...made ur heart beat triple time?

4 me, it was N.E.W.S.
b4 then, The Rainbow Children.

love

The last album with that feeling was Gold experince.

The Rainbow Children

after that I was prepared for greatness again. before that
I kind of expected good solid albums but nothing, and I do
mean "nothing" had prepared me for the magnificent of TRC.

it did indeed make my heart beat tripple beat.

the last album before TRC to make it do so was "The Truth"
which I still think, to this day, is absolutely fantastic!

Anji said:

The Rainbow Children. I did not expect that anymore from Prince. For me his best and most adventurous work since the 80s. Musicology has been a big let down.

Musicology was/is superb, why do u all diss it?

Musicology was/is superb, why do u all diss it?

GoldenGlove said:

it just doesn't do anything for me. the invididual songs are nice
but the cringe factor is very very high on a lot of the songs and
only about 6 good songs stand out on the disc to lift it slightly
above mediocre.

in retrospect, even New Power Soul was a more well balanced album
and one that contained better musical ideas than Musicology, be it in
a weaker execution.

"Come On" and "The One" alone are better than almost anything on
Musicology.

And that is just comparing it to NPS. If we hold Musicology next
to "The Rainbow Children", comparisons are almost laughable to
make since there are none. TRC is a dinosaur, Musicology is at
best a guinnea pig. very pet friendly but hardly a match.

Anji said:

co-sign!
Before those... Lovesexy.

IstenSzek said:

But how come Musicology was WAAAAAY more succesfull and popular?... because it had better songs lke the title track and dear mr.man etc...

GoldenGlove said:

Musicology was not a better album. It sold better. There is a
huge difference between those two. The RainbowChildren sold
about 100,000 copies at a time when Prince's popularity had
hit an all time low. It was also his best album since many
years. It was the old unpredictable Prince again that made
you hold your breath and set you on the wrong foot over and
over again during the course of an album. I loved it.

Musicology is by all means a good album, but it's not a good
Prince album. It's boring and bland and far too easy. It's a
second volume of Rave (which was an attempt at a commercial
comeback as well). In accordance, Rave suffered from the same
lack of real good songs in favor of pop noodles made for an
easy access to a pop audience again.

Rave flopped miserably. So would Musicology have done if he
hadn't whored himself all over the tv radio and magazines.
Starting with the Grammies and ending god knows where. Plus
he gave away all those free copies of the album to every 1
of the people who bought a ticket, thus keeping the album in
the charts for nearly a year which kept it on display in the
stores and got more people to see it and buy it.

Very clever marketing and very well done. Plus, he deserved
it. He's one of the greatest musicians of all time and he
keeps coming up with clever stuff like the give away cds to
get yourself high on the charts and be seen in the stores
again. That's fucking brilliant.

However, all of that still doesn't make Musicology a very
good album. But it serves it's purpose. It's a decent, if
a bit boring and cringeworty, album and it will make the
people who've got a copy take note if there's a bit of a
stir again about his NEXT album.

I just pray to god that his next album will be a deeper
and more lasting experience that we won't wear out in a
month or two three.

I want something like Dirty Mind, TRC, Sign o the Times
or The Truth. Albums that last you a decade or three or
four. Not an album that lasts a summer.

I'm done ranting now and will refrain from drinking any more
coffee today. thank you for your patience




figuredijustneededaneditedit
[Edited 7/25/05 5:15am]

IstenSzek said:

Isn't that what Prince wanted it 2 do, Isten?

love

Anji said:

well yes. I've already given up the idea of knowing
things better than Prince himself lol.

I can see what he wanted this album to accomplish n
what it serves as a stepping stone toward.

I just wish he wouldn't make us wait this long for
it

NEWS & Rainbow Children =


For me , it was "The Gold Experience"

Imago777 said:

what do you think of "The Truth"?

don't you like that one?

IstenSzek said:

I didn't like it when I first heard it.
It sounded like he just threw shit together without thinking about it, then came back and fooled with the sound effects and stuff.

Now, I think it's o.k., but not one of my favorites.

Imago777 said:

I think I'll play it for you in your
hotelroom when you come to Holland..

IstenSzek said:

IstenSzek said:

-----
Well he did the give away with Musicology so your right it is was a guinnea pig. He could not have done a RC or News on the last tour. He needed to do something commercial and he was right on time with the Musicology release.

Triple time? One Nite Alone

Double time? Musicology


Hopefully the next one will make my heart explode with excitement.

TGE!!!

It already had a different sound but it was the last P album
that blew me(and a lot of cricics)away.
It's strange,because every P album sounds different from the
early 80's,but the last album with the REAL Prince sound and
arrangements was o->

But I'm not one of those who thinks He has lost it since then!!!
TRC didn't do much 4 me,but I love :She loves me 4 me and
1+1+1=3.

At first I was very xcited about Musicology,afterwords I didn't listen
2 it anymore.

Well,I've listened 2 it again recently and it is a GOOD album!
Musicology,What do U want me 2 do?,Illusion,pimp,....,Call my name,
A million days and YES..even Life O'Party!
I really don't know what's wrong with these songs?????
It's his first album after a long time that really fits
into his catalogue, after TGE or Emancipation!!
All the albums between were kind off left-overs..imo.

Anyway,our xpectations are always 2 great when an album comes out,
WE were spoiled the last 15 years!!!,
but after a few months or even a year,
our judgement is much better.

Anji said:

The last time a new Prince album made my heat beat "triple time" was Emancipation everything since have only produced mild palpitations.

laurarichardson said:

indeed he was. and i'm not knocking the album at all since it's
great for what it was meant to be. I just didn't like it as much
as his more introspective work.

Sign of the times...I've been waiting for that feeling again ever since.

Emanicipation and Gold had a few moments and Lovesexy was interesting but just did not produce same thrill that running and getting the new Prince album that i got from ATWIAD, PARADE and SOTT...

Mutiny said:

Co-co-sign!

Gold... and it came out 10 years ago!

GoldenGlove said:

IstenSzek gave a great answer to that question. But come on, do you REALLY think that an album's commercial success is completely dependent on the quality of the material contained therein?

And to look at it from the other side of the same coin - an album's commercial success does not denote the quality of the music.

ESPECIALLY in this day and age.

Anji said:

ditto, prior to that it would be The Truth
and Chaos and Disorder. (I know I'll get slated for that one but I love it and I ain't ashamed to admit it! )

Triple time? SOTT
Double time? Parade