Lovesexy is one of the happiest P albums of his entire career; the dark, "suicide album" is Come

Anji said:

Thanks very much.

As an addendum, Positivity ends with the message 'Hold on to your soul, we've got a long way to go' which again, doesn't exactly say that Prince has found what he's been looking for. It kind of says 'Stay positive because we've got a lot to do before we find true happiness'.

And both Batman and Graffiti Bridge (especially the movie) continued the same themes that The Black Album and Lovesexy had - that inner fight between the light and the dark. So maybe Prince was still trying to find true happiness during those years after Lovesexy. After all, only an unhappy person will spend time analysing their happiness or lack of it. A truly happy person will be far too busy enjoying their life to bother (I've experienced both and my conclusion is drawn from that).

With that in mind, I think Diamonds & Pearls was Prince's next truly happy piece after The Black Album. It was an album with no issue other than promoting happiness and carefree themes; it sang of various positive things without wallowing in any negativity. And 'Walk, Don't Walk' probably speaks up more about Prince's Black/Lovesexy period than any other song of that time. And although Live 4 Love and Money Don't Matter 2nite include negative themes, the general vibe of those two songs speak about rising above the situation and fulfilling your soul rather than your supposed obligations elsewhere. And in both cases, Prince sings as an observer, rather than somebody who's experienced those situations in the lateral sense. It's like it finally took him that long to appreciate the happiness he'd eventually found and wanted to share it with people who may be in other unhappy situations that although he couldn't personally understand, he could maybe use his own parallel experiences to send the message across.

Or maybe I'm talking crap? Who knows?