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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">last time</a>…</p> <p><strong>6 Degrees of Separation: Led Zeppelin to Tagaq</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/4300-Led-Zeppelin-Untitled-" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/41456-Fairport-Convention-Liege-Lief" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">Joe Boyd</a>, who also produced a number of albums by Nico, who was in/on…</p><p><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/35276-The-Velvet-Underground-Nico-The-Velvet-Underground-Nico" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/3159966-Anohni-And-The-Johnsons-My-Back-Was-A-Bridge-For-You-To-Cross" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>)…</p><p><a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/34486-Bj%C3%B6rk-Debut" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>). Björk has also collaborated with (and produced the first album by)…</p><p><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 noreferrer" target="_blank">Tagaq – <em>Auk / Blood</em></a><strong> </strong>(2)<br>Tanya Tagaq. <<</p> <p><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 noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. </li><li>Like The Velvet Underground and their song “<a href="https://youtu.be/h6FIjp8nJV4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jesus</a>“, Prince had a straight-up gospel song (“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_REFPbBnGJk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">Part 1</a>; see also <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2zdRjBaG5ExdNu1mMtClqU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Part 2</a>).</li><li>Producer/engineer/musician <a href="https://www.discogs.com/artist/46063-Mark-Plati" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" 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 noreferrer" target="_blank">https://1001otheralbums.com/2024/04/13/6-degrees-of-separation-part-3/</a></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/1001otheralbums/" target="_blank">#1001OtherAlbums</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/6-degrees-of-separation/" target="_blank">#6DegreesOfSeparation</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/anohni/" target="_blank">#Anohni</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/anohni-and-the-johnsons/" target="_blank">#AnohniAndTheJohnsons</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/bjork-2/" target="_blank">#Björk</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/david-bowie/" target="_blank">#DavidBowie</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/fairport-convention/" target="_blank">#FairportConvention</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/joe-boyd/" target="_blank">#JoeBoyd</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/john-paul-jones/" target="_blank">#JohnPaulJones</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/joni-mitchell/" target="_blank">#JoniMitchell</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/led-zeppelin/" target="_blank">#LedZeppelin</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/lou-reed/" target="_blank">#LouReed</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/mark-plati/" target="_blank">#MarkPlati</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/nico/" target="_blank">#Nico</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/prince/" target="_blank">#Prince</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/rem/" target="_blank">#REM</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/sandy-denny/" target="_blank">#SandyDenny</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/tagaq/" target="_blank">#Tagaq</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/the-velvet-underground/" target="_blank">#TheVelvetUnderground</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://1001otheralbums.com/tag/velvet-underground/" target="_blank">#VelvetUnderground</a></p>