Every track rocks and there is plenty of fresh sounding innovative guitar work. There is even a butt kicking Hendrix song which squarely takes on anything from Jesse Johnson's Bare My Naked Soul. Will the hard purple rock fanatics be satisfied?
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yes its great

I thought we got it with 'The Undertaker'.

Lotusflow3r has echoes of that and TRC, it's a treat.

It certainly satisfies my wishes.

Brofie said:

I would say so, I remember after the O2 concerts, everyone here was begging for a rock orientated album, it has been delivered and P has this time been very careful not to sell out, by giving us MPLS as well, an act of genius by him, and it is also nice to see that he listens to his fans

Whitnail said:

It seems he listened - it is the first evidence that I have seen that Prince actually did something partially based on the word-of-mouth from the devoted fanbase. I always knew he was aware of what we said. He is the first real proof of that.
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This album captures Prince's amazing live guitar playing ability better than any other studio album by him. He finally let loose in the studio the way he does live. Wall of Berlin, Dreamer, Back to the Lotus...AMAZING ROCK GUITAR!

The is his best album since Batman.

The three song opening sequence is perfect.

yoshimaroka said:

Batman, meaning you think he has not released a better album since then, maybe, you should go back to the cave and rethink that one

NouveauDance said:

that is my answer too.

switters said:

have you heard 'the undertaker' album?

it's ridiculous.

i love it.

Maybe change the thread title to Lotusflower.the Guitar record weve been craving for so long....

Is there any way to remove the lyrics from some of these? He kills the guitar work but some of the lyrics are just...

You beat me with this post.. I was thinking the same thing...

Although it misses in some places, I feel this is THE guitar heavy album that I've been waiting at least 15years for...

RenHoek said:

yeah well you kinda have to stop listening to P's lyrics the older he gets



i mean that with love P

all its missing is W&L

I just sit and visualize him playing. Love it.

...

I like the Lotus Flower Disk. However, I can't say it's a perfect album. I think it's more consistent than a majority of his work. Including MPLSsound

stanleylieber said:

you mean the illegal "the undertaker album" ?
if the cd is the same as the dvd than yeah we heard the album

prince fans are NEVER satisfied . i'm just happy with the crumbs i'm given . solid effort though, seriously . can never have too much guitar, imo

SLAMMIN RECORD!!!
"LOTUSFLOWER" is Prince's best work since "THE RAINBOW CHILDREN."
His guitar work on this album takes me back to that 2001 Masterpiece.
An Instant Classic!!!!

Ehh, as a whole i wouldn't say its the guitar record I would have liked. But Dreamer is definitely the guitar driven song I've been waiting for him to make

tuztones said:

Smart recognizing TRC as a Prince masterpiece. I mentioned this in another thread about masterpieces and had some maysayers.

tomds said:

Nothing illegal about my VHS copy.

Well I am very satisfied with this being the guitar CD we've wanted. Definately.

purplecam said:

Same here!

Well, it's not as rocking as the unreleased 1993 version of Come, which had danceable rocktunes like Interactive, Come, Endorphine Machine, Peach, Loose! and the classic Dolphin.

On the new album, I think only Dreamer lives up to that past legacy.

The rest of the Lotusflow3r tunes just aren't particularly rocking, except maybe Crimson And Clover which is a cover!

The last truly great rockers he made were Baby Knows, Vavoom and Cinnamon Girl.
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Brofie said:

this is no guitar record,,,,spirituel,,yes,,but not a guitar album

Brofie said:

Bare My Naked Soul is a perfect example of an actual rock album, which Lotusflow3r is not.