I wasn't around for the big bash when everyone was celebrating and talking about it and stuff.
I've heard it 3 times and left it alone to go onto other things (can't quite remember what exactly right now)

Anyway, here's the review I posted on my blog a month ago.

But I completely dig the whole vibe of the album. A lot of people tend to complain that Prince has lost his touch and his music doesn't sound the same because he leaves out all of the sexyness & dirty-mouthness he's known for. Sure, there's nothing on it like Come or Do me Baby... but it sure feels the same in other ways.

I've thought a while about making a mix of his songs where he makes the world shrink and it's just me and him. I've found 2 songs from Planet Earth to add to that collection, also my 2 favorites.
Mr. Good-night & All the midnights (if that's really the name).
I just love the lyric "all around the world they call me Prince, but you can call me Mr. Good-night". Anything he does when he speaks is just... oh, makes me melt.

Chelsea Rodgers is my least favorite just because it came after the best two tracks...and that whole good feeling is gone. There's 2 things I hate when it comes to Prince's albums.
1) when he only does 2 feel-good songs and when momentum's picking up, he switches things up with a completely different train of thought
2) when guest vocalists hog up his spotlight

But overall, I really do respect what he was trying to do with that. He gets props for the instrumentals alone... not much the lyrics.
This album really does stand a chance against all the ones that came before it. Dare I say it, but it could be better than Musicology... which has been my favorite from his recent material. It eats 3121 for breakfast...
but I think it all came down to his fellow musicians, which made the album awesome. Lisa & Wendy felt like they had a lot of influence on the whole vibe and I'm glad they came back for a ride.

Guitar is a whole lot of fun and really groovy... of course, I had just heard the whole song for the first time. So naturally I go crazy.
Somewhere on Earth is also one of my favorites. Great piano work and its very touching how Prince is trying to appeal to his future soulmate. It's kinda sad that he still hasn't found the one.

I feel like he's in such a good place right now, which makes me happier for him. The only downside is the fear that this could very well be the last album he ever writes. He's gotten so good, I'd hate for him to call it quits after this. When it comes down to it, this was Prince's finest hour.

I feel like this album could compete with a lot of his older work. Controversy & ATWIAD, I would fight very hard for because they have that same kind of purpose. He makes you think about certain issues and such, but neither is a super-giant album like, say, Purple Rain, 1999 and TGE. But I feel that Planet Earth is up to their level of greatness...

To throw in my penny of thought, A CD is just a book.
This world is filled with a lot of great books.

Tame said:

and I do like this latest chapter of Prince's life.

It says 2 me that he's in a very good place right now and that's all i really hope 4

sorry but i must be honest. the album doesn't do it for me. the only song i like is "Chelsea Rogers" and I skip through the rest. i love prince and all, but not these latest group of albums.

I figured as much... but I'm sure a lot of people here would agree 2 that. The old-schoolers.

The album just came off as amazing. Cuz he could have written it anytime. The music is so special (lackof a better word) that it doesnt bind itself to any particular decade of music.
It wasn't completely old school and it wasn't modernized at all.

What a Prince album should sound like... but that's just me.

I really like this album. It has a down-to-earth tone to it that I really like. And he sounds as if he had alot of fun making it. My fave song prolly has to be Lion of Judah, because I think the song shows Prince's vulnearable side and how he loves and risks his heart being broken sometimes. But it has great party tracks and songs that are perfect for laying back and listenin- which I'm gonna do as soon as I finish this post.

Of his most recent albums, I'd have to say I like this one the most, with Musiology coming in second and 3121 3rd.

tznekbsbfrvr said:

agreed

And it did sound like he had a lot of fun making it... he was just being himself, but it really sounds like he's free and freedom sounds wonderful.
I wonder what Emancipation would sound like in comparison, taking away the length of course... if that's what true freedom is supposed to sound like, what would u call where he is today with Planet Earth