Graffiti Bridge (album)

Graffiti Bridge
Studio album / soundtrack by
Prince and other artists
ReleasedAugust 20, 1990
Recorded1981–1990
Studio
Genre
Length68:32
LabelPaisley Park, Warner Bros.
ProducerPrince
Prince chronology
Batman
(1989) 		Graffiti Bridge
(1990) 		Diamonds and Pearls
(1991)
Singles from Graffiti Bridge
  1. "Thieves in the Temple"
    Released: July 17, 1990
  2. "Round and Round"
    Released: September 24, 1990
  3. "New Power Generation"
    Released: October 23, 1990
  4. "Melody Cool"
    Released: December 4, 1990
  5. "Shake!"
    Released: January 8, 1991

Graffiti Bridge is the twelfth studio album by American recording artist Prince and is the soundtrack album to the 1990 film of the same name. It was released on August 20, 1990, by Paisley Park Records and Warner Bros. Records.

The album was much better received in sales than the film. It reached number 6 in the United States and was his third consecutive chart-topper (following Lovesexy and Batman) on the UK Albums Chart.[3] Nearly every song on the record was written by Prince despite the handful of artists performing, including Tevin Campbell, Mavis Staples, and the Time. The album produced the hit singles "Thieves in the Temple" and "New Power Generation", an anthem in two parts celebrating Prince's newly created backing band, the New Power Generation. The band would get its first official outing on Prince's next album, Diamonds and Pearls.

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  3. ^ Roberts, David, ed. (1996). The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums (7th ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 444. ISBN 0-85112-619-7.