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Thread started 04/14/12 11:41am

Romeoblu

Rank the songs on lovesexy

Rank the songs on Lovesexy

Lovesexy
Positivity
Dance on
Anna Stesia
Glam Slam
I wish u heaven
When 2 r in love
Alphabet st
Eye No
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Reply #1 posted 04/14/12 11:50am

imago

Out of 10

I would give the album a high 7 or a low 8.

It ends on such a downer for me (Positivity just drains me of energy).

Plus the sound on Alphabet Street and some other tracks has this

shot-gun harshness to it that is a bit jarring when I listen to it.

Overall, I like the album alot. But, I just think I never got over

how it was released in the shadow of the brilliant SOTT.

Lovesexy 9 Superb
Positivity 6.5 drains me of energy
Dance on 7.5 Good stuff
Anna Stesia 8 Would be higher if not for the silly 'girls & boys love god above' nonsense.
Glam Slam 8 I like
I wish u heaven 9 One of my favorite Prince tracks
When 2 r in love 7.5 I like it more today than I did back in the day
Alphabet st 7 Meh. It would be better if Cat's rap wasn't on it.
Eye No 6.5 A joyous song, but the falsetta just never sounds right with this track.

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Reply #2 posted 04/14/12 12:16pm

rdhull

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err..track 1....10

"Climb in my fur."
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Reply #3 posted 04/14/12 12:20pm

johanhoiting

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Lovesexy

Anna Stesia

Alphabet St

Dance On

I Wish U Heaven

Glam Slam

Positivity

Eye Know

When 2 R In Love

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Reply #4 posted 04/14/12 12:44pm

iloveannie

Glam Slam is often my favourite moment of Prince genius. Bit hard to rate a perfect album.
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Reply #5 posted 04/14/12 1:13pm

uuhson

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eye no would have been the shit if he redid the vocals

Bogey and Bacall, peanut butter and jelly, Wall being on fucking point, is "classic" dipshit. An iphone is top shelf technology. Get it straight. This thing is 4g. -Wall the great
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Reply #6 posted 04/14/12 2:39pm

sfinky1

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For ages I didn't think much of Positivity but after hearing the live versions on a few bootlegs recently dayum I LOVE that song

Every song is great on this album I would only rank WHEN 2 r in Love and I Wish U heaven slightly lower than the rest
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Reply #7 posted 04/14/12 2:45pm

djThunderfunk

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From best to worst:

Eye No

Positivity

Anna Stesia

Lovesexy

Alphabet St.

I Wish U Heaven

When 2 R In Love

Dance On

Glam Slam

Don't hate your neighbors. Hate the media that tells you to hate your neighbors.
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Reply #8 posted 04/14/12 3:00pm

jpnyc

From best to worst:

I Wish U Heaven

It’s one of those beautiful Prince songs that can completely stand on its own.

Dance On

Fun and simple with great rhythm guitar

Eye No

Direc and impassioned. It makes Prince sound like a wacko street preacher, but you can’t deny that he really feels what he write about.

Anna Stesia

Nice, moody, and dark without being goofy like the dark songs on the black album.

When 2 R In Love

A great romantic song with sexy lyrics so well constructed that they could pass for high end porn.

Alphabet St.

Fun and funky, but a little vapid.

Lovesexy

Fun and funky, but a little shrill and rough around the edges.

Glam Slam

I love this one, but it sits on the edge of being a good Prince song and a filler track.

Positivity

An bad filler track. It’s not insipid like Free, but it’s still bad.

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Reply #9 posted 04/14/12 4:30pm

CrabalockerFis
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It's my least favorite of all the 1980s albums..

  1. Anna Stesia
  2. Alphabet St.
  3. Glam Slam
  4. When 2 R In Love
  5. Lovesexy
  6. Dance On
  7. I Wish U Heaven
  8. Positivity
  9. Eye No

I don't hate any of the songs, but the only song I really play often is "Anna Stesia". I definitely think Lovesexy is the weakest album he released in the 1980s.

