNA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Why Should I Love You?</a>” (released on Bush’s 1993 album <em>The Red Shoes</em>) took 2 years to create (or, rather, construct, then deconstruct, then reconstruct…) by sending tapes back and forth.</li><li>Kate Bush does backing vocals on Prince’s “<a href="https://youtu.be/R5a5wHV8SC0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">My Computer</a>“, from his 1996 album, <em>Emancipation</em>.</li><li>The soundtrack to the 1995 film <em>Showgirls</em> features two Prince songs (<em>The Gold Experience</em>‘s “319” and <em>Crystal Ball</em>‘s “Ripopgodezippa”) as well as David Bowie’s “I’m Afraid of Americans”, which was co-written by Brian Eno.</li><li>Both Prince’s <em>Purple Rain</em> and Brian Eno’s <em>Another Green World</em> have inspired custom perfumes made by <a href="https://djmag.com/news/fragrances-inspired-kraftwerk-prince-alice-coltrane-albums-released-dublab" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">dublab</a> that are supposedly meant to, umm, smell like them (like the albums, not the musicians).</li><li>Both Prince and Ritchie Blackmore, guitarist and leader of the band Rainbow, are known as two of the greatest guitarists of all time, and both loved to break out lengthy but spectacular solos. On <em><a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-guitarists-1234814010/andy-summers-3-1234815076/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Rolling Stone</a></em>‘s 2023 list of the top 250 guitarists, Prince ranked at number 14, and Blackmore at 75. (There are actually a ton of artists from The List on <em>Rolling Stone</em>‘s list, because we have great taste.)</li><li>Prince and Ronnie James Dio (the singer for Rainbow at the time of the <em>Rainbow Rising</em> album) both packed an enormous amount of talent in a smaller frame – the two were nearly the same height (with or without their fabulous high heels). (And speaking of fashion, some of Dio’s stage outfits wouldn’t look too out of place on Prince, and vice versa.)</li></ul> <p>Tune in on Friday for Part 6, to see how we get from Rainbow to Madhouse!</p><p><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/17/6-degrees-of-separation-part-5/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/17/6-degrees-of-separation-part-5/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1001otheralbums/" target="_blank">#1001OtherAlbums</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/6-degrees-of-separation/" target="_blank">#6DegreesOfSeparation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/bill-bruford/" target="_blank">#BillBruford</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/brian-eno/" target="_blank">#BrianEno</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/daniel-lanois/" target="_blank">#DanielLanois</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/david-bowie/" target="_blank">#DavidBowie</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/explosions-in-the-sky/" target="_blank">#ExplosionsInTheSky</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/harold-budd/" target="_blank">#HaroldBudd</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/jimmy-bain/" target="_blank">#JimmyBain</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/kate-bush/" target="_blank">#KateBush</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/king-crimson/" target="_blank">#KingCrimson</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/prince/" target="_blank">#Prince</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/rainbow/" target="_blank">#Rainbow</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/ritchie-blackmore/" target="_blank">#RitchieBlackmore</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/robert-fripp/" target="_blank">#RobertFripp</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/ronnie-james-dio/" target="_blank">#RonnieJamesDio</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/yes/" target="_blank">#Yes</a></p>
1001 Other Albums<p>Today is Part 3 (of 8) of our 6 Degrees game with <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/the-list/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The List</a>. And, again, because we’re doing a bit of a Prince-theme, we’ll be picking out some fun Prince-connections below the set.</p><p>Okay, carrying on from where we left off <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/11/6-degrees-of-separation-part-2/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">last time</a>…</p> <p><strong>6 Degrees of Separation: Led Zeppelin to Tagaq</strong></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/4300-Led-Zeppelin-Untitled-" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Led Zeppelin – <em>Untitled</em> (or “<em>Led Zeppelin IV</em>“)</a> (list number 780) <br>>> R.E.M.’s <em><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/57830-REM-Automatic-For-The-People" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Automatic for the People</a></em> was arranged by John Paul Jones, the bass player of Led Zeppelin. Led Zeppelin’s fourth album features guest vocals from Sandy Denny (on the track “The Battle of Evermore”), who was in… </p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/41456-Fairport-Convention-Liege-Lief" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Fairport Convention – <em>Liege & Lief</em></a> (485)<br>…Fairport Convention, whose <em>Liege & Lief</em> album was produced by <a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/249825-Joe-Boyd" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Joe