From The Toronto Star, Saturday, November 20, 1999 (Page J17)

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UNPRONOUNCEABLE SYMBOL

Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (NPG/BMG)



All the ink focusing on the business dealings of The Artist Formerly
Known As Prince -- his "emancipation" from his Warner Bros. contract,
adventures in Internet music delivery, etc. -- has tended to overshadow
his continuing musical prolificacy.



With only one cut devoted to rising above the destructive
"commercialization of the music" -- the funk dirge "Undisputed" -- His
Purpleness is free to bat his bedroom eyes on his latest disc.



Rave Un2... finds him reaching out to rock chick talents like Sheryl Crow
(he delivers a boisterous '70s-style funk cover of "Everyday Is A Winding
Road"), No Doubt's Gwen Stefani ("So Far, So Pleased") and AniDiFranco
(playing guitar on the wistful ballad "Love U But Eye Don't Trust U
Anymore"). The first single, "The Greatest Romance Evr Sold," a sultry,
melancholy hip-swayer best reflects the disc's over-all mood.



by Jennie Punter