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20Ten is the thirty-fifth studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on July 10, 2010, by NPG Records as a free covermount with the Daily Mirror and Daily Record in the UK and Ireland,[2] and Het Nieuwsblad and De Gentenaar in Belgium.[3] It was also released on July 22, 2010, with Rolling Stone magazine in Germany,[4] and Courrier International in France.[5]

20Ten
Studio album by Prince
Released	July 10, 2010
Recorded	Early-mid 2006; 2009–early 2010[1]
Studio	Paisley Park Records
Genre	Pop funk rock soul
Length	39:18
Label	NPG
Producer	Prince
Prince chronology
Lotusflow3r (2009) 20Ten (2010) Plectrumelectrum (2014)

The album was produced, arranged, composed, and performed by Prince at Paisley Park Studios in Chanhassen, Minnesota.[6][7] It is his thirty-third studio album released in the UK.[8] 20Ten contains musical elements of funk, pop, rock, and soul music.[9] Some titles of the tracks from the album were revealed as clues in Prince's song "Cause and Effect" which was released to radio earlier in 2010.[10]

Release

Prince revealed the name of the album when receiving a lifetime achievement award at the 2010 BET Awards in June 2010.[7] He stated to the Daily Mirror that he chose the title because, "I just think it's a year that really matters. These are very trying times."[11] He considered the album a personal diary of the year.[12]

Over 2.5 million copies were distributed by Trinity Mirror, the publisher of the Daily Mirror and Daily Record. Prince was featured in the publications, to which he granted his first interview in a British newspaper in over 10 years.[2] The issue of the Mirror cost 65 pence; the album was not available as a digital download or in retail stores.[13] Prince stated to the Mirror that this method of releasing the album was "the best way to go... no charts, no internet piracy and no stress,"[14] although the album is easily available for illegal download via peer-to-peer networks.[15] The publisher released that sales of the Daily Mirror increased by 334,000, and sales of The Daily Record increased by 45,000 copies on the day it included the album.[16]

Prince released his album Planet Earth in July 2007 under a similar arrangement with the British newspaper The Mail on Sunday. No plans for a U.S. release have even been announced.[7]

On October 8, 2010, Prince told French radio station Europe 1 that he was reportedly planning on releasing an updated edition of the album called 20Ten Deluxe.[17]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[18]
MusicOMH	[19]
NME	4/10[20]

20Ten received mixed reviews from most music critics. Columnist Tony Parsons reviewed the album for the Daily Mirror, the newspaper marketing the album.[21] He wrote that it was "as good as [Prince's] all-time classics like Purple Rain and 1999 " and that it's "his best record since Sign o' the Times 23 years ago."[22] Joachim Hentschel, writing for the German edition of Rolling Stone, viewed the album as Prince's best effort since 1992's the Love Symbol Album.[23] Jason Draper of NME gave 20Ten a 4/10 rating, stating that while it "has its moments", the album was "no way" his best in 23 years, but likely his best in four years.[20] MusicOMH writer Luke Winkie gave it 2 out of 5 stars and described it as "one of the slightest albums the man has ever recorded; fluffy, anti-climatic, and utterly boring".[19] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave the album 2½ out of 5 stars and wrote that its songs feature "enough of a shape to be attractive from a distance, not enough to withstand closer scrutiny... hooks don’t sink in, funk jams are stuck in low gear, sensuality only simmers, the rhythms are somewhat stiff, and Prince’s deliberate mining of the past only highlights how he’s stripped the freakiness out of his entire persona".[18]

Track listing

Notes:

• Tracks 10 to 76 contain five to six seconds of silence.

Personnel

• Prince – all musical performances, except as indicated below[6]
• Liv Warfield – background vocals
• Shelby J – background vocals
• Elisa Dease – background vocals
• Maceo Parker – horns
• Greg Boyer – horns
• Ray Monteiro – horns

Release history

List of release dates, record label and format details

Country	Date	Format	Publication	Label
United Kingdom	July 10, 2010[24]	CD covermount	Daily Mirror	NPG Records
Scotland			Daily Record
Belgium			Het Nieuwsblad
France[25]	July 22, 2010		Courrier International
Germany[26]			Rolling Stone

References

External links

• 20Ten at Discogs

На других языках

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[de] 20Ten

20Ten (sprich: „twenty-ten“) ist das 35. Studioalbum des US-amerikanischen Musikers Prince. Es erschien am 10. Juli 2010 bei seinem Label NPG Records und war ausschließlich als CD-Beigabe einer handelsüblichen Zeitung erhältlich, weswegen 20Ten nicht in den internationalen Albumcharts geführt wurde. Zudem wurde das Album nur in einigen Ländern Europas veröffentlicht.

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- [en] 20Ten

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[es] 20Ten

«20Ten» es el trigésimotercer álbum de estudio del músico estadounidense Prince. Fue lanzado el 10 de julio de 2010 por NPG Records; se entregaba al adquirir los periódicos Daily Mirror y Daily Record en el Reino Unido e Irlanda,[1] y Het Nieuwsblad y De Gentenaar en Bélgica (covermount).[2] También se incluyó el 22 de julio de 2010 con la revista Rolling Stone en Alemania y con Courrier International en Francia.[3] El álbum fue producido, arreglado, compuesto e interpretado por Prince, suponiendo el trigésimo tercer disco de estudio del artista lanzado en el Reino Unido. El Daily Mirror lo describió en su crítica como un disco con elementos de funk, rock y soul.[4]

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[ru] 20Ten

20Ten — тридцать пятый студийный альбом американского певца Принса, выпущенный 10 июля 2010 года на лейбле NPG Records. Диск получил разнонаправленные отзывы музыкальной критики и интернет-изданий. Несмотря на то, что тираж 20Ten превысил 2 млн копий, он в коммерческом плане не был успешным, так как распространялся бесплатно и в чарты не попал (в том числе не указан в Billboard 200)[1]. Диск распространялся в качестве бесплатного вложения в журналы The Daily Mirror и Daily Record в Великобритании и Ирландии[6], а также в журналах Het Nieuwsblad и De Gentenaar в Бельгии[7]. 22 июля 2010 года диск также распространялся вместе с журналом Rolling Stone в Германии[8] и с журналом Courrier International во Франции[9].

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