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Hit n Run Phase One

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

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Hit n Run Phase One
Studio album by
Prince
ReleasedSeptember 7, 2015
Recorded2013–2015
StudioPaisley 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.12 It was first released exclusively on the Tidal streaming service on September 7, 2015345 before being released on CD on September 15, 2015 by NPG Records.67

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
Metacritic53/1009
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStar10
The A.V. ClubC−11
Entertainment WeeklyA12
musicOMHStarStarStarHalf star13
NME7/1014
The ObserverStarStarStar15
Pitchfork4.5/1016
PopMatters2/1017
QStarStar18
Rolling StoneStarStarStar19

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

  • ”Million $ Show” contains segments of past Prince songs; For You from For You (1978), 1999 from 1999 (1982), and Let’s Go Crazy from Purple Rain (1984).
  • "1000 X's & O's" is also listed as "1000's of X's & O's" on the CD edition.

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 20034 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
Region Date Format Label Ref.
Various September 14, 2015 Digital download NPG 3839404142
September 15, 2015 CD 437
References

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