So I have had this in my CD player for about the last 2 weeks - and I think I really like it. But I have gotten the idea from some of the posts out here that it is not a liked album. What are the problem areas? I love P-Control, I Hate U, Shhhhh - So what is it that ya'll don't like and why.

cocogrille said:

One word---"Dolphin" jk
But I luv the three songs U named. TGE is one of my favorite albums...just ot as good as my other faves....

I edit because it's a free country.
[This message was edited Thu Jul 8 1:50:01 2004 by P4PurplePwincy]

cocogrille said:

i dont know where u got that idea..i have seen a ton of praise for that album...ehich in my opinion is Prince's Purple Rain of the 90's...great album

P4PurplePwincy said:

Yes I agree with you Dolphin can go - I just don't like it.

Mazerati said:

I could be wrong in what I was gleening from the posts. I have to hear Pcontrol on my way to work each day - and I Hate U - I would think someone would have done a cover of that song - it is great. 319 - Now - very good sound on this album!!!!

cocogrille said:

I think most Prince fans like The Gold Experience. I *LOVE* it. Probably my third or fourth favorite Prince CD EVER -- and I like almost every single one of 'em!

It's always reminded me of an updated version of Purple Rain. But my ex-girlfriend, who's still a friend, hates the CD. So maybe you're right about a lot of people thinking it's weak (although I don't know how they could think that). My friend said she doesn't think it has the melodies and rhythms of Prince's best work.

I always point to Dolphin. She always holds up her nose and turns away.

Oh well. To each their own, and everythin'.

Luv & Peace,
Alex
Clubbin' in Mpls/A Night w. Prince

cocogrille said:

I was never a great fan of Dolphin at first but now really enjoy. I love the live versions he was doing during the ONA tour and think the lyrics are excellent. IMHO I always think that the song is about his fight with Warners, i.e. "If I came back as a Dolphin would you listen to me then..." etc

g3ajg said:

"Dolphin" --> "Dauphin" (Prince)

Neversin.

TGE is great - I just bought a back-up copy from eBay just in case my own copy ever gets damaged.

Neversin said:

? sorry you need to clarify for me Neversin

cocogrille said:

- Well, I absolutely love that album. It´s one of my all time ones. I think it was his last great album before TRC (not counting The Vault, because it was a collection of songs). I absolutely love the band work. The songs and arrangements are great and I still get excited when I listen to the end of Billy Jack Bitch and I hate U, not to mention the great guitar/drums of ´Shhh´. In the funk part, the NPG proved they could do really hard funk on ´Now´ and ´P Control´.
I don´t know if it´s just me, but I still think 94/95 were magical years, despite the name change.

I like the album but don't love it...definitely could have been a hit if marketed better. I think the title track is an underrated gem and defintely should have been the first single. P Control is one of the man's best attempts at semi-rap; Billy Jack Bitch was a great comeback record to that witch CJ; Now is a great song for "raising the roof"; Dolphin was a great pop song musically but I never dug it lyrically; hell, Endorphinemachine and 319 were pretty great too. And who can forget Shy which I never really understood but sang along with pretty enthusiastically anyway.

I pretty much like all the fast songs but I am not a big fan of the ballads. Shhh is just alright and I really never liked I Hate U. The Most Beautiful Girl in the World is definitive Prince but seemed kinda shoehorned on the album so I don't really consider it an album track in the truest sense.

i have to disagree...

i've never really got into this album. I adore I Hate U and some others too, but overall its just somehow too... everything... i just doesnt move or touch me like many other albums. I dig most of his 90's albums more, 'though i usually skip the 90's stuff... prefer 80's and 00.

I agree with most of the posters, and think it's his last great album until TRC, and possibly Musicology (though I'll probably cattch hell for that). I also agree with others that Dolphin should've been left off the record - I can't listen to that trite, cheesy tune. When the Musicology reviews started coming out and people were comparing certain songs to Dolphin (i.e. Cinammon Girl, Million Days), I was dreading the album. Sure enough, those are two of the weakest tracks on the new album.

cocogrille said:

Well...not by me. I think Prince made a comeback creativaly with "The Gold Ex.". I was waiting for a album like that since he got lost with D&P.

g3ajg said:

"If I came back as a dolphin/dauphin (Back in the old days of 1300 to 1800 or so the word "Dauphin" signified "the first born son of the king of France", hence "Prince") would you listen to me then..."
Listen to the lyrics, it's a cool play on words...
I love this song...