Boyd</a>, who also produced a number of albums by Nico, who was in/on…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/35276-The-Velvet-Underground-Nico-The-Velvet-Underground-Nico" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Velvet Underground & Nico – <em>The Velvet Underground & Nico</em></a> (834)<br>…this album with The Velvet Underground. Lou Reed of The Velvet Underground would later become a close friend of Anohni of…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/3159966-Anohni-And-The-Johnsons-My-Back-Was-A-Bridge-For-You-To-Cross" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Anohni and The Johnsons – <em>My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross</em></a> (969)<br>…Anohni and the Johnsons, and the song “Sliver of Ice” on this album was based on a conversation Anohni had with Reed during the final months before he left us. Anohni is also friends (and has collaborated with, e.g., <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPyJWKcM6gA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">here</a>)…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/34486-Bj%C3%B6rk-Debut" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Björk – <em>Debut</em></a> (760)<br>…Björk (see their amazing chat about <em>My Back</em>…, “Sliver of Ice”, and other topics <a href="https://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/anohni-and-bjork-talk-soul-music-lou-reed-and-climate-collapse" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">here</a>). Björk has also collaborated with (and produced the first album by)…</p><p class=""><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/03/08/tagaq-%e1%91%95%e1%93%90%e1%94%ad-%e1%91%95%e1%92%90%e1%96%85-aux-blood-%e1%90%8a%e1%90%85%e1%92%83-2008-ikaluktutiak-inuk/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Tagaq – <em>Auk / Blood</em></a><strong> </strong>(2)<br>Tanya Tagaq. <<</p> <p class=""><strong>Prince 6</strong></p><p>Here are some fun connections the above artists have to The Purple One:</p><ul><li>Prince was apparently a huge Led Zeppelin fan. Watch him absolutely shredding it while covering Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” <a href="https://youtu.be/sMVFYGYr76A" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">here</a>. </li><li>Like The Velvet Underground and their song “<a href="https://youtu.be/h6FIjp8nJV4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Jesus</a>“, Prince had a straight-up gospel song (“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_REFPbBnGJk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The Cross</a>“, among various other songs with religious lyrics) that stood out as being quite, umm, different from the content of his other songs.</li><li>Lou Reed’s final Spotify playlist had Prince’s song “Kiss” on it (on <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/71MX7BNpG8fxTQLrOKC2sk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Part 1</a>; see also <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2zdRjBaG5ExdNu1mMtClqU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Part 2</a>).</li><li>Producer/engineer/musician <a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/46063-Mark-Plati" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Mark Plati</a> worked with both Prince (<em>Graffiti Bridge</em>) and Lou Reed (as well as David Bowie – who was in Part 1 of our 6 Degrees series – on <em>Earthling</em>).</li><li>In a 1997 <em>Mojo</em> interview, Prince mentioned that he dug some of Björk’s work: “I crave great musicianship, and I don’t care who provides it. I’ve got no problems saying I dig D’Angelo. Or some of the things that Bjork does, the Cocteau Twins. Musicians, we’re family.”</li><li>The 2007 compilation <em><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/199939-Various-A-Tribute-To-Joni-Mitchell" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A Tribute to Joni Mitchell</a></em> features both Prince (covering “A Case of You”) and (covering “The Boho Dance”) (as well as Sufjan Stevens and k.d. lang, who are both also on The List, as is Joni).</li></ul> <p>Tune in on Monday for Part 4, to see how we get from Tagaq to Explosions in the Sky!</p><p><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/13/6-degrees-of-separation-part-3/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/13/6-degrees-of-separation-part-3/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1001otheralbums/" target="_blank">#1001OtherAlbums</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/6-degrees-of-separation/" target="_blank">#6DegreesOfSeparation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/anohni/" target="_blank">#Anohni</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/anohni-and-the-johnsons/" target="_blank">#AnohniAndTheJohnsons</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/bjork-2/" target="_blank">#Björk</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/david-bowie/" target="_blank">#DavidBowie</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/fairport-convention/" target="_blank">#FairportConvention</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/joe-boyd/" target="_blank">#JoeBoyd</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/john-paul-jones/" target="_blank">#JohnPaulJones</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/joni-mitchell/" target="_blank">#JoniMitchell</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/led-zeppelin/" target="_blank">#LedZeppelin</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/lou-reed/" target="_blank">#LouReed</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/mark-plati/" target="_blank">#MarkPlati</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/nico/" target="_blank">#Nico</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/prince/" target="_blank">#Prince</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/rem/" target="_blank">#REM</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/sandy-denny/" target="_blank">#SandyDenny</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/tagaq/" target="_blank">#Tagaq</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/the-velvet-underground/" target="_blank">#TheVelvetUnderground</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/velvet-underground/" target="_blank">#VelvetUnderground</a></p>
