For You is Prince's debut album, released on April 7, 1978, two months shy of his 20th birthday, and bearing the classic tag, "Written, composed, performed, and recorded by Prince." It is generally regarded as a promising but somewhat insubstantial early effort. The album sold 430,000 copies in the U.S. and 983,000 copies worldwide. However, during the period of its release, it only sold 150,000 copies in the U.S., 430,000 copies worldwide, reach...
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For You is Prince's debut album, released on April 7, 1978, two months shy of his 20th birthday, and bearing the classic tag, "Written, composed, performed, and recorded by Prince." It is generally regarded as a promising but somewhat insubstantial early effort. The album sold 430,000 copies in the U.S. and 983,000 copies worldwide. However, during the period of its release, it only sold 150,000 copies in the U.S., 430,000 copies worldwide, reached #163 in the U.S. (#21 R&B;), and produced the single "Soft and Wet" which peaked at #92 (#12 R&B;).
The album opens with the title track, an a cappella recording which states: "All of this and more is for you. With love, sincerity and deepest care, my life with you I share." This would foreshadow Prince's career of speaking mostly through his music, rather than conventional interviews. Next is "In Love", a bouncy disco track with the very Princely sexual metaphor: "I just want to bathe in your river." The album's only hit, "Soft and Wet",...
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