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Jill Jones is the self-titled debut solo album from the artist of the same name; Jill Jones. The album was released in 1987 on Paisley Park / Warner Bros. Records. It was produced by Jones and Prince.

Her debut was warmly received in Europe, but failed to chart in the U.S. on the Billboard Top 100 Pop, Black, or Dance charts. In spite of it upfront commercial appeal, none of the four released singles managed to enter any of the Top 100 charts. Warner Bros. Entertainment never pushed the album^{[citation needed]}.

In 1983, Jones moved to Minneapolis to begin work on her solo album. Prince spent three years working with his "protégé". Prince wrote and performed much of the music on the album, while Jones supplied the lyrics. David Z. (former drummer for The Revolution) did a large portion of the audio engineering and music production (without Prince) at Electric Lady Studios in New York.

In addition, Billy Idol guitarist Steven Stevens (a close friend of Jones'), contributed to three tracks for the album. However, only the cover of Prince’s "With You" made the album. His other two contributions "77 Bleeker St." and "Baby Cries (Ay Yah)" were issued as B-sides.

The album is out of print.

Track listing

All songs composed by Jill Jones & Prince except where indicated.

Side 1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Intro (Baby You're A Trip) (Jill Jones)"	1:25
2.	"Mia Bocca"	5:56
3.	"G-Spot"	4:30
4.	"Violet Blue (w/ Darlene Koldenhoven) (Jill Jones)"	4:24
5.	"With You (w/ Steve Stevens) (Prince)"	4:00

Side 2

No.	Title	Length
6.	"All Day, All Night (w/ The Revolution)"	5:41
7.	"For Love"	4:27
8.	"My Man (Jill Jones)"	3:15
9.	"Baby, You're A Trip (Jill Jones)"	5:23

Album Singles

G-Spot

No.	Title	Length
1.	"G-Spot (Extended Version)"	6:22
2.	"Baby Cries (Ay Yah)(Extended Version)"	6:44

Mia Bocca ^{(Additional Production and Mixing by Arthur Baker)}

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Mia Bocca (Extended Version)"	6:04
2.	"Mia Bocca (Dub Version)"	5:48
3.	"77 Bleeker St."	4:34

For Love

No.	Title	Length
1.	"For Love (4-Play Remix)"	7:29
2.	"For Love (Bonus Beats)"	4:55

References

Vicars, J. J. "Jill Jones: A Promise Fulfilled." Welcome to Facebook. Web. 17 July 2010. <http://www.facebook.com/jilljonesmusic?v=info>

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 '''''Jill Jones''''' is the self-titled debut solo album from the artist of the same name; [[Jill Jones]]. The album was released in 1987 on Paisley Park / [[Warner Bros. Records]]. It was produced by Jones and [[Prince (musician)|Prince]].
-It was widely critically acclaimed{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}, warmly received in [[Europe]], but failed to chart in the U.S. on the Billboard Top 100 Pop, Black, or Dance charts.  In spite of it upfront commercial appeal, none of the four released singles managed to enter any of the Top 100 charts.  [[Warner Bros. Entertainment]] never pushed the album{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}.
+Her debut was warmly received in [[Europe]], but failed to chart in the U.S. on the Billboard Top 100 Pop, Black, or Dance charts.  In spite of it upfront commercial appeal, none of the four released singles managed to enter any of the Top 100 charts.  [[Warner Bros. Entertainment]] never pushed the album{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}.
 In 1983, Jones moved to [[Minneapolis]] to begin work on her solo album. [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] spent three years working with his ''"protégé"''. Prince wrote and performed much of the music on the album, while Jones supplied the lyrics. [[David Z.]] (former drummer for [[The Revolution (band)|The Revolution]]) did a large portion of the audio engineering and music production (without Prince) at [[Electric Lady Studios]] in [[New York]].