1001 Other Albums<p>Today, we’re continuing our 6 Degrees game with <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/the-list/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The List</a> (see Part 1 <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/09/6-degrees-of-separation-part-1/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">here</a>). And, again, because we’re doing a bit of a Prince-theme and will be timing the end of this series (Part 8) to land on the (8th) anniversary of him leaving us (April 21), we’ll be picking out some fun Prince-connections in/below each set.</p><p>Okay, here we go, carrying on from where we left off last time, i.e., the <a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/2771249-Medicine-Singers-Medicine-Singers" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Medicine Singers’ self-titled album</a>…</p> <p><strong>6 Degrees of Separation: Maja Ratkje to R.E.M.</strong></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/595396-Maja-Ratkje-Voice" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Maja Ratkje – <em>Voice</em></a> (list number 221) <br>>> One of the collaborators on the Medicine Singers album from <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/09/6-degrees-of-separation-part-1/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Part 1</a> is Ikue Mori, who has also <a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/572547-Ikue-Mori-Maja-SK-Ratkje-Scrumptious-Sabotage" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">collaborated with Maja Ratkje</a>. Ratkje also appears on a <a href="https://www.discogs.com/release/1377612-Various-Shockadelica-50th-Anniversary-Tribute-To-The-Artist-Known-As-Prince" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">5+ hour-long Norwegian tribute to Prince compilation</a> with…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/10310-Ulver-Shadows-Of-The-Sun" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ulver – <em>Shadows Of The Sun</em></a> (188)<br>…Ulver. Christian Fennesz (or, “Fennesz”), who appears on this Ulver album, also collaborated a number of times (e.g., <a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/895-Fennesz-ORourke-Rehberg-The-Return-Of-Fenn-OBerg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">here</a>) with…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/34546-Jim-ORourke-Im-Happy-And-Im-Singing-And-A-1-2-3-4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Jim O’Rourke – <em>I’m Happy, And I’m Singing, And A 1, 2, 3, 4</em></a> (226)<br>…Jim O’Rourke, who, from 1999 to 2005, was in…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/9768-Sonic-Youth-Daydream-Nation" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Sonic Youth – <em>Daydream Nation</em></a> (835)<br>…Sonic Youth, whose Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo were at some point in the <a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/55972-Glenn-Branca" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Glenn Branca Ensemble</a>, as was Tim Sommer who then formed…</p><p class=""><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/03/14/hugo-largo-mettle-1989-us/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Hugo Largo – <em>Mettle</em></a> (116)<br>…Hugo Largo, whose <a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/103238-Hugo-Largo-Drum" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">first album</a> was produced by…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/57830-REM-Automatic-For-The-People" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">R.E.M. – <em>Automatic For The People</em></a> (290)<br>…Michael Stipe of R.E.M. <<</p> <p class=""><strong>Prince 6</strong></p><p>Though we don’t have a Prince album in today’s list, here are some fun connections the above artists have to The Purple One:</p><ul><li>As mentioned above, there’s a 5.5 hour long compilation featuring Norwegian artists (including Maja Ratkje and Ulver) from a wide variety of genres covering Prince! Put out in 2008, this 5-CD box set, called <em>Shockadelica: 50th Anniversary Tribute To The Artist Known As Prince</em>, was released in honour of Prince’s 50th birthday, and was limited to 5000 copies. Available digitally: <a href="https://songwhip.com/various-artists/shockadelica-50th-anniversary-tribute-to-the-artist-known-as-prince" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Songwhip</a>.<ul><li>Maja Ratkje’s contribution, which is the 1st song on the compilation, is a cover of “Solo” from Prince’s <em>Come</em> album.</li><li>Ulver’s contribution is a cover of “Thieves in the Temple” from Prince’s<em> Graffiti Bridge</em> album.