JimmyNothing said:

Things you never, ever thought you'd ever say.

Imago said:

.....can u say more about the Planet earth song Pleaz..imago!

Haystack said:

How true

JimmyNothing said:

After reading all the reviews Chelsea Rodgers makes me very curious too!!!
Life can be so hard!

ok then...REMEMBER THIS IS FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF SOME OF THESE TRACKS..

PLANET EARTH (8).....GREAT ROCK OPERA SONG WITH UNUSUAL BRIDGE...i know its all been done before but you could say that about all music

GUITAR (6).....I LIKE IT , A BIT LIGHTWEIGHT BUT WILL SOUND GREAT LIVE..

SOMEWHERE HERE ON EARTH (7)....A LOVELY JAZZY MOOD SONG

THE 1 U WANNA C (8)....GREAT ROCK POP SONG, SINGING THIS ALL THE TIME....could be called a bit corny but i love it

FUTURE BABY MAMA (9)....HIS BEST R&B SONG IN YEARS ! KILLER TRACK

MR GOODNIGHT (3)....MID TEMPO LAID BACK RAP FROM PRINCE...NOTHING GREAT

SO I LOVE ALL THE SONGS APART FROM MR. GOODNIGHT...I THINK ITS SHAPING UP AS A CRACKING ALBUM AND IF CHELSEA RODGERS IS AS GOOD AS FANS ARE SAYING THEN IT WILL BE BETTER THAN ANYTHING HE HAS RELEASED SINCE THE EARLY 90S...

Planet Earth....an eeriness, sombre building to a rock - manic track only to return to Prince's lone voice and piano. Fantastic track 10/10

Somewhere Here On Earth...beautiful lyrics and delivery. Horns subdued and not overplayed. Laid back, jazzy, breezy ballad. Certainly reminds me of earlier lush ballads. Wonderful 9/10

Guitar...U know the rest.....7/10

Mr Goodnight. Light rap track, easy rnb flavour. Nothing mindblowing but ok. 5/10

The One U Wanna c - Love this track. 2nd favourite after P.E.. Rock track touching country. Strong vocal delivery and real grower. 9/10

FutureBabyMama- not usually a 'fan' of rnb stuff that I hear right now. But this track has me hooked. P's voice is exceptional here. Strong hook and , agian, real grower 9 /10

calldapplwondery83 said:

i know.. i am diggin the album ive heard 5 of 10 tracks so far.. so i know that at least half of it is good.

this thing has to be on the brink of leaking.. i am tryin to have patience here.

Darn...where are you all hearing the title track???

I mean, i have rode a mule somewhere on earth...

It IS indeed better then Three Chains of Gold, and that after a first listen

Nice, nice, it could indeed have a bit more passion in the delivery, but, wow, when he tores out in that guitarsolo: goosebumps! I cant remember having goosebumps while listening to Prince 'on record' before in the 21th century.

I've only heard 2 in full length. Those are Guitar and Future Baby Mama

Demo version of Guitar: 5/10

Planet Earth version of Guitar: 6/10

Future Baby Mama: 6.5/10

I heard a short clip of Planet Earth and from what I heard its disappointing.

Not very good.

Planet Earth - 9
Guitar - 7
Somewhere Here On Earth - 9
Future Baby Mama - 8
The One U Wanna C - 9,5
Mr. Goodnight - 6

So Far:

Planet Earth: 8

Guitar: 7

Somewhere here on earth: 7,5

Future Baby Mama: 5

The One u wanna C: 6,5

datdude said:

I haven't heard the song but when I read your "hasn't talked about the similarity of lovers' looks", I immediately thought of Bambi.

"I had another lover, she looked just like you"..... maybe I read it wrong and you just meant in awhile.

HamsterHuey said:

Hmmm, I was thinking more of a "Strays Of The World" meets "She Gave Her Angels". I don't think PE really has the operatic, all-over-the-map quality that really typifies 3CoG.

SynthiaRose said:

Agree 100%.

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And to answer the OP:


Mr. Goodnight Love it! 8/10 (I'm probably the only one who love this song, but whatever, different strokes, right?)

Somewhere Here on Earth / The One U Wanna See tied for second. 7/10

Planet Earth a distant third. 6/10 only because the music is nice. The lyrics are too sappy and cliche for my tastes.

Guitar (album version): 6/10 Slightly lower than the previous three only because I like the version we downloaded in February better. If that version was on the album, I think it'd be above Planet Earth at least.

I think SHOE, TOUWC, Guitar & PE will grow on me, but right now they're boring to me.

Future Baby Mama 3/10 Hate the title, hate the lyrics (esp. the chorus), I cannot stand this song. (Most any Prince "song" will qualify for at least a 2 from me because it's Prince. Prince segues get 1/10. lol)

Planet Earth - 10
Guitar - 8
Somewhere Here On Earth - 7
Future Baby Mama - 7
The One You Wanna See - 10
Mr. Goodnight - 8 (But can I ask why he totally lifted this off of Notorious BIG's One More Chance? They sound exactly the same.)
[Edited 7/7/07 14:36pm]

Planet earth - 8
Somewhere here on earth - 10
The 1 u wanna C - 8
Mr Goodnite - 6/7 ?
FBM - 8
Guitar - 8

Sounds good 2 me

Mr. Goodnight - 6

Mr. Goodnight - 2/10

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[Edited 7/7/07 16:37pm]

This is all based on hearing most of this for the first time. Albums need to breed. All outa 10

Planet Earth. 5
Guitar. 7
Somewhere Here On Earth. 9.
The 1 U Wanna C. 7. Is growing on me, Nathan.
Future Baby Mama. 6
Mr Goodnight. 7. What we call a guilty pleasure already.
All The Midnights In The World. Not bad, not really thrilling me either. 5.
Chelsea Rodgers. My lyrics were better. But niiiice. 8.
Lion Of Judah. Better rock than Planet Earth. 7.
Resolution. 8.

Overall, Prince is using his new falsetto and his new brand of rock. I like. Better effort than the previous albums. A grower, I think.

hey, u orgers who've managed to hear the whole album are real lucky. I am officially jealous

I listened to all songs except chelsea rodgers and all the midnites in the world. can someone give me detailed review on them?

@ people who are reviewing the whole album


Whyyyyy?

7salles said:

Chelsea Rodgers starts with a beat that sounds like 18 (R U Legal Yet?) and the bass makes it funky immediately.
Prince's voice opens the song, a bit robotically. Then Shelby cuts in. The guitar is VERY disco indeed.

It is a bouncy song. The horns are what spell disco too. Tres dancable.
[Edited 7/7/07 15:53pm]

MikeMatronik said:

Cool rating...I agree with most of what u said, except for "Mr. Goodnight..." And that's Shelby wailing on "Chelsea Rogers..."

The overall feel to the album spells Neon Telephone to me.

It is nice and laidback. My instant like is Somewhere Here On Earth. I also love Resolution. Dunno why yet.

the quality of the tracks is horrible in terms of encoding...The real cd quality of the album has not happened.

MikeMatronik said:

Still, the entire album has an entire different feel to it than most his albums. It looks like he made more of an effort to give the album an overall feel.

And it is way more melodic than his previous albums. I love the way it flows. Like I said, a grower.