to me album rave un2 the joy fantastic was
a dissapointment with its
sterille plastic sound.
but prince rewriting of the album is much much better album
and better production.
on rave in2 the joy fantastic soungs actualy breathes.
and all songs sound darker,funkier with deeper bass.music have much more passion.

undisputed is a masterpeace compared to the version
released on rave un2 the joy fantastic.

Plus he started the repackaging albums thing with added tracks and different version of songs

Hi Timberlake, Rihanna, Mariah and all of yall

oh god.. Rave in2 is one of the worst things i have ever heard from prince.


he butchered Rave Into (The song) into a million pieces..

xlr8r said:

much, much better. (except he ruined Man O' War).


bought a copy of this for $25 at the 2002 celebration and the mf didn't even have a booklet or back cover with it

thebanishedone said:

Wow, you must not have heard a lot of Prince music until now. Prince did not rewrite the album, he added things to it; mainly putting tag endings on a few songs. He remixed "Man O War" and added production to the title track, took one or two songs off, added one, stuff like that. It's a remix album at best, but that's not exactly a new concept either.

xlr8r said:

Sorry Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis started that with Janet Jackson's Control
back in the day

I wish he had left the "Man of War" as it was great; other than that overall not too bad.

Sdldawn said:

Agree...original song is SO much better...same with Man o War. Also wish he kept Strange but True on In2...but other than those songs, Rave In2 is the better album. For the simple fact alone that it doesn't contain that horrid cover of Everyday is a Winding Road. I get nauseated just thinking of that crap joint.

I love Rave both!!!

jfrost said:

I don't know if Control - The Remixes (which I knew about but just acquired for the first time last week, still in the shrink wrap) was the first remix album, but it was certainly the first I had heard of in 1986. Paula Abdul's was the second (Shut Up and Dance!).

T'was a good idea. I wish it had more varied remixes on it though. It would have been nice to have the album sequence of songs there, but just different mixes. You can almost build a new album like that from the janet. album in 1992. janet.remixed wasn't quite the idea I mentioned.

zucris said:

Both have their good points. I think the "Hot With U" remix was the most rancid change between the albums. Makes a boys ears bleed!

Poplife88 said:

Rave Un2 the joy blah blah frickin blah is just a horrible song period

I agree Rave In2 is better - just listen to the title song; it's lifted into life and is a fave track to run to. the original was hopeless apart from the guitar (which had been around for 10 years anyway in concert!). And Man O War is not one of my favourites. Too bad Tangerine wasn't upgraded more, sweet gem.

In any case the worst part of this era must have been the clothes, right?

ernestsewell said:

are you aware that there are 2 different versions of the Control remixes album?

both versions are a mess. There was a great album hidden in there had it been sequenced properly, and some of the fat trimmed (Hot Wit U.... gawds, what was the little man thinking?)

NoVideo said:

he was thinking "Clive wants me to put some more urban material on this and add some guest stars, like Eve."

could have been a cool collaboration, but boy did he pull out a stinker to put her on.

thebanishedone said:

That track is one floater that I unfortunately can't flush away. Thought it was complete poo on both albums.