Author: Prince
Title: Xpectation
Category: Jazz, Rock, Funk / Soul
Style: Soul-Jazz, Fusion, Jazz-Funk, Funk, Cool Jazz
Year: 2003
Notes: Xpectation is the first instrumental album Date of released under Prince's own name

The individual mp3 files were Date of released as surprise download on the New Year's Day in 2003 to members of the NPG Music Club. There was no artwork provided with the files, the front cover (displayed here is taken from the 2015 TIDALHiFi release) was used only as thumbnail in the "Vault III"page, the discography section of the NPG Music Club.

Xpectation was originally intended to be called Xenophobia (until the title track was removed), and NPG Music Club had previously advertised the album as one of the "4 CDs" club members would receive in the mail during 2002 for their paid $100 subscription fee.

In 2004, it was Date of released in WMA Type to purchase form the NPG Music Club's Musicology download store
In 2015, it was Date of released on TIDALHiFi to stream for subscribers
Rating: 3.7
Format: MP2 ADX AA VOX DXD WAV TTA FLAC MP3
MP3 album RAR size: 1581 mb | FLAC album RAR size: 1508 mb

Tracklist

Xhalation	2:04
Xcogitate	3:33
Xemplify	5:53
Xpectation	4:01
Xotica	3:05
Xogenous	4:12
Xpand	6:11
Xosphere	3:34
Xpedition	8:24

Versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
none	Prince	Xpectation ‎(9xFile, MP3, Album, 256)	NPG Records	none	US	2003
NPGMC13	Prince	Xpectation ‎(CDr, Album, Unofficial, Jew)	NPG Records	NPGMC13	US	2003
none	Prince	Xpectation ‎(9xFile, FLAC, Album, RE)	Tidal	none	2015
SL83	Prince	Xpectation ‎(CD, Ltd, Num, Unofficial)	Silverline	SL83	UK	2016
SAB 260	Prince	Xpectation (New Directions In Music By Prince) ‎(CD, Comp, Unofficial)	Sabotage Records	SAB 260	Unknown
none	Prince	Xpectation ‎(CDr, Album, Unofficial)	NPG Records	none	Unknown
NPGMC13	Prince	Xpectation ‎(CDr, Album, Unofficial)	NPG Records	NPGMC13	US	Unknown

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