GustavoRibas said:

agreed. Planet earth was a horrible mess of an album.. lacked a great deal.

The few songs i've heard from this, i think he is on a more suitable path for my tastes. I can't guarantee i'll enjoy this for forever, but it would be very hard to get any worse than planet earth.

ButterscotchPimp said:

- Same here.
I think I will never ´give up´ on Prince, because he is still my fave artist. But on the Kirky J-era I was really not caring about and seriously considering not buying his next album. But TRC was so refreshing. I never forget the night I heard it with lights turned off through earphone. I was fascinated with the musicianship of the album. It took some time for me to sleep after listening to it.
[Edited 3/20/09 9:43am]

TwiliteKid said:

i stand corrected.
you joined the day before i did.
so you have one day's seniority.
i bow down.

Anxiety said:

And way better than any other single he released since then.


Sure, we need to hear the collection to decide, if this review is right or wrong. I am a prince fan for a long time, but this review reflects a lot of the things i feel often, if I hear a new prince record since "Gold": there are a few really cool tracks on its latest albums, but some of the tracks lacks quality.

And his statement about the Bria Valente album describes exactly what I thought about the prevoiulsy previewed two tracks of this album.

ButterscotchPimp said:

seriously, guys. chill out. if you really need to figure out whose is bigger, take it to orgnotes and whip 'em out in private.

Sdldawn said:

I didn't even buy it.

Anxiety said:

i'm done!

ButterscotchPimp said:

As I am. I don't think either one of us were as heated as you took it though, Anx.

My initial post was simply questioning why he (or anyone) is bothering to stick around if he's so sure he's going to hate these albums. The weather's getting nice these days: Wouldn't a walk in the park be a better use of time?

pennylover said:

truth

mooseriderrik said:

Yes, indeed! That is the stance I'm taking with this new release.

TwiliteKid said:

hmmm. do you have a park nearby too?

i don't know or care if the bickering was heated or air-conditioned. it's off-topic, it's annoying, and it doesn't belong in this thread. period.

final warning.

GustavoRibas said:

ugh. Kirky J. just hearing that name made me throw up in my mouth a little bit.

i'll always listen and hope for one more surprise. i'm just not expecting one.
yeah, TRC was like heaven. that was an amazing first listen. brought me back to the old days. played it like non-stop for like 3 months.

Can't understand all the hate for the reviewer. I thought haters were dispised in the Prince fam world?

FIRST!!!

The thing is...The Rainbow Children is the last Prince CD I really got into. I liked Musicology and 3121, but didn't dissect them like TRC and most of his 80s albums. Planet earth sucked imo. So this review for Lotus has me pretty excited.

WILDLY UNEVEN!!!!! That's how I will describe the best Prince albums. Can't wait!!

And expect a leak very soon, when copies have been given to the press...

Quote:A third CD, entirely sung by new protege Bria Valente, is so lifeless and irrelevant as to hardly merit mention here. Unquote


Does this mean Bria won't be claiming the title of the new Sade or High Priestess of the Quiet Storm in the near future?

Copycat said:

Oh stop it!

Genesia said:

IMO this describes every Prince album before and after 1999 through Lovesexy/Black Album

Also..... I too thought that TRC was a jumbled mess

This reviewer is likely spot on just based on the kind of records Prince has always produced from 1978-1982 and 1990 - present

Like he said... just rip the ones you want to hear to your ipod... its pretty much what I expected although I admit I hoped for something I could listen to all the way through.

That being said... I will certainly judge for myself... but its hard for me to ignore what the reviewer says here since it pretty much describes Prince's output over his career

Man if he thinks the cover of "Crimson and Clover" is unnecessary, can't wait 2 hear what is?

Glad to hear he thinks it's uneven - I always like when most reviews are like this...it usually means it's a great CD! As someone else pointed out SOTT didn't get great reviews either and it was one of his best!

His rather positive comments about MPLSOUND are encouraging cause based on what I've heard makes me think it won't be that great. I sure hope I'm wrong and that he truly has recaptured the Controversy vibe and sound.

Reviews for these CDs are going to be all over the map which is fine. I just got back from a visit to a Salvador Dali exhibit and I could not help but think of Princes vast body of work - many love it and many hate it but in the end his music and impact will last well beyond our lifetimes. A sign of a true artist.

ButterscotchPimp said:

I have never been so disapointed in a Prince album. 2 songs exactly two that I liked from that thing

I think bundling Bria's CD with 2 of his own is the only way people would ever hear it. I would never have purchased it, and I don't even want it in my collection. At least it's Prince's music in the background.

If the 2 Prince albums are at least as good as Musicology or 3121, I'll be happy. I'm really considering them as 1 album with 2 parts, so I'm sure there'll be something on there I love.

2020 said:

very few Prince albums aren't uneven Purple Rain, TRC and Lovesexy are three that instantly come to mind as ones that aren't.... uneven is a trait of Prince albums

Alexandernvrmind said:

i listened to a couple of songs from a friend's copy and decided that it would be the first hole in my Prince collection.

Nothing surprising here. This is exactly what I expected although I even question if I'll like MPLSOUND all that much after the small sample we heard. but I'm still looking forward to finding the 3 or 4 gems that'll take be back to the old days for at least a little while.

Se7en said:

I agree with your last words. But I wish that only Lotusflow3r and MPLSound would be bundled together.

Graycap23 said:

I guess the reviewer forgot that Prince has won a few Grammys recently, including one for "Call Me" as Best R&B song of the year.

Sales charts mean nothing.

What did we expect??!

Haven't heard the whole thing yet but the review sounds like it's speakin' the truth.....meet y'all back here when we finally get all the tracks!!!