Hey all,

Welcome to your one-stop shop for all the magazine, newspaper, online news and blog reviews of Prince's 2009 3-album set. The good, the bad, the ugly and the confused - we will be listing it all right here in this thread, for you to read, discuss, debate and pick over.

If you happen to find a review that has not yet been included on this thread, please feel free to provide a link to it in this thread, or orgnote me and I will add the link to the ever-growing list. (DO NOT create new threads for reviews you find. Those threads will be locked and the review link will be added to this list.)

Also, DO NOT add your personal reviews for the albums to this thread. We will have threads for your responses to each album as soon as the site opens and the music is made available for purchase. This thread is to discuss MEDIA album reviews only.

Check back periodically for more additions to this list, and have fun agreeing and disagreeing with the critics.

Heeeeere we go....!

Enjoy,
Anxiety





(keep in mind that these reviews include
write-ups for all three discs)


LotusFlow3r Reviews:

Dr. Funkenberry: http://www.drfunkenberry.com/

LA Times: http://latimesblogs.latim...ews-p.html

USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/l...bums_N.htm

Associated Press: http://news.yahoo.com/s/a...hTsA9xFb8C

LAist.com: http://laist.com/2009/03/...mplsou.php

LA Weekly: http://blogs.laweekly.com...-new-albu/

Star Tribune: http://www.startribune.co...anchO7DiUr

Vibe: http://www.vibe.com/music...nd_elixer/

Rolling Stone: http://www.rollingstone.c...otusflow3r

Billboard: http://www.billboard.com/...8659.story

Pitchfork: http://pitchfork.com/revi...nd-elixer/

Are U going to break down each song and make them sticky's like U had with, "Planet Earth?"

Tame said:

i think with the amount of material we're dealing with here, we're going to just start by creating threads with user reviews/discussions of each ALBUM. from there, we'll see where the responses and requests take us.

though don't worry...we're going to have a lot of discussion threads like this coming down the pipe today.

Let the games begin.

GREAT idea. No more chaos and disorder!

Thanks, Anx!

seeing lots of LA pubs publishing reviews, likely because of the preview listening party event...i'm waiting for the rest of the world to catch up!

so it seems a lot of reviews in LA because P is probably giving the album to the press locally.

I just want to add that im quite excited by this release, probably more so than any of his releases since Emancipation.
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vinx98 said:

Sigh.... Ya know, you can just READ the reviews and realize that there was a LISTENING PARTY for journalists, because that's what is REPORTED in several of these reviews.

WTF is wrong with some people? Why the need to make stuff up or speculate when you can simply READ WHAT IT SAYS?

I'm digging the USA Today review the best
Probably because it's the most P friendly.

Also, I like Bria's initial trax. I think it may suprise people!

Just heard it leaked, not surprised. Im gonna wait till Sunday tho.

Seems from all reviews that Bria's album is a coaster Wish he would have stuck with Tamar

i like this thread

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madison said:

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i just got a message saying "page not found".

blumer said:

It has but most of the links have been removed very quickly.

myloveis4ever said:

thanks!

we're gonna try some new ideas with the album/site discussion threads for lotusflow3r...probably nothing too revolutionary, but hopefully it will be fun and easier to access more information, reviews, and other goodies.

as always, it's a work in progress, so let us know what works and what doesn't.

BartVanHemelen said:

Hey Bert - FANGULO!

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madison said:

madison said:

Still nothing.

squirrelgrease said:

I see it. It looks like Prince on stage wearing a white hat. Who's the guy next to him and where is that?

ITS PRINCE WITH THE TALENT NOT US, SO WHO ARE WE REALLY 2 CRTIQUE ANY OF HIS STUFF, THE MAN CAN WRITE ANYTYPE OF SONG AND PLAY A GUITAR LIKE NO OTHER, JUST LET THE MUSIC PLAY..... AND RELAX YOUR NERVES

dioblack1999 said:

it's nothing that crucial...just some stuff to look over and read and enjoy, then talk about what you read if you wanna.

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Anxiety said:

Plus, to criticise and question things is a natural human response. Without it how would we shape and define our own existence or who we are. Without conciously criticising things we'd live trapped in a world with Tony M playing on repeat. It's a filter and it serves us well. Not perfect but good enough. People don't like criticism which challenges their own beliefs. Notice how nobody cries for death to all journo's when they publish a reviews that Praise Mr Nelson. On that occasion the writers simply 'get it' and the worlds eqilibrium is restored. As Mr Anx says, discuss, enjoy and be comfortable in your own conclusions.
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Anxiety said:

U love ur stickies. I do too. That way we won't have 100 post about the USA Today article!
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vinx98 said:

Sorry vinx98, as Italian I feel the need to give you the right spelling of the "colored exclamation" you used:

FANCULO! (short version)

or

MA VAFFANCULO! (extended and more popular version)

NoSwan said:

or as my pugliese parents quite often say "vattenefanculo a temamete"

3121

I see it. It looks like Prince on stage wearing a white hat. Who's the guy next to him and where is that?



that would be me and prince ... hit n run tour ...


sorry I put this in the wrong post

3121

I see it. It looks like Prince on stage wearing a white hat. Who's the guy next to him and where is that?


that would be and prince ... hit n run tour


sorry

i put this in the wrong forum

vinx98 said:

Astonishing! Very impressed about it, congratulations for your Pugliese language!!