For You (Prince album)

For You
Studio album by Prince
Released	April 7, 1978
Recorded	October–December 1977
Studio	Record Plant, Sausalito, California
Genre	Rhythm and blues funk[1] disco pop rock[2]
Length	33:11
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Prince
Prince chronology
For You (1978) Prince (1979)
Singles from For You
"Soft and Wet" Released: March 7, 1978 "Just as Long as We're Together" Released: November 21, 1978

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blender	[3]
Robert Christgau	B–[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B–[4]
MusicHound	2.5/5[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]
Yahoo! Music	(favorable)[7]

For You is the debut studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on April 7, 1978 by Warner Bros. Records, two months shy of his twentieth birthday. The album bore the soon-to-be classic tag "produced, arranged, composed, and performed by Prince", as it featured him writing all the songs and playing all the 27 instruments on the record. The album was intended to establish Prince as an artist and to prove his merits; it was produced to the point of spending triple the allotted budget. Because of this, his next album would have to have some hits to recoup the somewhat lackluster release. Critical reviews were mixed. While critics felt Prince had talent and possessed "the most thrilling falsetto since Smokey Robinson", the album itself was regarded as a promising but somewhat insubstantial early disco effort. It peaked at No. 163 on the United States Billboard 200 chart and went on to sell approximately two million copies around the world. The lead single, "Soft and Wet", a dance track combining sexual lyrics and pop music (the only song that had a co-writing credit, to Chris Moon), became a minor hit on the Hot 100, peaking at No. 92. It became a top-twenty hit on the United States Black/R&B Singles chart, peaking at number 12 and establishing Prince as a popular teen star in the market. A second single, the disco-influenced "Just as Long as We're Together", stalled at No. 91 on the R&B chart.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Prince, except where noted. 

Side One
No.	Title	Length
1.	"For You"	1:06
2.	"In Love"	3:38
3.	"Soft and Wet" (Prince, Chris Moon)	3:01
4.	"Crazy You[8]"	2:17
5.	"Just as Long as We're Together"	6:24

The Other Side[9]
No.	Title	Length
6.	"Baby"	3:09
7.	"My Love Is Forever"	4:09
8.	"So Blue"	4:26
9.	"I'm Yours"	5:01

Charts

Chart (1978)	Position
US Billboard 200	163
Chart (2016)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[10]	138

Personnel

• Prince - all vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, Orr bass, bass synth, singing bass, fuzz bass, Fender Rhodes electric piano, acoustic piano, Minimoog, Polymoog, ARP String Ensemble, ARP Pro Soloist, Oberheim 4-voice, clavinet, drums, syndrums, water drums, slapsticks, bongos, congas, finger cymbals, wind chimes, orchestral bells, wood blocks, brush trap, tree bell, hand claps, finger snaps

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Prince: For You > Review" at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
2. Christgau, Robert. "Prince". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
3. Blender review Archived August 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
4. Browne, David (September 21, 1990). "Purple Products". Entertainment Weekly (#32). ISSN 1049-0434. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
5. Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.) (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (2nd ed.). Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p. 897. ISBN 1-57859-061-2.
6. Hoard, Christian David; Brackett, Nathan (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4, revised ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7432-0169-8.
7. Clay, Jennifer (January 1, 1982). "For You". Archived from the original on 2010-07-22.
8. Discogs.com
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External links

• For You at Discogs
• For You at Prince Vault