Lotus Flow3r is a triple disc collection
Each one will be reviewed individually
Prince likes to release lots of material
It must be digested slowly and processed thoroughly

Each one will be reviewed individually
From the Lotus… is mysterious and jazzy
It must be digested slowly and processed thoroughly
The sounds compel head bobbing and foot tapping

From the Lotus… is mysterious and jazzy
Tight percussion, astral keyboard and spacey guitar
The sounds compel head bobbing and foot tapping
As if forms from the ether and becomes

Tight percussion, astral keyboard and spacey guitar
A prologue that draws its audience
As it forms from the ether and becomes
The listener is left to figure it out

A prologue that draws its audience
Boom has an airy intro
The listener is left to figure it out
Prince in heavenly falsetto

Boom has an airy intro
Then rips into an axe sounding like a downshifting muscle car
Prince in heavenly falsetto
Ideal for driving and thinking

Then rips into an axe sounding like a down shifting muscle car
This is the second joint on the tape
Ideal for driving and thinking
At 3:18

This is the second joint on the tape.
Quite the purple experience
At 3:18
Crimson and Clover is three performances in

Quite the purple experience
A cover of Tommy James and the Shondells
Crimson and Clover is three performances in
A party like 1969

A cover of Tommy James and the Shondells
Trilling in a soft voice
A party like 1969
Echoing Wild Thing

Trilling in a soft voice
“I think I love ya!”
Echoing Wild Thing
Mass appeal

“I think I love ya!”
4ever is rich in composition.
Mass appeal
It’s not about cheap flings

4ever is rich in composition
With sensitive, funny lyrics
It’s not about cheap flings
A solid fourth cut

With sensitive, funny lyrics
An eternal theme
A solid fourth cut
About love lasting for the ages

An eternal theme
Providing a sense of balance
About love lasting for the ages
Colonized Mind is melancholy

Providing a sense of balance
With a soothing bass line
Colonized Mind is melancholy
Thought provoking and intelligent

With a soothing bass line
A piece about duplicity
Thought provoking and intelligent
With distortion pedal toward the end

A piece about duplicity
Is number five
With distortion pedal toward the end
“Upload a child with no father”

Is number five
“Without God, It’s just the blind leading the blind
“Upload a child with no father”
Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Wonderful

“Without God, It’s just the blind leading the blind”
The funky dance number
Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Wonderful
Provides a touch of comic relief

The funky jazz number
His guitar “can part the sea”
Provides a touch of comic relief
“Keep your mind in a vertical motion, always looking up”

His guitar “can part the sea”
Good for radio
“Keep your mind in a vertical motion, always looking up”
Easy on the ear

Good for radio
Love like Jazz
Easy on the ear
With a subtle Latin flavor

Love like Jazz
Appropriate for any given workday afternoon
With a subtle Latin flavor
A recurring Prince theme lately

Appropriate for any given workday afternoon
For the easy listening connoisseur
A recurring Prince theme lately
Billowy and uplifting

For the easy listening connoisseur
Allegedly named after a recording studio
Billowy and uplifting
77 Beverly Park

Allegedly named after a recording studio
Sophisticated
77 Beverly Park
Another instrumental piece

Sophisticated
Brings to mind a café that serves blood orange sorbet
Another instrumental piece
With that distinct sound all over it

Brings to mind a café that serves blood orange sorbet
Not believing in luck in a German town
With that distinct sound all over it
The Wall of Berlin

Not believing in luck in a German town
And a woman who gets down like
The Wall of Berlin
Track nine likes to change tempo on the fly

And a woman who gets down like
The aggressive drum solo that cross fades into $
Track nine likes to change tempo on the fly
Number 10 is a bouncy dance tune

The aggressive drum solo that fades into $
Horns are exclamation points
Number 10 is a bouncy dance tune
He’ll take your woman “before she hits the front door”

Horns are exclamation points
“All you need your music, and you’ll be a party machine”
He’ll take your woman “before she hits the front door”
Full of vivid imagery

“All you need your music, and you’ll be a party machine”
Channeling his inner Hendrix
Full of vivid imagery
Dreamer opens with wah wah guitar like Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

Channeling his inner Hendrix
Wicked, slick and funky
Dreamer opens with wah wah guitar like Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
The full application of the craft

Wicked, slick and funky
A deep purple concord jam
The full application of the craft
Big, bad and kick ass

A deep purple concord jam
Goes … Back 2 the Lotus
Big, bad and kick ass
About worldly topics

Goes … Back to the Lotus
The epilogue
About worldly topics
A cool down

The epilogue
Taking sound from each song
A cool down
To bask in sonic afterglow

Taking sound from each track
A recap of the musical trip
To bask in sonic afterglow
A tight finishing track

A recap of the musical trip
Prince likes to release lots of material
Open to myriad interpretations
Lotus Flow3r is a triple disc collection

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