I adore loveSEXY!!!
I like this record more than Purple Rain.
And it definitely is a grower. But it's just fantastic.

i love Lovesexy. favs are Glam Slam, Anna Stesia and the title track

InsatiableCream said:

My favourites r " No," "Alphabet Street," "I Wish U Heaven" and "Positivity"

babooshleeky said:

Not liking it is an understatement!

theodore said:

I Wish U Heaven i forgot about that gem!

lovesexy04 said:

Ha! Yes, I know what you mean. It kinda bugs me though. There are a couple other non-Lovesexy songs where he talks and it sounds smackly too.

To answer the original question, put me in the camp of people who absolutley love it. I think it's brilliant and uplifting--I know it's a cliche to talk about it as "life-changing" and "inspiring" and all that, but that's how I feel about it. The tour for it was incredible, still my favorite, and I love the gaudy costumes and outrageousness of it all. After the, I don't know, heaviness or whatever of Parade and Sign 'O' the Times (both of which I also love), this just seemed like Prince having a lot of fun.

Efan said:

LOL - smackly

Research has found that it often takes six attempts before a toddler will accept a new food item being introduced into his/her diet.

How many times could you have listened to this in one day?

Try again.

Giovanni777 said:

well said. this album is sonic fungus...

You all are right.I have listen to it again and I find that it is one of those CDs that grows on you.Although it still has alot of growing to do!

One thing to consider ... taken out of order, this album is a completely different experience. I myself started with 1999 and heard every single album in succession.

When I heard Lovesexy, I was just coming off of Sign O The Times and a Black Album bootleg. Lovesexy was amazing, because my mind had been "prepared" for it by the previous albums. I cannot imagine hearing Lovesexy AFTER hearing Musicology or Rave.

Seriously, it is one of his finest moments. Granted, it is a little "out there" for some fans, but I'm more into his experimental/spiritual stuff than his other stuff.

ychismb said:

Controversy

theodore said:

There is not one song on Controversy that I don't love!I especially like Annie Christian.

Oh my goodness, I have never heard anyone say they did NOT like Lovesexy!

ychismb said:

I love Controversy. I just don't want another 1.
And Annie Christina is the only song I don't like.

lovesexy04 said:

"Spooky and all that he crawls for..." Yeah, P is chewing gum on that track. He must have been going through a gum-chewing phase in '88, because I noticed in the footage from Camden Palace aftershow, he's chewing gum whilst singing.

ychismb said:

I'd have that checked out if I were you. It just ain't right not to dig LOVESEXY.









I'm kidding, of course. You are entitled to your opinion. Lovesexy was kind of a rush job. I don't think P was shooting for the top of the charts when he conceived it. It makes sense that some don't like it much. Especially when you consider how legendary it has become among hardcore fans, I can very much see someone hearing it for the first time and thinking...huh?

fms said:

Man that is SO SMOKING HOT!

theodore said:

c'mon out that box cuz i agree 100%. Annie Christian doesnt grab me at all. but jams like Let's Work make up for it!

InsatiableCream said:

Let's Work.
Controversy.
Do Me, Baby.
Sexuality.

My favourites

Lovesexy is a grower, at first I heard, I thought it was overproduced; and it didn't help that it was all on one track, so i dismissed it.

But after getting a little bored with Stevie Wonder albums, I decided to take it for another spin; and its really great; I love the jams, and 'When 2 R in Love' is a song where I hope I find myself to be with someone I love. such a great album

theodore said:

mine too!

Lovesexy is a Fan Favorite but critically it's not really held in high regard.

The Critics will always go with Sign, Purple Rain, Parade and 1999. A Lot would also cite Diamonds and Pearls as a more essential release.

I think Lovesexy's psycho babble appeals to certain fans. I think it's a so so album.

Alphabet St is a good pop single but a bit of a novelty song, not really deep, it makes me think of Seasme Street. Anna Stesia is a very good song and the highlight but the guitar needs to be more to the forefront.

On a whole the album needs to Rock more. Positivity for instance has some nice guitar work but it's buried. And The title track could have been a real hard rocker but it's overloaded with synths and effects and I wish U Heaven is far too airy fairy.

I know many folks on here adore this album, largely cuz it's when they first got into P. But it's interesting cuz when u ask folks that had already been into P from very early on, it's a different story. Me, I still think what I thought when I first bought the album the day it was released. It's a good album. I dig it much better than Parade & Signs. This is an album that he blew it with his choices of singles though. Alphabet St shouldn't have even been on the album. That's a straight b-side cut. Songs that should have been singles and with the right videos, he would have had a much bigger album.

Positivity
Anna Stesia

Those two songs right there are the best two songs on the album. He could have had a killin' video with Sheila in it with him. Great music, hook, and lyrics. Could have worn his Lennon glasses from Signs, with his guitar hanging from his side, standing in front of a classroom. "Have u had your + sign today?" Done right and fitting with the theme and the tone of the track, it could have been bangin'.

Lovesexy (Definately should have been a single. He could have had a crazy ass, wild, P-like party styled video. Why he didn't release this as a single was nuts.)
I Wish U Heaven ( was a single)
Glam Slam ( one of P's best videos. Cool music but weak ass lyrics. Sounds like he didn't put any time into that. Should have been a much stronger song.)

TheKnowledge said:

Obervations right on point and well-said. However, as one of those fans to whom the psychobabble appeals, I would say Lovesexy is a great album. And I'm sure the sound is exactly what Prince was going for, buried guitar and all. He needs to challenge himself, even if it means leaving many of us going, "huh....?".

InsatiableCream said:

I'm a long time fan (For You) and this is one of my favorite albums. It only took one listen for me to love it. As a matter of fact my least favorite song on the album is Alphabet Street (too commercial). I think that you're either a fan or you're not. I must admit that I'm no longer into collecting his work like I used to be, but I doubt very seriously that he could produce an album that I totally hated.

Genesia said:

...and I think Freud once stated that when faced with a negative stimuli for long enough the subject will either learn to love it or go insane.