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Thread started 01/14/17 8:20am

gandorb

Your Favorite Prince Departure Album

I realize that each of Prince's albums are unique. It is something I love about him. However, there are some albums in his discography that seem like complete departures from his usual sound, such as The Truth, One Night Alone, N.E.W.S., and HnR1 among others I am curious to hear about your favorite departure album and why. No need to limit yourself to the ones I mentioned above. It would be interesting if you do pick one not listed here to say why you think it represents a departure from his signature sound more than just his usual variation.

My favorite is One Night Alone. To me, it is Prince's CD that best fits the genre of "mood music". I play it when I am in a quiet and contemplative mood. The album is so lush and gorgeous. I also think it contain 4 songs that are in the upper quadrant of all his songs: One Night Alone, Avalanche, U're Gonna C Me, and his interpretation of Case of You.

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Reply #1 posted 01/14/17 8:41am

TKO

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The Vault Old Friends 4 Sale.

Love Jazzy Prince.

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Reply #2 posted 01/14/17 8:53am

jdcxc

TKO said:

The Vault Old Friends 4 Sale.


Love Jazzy Prince.



Cool underrated album. Critics and fans were so lazy in bashing his Slave-era releases. I actually listen to this album more than Purple Rain these days.
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Reply #3 posted 01/14/17 8:58am

gandorb

Yes, the Vault is a wonderful peice of departure music that has some coherance despite it's title.

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Reply #4 posted 01/14/17 9:03am

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AOA

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Reply #5 posted 01/14/17 9:29am

NorthC

I first thought you meant "favourite Prince album to listen to when you're on the airport waiting for your flight", but now that I've read your post, it would be Around the World In a Day, because it was so different from Purple Rain. And it keeps us in the travelling mood. jet
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Reply #6 posted 01/14/17 9:35am

gandorb

OldFriends4Sale said:

AOA

Yes, I didn't really think of it when I did the post but it wasa a departure of him, especially how contemplative and vulnerable he seemed in it.

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Reply #7 posted 01/14/17 10:06am

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I observe as his album with most divergence in style to be Graffiti Bridge.

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Although some of those songs had been recorded in the past and it is a movie soundtrack as well, he seems to place the persona of The Time more prominently in the mix of his own album. He did this differently during the Purple Rain era--The Time had their Ice Cream Castles. He uses the New Jack Swing style on here, and Prince copping a trendy beat was pretty new at that time. He puts a rapper prominently in the mix for the first time with T.C. Ellis. There were more featured vocalists here, in Morris Day, Tevin Campbell, Elisa Fiorillo, George Clinton, and Mavis Staples. There is a reprise in exposing his sprituality on "Still Would Stand All Time" and the title track.

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It is a great album, tho', and it took me a little bit of time to really appreciate it. It was Departure City for me!lol

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Reply #8 posted 01/14/17 7:50pm

bsprout

OldFriends4Sale said:


AOA





I am really enjoying this album lately.
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Reply #9 posted 01/15/17 6:06pm

wonder505

I love NEWS and AOA.
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Reply #10 posted 01/16/17 10:03am

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NEWS is certainly where he pushed his boundaries the most. I had never, ever expected him to do something like that back then, and I was overwhelmed: I truly hoped Prince would embrace more projects like that, do more things he'd never done before. After 16, Kamastutra, The War and suddently Xpectation, C-Note and N.E.W.S. in a row, it wasn't unthinkable that he'd keep doing those kind of records. Unfortunately the next thing I know there's an album titled Musicology and Prince embraced a "neo classical Prince" phase that lasted pretty much until the end of his career.

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Reply #11 posted 01/16/17 11:47am

Germanegro

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Nevermind biggrin

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Reply #12 posted 01/16/17 12:21pm

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Lovesexy.

Felt like an entirely different experience....and still does. From the religious tone to the no track breaks. That album is an outlier and brilliant. Its uniqueness is only trumped by its greatness.

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Reply #13 posted 01/16/17 12:57pm

Genesia

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Every one of his albums was a departure from the one before it. shrug

We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves.
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Reply #14 posted 01/18/17 10:51am

NorthC

Germanegro said:

Nevermind biggrin


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I never heard that one. Another one of his lost projects? wink
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Reply #15 posted 01/18/17 10:52am

NorthC

NorthC said:

Germanegro said:

Nevermind biggrin


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I never heard that one. Another one of his lost projects? A Nirvana cover album with 3rdEyeGirl?
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Reply #16 posted 01/18/17 12:18pm

Reciprocity

gandorb said:

I realize that each of Prince's albums are unique. It is something I love about him. However, there are some albums in his discography that seem like complete departures from his usual sound, such as The Truth, One Night Alone, N.E.W.S., and HnR1 among others I am curious to hear about your favorite departure album and why. No need to limit yourself to the ones I mentioned above. It would be interesting if you do pick one not listed here to say why you think it represents a departure from his signature sound more than just his usual variation.

My favorite is One Night Alone. To me, it is Prince's CD that best fits the genre of "mood music". I play it when I am in a quiet and contemplative mood. The album is so lush and gorgeous. I also think it contain 4 songs that are in the upper quadrant of all his songs: One Night Alone, Avalanche, U're Gonna C Me, and his interpretation of Case of You.

I love One Night Alone for the very reasons you stated I can get lost in it

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Reply #17 posted 01/18/17 12:23pm

Guitarhero

NorthC said:

Germanegro said:

Nevermind biggrin

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I never heard that one. Another one of his lost projects? wink

Alexander Nevermind razz

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Reply #18 posted 01/18/17 1:03pm

RJOrion

N.E.W.S.

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Reply #19 posted 01/18/17 5:30pm

gandorb

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gandorb said:

I realize that each of Prince's albums are unique. It is something I love about him. However, there are some albums in his discography that seem like complete departures from his usual sound, such as The Truth, One Night Alone, N.E.W.S., and HnR1 among others I am curious to hear about your favorite departure album and why. No need to limit yourself to the ones I mentioned above. It would be interesting if you do pick one not listed here to say why you think it represents a departure from his signature sound more than just his usual variation.

My favorite is One Night Alone. To me, it is Prince's CD that best fits the genre of "mood music". I play it when I am in a quiet and contemplative mood. The album is so lush and gorgeous. I also think it contain 4 songs that are in the upper quadrant of all his songs: One Night Alone, Avalanche, U're Gonna C Me, and his interpretation of Case of You.

I love One Night Alone for the very reasons you stated I can get lost in it

highfive Welcome to the Org. Like your taste in music!

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Reply #20 posted 01/18/17 9:45pm

Germanegro

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Guitarhero said:

NorthC said:

Germanegro said: I never heard that one. Another one of his lost projects? wink

Alexander Nevermind razz

LOL! Nah, nothing like that! I just realized soon after posting that I had contributed one long-winded and likely borderline-unfit set of comments--full of Prince-enthusiasm but not quite on the mark of the thread, so I censored myself. razz

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Prince had quite a few jump-off points in his creative recording career!

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Reply #21 posted 01/18/17 11:40pm

rob1965

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Lovesexy. This album was a totally different concept from what he did before and it remains a masterpiece almost 30 years later. Brilliant album.
'Liberate My Mind'
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