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Printablei don't think it's a rotten album at all. it's fine music, good production, pleasant melodies. we're not listening to it to be wowed by bria's voice, and thankfully her voice is bland enough not to get in the way of prince's songwriting and musicianship. people who are poo-poohing this album right out of the gate are missing out. maybe they're not missing out a LOT, but they're missing out all the same. | |
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Thats odd I thought Elixer reviews had a sticky in another forum  To Sir, with Love | |
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Whitnail said: stanleylieber said: eek, can you link me to that please i didn't see it http://prince.org/msg/5/301830 its on the first page  it's time for a new direction / it's time for jazz to die | |
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polkadotbliss said: Just a quickie really to say-theres alot of folk saying they haven't even listened to Bria's album-even though they have it.....i dont get that one at all. It really is at least worth a listen-you may be suprised-it has a very classy sound-she may not be Sade (she isn't) but the tunes are catchy-and the music is fabulous-really tight and nice-put it this way. Apart from P's stuff-one album I really do rank for musicianship is Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite. Brilliant playing on that album. Well take a listen to Elixir. I genuinely believe the music is that good and lije i said-she may not be Sade-but as a first album-man i'd sure be chuffed if this was my first-in fact-her second is gonna have ALOT to live up to-especially if theres no Prince-she'll need to hire the best session players to get a worthy follow up to ELIXIR.
ps-so is he doing something with Shelby J..I hoped we'd hear something from her by now. PPS-now I know all the tunes off these 3 discs i can honestly say no erview i read previous to listening to the set matches-its like they were listening to diffrent albums to the ones we got so to me it proves-reviews are a pile of poo. Ignore em' and make up your own mind-especially with Elixir-its way better than its getting credit for Elixer is a good album with good songs. She's no Sade, true, but I think when the midget said they "were tired of waiting for Sade to make a record", he meant just that chill type music. Bria's album has that for sure. Not sure about the Maxwell correlation, because Urban Hang Suite is EPIC (and took me two years to get realize that). However I get what you're sayin'. I'm not a fan of recent protege's of his, and I've not even listened to Tamar's album. But Bria's is nice. No, she ain't gonna be singing opera any time soon, but neither is Prince. It is what it is. And it's pretty good. | |
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Brofie said: Genesia said: Ohhhhh. So I should force myself to listen to something that I didn't find appealing? Yeah...no. No - there often is nothing that can be done to make some expand their vocabulary. They shouldnt be forced. Someone has to be on the far ends of the curve. An album will a misspelled title and mediocre music by a barely mediocre "artist" is going to help me "expand [my] vocabulary?" 
Good one. [Edited 4/8/09 4:43am] We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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Anxiety said: i don't think it's a rotten album at all. it's fine music, good production, pleasant melodies. we're not listening to it to be wowed by bria's voice, and thankfully her voice is bland enough not to get in the way of prince's songwriting and musicianship. people who are poo-poohing this album right out of the gate are missing out. maybe they're not missing out a LOT, but they're missing out all the same.
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I quite like 'Ellixer' it's nothing groundbreaking, but it is an album I would listen to late at night. I just wonder why Bria isn't out there promoting it at all. [Edited 4/8/09 4:58am] 3121... Don't U Wanna Come? |
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I just read this on some website...
"So to sum up: MPLSoUND is the one you dance to in the club, LotusFlow3r is the one you pop on when you're home from the club and ready to kick it, and Elixer is the one you put on when the stragglers won't go home and you want to go to bed." I can't comment as I've yet to play Elixer. Something about the one song that keeps getting shoved in our faces has given me no desire to listen to the rest of the album. I will at some point listen to it. Probably when I'm washing up or something. | |
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elixer turned out to be much better than I'd expected, which might be the equivalent of giving W. credit for talking coherently. Still, not a waste of time. Especially the title track. | |
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funkyhead said: have to say that I love it, great background chill music, especially when I'm working at PC late into the night.
Sounds like lift music some of it, i like it he he | |
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I would say I'm surprised by how much I thought it sucked but I wasn't surprised. | |
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I might get around to it, but right now I'm stuck on the other two.  | |
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let's not forget the sticky discussion thread on this very topic. (thanks for the reminder, guys  )
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