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Thread started 01/10/12 11:29am

nursev

For You is a Freakin Masterpiece

Okay so I'm listening to For You again after having to buy it again lol and this cd/album is a masterpiece! From the title song which is just beautiful, Baby is a great ballad deserving to sit beside all of Prince's ballads, Soft and Wet and I'm Yours are genius! I love this cd! The music alone makes it worthy of being called a masterpiece heart Opinions?
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Reply #1 posted 01/10/12 11:31am

NouveauDance

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thumbs up!

Baby & My Love Is Forever are my favs.

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Reply #2 posted 01/10/12 11:34am

nursev

NouveauDance said:

thumbs up!



Baby & My Love Is Forever are my favs.



Agreed. My first time taking a good listen to them and they are genius-Baby kinda made me cry it is so sweet.
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Reply #3 posted 01/10/12 11:35am

Graycap23

nursev said:

Okay so I'm listening to For You again after having to buy it again lol and this cd/album is a masterpiece! From the title song which is just beautiful, Baby is a great ballad deserving to sit beside all of Prince's ballads, Soft and Wet and I'm Yours are genius! I love this cd! The music alone makes it worthy of being called a masterpiece heart Opinions?

Yes it is.............

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Reply #4 posted 01/10/12 11:43am

jonylawson

no its far from a masterpiece.

its hardly songs in the key of life!

not a bad first effort though

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Reply #5 posted 01/10/12 11:45am

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My biggest problem with it is that it sounds a million years old. It could really use a remaster or something.

I never really liked 'Soft and Wet' shrug or 'So Blue'; but 'Just As Long As We're Together', 'Baby' and 'Im Yours' are favorites.

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Reply #6 posted 01/10/12 12:11pm

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CrabalockerFishwife said:

My biggest problem with it is that it sounds a million years old. It could really use a remaster or something.

I never really liked 'Soft and Wet' shrug or 'So Blue'; but 'Just As Long As We're Together', 'Baby' and 'Im Yours' are favorites.

The vinyl album is mixed and mastered perfectly. I never listened to the CD, which probably sounds terrible, like every Prince CD before 1991, when technology (AD/DA conversion) finally caught up with the CD format...

"He's a musician's musician..."
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Reply #7 posted 01/10/12 12:31pm

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Giovanni777 said:

CrabalockerFishwife said:

My biggest problem with it is that it sounds a million years old. It could really use a remaster or something.

The vinyl album is mixed and mastered perfectly. I never listened to the CD, which probably sounds terrible, like every Prince CD before 1991, when technology (AD/DA conversion) finally caught up with the CD format...

I own it on vinyl, but my record and player are both in poor condition, so I wouldn't know. I heard that all of Prince's albums sound better on vinyl, but none of my Prince vinyls are in good condition.

[Edited 1/10/12 12:34pm]

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Reply #8 posted 01/10/12 12:33pm

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i think i like this album better than Prince. cool

She Believed in Fairytales and Princes, He Believed the voices coming from his stereo

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Reply #9 posted 01/10/12 5:11pm

nursev

Graycap23 said:



nursev said:


Okay so I'm listening to For You again after having to buy it again lol and this cd/album is a masterpiece! From the title song which is just beautiful, Baby is a great ballad deserving to sit beside all of Prince's ballads, Soft and Wet and I'm Yours are genius! I love this cd! The music alone makes it worthy of being called a masterpiece heart Opinions?

Yes it is.....



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Reply #10 posted 01/10/12 5:13pm

nursev

jonylawson said:

no its far from a masterpiece.



its hardly songs in the key of life!



not a bad first effort though



Okay, but I've rarely seen an artist do just about everything on their first album-sing,produce,play instruments,etc. That's enough for me lol
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Reply #11 posted 01/10/12 5:15pm

nursev

CrabalockerFishwife said:

My biggest problem with it is that it sounds a million years old. It could really use a remaster or something.



I never really liked 'Soft and Wet' shrug or 'So Blue'; but 'Just As Long As We're Together', 'Baby' and 'Im Yours' are favorites.



