I just got this from ebay and must say I was pleasantly surprised.

I really like Hallucination Rain and The Good Life. And those skits in between are hilarious. I have never heard Prince act so goofy.

Anyone else have this and like it or not like it?

I have it! I absolutely love it! My favorites are Return of the Bumpsquad, Get Wild, Big Fun, and The Exodus Has Begun

i'm okay with it - there are a couple of songs i like and i enjoy the cover art a lot, but i hate segues (they ruin the flow of the music) and i'm not crazy about sonny's vocals. i don't think it's crap, though. it just hasn't hit me.

jess555ja said:

I like Return of the Bumpsquad also.
My least favorite is Cherry Cherry.

Anxiety said:

Sonny's vocals sound better than I thought they would.

nps is better.

RumAndRaisin said:

oh God I hate New Power Soul! the music is whack and is such a cacophony of sunds. I tried to like it but I just can not get into it. And I've said 100 times, the only reason I keep it is for The One.

I was worried about it sounding like NPS, but it's definitely tighter.

nps is princes best album. its so good. how can anyone not like it?

push it up, eye like funky music and come on are brilliant.

but i suppose your just a stereo typicle p fan who cant listen and like anything other than purple rain.

RumAndRaisin said:

Not hardly. I have almost everything he wrote and enjoy most of it. And Purple Rain is my least listened to album of P's. NPS just one I can't get into.

1sexymf said:

why?? listen to it now. i bet youll enjoy it

RumAndRaisin said:

well u r entitled 2 u'r opinion ..however i suggest u take another listen 2 return of the bump squad, and big fun and tell me what song or songs r more funkier than these on nps?

Hallucination Rain is fucking brilliant, especially the longer out-take version.

L4OATheOriginal said:

just finished. Push It Up, Funky Music and When U Love Somebody are all funkier and better.

It's great, I love the slower songs i.e. cherry cherry, hallucination rain, count the days

I absolutely LOVE this album!

The band is flat-out great, The production is what TGE should have sounded like. (It's big and has alot going on, but still feels "live". It is loud, angry, funky, and melodic.

"The Exodus Has Begun" is amazing.

I love "Count the Days" but I can hardly play it around friends cause of the F-bombs:)

The Exodus Has Begun is one of the finest pieces Prince has ever created.

RumAndRaisin said:

let's c here ..funky music contains the same horn line from the original demo of it back in 1982..(rehased idea)

when u love somebody contains a guitar riff from mayte's album from the song ain't no place like u

title track ..do we even need 2 go there with the same name? or the fact that it contains the chant from big fun?

essentially nps is an ok album with rehashed material where as Exodus is fresh with ideas from a better backing band.

but again, u have u'r opinion and that's cool with me

L4OATheOriginal said:

You missed out Push It Up which contains the Jam Of The Year chorus.

Also, Shoo Bed Ooh has a repeated keyboard lick from My Computer.

Haystack said:

That song is the closest he's ever come to Clinton's funk. It's an amazing jam. Play it top of your speakers and it takes you to another funkin' place.

Haystack said:

Agreed. This song cannot be beat.

jess555ja said:

GMTA!

1sexymf said:

Have it, love it.

RumAndRaisin said:

u r correct lol ..which push it up is really the revamped version of the jam of the year remix that was played only in clubs during the aftershows

Sly said:

Love this disc. Everyone I've turned on to it has also. I made a special copy w/o the segues and the Chery song. In many ways, this is CD delivers on the promise of The Black Album.

1sexymf said:

I bought the album back in 1995 and thought back then and still think that it is a masterpiece! Funky as hell!!!

I think one of the reasons why people are disappointed with NPS is that "Exodus" is just that good and NPS simply can't quite keep up with that (although I think it's not as bad as some people make it).

I thought count the days was the most poetic way he ever dealt with the WB feud

1sexymf said:

Can we see what the inside of booklet looks like..ive never seen it

The Exodus Has begun sure is a great track. the guitar solo at the end is crazy. i went thru a weird faze with that album. i like it a lot where as New Power Soul sounds dated to me. it's very representative of the era it came out in.