ernestsewell said:

udo said:

Please DO play it LOUD!

I'm in the mood to do just that, right now.

So am i, f*** the neighbours.

buy it you won't regret:

6 great tracks:

Get Wild

Count The Days

The Good Life

Return Of The Bump Squad

Big Fun

The Exodus Has Begun

There's a bootleg of the original configuration out there. It's a bit different.

NPG Bum Rush The Ship (segue)

The Exodus Has Begun (clocking at just 6 minutes, instead of the 10 minutes we know)

NPG Operator(segue)

Get Wild

Count(segue)

DJ Gets Jumped(segue)

New Power Soul

DJ Seduces Sonny(segue)

It Takes 3

Rain(segue)

Hallucination Rain

Spooky Soup

NPG Outro (segue)

The whole thing clocks at just under 36 minutes. The album proper clocks at just over 66 minutes

There's a gazillion mixes of "Get Wild", and even the version on the early config is different and longer. I think it's funkier, and I like it more, however I believe it probably ended up on the maxi single somewhere. I've never sat down to figure out which version it is though.

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ernestsewell said:

There's a bootleg of the original configuration out there. It's a bit different.

NPG Bum Rush The Ship (segue)

The Exodus Has Begun (clocking at just 6 minutes, instead of the 10 minutes we know)

NPG Operator(segue)

Get Wild

Count(segue)

DJ Gets Jumped(segue)

New Power Soul

DJ Seduces Sonny(segue)

It Takes 3

Rain(segue)

Hallucination Rain

Spooky Soup

NPG Outro (segue)

The whole thing clocks at just under 36 minutes. The album proper clocks at just over 66 minutes

I hope you have the other outtakes from this album Ernest, i think you have, i seem to remember you mentioning them a while back.

The 11 min Hallucination Rain, Slave 2 The System, Proud Mary, Mad, Funky, Funky Design, Super Hero and all the others. Well worth a listen despite the not so great Sonny T vox.

djdaffy1227 said:

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It is a pity about that artwork, it's too busy.

I love Exodus, too bad some other songs were left off, with Funky Design, Proud Mary, Love ... Thy Will Be Done(easily the best version) and Slave To The System it would have been even better, but it's still awesome.

bigd74 said:

I love Exodus, too bad some other songs were left off, with Funky Design, Proud Mary, Love ... Thy Will Be Done(easily the best version) and Slave To The System it would have been even better, but it's still awesome.

Slave 2 The System was originally on Emancipation. I don't think style wise it would have fit on Exodus anyway. The message is more post-freedom, not pre-freedom, so it might have seemed premature on Exodus.

I would love to have seen "Love...Thy Will B Done" on ANYTHING. But I do think it would have worked quite well on Exodus, or even COME, perhaps. I love both versions of that song.

bigd74 said:

I love Exodus, too bad some other songs were left off, with Funky Design, Proud Mary, Love ... Thy Will Be Done(easily the best version) and Slave To The System it would have been even better, but it's still awesome.

I assume you are referring to the NPG version of Slave 2 The System (the very fast, short version) and not the slower Prince version that was considered for Emancipation?

It's one of my favs.... VERY creative and fun.

MikeyB71 said:

djdaffy1227 said:

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It is a pity about that artwork, it's too busy.

I think it's perfect, a retro Parlaiment 70's scifi collage, as garish and busy as the music and interludes on the CD.

I love the art on the CD as well. "It's feeding time"... is that what it says?

Mos Def.

The title track alone is worth the price of entry

The lp has a life and attitude that a prince lp hasn't had in a long time

Yes.

Exodus has begun and Return of Bump Squad are among Prince's best of the 90s

Count the Days, even with the Sonny T vocals is also surprisingly good.

The rest is crap but these are 3 fantastic, essential tracks.

DON'T buy it...

(listen to me)

it's better than (All of) Genesis

definatly one of his best

funky as hell

JoeTyler said:

DON'T buy it...

