The Audition (album)
For the self-titled album by The Audition, see Self-titled Album (The Audition album).
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| Studio album by Janelle Monáe | ||||
| Released | 2003 | |||
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Wondaland Studios (Atlanta, Georgia) | |||
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| Length | 52:07 | |||
| Label | Wondaland Arts Society | |||
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The Audition is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Janelle Monáe, self-released and self-financed in 2003. Some versions of the album were later entitled Metropolis: Point Zero. The album features thirteen songs and one instrumental song, "I Won't Let Go". Before signing with Bad Boy Records, she distributed the album indepdendently under the Wondaland Arts Society label, out of the Atlanta boarding house she was living in at the time. There are fewer than 500 physical copies in existence. The album features a cover of the song "Time Will Reveal" by DeBarge, which was later featured along with "Lettin' Go" on the Purple Ribbon All-Stars' 2005 studio album Got Purp? Vol. 2.[2][3][4]
Track listing
| The Audition[5][6] | |||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Thoughts" (intro) | Janelle Robinson | 1:42 |
| 2. | "Lettin' Go" |
| 4:28 |
| 3. | "Party Girl" | Robinson | 3:48 |
| 4. | "Metropolis" | Robinson | 4:57 |
| 5. | "Cindi" | Robinson | 2:15 |
| 6. | "It's Not Fair" | Robinson | 3:48 |
| 7. | "Time Will Reveal" | 3:33 | |
| 8. | "My Favorite Nothing" | Robinson | 3:56 |
| 9. | "Warm Up (Cloud 9)" | Robinson | 0:47 |
| 10. | "Cloud 9" | Robinson | 4:15 |
| 11. | "Star" | Robinson | 4:45 |
| 12. | "I Won't Let Go" | Robinson | 4:48 |
| 13. | "You" | Robinson | 4:22 |
| 14. | "You Are My Everything" | Robinson | 4:43 |
| Total length: | 52:07 | ||
References
- ↑ "Lettin Go on iTunes". iTunes. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ↑ Sturges, Fiona (8 October 2010). "Janelle Monae: Meet the new queen of pop". The Independent. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ↑ Goldman, Adria; Ford, Vanatta; Harris, Alexa; Howard, Natasha (30 July 2014). Black Women and Popular Culture: The Conversation Continues. Lexington Books. p. 257. ISBN 0739192280.
- ↑ "The Audition on Discogs". Discogs. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ↑ The Audition (CD liner notes). Janelle Monáe. Wondaland Arts Society. 2003.
- ↑ "The Audition on Last.fm". Last.fm. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
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