Unreleased Prince Projects - The Time: Corporate World

The Time: Corporate World

An unreleased studio album by The Time, recorded in Summer 1989 and planned for release in November, 1989. Like previous albums by The Time, all tracks featured Prince heavily as a writer and musician, with Morris Day adding vocals as the only member of the band to appear on the album. The album was submitted to Warner Bros., and planned for release on 14 November 1989, with "Nine Lives" planned as the first single. Warner Bros. stopped the release, however, feeling that other members of the band should be brought in to contribute to the album. Following a meeting with Prince, the band members Jesse Johnson, Monte Moir, Terry Lewis and Jimmy Jam began contributing songs to the album without input by Prince, as well as revising "Chocolate" and "Jerk Out"; the resulting album became The Time's fourth album Pandemonium. Of the tracks included on "Corporate World", three tracks were kept for Pandemonium: "Donald Trump (Black Version)", "Data Bank" and "My Summertime Thang". Four other tracks were kept as The Time's contribution to Prince's twelfth album "Graffiti Bridge": "Love Machine", "Shake!", "The Latest Fashion" and "Release It". "Murph Drag" was included on NPG Ahdio Show #3 in 2001, but was not available as a separate track. Only "Nine Lives" and "Corporate World" have not been released in any form.

Track listing

1. "Murph Drag"
2. "Nine Lives"
3. "Donald Trump (Black Version)"
4. "Love Machine"
5. "Data Bank"
6. "Shake!"
7. "Corporate World"
8. "The Latest Fashion"
9. "Release It"
10. "My Summertime Thang"