(listen to me)

Could you please tell why you don't like this funky stuff.. ?

jdcxc said:

I never understand these "worth buying" threads. Cd's are the most inexpensive art you can buy. Hold off on one deathly McDonalds dinner or a crappy WalMart aisle item and you're in there. Consumers and their choices.

I've never seen "Exodus" for the cost of a McDonald's dinner and I've never been to Walmart.

Just worth it for Return of the Bump Squad and The Exodus Has Begun.

ufoclub said:

Just worth it for Return of the Bump Squad and The Exodus Has Begun.

http://www.discogs.com/NP...ase/418999

ernestsewell said:

There's a bootleg of the original configuration out there. It's a bit different.

NPG Bum Rush The Ship (segue)

The Exodus Has Begun (clocking at just 6 minutes, instead of the 10 minutes we know)

NPG Operator(segue)

Get Wild

Count(segue)

DJ Gets Jumped(segue)

New Power Soul

DJ Seduces Sonny(segue)

It Takes 3

Rain(segue)

Hallucination Rain

Spooky Soup

NPG Outro (segue)

The whole thing clocks at just under 36 minutes. The album proper clocks at just over 66 minutes

There's a gazillion mixes of "Get Wild", and even the version on the early config is different and longer. I think it's funkier, and I like it more, however I believe it probably ended up on the maxi single somewhere. I've never sat down to figure out which version it is though.

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The sountrack of Pret-A-Porter. Pretty all right album, btw.

NouveauDance said:

jdcxc said:

I never understand these "worth buying" threads. Cd's are the most inexpensive art you can buy. Hold off on one deathly McDonalds dinner or a crappy WalMart aisle item and you're in there. Consumers and their choices.

Maybe it's more a case of "there's so much to buy, and I want it all... should I get this now, or go after some other stuff I really, really want". ?

it is definitely worth buying. one of my favorites. but this album can be a bit pricey. so i can understand the questioning of is it worth it. it just depends on where you find it and whats being asked for it.

savagedreams said:

NouveauDance said:

Maybe it's more a case of "there's so much to buy, and I want it all... should I get this now, or go after some other stuff I really, really want". ?

it is definitely worth buying. one of my favorites. but this album can be a bit pricey. so i can understand the questioning of is it worth it. it just depends on where you find it and whats being asked for it.

I think that the high prices have something to do with the fact that this album is now OOP. It never received a worldwide release too.

I've always wondered if Rain Ivana was a real person or just another one of his pseudonyms for someone.

ernestsewell said:

IS AIR WORTH BREATHING?????????

Fuck, the title track alone will stick to the roof of your mouf for WEEKS after. The segues are funny, but sometimes distracting. Rip the CD without them. It's Prince at his most balls-to-the-wall. It's a perfect companion to The Gold Experience.

COULD NOT AGREE MORE!!!!

PsychedelicMama said:

ernestsewell said:

IS AIR WORTH BREATHING?????????

Fuck, the title track alone will stick to the roof of your mouf for WEEKS after. The segues are funny, but sometimes distracting. Rip the CD without them. It's Prince at his most balls-to-the-wall. It's a perfect companion to The Gold Experience.

COULD NOT AGREE MORE!!!!

I got to thinking after I typed that reply that it's a lot like how Prince wrote stuff for The Time back in the day. Prince would take the edgier stuff for himself (The Gold Experience) and give the funkier stuff, often times, to The Time (NPG's Exodus). It's all very PRINCE in the end. I should come up with a great playlist incorporating the two into one.

I still think if Chaos was whittled down & reconfigured a bit, a LOT, as an EP, it would have been a great bonus CD for The Gold Experience. Perhaps just include Chaos, Zanalee, The Same December, Into The Light/I Will, Poor Goo. Let "Had U" be a hidden track.

HELL YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PsychedelicMama said:

I've always wondered if Rain Ivana was a real person or just another one of his pseudonyms for someone.

she was actually the receptionist at paisley