I have listened to the album from start to finish over 12 times in the last 7 days. After the first listen, my grade was B-, But now I rate AOA a solid A. By next week it might be A+................

Anyone agree?

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It was an A on first listen and quickly became an A+ quickly

AOA is among his very best

2020 said:

Agreed

I Know, ArtOfficial Cage, The Gold Standard are getting harder to listen to- beginning to skip.

Weaker tracks are starting to stick out.

Strong C+

Absolute cream. Was a 7.5 out of 10 when I got it. Now its well over 9. This could be us, Way back home, Breakdown, Gold standard, Clouds, What It feels like and Time are cream de la cream of creamy Prince songs.

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The cream has risen here, the only song I am not so crazy on is the opener, too many silly samples and weird voices in it.

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Most prince albums, for me, are slow to grow on me. I usually find one or two standout tracks that really speak to me right away, and the rest is kinda forgettable. The more I listen to the albums though, the more I realize how great they are. Been that way for me since Around the world in a day. LotusFlower is one of the few that I absolutely loved all the way thru on first listen.

AOA really is turning out to be great. I was really down on UKnow when it was first released, but that's a solid song for me now. The FunkNRoll remix was absolutely horrible, but I'm starting to like the latter half of the song as it picks up the pace.

Plectrum is really good also. I still with I had prince vocals all the way thru. Boy trouble is weakest for me.