Neversin.

Gold Experience is one of my fave 3 Prince albums (alongside Parade and Rainbow Children). I just think it's fantastic from start to finish, including "Dolphin"!

PurpleKnight said:

Almost entirely agree, but I'd move up "Now" (a phenomenal party anthem), "I Hate U", but move down "Dolphin" and "Most Beautiful Girl" into the average/bad song category. "Most Beautiful" is one of - if not the - worst singles he's ever released. And I just can't get into Dolphin.

Probably his most underrated album by the mainstream, although fans seem to appreciate it. Seems like it was a victim of the bad break-up with WB.

definitely his best album of the 90's, and IMHO his last truly great commercial album.
I'd say it's only fault is that it's a little overproduced in places, but all the songs are great
(and I love Dolphin). It's just a shame that the album coincided with his major fall out with WB,
otherwise I'm sure it would've been his biggest hit album since Purple Rain and would've spawned
more hit singles than is considered decent in polite society.

BorisFishpaw said:

I LOVE IT WHEN STIMPY RESPONDS!!!

'The Gold Experience' is definately one of the greatest records from Prince/
inmyhumbleandoftenoverlookedopinion

it goes to every "city" he's tried, up to that point, and still retains the essence of everything that the fans(hardcore or casual) want or ever wanted.
it goes even further with "Shy" and regresses with "319"

If y'all will,

A PERFECT "" ALBUM!!!


however,
Prince is still with us

Neversin said:

That's the first song i ever heard of from 'TGE'

The video was played on MTV Europe, but no single available.

Very frustrating!!!

To this day,I still think "Dolphin" is the defining track from 'The Gold Experience'

Like (Y'all know the respective records!):
"Dinner With Delores"
"Letitgo"

Hmm.

Coulda been another, dare i say it...

(gasp)

((cringe))


"'Crystasl Ball'" ?

THIS is the Gold Experience that I love:

NPG Operator (0:12)
Interactive (2:25)
NPG Operator (0:10)
Days Of Wild (3:47)
NPG Operator (0:18)
The Most Beautiful Girl In The World (4:25)
NPG Operator (0:20)
Now (4:30)
Acknowledge Me (5:27)
Ripopgodazippa (4:39)
NPG Operator (0:31)
319 (3:05)
NPG Operator (0:10)
Shy (5:04)
Billy Jack Bitch (5:32)
Eye Hate U (5:54)
NPG Operator (0:45)
Gold (7:23)



The released configuration doesn't appeal as much to me. Dolphin and Endorphinmachine are Come tracks in my mind - and I quite dislike the version of Endorphinmachine that was released. Love Dolphin, though.

Tracks like We March and Shhh doesn't really appeal to me, and although I think P. Control is a funky tune, the lyrics doesn't really appeal to me.

scififilmnerd said:

...another spoiled invader

do yourself a favour and check that shit AFTER it's been released.

no more "spoilers"

there's a degree of self control that you may want to look into


That being said,
'The Gold Experience' is one of the best

Neversin said:

Main Entry: dau·phin
Pronunciation: 'do-f&n, 'dO-; "dO-'fan
Function: noun
Usage: often capitalized
Etymology: Middle English dolphin, from Middle French dalfin, from Old French, title of lords of the Dauphiné, from Dalfin, a surname

: the eldest son of a king of France

The segues get on my nerves, and there's something about the flow of the album that turns me off just a little bit...not really crazy about "We March", and even though I like "Shy", it just doesn't FIT in that album for me, for some reason...there's so much that I love about this album in bits and pieces, but as a whole, I dunno, it's far from my favorite album...but it's definitely indispensible.

nayroo2002 said:

Prince practically threw it at people back in '94, what with the Beautiful Experience TV movie, the tape he sent to a radio station and such. What, I should've just ducked and let it pass me by? Prince wanted his fans to have it - and for free.

TGE is definitely a fav of mine. I don't skip at all i just let that funk flow!

I like dolphin.... kind of bowie'ish musically.

The songs on The Gold Experience and Come were pretty interchangeable. Most of them were
recorded around the same time (often in the same sessions). In the end though, the 'solo'
Prince tracks ended up on Come and the 'full band' tracks ended up on The Gold Experience.
There were many early versions of both albums where tracks freely swapped between albums.
Personally, I'd love to have seen one of the early ideas for these tracks followed through, and
that was for a sprawling double or triple album entitled 'The Dawn' to released instead.