What did Orgers in the GD Forum think of Prince's new CD? I thinking of the people who got it on Sunday. People in the Prince forum rarely criticize his work. We keep it honest on the GD Forum.
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Wrong forum..this will get moved ..

And it sux...1 good song PE...that is it

it sucks massively and reminds me of both shitty lounge music and background television schlock.

evenstar3 said:

Is it really worse than 3121?

jaimestarr79 said:

yup. IMO.

this rally is the wrong forum. :snobsniffle:

How is it the wrong forum. My question is directed to the people in the General Discussion Forum.

How is anybody going to be on the GD Forum and not even be a Prince Fan?

So it's a fair question.

jaimestarr79 said:

I think it refelcts wonderfully to the type of crowds he is aiming at and a good reflection of the person he wants to potray

mundane is as mundane does

i will see next week i guess

I listened to it once some days ago. I like 2 or 3 songs and don't care much about the rest. I don't think it's worse than 3121.

non-80's Prince sucks.

It's about average for a Prince album. If it suffers, it does so under teh weight of fan expectations, much like ATWIAD in the shadow of SOTT. Though unlike ATWIAD, this isn't gonna trip anybody out. I do like it a lot.

It's nowhere near the genre breaking albums between his mid to late 80s stuff, but then again--what is?

Notable things about it to me: It's got very sweet melodies, very syrupy and almost...soft, but other than 2 tracks isn't Prince trying to sound like somebody or playing catchup anymore. It's Prince being Prince. All the midnights in the world is so shamelessly sweet, I can't stop listening to it. It's like Joani Mitchell married to Paul Simon circa 1969 or something. I love it.

Minuses: It's a bit short, and for an album titled "Planet Earth" lacks the overall "concept album" feel/approach you'd expect it to. I mean, SOTT, suffered the same problem, but SOTT was wildly innovative in it's day. Planet Earth, rather, is a pop album, from an obviously skilled songwriter, who had a few thoughts, but didn't let them compete with the hooks.


Here's to more surprises, good or bad in the coming years.



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evenstar3 said:

Thank you.

i haven't heard it.. i just barely found out that he released a new cd..i'm bad...lol.

It's not out fer fucks sake! At least not in the US.

How on earth have people heard it?! Do you work for Paisley Park? Is there some kind of computer oriented copying & sending system that I'm not aware of?!