wat do yall think of this? if it was released like it was suppose to be, do u think it would've been a hit album.

TRACK LISTING

Rebirth of the Flesh (5:00)
Housequake (4:40)
Strange Relationship (4:01)
Feel U Up (6:28)
Shockadelica (6:11)
Good Love (5:11)
If i was Ur Girlfriend (4:46)
Rockhard in a Funky Place (4:32)

moviestar08 said:

I doubt it would've been a hit with the masses, but I would've loved it!

love4oneanother said:

me too,especially since "rebirth of the flesh"(his best outtake imo)is still unreleased.still,if he'd a done this.there would be no sign o the times.one of his finest albums.

no. It probably would have not been a hit album...althought we would like it.

purplepolitician said:

Oh, jeez I hadn't thought of it like that! But, the non-Camille SOTT tracks would've probably made up the next album anyway, so...
[Edited 9/26/07 22:02pm]

Its allready a hit album in my collection

mplsmike said:

No Doubt. I think it would have been as much of a hit as SOTT was - although at least around here most people hated If I was Your Girlfriend when it was released as a single, so who knows.

smokeverbs said:

Bad timing, no promo video - A lot of things conspired against IIWYGF as a single release.

NouveauDance said:

All true, and it doesn't help that all the guys I knew immediately assumed prince was gay when that song came out...

moviestar08 said:

Only 8 songs, needs about 3 or 4. Still would of liked it.

it would have been a hit, Prince was still commercially viable in those days. Also it would have got good reviews (which would have helped it).

I personally beleive that IIWYGF could never be a hit (unless its sang by girls) because of the homosexual connotations on first listen.

I do beleive that
Strange Relationship, Feel U Up and Shockadelica could have been hits if marketed properly. particularly SL.

moviestar08 said:

If this album had been released in October 1986 (as planned),I doubt that it would have become a major hit.It would have done well on the R&B stations though....songs like "Housequake","Good Love" and "Shockadelica" would have been all over R&B radio stations.

I'd buy it in heartbeat! Fabulous! I think that Camille was one of my favourite alter-ego's.

On the IIWYGF debate - I have to say that I'm glad it was never released as a single to be pulled apart by the philistines, I see it as a rare and beautiful gift for those of us that cared enough to buy the album

MrsGoodnight said:

it wasnt realeased?? Im sure I bought it to get shockadelica??

SoulAlive said:

I know theres no point in saying this, but I strongly disagree with you! Prince was hot back then, a couple of songs would have been hits.

vinx98 said:

Oh,I agree...there surely would have been a few hits on this album.The album would have done well with R&B audiences,but I don't think it would have been a major,mainstream album for Prince (like 'SOTT').This album probably would have had the same impact as 'The Black Album' and would have easily went gold,but probably not platinum.

I wish they'd release Rebirth of the Flesh. It deserves more than a mention in "walk don't walk", and that rehearsal that only members of his club got.

This woulda been a crazy ass album...In a good way. I dig all them songs.

It's my third favourite Prince album.

regardless of sales, it would now be listed as one his his greatest by critics and fans alike.

Those songs have all aged incredibly well. cool as hell.

not a bad song in the bunch
[Edited 9/29/07 6:37am]

let's see - that would have been released after Parade? then yes i think it might have gone down as a stone cold classic by critics and fans. No SOTT its true though some tracks might have gone to the next album - lovesexy - but perhaps then no batman and no graffiti bridge