</li></ul></li><li>R.E.M. recorded their <em>Out of Time</em> album at Prince’s Paisley Park (<a href="https://youtu.be/Fgpa54Ri0Rc?si=G4ObiA3fv_5wz5sW" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Youtube</a>).</li><li>R.E.M. and Prince were both on Warner Brothers around the same time. In a 2016 interview on Alec Baldwin’s “Here’s The Thing” podcast, Michael Stipe mentioned that, because R.E.M. owned their own masters when at WB but Prince didn’t, Prince “always hated me for that”.</li><li>From an <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/observer/omm/qanda/story/0,11109,1173819,00.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">interview</a> between supermodel Helena Christensen and Michael Stipe:<ul><li><em>HC</em><strong>:</strong> “If you could save one song in the world from being turned into a ringtone, which would song would you choose?”</li><li><em>MS</em><strong>:</strong> “Probably ‘Purple Rain’ by Prince, because that would sound absolutely horrible as a ring tone.”</li></ul></li><li>Prince’s <em>Lovesexy</em> album came out the same year as Sonic Youth’s <em>Daydream Nation</em>: 1988.</li></ul> <p>Tune in on Saturday for Part 3, to see how we get from R.E.M. to Tagaq!</p><p><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/11/6-degrees-of-separation-part-2/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/11/6-degrees-of-separation-part-2/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1001otheralbums/" target="_blank">#1001OtherAlbums</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/6-degrees-of-separation/" target="_blank">#6DegreesOfSeparation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/christian-fennesz/" target="_blank">#ChristianFennesz</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/hugo-largo/" target="_blank">#HugoLargo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/ikue-mori/" target="_blank">#IkueMori</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/jim-orourke/" target="_blank">#JimORourke</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/lee-ranaldo/" target="_blank">#LeeRanaldo</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/maja-ratkje/" target="_blank">#MajaRatkje</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/medicine-singers/" target="_blank">#MedicineSingers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/michael-stipe/" target="_blank">#MichaelStipe</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/prince/" target="_blank">#Prince</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/rem/" target="_blank">#REM</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/sonic-youth/" target="_blank">#SonicYouth</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/thurston-moore/" target="_blank">#ThurstonMoore</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/tim-sommer/" target="_blank">#TimSommer</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/ulver/" target="_blank">#Ulver</a></p>
1001 Other Albums<p>KEXP, a Seattle-based radio station I listen to every work day, will periodically do an entire day (or more) of “6 Degrees of Separation” programming, where every DJ comes up with their playlist on the fly, connecting each song by some thread – a shared band member/writer/producer/studio, one artist covering the other’s song, a previous/future collaboration, etc. Each DJ will often try to reach a particular artist by the end of their show, and the next DJ has to continue from where the previous DJ left off.</p><p>If you follow me on Mastodon, you may have seen that I was curious if we could play the 6 Degrees game with <a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/the-list/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">The List</a>. My initial aim was to simply connect 6 albums from The List, starting with the last album we had a spotlight on (with no particular album as an end goal), but that was easy enough so I kept going. One of The List contributors also came up with a set, so I incorporated those into what I came up with and kept going some more. So far, we’ve connected 50ish albums from The List in a row.</p><p>I think each set provides a nice multi-day playlist (and, for a mega nerd like myself, following these trails is quite a bit of fun), so I wanted to share them here, one set at a time. And because (spoilers!) Prince features heavily in the last few sets, we’re going to time it so the last set is on the anniversary of him leaving us (April 21), and pick out some other fun Prince-connections along the way.</p><p>Okay, here we go…</p> <p><strong>6 Degrees of Separation: Yellow Magic Orchestra to Medicine Singers</strong></p><p class=""><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/07/yellow-magic-orchestra-solid-state-survivor-1979-japan/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Yellow Magic Orchestra – </a><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/07/yellow-magic-orchestra-solid-state-survivor-1979-japan/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>Solid State Survivor</em></a> (number 85) <br>>> One of the band members of YMO was…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/1163537-Ryuichi-Sakamoto-Async" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ryuichi Sakamoto – </a><em><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/1163537-Ryuichi-Sakamoto-Async" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Async</a></em> (number 901)<br>…Ryuichi Sakamoto, who acted in the film <em>Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence</em> alongside…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/22382-David-Bowie-Low" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">David