✦ Graffiti Bridge – Album US: 2024

A 1990 spiritual‑funk odyssey reborn — Prince’s cinematic soundtrack reintroduced for a new generation.

✦ Summary

The 2024 CD reissue of Graffiti Bridge (catalogue R2 27493 / 603497837663) brings Prince’s 1990 soundtrack back into circulation with refreshed mastering and updated packaging. Originally released as the sequel soundtrack to the Graffiti Bridge film, the album blended pop rock, funk, soul, R&B, and pop‑rap, featuring Prince alongside Tevin Campbell, Mavis Staples, The Time, and George Clinton.

The reissue preserves the original sequencing and artwork, including Steve Parke’s cover illustration and Tom Recchion’s art direction. Manufactured in the USA with discs pressed in Germany, this edition continues Warner’s ongoing archival rollout of Prince’s catalogue.

✦ Highlights

• 2024 CD reissue of the 1990 soundtrack

• Features Prince, The Time, Tevin Campbell, Mavis Staples, George Clinton

• Mix of funk, rock, gospel, and Minneapolis soul

• Remastered edition with original artwork restored

• Bridges the Batman era and the early ’90s NPG sound

✦ Track Details

CD – NPG Records / Warner Records – US – 2024

Can’t Stop This Feeling I Got

New Power Generation

Release It

The Question of U

Elephants & Flowers

Round and Round

We Can Funk

Joy in Repetition

Love Machine

Tick, Tick, Bang

Shake!

Thieves in the Temple

The Latest Fashion

Melody Cool

Still Would Stand All Time

Graffiti Bridge

New Power Generation (Pt. II)

✦ Reissues & Global Variants

(Verified via Prince Vault, Discogs, and Warner Records)

1990 Original Releases

• CD — Warner Bros. 7599‑27493‑2 — US/Europe

• Cassette — Warner Bros. 4‑27493 — US

• LP — Warner Bros. 1‑27493 — US/Europe

2016–2017 Digital Reissues

• Warner Bros. / NPG — Worldwide — digital remaster

2020 Vinyl Reissue

• 2×LP — Warner Records / NPG — Worldwide — remastered

2024 CD Reissue

• CD — NPG Records / Warner Records R2 27493 / 603497837663 — US

• Manufactured in USA; disc pressed in Germany

✦ Production and Context

• Produced, arranged, composed, and performed by Prince

• Recorded 1987–1990 at Paisley Park and Sunset Sound

• Art direction: Tom Recchion

• Cover illustration: Steve Parke

• Logos: Margo Chase

• Photography: Bob McNamara

• Soundtrack to Prince’s 1990 film Graffiti Bridge

• Features collaborations with The Time, Mavis Staples, Tevin Campbell, George Clinton

✦ Singles Released

(From the original 1990 campaign)

• Thieves in the Temple — 1990

• New Power Generation — 1990

• Round and Round (Tevin Campbell) — 1990

✦ Chart Performance

(Original 1990 release)

• US Billboard 200 — #6

• US R&B Albums — #1

• UK Albums Chart — #1

• Certified Gold (US)

✦ ALT TEXT (SEO)

A vibrant illustrated cover featuring Prince surrounded by neon‑like streaks of color, representing the 2024 CD reissue of Graffiti Bridge.

✦ Discography Sidebar

Batman — 1989

Graffiti Bridge — 1990

Diamonds and Pearls — 1991

✦ Prince Era Mini‑Timeline

1989 — Batman soundtrack

1990 — Graffiti Bridge film and album

2024 — CD reissue released by NPG/Warner

✦ Glam Flashback

Graffiti Bridge is Prince at his most cinematic — a spiritual funk opera bursting with color, collaboration, and Minneapolis fire. The 2024 reissue brings renewed clarity to an album that bridges the late ’80s blockbuster era and the dawn of the New Power Generation.

✦ Image & Artwork Copyright Notice

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✦ Sources

Prince Vault

Discogs

Warner Records catalogue data