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Reply #10 posted 04/14/12 4:36pm

mzsadii

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I enjoy listening to this one; however, I sometimes think that Dance On is out of sync. Don't as me why, I just do. Love the song

Prince's Sarah
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Reply #11 posted 04/14/12 4:36pm

RodeoSchro

1. The CD

It's one whole song! That was easy!

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Reply #12 posted 04/14/12 4:56pm

savvy

1. Alphabet Street

All the rest are crap.

- Eye No musically actually isn't terrible, but the lyrics suck

He said in an interview that it took 7 weeks to throw Lovesexy together...and it shows.

Now if you throw in the B-Sides...and extended mixes

1. Alphabet Street

2. Scarlet Pussy

3. IWUH (Part 3) (Take this beat)

4. Glam Slam (Escape)

5. IWUH (Part 2)

6. All the rest are crap

Now if you throw in other songs from that period that were officially published (at the time), but never made it to the album itself

1. Good Love

2. Alphabet Street

3. Scarlet Pussy

4. IWUH (Part 3) (Take this beat)

5. Glam Slam (Escape)

6. IWUH (Part 2)

7. All the rest are crap

[Edited 4/14/12 17:11pm]

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Reply #13 posted 04/14/12 5:28pm

uuhson

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You like escape but everything else is crap? People have some fascinating taste!
Bogey and Bacall, peanut butter and jelly, Wall being on fucking point, is "classic" dipshit. An iphone is top shelf technology. Get it straight. This thing is 4g. -Wall the great
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Reply #14 posted 04/14/12 5:30pm

V10LETBLUES

Very overrated album. Not terrible, but not 80's great either.

For me this album has always been the end of the Can Do No Wrong era.

Alphabet street is great, a solid- 9

I Wish U heaven- 8

Annastesia- 7

the rest 5's

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Reply #15 posted 04/14/12 5:36pm

Adisa

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My fave P album, and among my favorite of all time!

Anna Stesia - Great Song, probably number 2 all time on my P list with Adore being first

Eye No - A chuch revival...either you get it or you don't

Positivity - YES!

Lovesexy

Alphabet Street

Glam Slam

Dance On

When 2 R In Love

Eye Wish u Heaven (but the 12" version is killah

I'm sick and tired of the Prince fans being sick and tired of the Prince fans that are sick and tired!
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Reply #16 posted 04/14/12 7:56pm

iloveannie

Such imagination, focus and musicianship on this album. He had such vision, a true concept. Nothing else by anyone else sounds anything like this. I doubt they ever will. A truly remarkable album that brought me closer to music. I listen to it and it's one sitting. This is how an album should be. Art should not be Collection of songs but a cohesive while.
I'll edit this when sober...
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Reply #17 posted 04/14/12 8:31pm

Jagar

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In order of best to worst

Alphabet St.

Anna Stesia

Everything else

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Reply #18 posted 04/14/12 8:34pm

kenkamken

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I would love to hear the version of the album Eric Leeds described
"So fierce U look 2night, the brightest star pales 2 Ur sex..."
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Reply #19 posted 04/14/12 8:49pm

Whitnail

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Interesting thread and an even more interesting album...I listened to this a few weeks ago in its 1 track version for the first time in decades, brought back memories for sure but certainly not the kick I got in 88...

Before 88, all P´s major albums were huge on their own, Lovesexy was the first where the live version (concert) was how the music was to be truly played, this has been the same ever since. Simply watch Lovesexy live in Dortmund and then listen to the CD, it does not take a rocket scientist to figure out which one is better.

Prince has never stopped doing this , the TGE album being reduced to overproduced noise in comparison to the live and out-take versions, or to be honest anything he has done since. Prince discovered something very sacred in the SOTT/Lovesexy menopause, or to put it another way, we all know Mozarts music, but have we any boots of him doing it live???

PS if I am not mistaken, he probably found it in the U4 in Vienna cool

If it were not for insanity, I would be sane.

