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{{Infobox album
| name = The Chocolate Invasion (Trax from the NPG Music Club Volume One)
| type = studio
| artist = [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
| cover = Prince chocolate 250.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 29, 2004
| recorded = 1999–2001
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Pop music|Pop]]|[[funk]]|[[Rock music|rock]]|[[Dance music|dance]]|[[Hip hop music|hip hop]]}}
| length = 49:19
| label = [[NPG Records|NPG]]
| producer = [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]
| prev_title = [[Musicology (album)|Musicology]]
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title = [[The Slaughterhouse]]
| next_year = 2004
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Prince: every album rated – and ranked |date=2016-04-22 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202021415/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/22/prince-every-album-rated-and-ranked |archive-date=2022-12-02 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/apr/22/prince-every-album-rated-and-ranked}}</ref>
}}
'''''The Chocolate Invasion (Trax from the NPG Music Club Volume One)''''' is the twenty-ninth [[studio album]] by American recording artist [[Prince (musician)|Prince]]. It was released on March 29, 2004 by [[NPG Records]]. The album was released as a download-only album through his website, [[NPG Music Club]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.princevault.com/index.php/Album:_The_Chocolate_Invasion |title=Album: The Chocolate Invasion |publisher=Prince Vault |date=2004-03-29 |access-date=2012-02-09}}</ref> All the tracks, except "The Dance", were previously available on the same website in 2001, although some may have rearrangements in music and/or lyrics. "[[U Make My Sun Shine]]", a duet with [[Angie Stone]], was released as a single in 2001. Three more tracks had a limited release as CD singles during Prince's 2001 [[Hit n Run Tour (Prince tour)|Hit'N'Run Tour]]: "[[Supercute]]", "Underneath the Cream", and "Gamillah". The album's title comes from a line in "Judas Smile". "The Dance" was later re-recorded and included on the 2006 album, ''[[3121 (album)|3121]]''. All the tracks, except "Judas Smile" and "The Dance", were at one point included on the aborted album project ''[[Unreleased Prince projects#High|High]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawnation.com/comingup.html#high |title=Welcome 2 DAWNATION |publisher=www.dawnation.com |access-date=2012-02-09}}</ref>

The disc artwork on the download page showed a slightly different configuration of the album, missing "The Dance" but including "My Medallion", suggesting a last-minute change by Prince to replace the latter song by the former. In 2015, the album was released on music streaming service [[Tidal (service)|Tidal]] in this different configuration, which also included the full length version of "U Make My Sun Shine". In 2018 the album was released on other music services like [[Spotify]] and the [[iTunes Store]].

Even though the album has never been officially released as a CD, there are [[Bootleg recording|bootlegs]] available.

==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Prince (musician)|Prince]].

===2004 release===
# "When Eye Lay My Hands on U" – 3:45
# "Judas Smile" – 6:37
# "[[Supercute]]" – 4:17
# "Underneath the Cream" – 4:04
# "Sexmesexmenot" – 5:46
# "Vavoom" – 4:40
# "High" – 5:09
# "The Dance" – 4:45
# "Gamillah" <small>(credited to [[The New Power Generation]])</small> – 3:13
# "[[U Make My Sun Shine]]" – 5:52

===2015/2018 release===
# "When Eye Lay My Hands on U" – 3:41
# "Judas Smile" – 6:33
# "[[Supercute]]" – 4:13
# "Underneath the Cream" – 3:59
# "My Medallion" – 5:07
# "Vavoom" – 4:35
# "High" – 5:05
# "Sexmesexmenot" – 5:40
# "Gamillah" – 3:09
# "[[U Make My Sun Shine]]" – 7:05

==References==
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