When I first took a listen to Come some years ago-it really didn't touch me then. But since then I have come to love the cd. I have often wondered what was going through Prince's mind at the time I know that it was a period of confusion and uncertainty for Prince as far as his record label and album sales were concerned. I think that he took all of these feelings and put them into this timeless piece of work The songs are unique, I mean what person can say these things and get away with them-nobody but Prince Letitgo, Come, Space and Dark are masterpieces and the artwork is dark, but beautiful. What are your opinions of Come? Feel free to post any Come shots (oh ah Pics! )

Here's a come shot

raveun2thejoyfantastic said:

That's the stuff Beautiful

HamsterHuey said:

Amazing Come Shot

Does anyone have any details about the making of Come?

Hmmm intresting, Come and The Gold Experience are my fave albums from the 90's even tho its a very dark album its certainley one of his most daring heres some info below which i copied from wikipedia, very intresting >

Most of the songs from the Come album were recorded in early 1993 during a highly prolific time for Prince. An early collection of tracks included: "Come," "Endorphin Machine," "Space," "Pheromone," "Loose," "Papa," "Dark," and "Poem." It was unknown at this time if these tracks were indeed intended for an album. In late May 1993, Prince's then band member, Mayte Garcia, sent a letter to a Prince fanzine listing the above tracks, plus a few others: "Interactive," "Peach," "Pope," "Solo," and "Race." Most of these songs were newly written, except "Peach" (written in 1992), and "Race" (written in 1991 during the Love Symbol album sessions - it uses a scratching sound effect similar to Love Symbol's "The Continental").

After Prince's name change to an unpronounceable symbol, he intended to release new songs under that moniker in formats other than albums. He would fulfill his contract to Warner Bros. by delivering unreleased material from his music vault. Prince conceived an "interactive musical experience" called Glam Slam Ulysses - a musical loosely based on Homer's Odyssey. Thirteen tracks were selected and premiered as the first new material from Prince. These songs and many others would travel back and forth between different concepts of albums in a relatively short frame of time. The Dawn was a triple-album concept. The track listing is unknown, but the idea was scrapped for single album releases. Some of these ended up on Come, and some on a new album called The Gold Experience. There was also an idea floating around for The Beautiful Experience that took on various forms before its final release as a maxi-single.

On March 6, 1994, Prince submitted a tape of eight songs to Dutch radio stations which included the song "Pheromone." Five days later, he submitted the first version of the Come album to Warner Bros. The album consisted of: "Poem," "Interactive," "Endorphine Machine," "Space," "Pheromone," "Loose," "Papa," "Race," "Dark," "Solo, and "Strays of the World." This version of the album has been leaked, and is commonly known as the Come Test Pressing. Interestingly, the title track was absent. Warner Bros. rejected this version, asking for the title track and some other new material, such as the recent hit "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World." Prince tooled with the title track, creating an 11-minute horn-boosted sexual romp. He added it to the album and resubmitted it to Warner Bros., and they agreed to it.

Prince changed the album once again, removing the more rock-oriented tracks "Interactive," "Endorphinemachine," and "Strays of the World." He broke up "Poem" into segues throughout the album, with the remainder retitled as "Orgasm," and also included the newly-written track "Letitgo." This final version was submitted to Warner Bros. on the same day as a configuration of The Gold Experience. Prince wanted them to release both albums simultaneously, so the Prince material would compete with the one released under the symbolic moniker in the charts (with the latter having more commercial material). Warner Bros. accepted both albums, but refused to release them both at the same time.

Upon release, Come received little support from Prince, who derided the album as "old material," despite the fact that many of the tracks had been recorded during the same sessions that produced The Gold Experience. Since Prince placed the more up-tempo and commercial material from these sessions on The Gold Experience, the overall tone of Come is somewhat dark and experimental in nature. As it stands, the album is an interesting look inside Prince's mind, and one of his most sensual and foreboding albums; perhaps more so than the Black Album. Despite Prince's apparent marketing neglect, Come performed moderately well, reaching #15 in the U.S., going gold and receiving heavy R&B airplay with the single "Letitgo." In the UK, the album was a huge hit, debuting at #1. Prince also released two maxi-singles in support of the album.

see we english have good taste

optimus said:

2 the English It is interesting that he put all this effort into it but neglected to promote it

By the title of this thread my mind immediately went into the gutter

i love this album sans solo

my favorite song from Come is Space

luv4u said:

Naughty moderator

nurseV said:

I cannot help it

DAYDREAMER1 said:

agreed! that and Race are my fave tracks

I´m probably the only one who prefers the released version of the title trsck over any of those various other versions of the song "Come". I really dig the singing and the lighthearted, airy and breezy atmosphere of the released version, and even the NPG Horns don´t sound too bombastic on this one but rather tight and cool and melodic. The other versions are also great but I prefer the soulful vocal delivery over the rapped versions.
The only thing that I dislike is that he built in those adlibbed sucking sounds, obviously emulating cunnilingus but actually sounding like he´s eating a water melon or papaya ( which,in Cuban Spanish, means pussy ).

It´s cool that there is some sort of concept throughout this album....the idea of "Come", reaching some higher spiritual ground or state of enlightenment and wellbeing through orgasm, and going somewhere special.And,of course,the tracks all consist of one word, more or less ( Letitgo sounds a bit forced , though the song itself is great).
Strays of the World should have stayed on that album, it´s a perfect ending for an album that starts with "Come" and takes you through different experiences in life, culminating in the song Strays of the World, which also has the word "Come" as part of the very last songlyric.
Too bad he totally dissed this great little gem of a concept album. There was a lot of potential in it, and it is definitely one of his best "concept" albums with a lot going on. Lots of interesting ideas .

Orgasm is rather silly and a tad disrespectful toward Vanity but, all in all , a fine album. Not very timeless but still great.

luv4u said:

Mine 2.

Best album by Prince in the mid 90's, even better than TGE. Orgasm wasn't a diss towards Vanity. Think of the album's name and what do you do at the end of sex? You have an orgasm, hence the ending song. Plus, at the very end Prince says "I love you.", which I think was meant for Vanity to let her know he still cares.

KoolEaze said:

Vanity is on Orgasm? Damn! I never knew

joyinrepetition said:

That I love you gets you every time

I love the album.

I like the album, but I can't bring myself to listen to Orgasm all the way.

It makes me blush.

I like Come album, but I can´t hear some songs very high at home

sexxydancer said:

i did 2

does everyone or most people here at the org have a dirty mind? more men than women or women than men?

CHRISLUV92 said:

It's not dirty, just good posting Ya'll should really Come up from the gutter sometime Everything isn't as it seems and I would say that maybe there are more women here at the Org since more women seem to be his fans and we are Prince fans so Dirty Minds are apart of the package

Ya, apparently it's bcum a scarce commodity.

The only song I don't like is Papa.

like Papa.

Yes, Letitgo, Come, Space and Dark are very good songs. The best on the album. Which is why it's one of his best albums of the 90s. He was going through a turbulent time with his record label and still managed to release this album. That says a lot about his talent and perseverance.

L4OATheOriginal said:

HMMMM, I love this albums because of Solo, one of his best 90's tracks

Pheromone
Solo
Letigo
to me these tracks are some of his best 90's tracks, to me the others are just his some ol' 90's dreck