the one thing that amazed was.....no magic at all

none what so ever

the tracks on PE with the girls are mediocre at best

what a dissapointment..whowould have guessed it

I guess the only cool track for me was "reflections' accoustic with my man tavis

yup..a big fat nothing

man.....who would have guessed it.....

this is just another excuse you're using to diss Planet Earth


In fact, their chemistry is probably part of the reason why I fell in love with it on sight (so to speak). There was a certain magic about the album that I didn't see in the 2 that came before it... they could be part of that equation.

To me, it was more or less Prince being in a good place within himself to put the likes of "Somewhere here on Earth" and others.

look-to all you newbies it aint a PERSONAL DISS

I grew up with purple rain,1999,parade and onwards etc

if you had been around and dug parade live,SOTT,lovesexy etc you would probably be forever expecting genius everytime

wendy and lisa and prince?? im talking

PARADE

POWER FANTASTIC

ROADHOUSE GARDEN

ATWIAD

SPLASH

ITS GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT

the list goes on and on and on-some of his most ASTONISHING work

some of THE MOST ASTONISHING WORK EVER.period

so excuse me if i feel slightly dissapointed

lisa only appears on one song. wendy plays guitar on five. no vocals. but with that being said, yeah...prince wasn't inspired hanging around him like he was in the past...
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jonylawson said:

Oh by the by in my hummmmble opinion PE is a Prince album, therfore he probably knows a wee bit more about music than U DO [Name calling snip - luv4u] U should be.

I heard they collaborated via the internet, ie. email.

As a recording artist myself, I can vouch that collaborating in the same studio versus recording via correspondence in some fashion makes a big difference... still makes it sound like mostly a Prince project without them there alive in the same space.... the most impact they ever made was around the Parade era... which is always going to be the era I like best... just something magic about that time... they complimented him really well... balanced him out IMO in the way members of a real band do. Something honest and less affected which he either let go or it let go of him. Not to say that feeling didn't emerge in different ways later of course... but maybe less so and from this fan's perspective, 86 rocked it.



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sosgemini said:

Completely agree.

My favorite Prince music is during the Revolution days...and I do think Wendy & Lisa had a hand in his sound back then (as did Sheila and Eric Leeds). Also W&Ls solo stuff is the only Prince associate's stuff that I dig in its own right. So I was very excited to hear that they were recording together again.

But I have to admit PE was a pretty big let down.

They didn't really collaborate did they - it was just a few tracks sent by email that they added instruments to. Not much of a chance for any magic to happen.