With the whole 21 Nights In London going on recently my interest in all things Price has been renewed. I've found some gems that I had previously missed (The Word on 3121 for instance) and I remembered downloading The Chocolate Invasion and The Slaughterhouse a few years ago...

I dismissed both albums upon my first listen. Was I right to do so or are there some gems on these CDs?

IMO, the Chocolate invasion is a great album - slightly generic in production, but has some great tunes. Slaughterhouse just wasnt my cup of tea as it sounds like the castoffs from a NPG album.

I LOVE The Chocolate Invasion. One of my favorite cds.

Controver5y said:

You missed out then! Both are high quality albums with a nice, warm modern sound production. I like Slaughterhouse a little better because it's a little more upbeat and funkier.

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yxl1 said:

I feel the same way about both. The Chocolate Invasion is worth it purely for the earlier version of The Dance which, in my opinion, leaves the 3121 version in the dust.

Both r wonderful albums, Prince at his best!

I have never heard either of these two cd's.

shaomi said:

I couldn't agree more!

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gcu1 said:

Whoa, now. Warm? I'd say they're anything but. Both are basically cheap sounding NPS b-sides.

PurpleKnight said:

Oh... Hi, Anakin, or shall i call u Darth Vader now?
It's been a while since u haven't been around saying unpleasant things about a Prince album.
Where the hell were u?

shaomi said:

I dunno, school and a social life, I guess. But hey, I posted positive stuff about a Prince album on the first page; enjoy.

Thanks for the replies... I guess I'll have to dig them both out and have another listen!

Underneath is great, typicall "prince-ism"

shaomi said:

Lay!
Down!
The!
Crack!
Pipe!

PurpleKnight said:

U have? Where? I gotta read this! Link please!!!

PurpleKnight said:

Whoa, now. Cheap sounding? Hardly...especially when compared to inferior, plastic, 80s sound production.

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gcu1 said:

The only really "plastic" sounding stuff from Prince's 80's run to me is 1999, and that's just because it was part of its intentionally cold, subtly bleak, futuristic theme.

I tend to like Chocolate better than Slaughterhouse.

I try to piece the old rumored "High" cd sometimes but maybe 3-4 tracks on each CD I tend to like. The rest of the songs are kind of bland. Maybe they were better demos, or could have been mixed together to make better songs.
U2 does that alot, record 5 songs, edit them down to 2 or 3 good ones.