"True to his status as the last enigma in music, Prince crashed into London this week in a ball of confusion" The Times 2014
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Reply #20 posted 04/14/12 8:57pm

TrevorAyer

eye no is the absolute best song on that record

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Reply #21 posted 04/14/12 10:26pm

coreysamson

1. Eye No

2. Alphabet St.

3. Lovesexy

4. Anna Stesia

5. Glam Slam

6. Dance On

7. When 2 R In Love

8. Positivity

9. I Wish U Heaven

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Reply #22 posted 04/14/12 10:37pm

RomanticNasty

1. Anna Stesia

2. Dance On

3. Eye No

4. Lovesexy

5. Alphabet St.

6. Positivity

7. Glam Slam

8. When 2 R In Love

9. I Wish U Heaven

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Reply #23 posted 04/14/12 10:41pm

uuhson

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1 glam slam
2 i wish u heaven
3 lovesexy
4 dance on
5 anna stesia
6 eye no

7 alphabet street

8 positivity

9 when 2 r in love


id have to say that 5-9 are practically tied for 5th though

[Edited 4/14/12 22:42pm]

Bogey and Bacall, peanut butter and jelly, Wall being on fucking point, is "classic" dipshit. An iphone is top shelf technology. Get it straight. This thing is 4g. -Wall the great
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Reply #24 posted 04/14/12 11:05pm

mushmackalenta

I listened to the album yesterday for the first time a long while and it again blew me away. It think this album has his best guitar work. It's not in yer race but it is woven into the music.

My ranking


Lovesexy
Dance on
Positivity
Anna Stesia
Eye Wish U Heaven
Eye no
Alphabet Street
Glam Slam
When 2 r in love
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Reply #25 posted 04/15/12 12:46am

peter430044

1. Alphabet St.
2. When 2 R In Love
3. Anna Stesia
4. Lovesexy
5. Eye No
6. Positivity
7. I Wish U Heaven
8. Glam Slam
9. Dance On

I'm really passionate about the first three songs. Alphabet St. is an excellent example of Prince combining originality with commercial appeal. When 2 R In Love is one of his best romantic songs. The last two songs are average songs, they don't annoy me and they don't excite me.

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Reply #26 posted 04/15/12 1:04am

Dren5

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I don't feel like rating them individually.

I'll just say that I love "Glam Slam", "Anna Stesia"; "Dance On" and "Alphabet Street".

The rest is shit.

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Reply #27 posted 04/15/12 10:10am

iloveannie

I'm still baffled how people can not hear the pure brilliance of Glam Slam. The ending to that song... well he hasn't done anything that exciting for me in years. He can be so predictable lately. Still excellent but nothing to make me sit up and think "fuck!".

It's his age. Wonder's the same. At least Madge gets different people in. She fucking needs to mind you as she's throw-away at best wink

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Reply #28 posted 04/15/12 10:25am

tobydavies

Lovesexy is in my top 3 Prince albums but it's a strange one.

I don't think all of the tracks are great if taken in isolation but as an album they add up to more than the sum of their parts.

Anna Stesia, Alphabet St and Positivity are my stand-out tracks.

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Reply #29 posted 04/15/12 9:24pm

uuhson

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iloveannie said:

I'm still baffled how people can not hear the pure brilliance of Glam Slam. The ending to that song... well he hasn't done anything that exciting for me in years. He can be so predictable lately. Still excellent but nothing to make me sit up and think "fuck!".

It's his age. Wonder's the same. At least Madge gets different people in. She fucking needs to mind you as she's throw-away at best wink


i feel the same way. i think some people might not be able to relate, but i think its a beautiful song filled with some real beautiful thoughts, though kinda mushy(which probably drives people away)

Bogey and Bacall, peanut butter and jelly, Wall being on fucking point, is "classic" dipshit. An iphone is top shelf technology. Get it straight. This thing is 4g. -Wall the great
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