Do you think Prince has the ability to make a comeback (when it comes to the quality of the music, i dont give a lot for commercial succes) like the following artists:

- Van Morrison, finding his muse again on No Guru, No Method, No Teacher
- Lou Reed, kicking back with great records like New York and songs for Drella
- Paul Mc Cartney, getting respect again for records like Flaming Pie and Chaos & Creation in the Backyard
- Tom Waits, getting a real critics darling after releasing Swordfishtrombones.

After losing 'inspiring contact' with Princes music in the middle of the nineties (the Gold Experience was the last ****-star record he released, in my opinion) i am wondering if Prince can make this kind of midlife-revival...

Riverpoet31 said:

your question is based on the assumption that he has been lost, or not successful. Many here would dispute that assumption.

Oh? compare musicology to sign of the times, and the rainbow children to lovesexy....

thats enough of a an answer?

Riverpoet31 said:

I think Rainbow Children is equal in quality as Lovesexy. Rainbow Children was the last Prince album that I really sat back and said "wow" though. 3121 is shaping up to be a nice treat for me, if the first three/four tracks are any indication of what is left to come.

I must say disagree, Lovesexy was brilliant in my opinion (and often underrated): a hybrid of all he did try in the eighties...a record full of brilliant arrangements, but still accesible... not a record to listen to all of the time, but when youre in very exciting, positive mood it sure is a 'bomb'....

The rainbow children has, in Prince terms, very organic music, sounding like some new direction, but the segues and awfull, narrowminded lyrics 'kill' this record for me... and jazz-fusion is to detached for me.....

Riverpoet31 said:

"Musicology", the tour and album, were commercially successful and critically lauded. So the question is (as it often is)- Will Prince live up to YOUR expectations?

Rarely is Prince the critics darling. Look back and read some 1987 reviews for "sign O' The times" they were very mixed. Also, I can dig up some reviews of Emancipation heralding at as "masterpiece". I know for sure that USA today gave a stellar reviews both for "Emancipation" and "Rave".

I must say disagree, Lovesexy was brilliant in my opinion (and often underrated): a hybrid of all he did try in the eighties...a record full of brilliant arrangements, but still accesible... not a record to listen to all of the time, but when youre in very exciting, positive mood it sure is a 'bomb'....

The rainbow children has, in Prince terms, very organic music, sounding like some new direction, but the segues and awfull, narrowminded lyrics 'kill' this record for me... and jazz-fusion is to detached for me.....


See? It's about what you like and YOUR opinion.
[Edited 2/7/06 12:26pm]