I don't think it's meant to be played in a specific order. I honestly think the combining of the albums is strictly a packaging and distribution scheme to sell the product.

These are clearly distinguishable albums between each other with no sequential order among them and nothing combining them into a cohesive theme.


Lotusflow3r proves that Prince can be supremely proficient and write two remarkably different albums at the same time with great quality, and throw in a third filler album just for kicks.


Gotta love Prince.
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I don't play them in any order...or together even.
I generally listen to Lotusflow3r and MPLSound separately (days or weeks apart) depending on when the mood strikes me.

I really only listen to Elixir on Crappy Protege Day.

I have to be honest in saying that when I play all three, I let the cd player arrange the songs for me.

I have listened to "Lotus Flow3r," by itself mostly.

i played the Elixer CD once to learn what its about and thats enough. i LOVE Prince and Prince is who i WANT to listen to So i only listen to the other 2 cds in the Trilogy that is Prince's latest Album release.

No, I still only play Mplsound.

I don't think it's meant to be played in a specific order. I honestly think the combining of the albums is strictly a packaging and distribution scheme to sell the product.

These are clearly distinguishable albums between each other with no sequential order among them and nothing combining them into a cohesive theme.


Lotusflow3r proves that Prince can be supremely proficient and write two remarkably different albums at the same time with great quality, and throw in a third filler album just for kicks.


Gotta love Prince.
[Edited 8/23/09 20:47pm]

Elixer gets played in the bedroom once in a while. Just a track or two before I want to change direction, so to speak. But it starts off sexy enough for that. I don't enjoy listening to it though.

Lotusflow3r gets my attention a bit more than MPLSound these days. It's the guitar work that stands out to me.

johnart said:

squirrelgrease said:

I like several songs on the Elixir CD. It doesn't get played each time I listen to Lotusflow3r or MPLSound, but its good to listen to it's still Prince's arrangements, molodies, lyrics and music.

Believe me, I can appreciate the "Prince" under all that mediocre (sometimes downright terrible Vanity/Carmen singing).

johnart said:

I think us Prince fans have a special talent for that.

If I heard "Take Me With You" etc. in any other context....

I don't play them in any order...or together even.
I generally listen to Lotusflow3r and MPLSound separately (days or weeks apart) depending on when the mood strikes me.

I really only listen to Elixir on Crappy Protege Day.

Tame said:

What makes Lotusflow3r your apparent favorite?

I like all the discs. LotusFlow3r is my fav but MPLSound ain't a bad album either. Nor is Bria's disc. I think people here give her a hard time with no particular reason...I mean at $11.99, you basically get her album free...why all the harsh words about her?

sweething said:

Good quiestion. I like the emotional flow of the whole cd. I like the other cd's in pieces. I believe when taking someone on an emotional rollercoaster ride through music, subject matter can lure you deeper into the message or release you from it. With "MPLSound," My heart is skipping.

I'm not the type of person that wants another female to turn my lover on, as in, "Here I Come." I feel that that plays too much with passion's stove.

johnart said:

That's a busy day. It's tough to squeeze everything in, what with listening to True Confessions and Children of the Sun and then watching the Falcon Crest marathon.