Hit n Run Phase One

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Hit n Run Phase One
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Studio album by
Prince
ReleasedSeptember 7, 2015
Recorded2013–2015
Studio Paisley Park, Chanhassen, Minnesota
Genre
Length38:00
Label
Producer
  • Prince
  • Joshua Welton
Prince chronology
Art Official Age
(2014)		Hit n Run Phase One
(2015)		 Hit n Run Phase Two
(2015)
Singles from Hit n Run Phase One
  1. "Fallinlove2nite"
    Released: March 17, 2014
  2. "Hardrocklover"
    Released: July 7, 2015
  3. "This Could B Us"
    Released: August 28, 2015 (non-US single)

Hit n Run Phase One is the thirty-eighth studio album by American recording artist Prince. [1] [2] It was first released exclusively on the Tidal streaming service on September 7, 2015 [3] [4] [5] before being released on CD on September 15, 2015 by NPG Records. [6] [7]

Contents

The title was originally reported to be The Hit & Run Album but was confirmed by Prince's publicists as Hit n Run Phase One. [8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 53/100 [9]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The A.V. Club C− [11]
Entertainment Weekly A [12]
musicOMH Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [13]
NME 7/10 [14]
The Observer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [15]
Pitchfork 4.5/10 [16]
PopMatters 2/10 [17]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [18]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [19]

Hit n Run Phase One received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 53, based on 16 reviews. [9]

Track listing

Hit n Run Phase One track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Million $ Show" (featuring Judith Hill)
3:10
2."Shut This Down"
  • Prince
  • Welton
3:03
3."Ain't About 2 Stop" (featuring Rita Ora)
  • Prince
  • Welton
3:40
4."Like a Mack" (featuring Curly Fryz)
  • Prince
  • Welton
4:05
5."This Could B Us"Prince4:11
6."Fallinlove2nite"Prince3:13
7."X's Face"
  • Prince
  • Welton
2:38
8."Hardrocklover"
  • Prince
  • Welton
3:43
9."Mr. Nelson" (featuring Lianne La Havas)
  • Prince
  • Welton
2:27
10."1000 X's & O's"Prince4:28
11."June"
  • Prince
  • Welton
3:22
Total length:37:58

Notes

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for Hit n Run Phase One
Chart (2015–2016)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [20] 25
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [21] 53
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [22] 19
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [23] 34
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [24] 11
French Albums (SNEP) [25] 38
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [26] 53
Irish Albums (IRMA) [27] 52
Italian Albums (FIMI) [28] 39
Scottish Albums (OCC) [29] 36
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [30] 27
UK Albums (OCC) [31] 50
UK Album Downloads (OCC) [32] 49
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [33] 4
US Billboard 200 [34] 48
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [35] 4

Year-end charts

2015 year-end chart performance for Hit n Run Phase One
Chart (2015)Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [36] 93
2016 year-end chart performance for Hit n Run Phase One
Chart (2016)Position
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [37] 74

Release history

Release history and formats for Hit n Run Phase One
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
VariousSeptember 14, 2015 Digital download NPG [38] [39] [40] [41] [42]
September 15, 2015 CD [43] [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Prince Interview at Paisley Park New Album HITNRUN". Entertainment Weekly. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Prince's band 3rdEyeGirl confirm new album for 2015". BBC. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "Prince premieres new single "Stare"". Consequence of Sound. 30 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Prince to Release New Record, 'The Hit & Run Album'". Spin. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Prince Announces The Hit & Run Album". Pitchfork. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
  6. ↑ Hit n'Run, NPG RECORDS, 14 September 2015, retrieved 27 August 2016
  7. 1 2 "HITNRUN Phase One". Fnac.com. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  8. ↑ "Prince's band 3rd Eye Girl confirm new album for 2015". BBC News. 24 July 2015. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  9. 1 2 "Reviews for HitNRun: Phase One by Prince". Metacritic . Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  10. ↑ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "HITnRUN: Phase One". AllMusic . Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  11. ↑ Covington, Abigail (8 September 2015). "Prince crashes and burns on HITNRUN Phase One". The A.V. Club . Chicago: The Onion . Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  12. ↑ Anderson, Kyle (10 September 2015). "HITnRUN Phase One by Prince: EW review". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2025.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  13. ↑ Anderson, Kyle (14 September 2015). "Prince – HITnRUN phase one". musicOMH . Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  14. ↑ Stannard, Joseph (14 September 2015). "Prince - 'HITNRUN Phase One'". NME . Archived from the original on 16 September 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. ↑ Thompson, Ben (13 September 2015). "Prince: HitNRun review – deliciously gritty… eventually". The Guardian .
  16. ↑ "Prince: HITNRUN Phase One Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork . Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  17. ↑ Gerard, Chris (9 September 2015). "Prince: HITNRUN Phase One". PopMatters . Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  18. ↑ Q (September). London. 2015.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  19. ↑ Jon Dolan (18 September 2015). "Prince Hit N Run: Phase One Album Review". Rolling Stone . Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  20. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  23. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 18, 2015.
  25. ↑ "Lescharts.com – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  27. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 39, 2015". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  28. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
  29. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  30. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Prince – HitnRun - Phase One". Hung Medien. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  31. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  32. ↑ "Official Album Downloads Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  33. ↑ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
  34. ↑ "Prince Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
  35. ↑ "Prince Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
  36. ↑ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2015". Billboard. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  37. ↑ "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2016". Billboard. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  38. ↑ "Hit n'Run: Prince". iTunes . 14 September 2015.
  39. ↑ "HITNRUN Phase One". iTunes. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  40. ↑ "HITNRUN Phase One". iTunes. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  41. ↑ "HITNRUN Phase One". iTunes. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  42. ↑ "HITNRUN Phase One". iTunes. 14 September 2015. Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  43. ↑ "Hit n'Run: Prince: Amazon.fr: Musique".
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