3 / 5 (overall) ; 4/5 (enjoyment)

a curious late-career (band) album which shows that Prince can still release energetic, enjoyable and fun music (though not very memorable), when he's not obsessed about sounding contemporary or "relevant"; the perfect antidote against AOA...

One line.?... ok right and here's my best shot with this... I haven't downloaded his new albums illegally and so I have no plans to download them

It's just WOW!

marz is a rip from the LA band "X"

I really liked Wow, Anotherlove, the title track and Whitecaps, but PlectrumElectrum is that kind of record that has the illusion of sounding longer than it actually is.

3/5

[Edited 10/8/14 1:42am]

WorldofPeace said:

2/5 Leave the singing to Prince please.

but I'll give it a 3/5. When I first heard the rapping on Boytrouble, I was like, oh god no. But it was alright. It worked.

5/5

This is what rock and roll sounded like in the 70's, rock's greatest decade.

It's catchy and fun and it's just so easy to smile while listening to it!

Garbage!

I love Prince but he is a bit lost. He needs some guidance or something. Not gonna get thay by hanging out with youngsters who just say yes to him. This new AOA release is garbage. So is Plectrumelectrum. And as you can tell, by my screen name, I was expecting a lot more.

1/5. This album SUCKS!!!

3.5 - PE is listenable straight through (although I can only recall a few tracks after two weeks of listening). I am not offended or mad that I paid$$$$ for it.

5/5 eyelikeit, eyelikeit, eyelikeit! Reflection 4 me.

4/5 I love Plectrum Electrum lightyears more than Art Official Age! Wow is the best sounding Prince song I've heard in over a decade! I love the classic/hard rock of this album. This is some of Prince's best guitar work since days of the Revolution. Between this and AOA, I like a total of 5 songs! I feel I got my money's worth.

1/5
With horrible vocals by Hannah and lots of filler, this is one of Prince's worst efforts.

.5 OUT OF 10! his worse albim since chaos and disorder or new powersoul

3/5

While a good effort, the album fails to fully capture the band's potential as previously heard live, because the credible rock songs (Wow, Marz, Anotherlove) are mired by the inclusion of songs with annoying chants (Pretzelbodylogic), incapable vocals (Aintturninround), and immature silliness (Boytrouble).

Exactly the same for me. I haven't listended to it for over a week now, yet AOA daily. Simply too many weak sons on Plec to hold me. I like wow, anothet love, plec, that's about it. Shame as I love all the live stuff to date. 2/5

3.5/5

A solid album, punctuated by genuinely good highlights such as 'WOW' and 'ANOTHERLOVE', but it's deviation into pop (particularly in the middle section) and heavy inclusion of vocals by Hannah, prevents PLECTRUMELETRUM from being the heavy, raw rock album many of us were hoping for.

This album is also somewhat over-shadowed for me by the utter brilliance and genius of 'AOA'. It does have some truly brilliant moments though.

This album is better than Art Official Age, but still kind of fails to showcase 3rdEyeGirl's musical talent. 3.5/5.

Solid and without filler. 3.5/5

[Edited 10/22/14 4:01am]

WorldofPeace said:

Ok, I've never expected any Prince album to be perfect, he's just not that type of artist, he's always been a singles artist for me, yes like any megastar he had his "Purple" patch 3 Solid 10/10 Classic Albums and then thats it - but Prince still makes great singles - always has and Plectrum Electrum has a hand full - a B side 3/5 - worth the buy!

Some interesting moments here and there but too many generic musical sounds to really bring it a more complete musical landscape. 2.5 of 5 stars.