For it to be recorded in 77 it still sounds damn good!
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Reply #12 posted 01/10/12 5:16pm

nursev

bigd74 said:

i think i like this album better than Prince. cool



Bigd74 hug
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Reply #13 posted 01/10/12 5:21pm

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Baby is my baby smile I love it so much

Yes, at 19, I finally saw the Revolution, a legendary band. And I talked to Wendy!!! biggrin In addition to seeing Prince, I have now lived life. Thank you Purple People!!
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Reply #14 posted 01/10/12 5:28pm

nursev

ecstasy said:

Baby is my baby smile I love it so much



nod a fav of mine's now too
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Reply #15 posted 01/10/12 5:47pm

MadamGoodnight

The vocal layering on For You cloud9 It's a beautiful song, and really shows off his vocal skills.

Soft And Wet has that formula that I love, falsetto over those beats yes

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Reply #16 posted 01/10/12 5:53pm

nursev

MadamGoodnight said:

The vocal layering on For You cloud9 It's a beautiful song, and really shows off his vocal skills.


Soft And Wet has that formula that I love, falsetto over those beats yes



Yep the title song alone is enough to make you cry it's so beautiful-that voice/harmony will do it to you-amazing.
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Reply #17 posted 01/10/12 6:06pm

colorblu

A definite Masterpiece. The energy Prince released with this CD is eternally amazing heart

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Reply #18 posted 01/10/12 6:23pm

MadamGoodnight

nursev said:

MadamGoodnight said:

The vocal layering on For You cloud9 It's a beautiful song, and really shows off his vocal skills.

Soft And Wet has that formula that I love, falsetto over those beats yes

Yep the title song alone is enough to make you cry it's so beautiful-that voice/harmony will do it to you-amazing.

nod nod

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Reply #19 posted 01/10/12 6:56pm

Mya

I love how 'For You' is technically the first song of his career.

"All of this and more is for you. With love, sincerity and deepest care my life with you I share" mushy

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Reply #20 posted 01/10/12 7:17pm

nursev

Mya said:

I love how 'For You' is technically the first song of his career.



"All of this and more is for you. With love, sincerity and deepest care my life with you I share" mushy



nod told us from the beginning who it was for cloud9
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Reply #21 posted 01/10/12 7:23pm

WinterIsComing

Giovanni777 said:

CrabalockerFishwife said:

My biggest problem with it is that it sounds a million years old. It could really use a remaster or something.

I never really liked 'Soft and Wet' shrug or 'So Blue'; but 'Just As Long As We're Together', 'Baby' and 'Im Yours' are favorites.

The vinyl album is mixed and mastered perfectly. I never listened to the CD, which probably sounds terrible, like every Prince CD before 1991, when technology (AD/DA conversion) finally caught up with the CD format...

agreed.

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Reply #22 posted 01/10/12 7:24pm

nursev

colorblu said:

A definite Masterpiece. The energy Prince released with this CD is eternally amazing heart



Agreed
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Reply #23 posted 01/10/12 7:31pm

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eek

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Reply #24 posted 01/10/12 8:21pm

just1lousydime

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I love it. FY is one of his few albums that is really cohesive from start to finish.

time flies.
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Reply #25 posted 01/10/12 9:47pm

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I love Just As Long As We're Together. And I think the melody to Crazy You is beautiful...but way too short. I wish we had the longer version in pristine sound quality.

"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato

https://youtu.be/CVwv9LZMah0
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Reply #26 posted 01/11/12 12:10am

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nursev said:

The music alone makes it worthy of being called a masterpiece heart Opinions?

What else besides the music would make it worthy of being called a masterpiece?

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Reply #27 posted 01/11/12 12:16am

Dave1992

Disagree, but I like it. It's not an album I could listen to on any given day.

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Reply #28 posted 01/11/12 2:12am

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Mya said:

I love how 'For You' is technically the first song of his career.

"All of this and more is for you. With love, sincerity and deepest care my life with you I share" mushy

Yeah - and did you notice how they played it at the end of the BBC4 documentary - making exactly the same point. Genius.

Shut up already, damn.
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Reply #29 posted 01/11/12 2:25am

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Mya said:

I love how 'For You' is technically the first song of his career.

"All of this and more is for you. With love, sincerity and deepest care my life with you I share" mushy

"For You" was his first WB song and, excluding The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale, "Had U" was his last new WB song. Symmetry.

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