Bowie – <em>Low</em></a> (number 537)<br>…David Bowie, who recruited Adrian Belew for the Isolar II (i.e., Low/Heroes) tour (and the live album <em>Stage</em>, then <em>Lodger</em>, and, later, the Sound+Vision tour). Following <em>Lodger</em>, Belew recorded guitar solos and played in the live band for…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/25688-Talking-Heads-Remain-In-Light" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Talking Heads – </a><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/25688-Talking-Heads-Remain-In-Light" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>Remain In Light</em></a> (number 946)<br>…this album by Talking Heads, whose David Byrne later collaborated with St. Vincent, who is on…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/686208-Swans-To-Be-Kind" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Swans – </a><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/686208-Swans-To-Be-Kind" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>To Be Kind</em></a> (number 646)<br>…this album by Swans, whose Thor Harris and Christopher Pravdica are on…</p><p class=""><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/2771249-Medicine-Singers-Medicine-Singers" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Medicine Singers – </a><em><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/2771249-Medicine-Singers-Medicine-Singers" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Medicine Singers</a></em> (number 972) <br>…this album by Medicine Singers. <<</p> <p class=""><strong>Prince 6</strong></p><p>Though we don’t have a Prince album in today’s list, here are some fun connections the above artists have to The Purple One:</p><ul><li>Ryuichi Sakamoto’s “You Do Me” (<a href="https://youtu.be/gkJlT0yLWYY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Youtube</a>), from the international release of his 1989 album <em>Beauty</em>, features <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Jones" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Jill Jones</a>, who performed/collaborated with Prince in many of his projects (including the <em>1999</em> album, <em>Purple Rain</em> and <em>Graffiti Bridge</em> films, and the Vanity 6 and Apollonia 6 side-projects) and was on his Paisley Park Records label.</li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Chavez" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Ingrid Chavez</a>, who was on Prince’s <em>Lovesexy</em> album, was originally on the Paisley Park label, and acted alongside Prince in <em>Graffiti Bridge</em>, also performed on Ryuichi Sakamoto’s 1991 album <em>Heartbeat</em>.</li><li>According to the forums on prince.org, there’s a bootleg recording of a Prince rehearsal session called <em>1999 Revisited</em> where Prince throws in some tweaked Talking Heads’ “Once in a Lifetime” lyrics into his “D.M.S.R.” song.</li><li>In 2018, David Byrne showed up at a tiki-karaoke bar in Portland and sang “When Doves Cry” (<a href="https://youtu.be/tJZ5gKMyrtE" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Youtube</a>).</li><li>In Tom Hagler’s 2021 book <em>We Could Be…Bowie and His Heroes</em>, there’s a brief story about the only time Prince and David Bowie met. In 1987, after Bowie played a show in Minneapolis, Prince invited him back to Paisley Park for a party. Prince put on an album he had just recently written but not yet released, <em>The Black Album</em>, and everyone including Bowie and his band danced to and enjoyed the record. (Prince later said that one of the reasons why he decided to pull the album was because he didn’t like a comment that someone else who was also there that night said about the album, even though it was a compliment.) </li><li>After Bowie died, while on his Piano & A Microphone Tour, Prince incorporated a cover of “Heroes” into a few of his shows.</li></ul> <p>Tune in on Thursday for Part 2, to see how we get from Medicine Singers to REM!</p><p><a href="https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/09/6-degrees-of-separation-part-1/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/09/6-degrees-of-separation-part-1/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1001otheralbums/" target="_blank">#1001OtherAlbums</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/6-degrees-of-separation/" target="_blank">#6DegreesOfSeparation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/adrian-belew/" target="_blank">#AdrianBelew</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/christopher-pravdica/" target="_blank">#ChristopherPravdica</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/david-bowie/" target="_blank">#DavidBowie</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/david-byrne/" target="_blank">#DavidByrne</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/medicine-singers/" target="_blank">#MedicineSingers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/prince/" target="_blank">#Prince</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/ryuichi-sakamoto/" target="_blank">#RyuichiSakamoto</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/st-vincent/" target="_blank">#StVincent</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/swans/" target="_blank">#Swans</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/talking-heads/" target="_blank">#TalkingHeads</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/thor-harris/" target="_blank">#ThorHarris</a></p>
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