''Child of the Sun'' is a pop/rock album and only album to date by

Mayte Garcia Mayte Jannell Garcia (; born November 12, 1973) is an American dancer, actress and singer. She was married to Prince for four years and has worked with various music artists. Early life Garcia was born on November 12, 1973, at Fort Rucker, Ala ...

, released in 1995 in Europe, and the United Kingdom. It was not formally released in the United States.

Background

The album was produced by

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, and released by

NPG Records NPG Records is a record label that was owned by Prince and run by Trevor Guy. "NPG" is short for New Power Generation. It was founded to release his music after Paisley Park Records was shut down by Warner Bros. Records in 1994. Though the 1994 com ...

. The album was not very critically or commercially successful. The album has a similar style to Prince's albums of the same period. The cover theme was " If Eye Love U 2night". Some songs on the album include: * "House of Brick", a version of " Brick House" by the

Commodores Commodores are an American funk and soul band, which were at their peak in the late 1970s through the mid 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University) in 1968, and signed with Motown in ...

* "However Much U Want", a duet with Prince * " The Most Beautiful Boy In The World", a female version of the song " The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" * A Spanish version of "If I Love U 2 Nite"

Track listing

All songs written by

, except where indicated. #"Children of the Sun" #"In Your Gracious Name" #" If Eye Love U 2night" #"The Rhythm of Your Heart" #"Ain't No Place Like U" #"House of Brick (Brick House)" (featuring Prince) (Nelson, William King, Thomas McClary, Walter Orange,

Lionel Richie Lionel Brockman Richie Jr. (born June 20, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and television personality. He rose to fame in the 1970s as a songwriter and the co-lead singer of funk band the Commodores; writing and recordi ...

Milan Williams Milan B. Williams (March 28, 1948 – July 9, 2006) was an American keyboardist and a founding member of The Commodores. Biography Williams was born in Okolona, Mississippi, and began playing the piano after being inspired by his older brother Ea ...

, Ronald LaPread) #"Love's No Fun" #"Baby Don't Care" #"However Much U Want" (duet with Prince) #"Mo' Better" #"If Eye Love U 2night" (Spanish version) #" The Most Beautiful Boy In The World"

References

External links

Information about the album on Discogs

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