CD 1 was my favorite of the 3 and then CD 2. My favorite jams R 'White Mansion', 'Damn If I Do', Eye Can't Make U Love Me, Cortin' Time, 'Mr. Happy', 'Somebody Somebody', 'Joint2Joint', 'Curious Child', 'Soul Sanctuary', 'My Computer', 'New World', 'The Love We Make', 'Betcha By Golly Wow', 'Let's Have A Baby' 'Friend, Lover, Sister & Mother'and '1 Kiss At A Time'. This CD is so very underated, it's full gems!!! The most commercial of Prince's CDs.

number two was always mine, and just recently i've come to appreciate some good things on number one.

yes, i'm starting to think like you, that Emancipation is actually an underrated work.

then again, in general, i find that prince's music in general improves on several listenings.

I love the whole cd except for da da daa!!!!!

BeautifulOneJem said:

Something for everyone here.

I bought emancipation when it was out on tapes
and I played them till the tape player ate all the
tapes , so now I have no emancipation .
I can't buy it where I live.

lisa1 said:

Not even off ebay?

There always seem to be copies there, on the cheap.

I can't buy off of ebay cause I don't have a credit card.

I love cd 2 and cd 3. 1 is beginning to grow on me but I think this album's
underrated too.

Hey lisa1, do you live by any record stores? cause most of the ones I frequent
almost always have a copy

lisa1 said:

There are better deals on Amazon . . . you can probably get it for under 10 bucks.

BEAUGARDE said:








Don't bring it up. I stepped on CD 2 by accident yesterday .

thanks you guys for your help, I will try tremendously
to get emancipation. Your help is appreciated.

I think emancipation does not get enough credit. I love cd3 especially human body and sleep around. Somebodys somebody is great when ur feeling lonely and as always prince always understands. I am surprised at the amount of prince fans that dont have it. You HAVE to get it !

lisa1 said:

Most people will aqccept an international money order or westen union

Every Prince fan should have it ..... , infact u should have at least all the warner/PP albums even if u dont have all the downloads & bootlegs

Frien,lover,sister,mother & wife ..... Class

In my opinion Disc 2 IS Emancipation.

BEAUGARDE said:

I agree w/you. CD 1 is my fave then 2. I seriously can't even deal w/3 but I haven't really given it much of a chance yet. Maybe someday, I'll dig it. Emancipation, REALLY DOES have some awesome tunes on it, I just think the album as a whole is a bit much to chew. Break it down to 2 discs and you have another SOTT, IMO.

luv4all7 said:

I agree, if Emancipation was broken down to the best 15 songs then it would have been a masterpiece ..... just a few too many not so good ones on there , Disc 1 & 2 are easily better than 3 although 3does have a couple of tunes

Curious - I've always found disc 3 to be the most interesting.

Disc 1 is vintage Prince - its supposed to be representative of him.
Disc 2 is basically an ode to Mayte, I like it, but its a bit syrupy in places.

Both of these discs, however, still contain some of my fave Prince jams - Joint2Joint gets special mention.

But, Disc 3 is just far more "progressive" for me and, therefore, the most interesting. Hard-edged cry of despair and defiance to start then lean, tight, driving funk both with intelligent lyrics. Then, The Human Body actually made me want a Prince dance/techno album (though sans vocals perhaps!). Face Down - Prince's greatest rap. Style's just great musically and lyrically and My Computer is a career highlight - that coda, just awesome!

People often knock Emancipation, usually for its production or its length - but I think its a towering opus. Production-wise, every album sounds different, there's bound to be a production style that doesn't suit some people - but the sound quality of this production is first rate - at that time, it was the clearest and most detailed we'd ever heard Prince.

And, despite the clear differences in theme between discs, the fact he manages to keep the production and package together over 36 tracks is an amazing testament to the man's ability. Other artists are/have been capable of this (Zappa springs to mind), but I can't think of any other example where its basically a one-man band! (Zappa had many genius musicians on his albums).
[Edited 9/20/05 10:50am]

I'll never say it enough ! It's Prince BEST album ever !!!

Hehe - mebee if you say it enough, it will come true!

Love it, but not best (See SOTT thread!)

Its not the best album cause there are to many cheesy soppy rubbishy ones dedicated to Mayte. Worth having though in your collection.

I got Emancipation now and I'm diggin it!

kpowers said:

I beg to differ... that track was tight!

Mindflux said:

YES! I got goosebumps the first time I heard it. Great track.

shaomi said:

Well, it's at least MY personal favorite. Contains my all-time favorite Prince song: "Right Back Here In My Arms".