I still listen to PE, it has lasting appeal, unlike Mcology and 3121 which I pretty much shelved after a few months.

Main reason: More intelligent / thoughful themes, V.good production (unlike his last two which sounded more rushed and plasticy)/
Catchy songs.
Positive message (listen to Resolution)
Sense of fun/humour - Guitar
Good guitar and beats on tracks.
I also find it flows together well, each song leading well into the other,

PE - Love the falsetto part, reminded me a lot of 'For You', showing us the Prince we know and love. Thoughful lyrics.

Guitar - Great get up and go. However, spoilt a bit by riff stolen from U2's I will Follow. The demo version released online would have been safer!

Somewhere Here on Earth - Harking back to the old romantic jazz-love songs, reminds me a bit of Love is Like a Losing Game. Nice, reminds me a bit of Emancipation era tracks too.

The One U Wanna C - Very catchy, slightly let down by overly simplistic lyrics though.

Future Baby Mama - Great, reminds me a bit of If I Was Your Girlfriend.

Mr.Goodnight - The Filler track of the album but still not too bad, flows nicely from last song.

All The Midnights In The World - Original song, slightly filler-ish but pretty nice all the same.

Chelsea Rodgers - V.funky, James Brown ish. Like the lyrics "We don't wanna be nobody's ghost of everything make the most". Fans take note!

Lion Of Judah - EXCELLENT. Love the beat and the Purple Rain ish guitar riff. Like lyrics too, a very visual song, you can picture easily what he is saying like in a film.

Resolution - Like this for its positive message and fitting that W and L feature on this. Nice rounding off of the album.
[Edited 7/16/08 13:09pm]

There's a thread about it here:
http://prince.org/msg/7/276434

still only mediocre at most IMO

It was a big let down to me, after 3121 rocked my world

PLANET EARTH: 1 YEAR ON AND STILL NOT LISTENING!
[Edited 7/16/08 13:33pm]

thekidsgirl said:

I have to agree with you on that.

not enough black music on that album! chelsea rodgers was good black music

mystery50 said:

mystery50 said:

mystery50 said:

obsess much?

Protege said:

no I'm just a fan of black music

mystery50 said:

wtf is black music

InsatiableCream said:

music black people like

mystery50 said:

you know that makes no sense, right?

InsatiableCream said:

it does on compton blvd

InsatiableCream said:

And you know that there's a black woman who lives in L.A. laughing at you right now, right?

ToraToraDreams said:

who?

mystery50 said:

people of all different races and colors like different things. including black people

1 year later and still loving Planet Earth!

InsatiableCream said:

Not to mention Compton has more LATINOS than BLACKS in it. I go to Compton a few times a month, man.
Hell, check the census...

mystery50 said:

Music is about colour in your opinion?

Baylana said:

I'm more shocked that he can SEE music...
How you do that?

ToraToraDreams said:

good god your signature

InsatiableCream said:

blackmusic was jazz in the 40/50s then became main stream
soul in the 60s then became main stream
disco in the 70s the stolen by saturday night fever and the the bee gees

then public enemy
NWA

black music is always been a form of emancipation...untill its stolen.

mystery50 said:

draw a pentagram on the damn CD and cast a damn spell then, sheesh

I still like it a lot too. I think a lot of people will come back to it in a year or two when the dust has really settled and find they like it more than they thought at the time.

NouveauDance said:

i hope that happens. sometimes i'll get bored with the stuff i know i like and i'll throw on a less-listened to prince album in my collection just to mix things up a bit and see if i can hear it differently. i became a big fan of the come album that way - i hated it for years, then one day i threw it on my stereo out of boredom and something clicked, and it was suddenly brilliant to my ears. i don't know that PE will do that for me, but it'd be nice to consider it a salvageable effort. as of now, it's my least favorite of any prince album.

Anxiety said:

Err...black magic?

I love this album! I am still enjoying it!

ToraToraDreams said:

sometimes you just gotta make up your own logic in here.

I'm gonna re-iterate the same exact thing I said another thread about this:

I'm just gonna go on record and say that Planet Earth is one of the most polarizing albums Prince has made. I don't think there's any in-between here. Those that love it REALLY REALLY LOVE IT. But those that hate it..well..I mean...they're probably regretting the day that they even purchase it. They would rather see it crushed by a steamroller. I think a lot of those opinions are unfair and irrational since the album isn't THAT bad. Maybe a couple of tracks are lame, but the strong songs really do shine thorough.

I respect Prince for making this though. I just wish folks would stop trying to look for another "Sign O' The Times" or "1999" or anything else they might've liked from Prince's past.

And here come the bashers. Time to go.