Child of the Sun is a pop/rock album by Mayte Garcia, released in 1995. It was produced by Prince

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

 when they were married, and released by NPG Records

NPG Records

NPG Records is the current active record label owned by Prince, founded in 1993 to release his music after Paisley Park Records. Paisley Park was shut down by Warner Bros. Records in 1993. Warner Bros. distributed one NPG release in 1995, The Gold Experience. "NPG" is short for "New Power...

. 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 I Love U 2nite

If I Love U 2nite

"If I Love U 2nite" is Mayte's solo debut, and the first single from her album, Child of the Sun. Mayte's narration of her love story, in which she and her lover's first date was "in bed", and she asks him if he'll love her forever. The song was suggested to be about Prince, whom she was dating at...

".

Some songs on the album include:

• "House of Brick", a version of "Brick House
  Brick House (song)
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  " by the Commodores
  Commodores
  The Commodores are an American funk/soul band of the 1970s and 1980s. The members of the group met as mostly freshmen at Tuskegee Institute in 1968, and signed with Motown in November 1972, having first caught the public eye opening for The Jackson 5 while on tour...
  
  
• "However Much U Want", a duet with Prince
  Prince (musician)
  Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...
  
  
• "The Most Beautiful Boy in the World", a female version of the song "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World
  The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (Prince song)
  "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" is a song by Prince from his 1995 album The Gold Experience It was his first release since changing his stage name to an unpronounceable symbol. With the consent of Prince's usual record distributor Warner Bros...
  
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• A Spanish version of "If I Love U 2nite
  If I Love U 2nite
  "If I Love U 2nite" is Mayte's solo debut, and the first single from her album, Child of the Sun. Mayte's narration of her love story, in which she and her lover's first date was "in bed", and she asks him if he'll love her forever. The song was suggested to be about Prince, whom she was dating at...
  
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Track listing

All songs written by Prince

Prince (musician)

Prince Rogers Nelson , often known simply as Prince, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. Prince has produced ten platinum albums and thirty Top 40 singles during his career. Prince founded his own recording studio and label; writing, self-producing and playing most, or all, of...

, except where indicated.

1. "Children of the Sun" (Mayte, Prince)
2. "In Your Gracious Name"
3. "If I Love U 2nite
   If I Love U 2nite
   "If I Love U 2nite" is Mayte's solo debut, and the first single from her album, Child of the Sun. Mayte's narration of her love story, in which she and her lover's first date was "in bed", and she asks him if he'll love her forever. The song was suggested to be about Prince, whom she was dating at...
   
   "
4. "The Rhythm of Your Heart"
5. "However Much U Want" - Prince duet
6. "Mo' Better" (Prince, Kirk Johnson)
7. "If I Love U 2nite" (Spanish)
8. "The Most Beautiful Boy in the World"
9. "Ain't No Place Like U"
10. "House of Brick" (William King
    William King
    William King may refer to:*Bill King, , American radio announcer*Billy King , Irish cricketer*Willie King , blues guitarist and singer...
    
    , Ronald La Pread, Thomas McCleary, Walter Orange, Lionel Richie
    Lionel Richie
    Lionel Brockman Richie, Jr. , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. Since 1968, he has been a member of the musical group Commodores signed to Motown Records...
    
    , Milan Williams)
11. "Love's No Fun"
12. "Baby Don't Care"

External links

• Information about the album on Discogs
• Album review at theadamoopinion