Pru is the debut studio album by American singer Pru, released in
November 2000 through Capitol Records. The album was managed by Capitol
Records executive Roy Lott, who had signed Pru to Warner/Chappell Music
Publishing after being impressed by her songwriting and voice on a demo
tape. Pru collaborated with Ben Garrison, the Characters, and Rick
Williams on the album. According to Lott, Pru was part of Capitol
Records' attempts to attract a wider audience through her crossover
appeal. Music critics have identified several genres on the album, with
some commentators noting influences from neo soul. Pru also used poetry
as an inspiration for writing music. Reviews of the album were generally
positive, noting its composition and Pru's voice, and comparing her
favorably to contemporary artists. The album peaked at number 176 on the
Billboard 200 chart, an achievement made possible in part by an
intensive marketing strategy devised by Capitol Records executives. Two
singles – "Candles" and "Aaroma (of a Man)" – were released to
positive reviews. "Candles" peaked at number 68 on the Hot R&B;/Hip-Hop
Songs Billboard chart.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1838:
The Times of India, the world's largest-circulated English-
language daily broadsheet newspaper, was founded as the The Bombay Times
and Journal of Commerce.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Times_of_India>
1881:
Indigenous Mapuches rebelled against Chile's occupation of
Araucanía.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapuche_uprising_of_1881>
1942:
World War II: U.S. Marines and U.S. Army forces began an
attempt to encircle and destroy a regiment of Imperial Japanese Army
troops on Guadalcanal.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koli_Point_action>
1957:
The Soviet Union launched the Sputnik 2 spacecraft, carrying
Laika (pictured on stamp) the Russian space dog as the first living
creature from Earth to enter orbit.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika>
1969:
U.S. President Richard Nixon made a plea to the "silent
majority", referring to those Americans who did not join in the large
demonstrations against the Vietnam War at the time.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_majority>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
bokeh:
(photography) A subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of an
image projected by a camera lens.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bokeh>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
At Ragnarok the world as we know it will be destroyed. But that is
not the end. After a long time, a time of healing, a new universe will
be created, one better and cleaner and free from the evils of this
world. It too will last for countless millennia... until again the
forces of evil and cold contend against the forces of goodness and
light... and again there is a time of rest, followed by a new creation
and another chance for men. Nothing is ever finished, nothing is ever
perfect, but over and over again the race of men gets another chance to
do better than last time, ever and again without end.
--Job: A Comedy of Justice
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