I love the warm sounds of the drums and the bass, the humor, the tasteful way to sound pretty much like 2006 but also like Prince (especially Incence & Candles), the fun, the not-too-polishedness, the very human feel and as always the musical genius in general!

Together with The Rainbow Children, it's the best since LoveSexy I think.

Ok, this is weird...I couldn't see LillianLaughs' post until I clicked the "Reply" link...

Byron said:

Correct. Both Love and Lolita could easily have been written for MJ.

Damn, you guys (and gals) are making it extremely difficult for me to wait for the official release from the wrecka stowe.

Musicology had its moments, but it just felt so lifeless for the most part. I'm glad to hear that 3121 actually has a little spark and life to it.

Oh, and I kinda figured that TAC would make more sense in the context of the record - Judging from the track descriptions around it, TAC seems well sequenced.

PurpleKnight said:

Now don't get all bent out of shape, but how does it display daring ambition? I'd say it's the safest record he's ever made. Get on The Boat is a retread of JB, Lolita is a cheesy stop and go synth tune trying it's best to sound like Soft and Wet, Fury lacks the 'daring' guitar playing that we saw on SNL, Incense and Candles is a clear attempt to make a pop tune for today's market, Satisfied as has been said by others is On The Couch Pt II, and the title track is akin to his Camille work; I don't hear anything that's daring or ambitious, personally.

Wall said:

Wall said:

Isn't that was Soft & Wet was to begin with...cheesy stop-n-go synth pop?

Byron said:

Sure, but that's my question -- how is retreading an old idea daring or ambitious? It seems to me more like a B- version of Soft and Wet, replaced with some corny lyrics.

PurpleKnight said:

Okay, I guess I can agree on that. Prince can write a hook and I'm sure he wasn't trying to make a clunker, which obviously, is up for debate.

Wall said:

Yeah, but waiting 25 years to repeat the formula is ok in my mind...lol...unlike a lot of other artists who would repeat the formula on their very next album simply because the original was a hit.

Byron said:

True enough. Not to say Prince isn't in a JB rut, though I guess none of them have been hits. Prettyman, The Work, Musicology, Get on the Boat...

Wall said:

Going back to my post, I just thought of this:

Baby, I'm A Star = America (on the very next album, yet) = Trust

Guess even during his heyday Prince repeated certain song formulas...

And yeah, he's in a JB mode for...seven years...lol


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PurpleKnight said:

I'm waiting on that all-kazoo album, personally...

PurpleKnight said:

But it certainly would qualify as both daring and ambitious.

Byron said:

...and let's not forget Purple Rain = The Ladder

I just played the album for an old-school fan who's not been a pretty selective fan of the last decade's stuff and a really casual fan, who likes only the old stuff. They both hated it, and agreed Black Sweat was pretty much the only thing on it they liked (though they liked that a lot). It was hard to argue. The more I listen, the more I feel like it's his weakest since Rave, and only a little better. There's just something so absent sounding in this album. We put on One Night Alone and they were both like, what the hell is this, this is great!

MendesCity said:

What's interesting (kinda lol) is that the overwhelming majority of people either really love practically all the songs on the CD, or hate pretty much every song on the CD...and the ones who love the CD and play it for their friends always report back that their friends dig it, too..and the ones who hate the CD and play it for their friends always report back that their friends hate it, too...

I'm waiting for the one Orger who hates the CD yet reports back that they played it for their friend and they all loved it...lol (or vise versa)

Byron said:

(raises hand) That's me!

I pretty much love 90% of the CD but my boyfriend hates it, so far. I think he's disappointed there's no Call My Name 2 or Life O' The Party 2 on this one.

Another useless Prince album, all the songs reminds me of other tracks he did in the past. Nothing is really bad, it's just totally uninspired. Hard to say he doesn't belong to the "Hasbeen 80's artist" category now (plenty of nice people there though). Well, at least he can still make decent shows, the very last place where i'd spend money for Prince.

ChimChimBadass said:

Don't tell me...you played it for all your friends and they hate it, too...lol

Don't you want to come, 31, 21.....It's gonna be so much fun.....That's where the party be.....



...join me under the waterfalll, climb the rainbow tree.



I swear that's what I want to sing.



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Okay, I FINALLY listened to all the songs. Not that my opinion matters to anyone, but here it is anyway.

I think it's a solid album, I would rank it above average in the context of his whole catalogue. Last week I listened to 3121, Love, Get on the Boat, The Word and thought it was pretty good. This afternoon I listened to the whole thing from beginning to end and was kinda disappointed. But then I kept listening to it and it is definitely growing on me. After hearing Black Sweat and reading Listening Party reviews I have to be honest, I expected a bit more funk and wish there was more, but I really like Get on the Boat (go Sheila!!), The Word and Love. TAC, Incense & Candles, and The Dance I will probably skip. (Why did he put The Dance on this album, too?! He should not be allowed to recycle songs unless they are previously unreleased! ) Lolita is definitely cheesy, it's better than the 3 I just mentioned, but I'm not really feelin' it so far. I generally dislike Prince's slow, sappy, ballads, but I really like Satisfied.

I think it will receive more play from me than Musicology (which I rarely listen to) but so far it's nowhere near the being one of the albums I listen to almost every few days.

Bring on the tour!!

Do Purple Knight and Byron always post in pairs?

Wall said:

For the most part, 3121 is not daring or ambitious (The only track goes that route is "The Dance"...) But 3121 is a fun album that actually shows that the midget has a pulse...That's what I dig about it...But all this talk of "Get On The Boat" sounding like JB is quite lazy...This song is more Stevie Wonder than anything else...The Latin flourishes...aint nothing JB about that...I swear, whenever some of the Org cats here Prince do something funky with live instruments, you automatically scream "James Brown clone!!!" Come on guys, listen to the song first and then make an informed opinion...But let's stop with the sheep shit...

As for 3121, there are some songs I'll be able to play on here longer than anything on The Rainbow Children (great musicianship, but somewhat annoying) or Musicology (Too much, "remember the good old days vibes...)...As a whole 3121 does the job...

Wall said:

Do you always follow our posts??...