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Reply #60 posted 03/21/09 12:08pm

reinoud

I must say it is a good album, but a bit one dimensional. Sorry guys - I like it but not as much as some of you. I did hear Rock hard in a funky place in shuffle mode on my iPod recently, and that is a terribly funky song. Very funny, and the guitar just tears it up!
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Reply #61 posted 03/21/09 12:18pm

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reinoud said:

I must say it is a good album, but a bit one dimensional. Sorry guys - I like it but not as much as some of you. I did hear Rock hard in a funky place in shuffle mode on my iPod recently, and that is a terribly funky song. Very funny, and the guitar just tears it up!


Actually if U listen to Rock Hard In A Funky Place & 3121 back 2 back, they have a similar working
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Reply #62 posted 03/21/09 12:26pm

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Bob George is a hot song, the guitar work and the energy of the song is awesome

Anyone who has her the 1999 outtake Do Yourself A Favor will recognize Bob George's origins
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Reply #63 posted 03/27/09 6:43am

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lemoncrush59 said:

I always see this album as Lovesexy's evil twin sister.
Where Lovesexy was once my favourite Prince album, now I actually prefer the Black Album.
Cindy C is in my top 5 Prince songs.

evillol Black Album

angel Lovesexy


Totally agree. I always like the dark/light vibe between them intertwined with a love song that touches the theme of love and balances in between.
Even the way it was released to the world (bootleg) fits in this balance.
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Reply #64 posted 03/27/09 7:07am

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reinoud said:

I must say it is a good album, but a bit one dimensional. Sorry guys - I like it but not as much as some of you.


I agree with you.I like the album but I'm not in love with it,like so many others are.I think I like the idea of the album,as opposed to the actual songs.It's funky,but very one-dimension.These are just throwaway grooves that Prince could compose in his sleep.He made a wise move by shelving it and coming up with the superior 'Lovesexy' album instead.
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Reply #65 posted 03/27/09 8:09am

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herb4 said:

I remember when I got it though it was on cassette and somehow whoever recorded it did so at a slightly slower speed than 33 rpm, or whatever it the proper speed was, so for years my funk timing was off on the whole thing. When I finally got the CD in proper - and to this day really - it sounds too fast because I was so conditioned to hearing it at the slower speed.


I bought a cassette of The Black Album from some dude on the street in NY but I had the opposite problem - my copy was recorded at a slightly faster speed. Was a weird shock when I heard the authorised version.


This happened to me as well (my copy was slow) but once Lovesexy came out and I heard the correct tempo for 'When 2 R In Love", I adjusted my tape's speed to match it and dubbed another correct copy of the album (albeit one more generation down in quality).
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Reply #66 posted 03/27/09 8:41am

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Kappa99 said:

One of my all time favorites .. Superfunkicalfragicsexy


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