WetDream said:

Could you confirm the track from the dutchess spoof ad is on the album and if so, which one?

Its not on the album.

WetDream said:

Could you confirm the track from the dutchess spoof ad is on the album and if so, which one?

Sorry, do you have a link for the ad?

I not seen it.

I really really LOVE this site called Sendspace! It is great!

Number23 said:

Compassion really is special. I don't even have a drink in me. Great, exhilerating middle eight which turs the song on its head. It actually sounds like Prince, no-one else could do it. Twists and turns, madness, a woman's laugh at the end.

Beginning Endlessly - the angular synth riff you've all already heard, triple-tracked vocals on the verses, again a wonderfully unexpected oriental-style middle eight which sets the song alight with multi-tracked operatic eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees in the endlessleeeeeee. Really fucking retro-futuristic. Mad, bongo lyrics about stardust, exploring anatomy and OH OH OH chant that actually doesn;t sounds cheesy. Loving this track.

@#23...Keep those thoughts coming!!!!

Alamine said:

love2thenines2003 said:

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.so is this album more in the spirit of 1999 or controversy style & production than MPLS or NPS/3121/PE style & sound?

.so is this album more in the spirit of 1999 or controversy style & production than MPLS or NPS/3121/PE style & sound?

There is a cd called 1999, go listen to it already.

What the fuck do you care? We're all curious about how it sounds. Stop being rude and go find something else to do.

MikeyB71 said:

WetDream said:

Could you confirm the track from the dutchess spoof ad is on the album and if so, which one?

Sorry, do you have a link for the ad?

I not seen it.

Number23 said:

Bfunkthe1 said:

So now that more than a few of you have heard it...how about some more details?

Better than expected? Same as before? Better melodies? More focused? Help us out here....

It's certainly a return to the quirky Prince.

Now that's what I want to hear! I dig quirky Prince.

Future Soul Song is obviously his attempt to recreate Crucial, it has all the same elements including the explosive guitar solo. It really is lush, epic and beautiful. 'This is the future...sha la la la laaa'

Sorry if these wee reviews seem shit and unexpansive - I'm just jotting down shite while listening to the tracks. I'll post a fuller thing tomorrow along with everyone else, I suppose. I actually am quite verbose and articulate.

Sticky Like Glue is like a late 70's stripped down discoish funk track with a cool doubletracked vocal until the chorus - then it gets Princey with a nursery-rhymeish melody which works really well 'sweati each other/sticky like glue'. WARNING - includes a rap, but it's actually fun and tongue-in-cheek.

[Edited 7/8/10 16:20pm]

Hehe, just noticed that the word "Laydown" is written on the back cover in really faint scrolled letters, in the background behind the tracklist.

Favorite tracks so far are...........Beginning Endlessly, Sticky Like Glue, Everybody Loves Me, and Laydown.

Everybody Loves Me sounds like early Revolution to me. If i were to play a non Prince fan, Controversy, 1999, or even Dirty Mind and tag on Everybody Loves Me on the end, i do not think they would be able to tell it came from an album released in 2010.

Am i waffling now?

I need sleep....hehe.

Bouhou !!! I think i'm gonna die

LOL

newfunk2k said:

was lenny henry right?

Maybe for the first time. He knows it's not a seismic work, but it's certainly a step up from recent releases. Like I say, It's really a love letter to himself. I'm not complaining about that.

Thanks again for all of this, you two!

MikeyB71 said:

Hehe, just noticed that the word "Laydown" is written on the back cover in really faint scrolled letters, in the background behind the tracklist.

Favorite tracks so far are...........Beginning Endlessly, Sticky Like Glue, Everybody Loves Me, and Laydown.

Everybody Loves Me sounds like early Revolution to me. If i were to play a non Prince fan, Controversy, 1999, or even Dirty Mind and tag on Everybody Loves Me on the end, i do not think they would be able to tell it came from an album released in 2010.

Am i waffling now?

I need sleep....hehe.

I've been wondering if "Stand Up & B Strong" might actually be "Laydown". Do the lyrics contain that phrase, that you've noticed?

johndoe001 said:

Bouhou !!! I think i'm gonna die

LOL

I know how you feel, its like waiting for christmas! so excited

I'm scared.

WetDream said:

MikeyB71 said:

Sorry, do you have a link for the ad?

I not seen it.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/2...-22377235/ - gutted if not, it's mad fonky. Thanx, mate.

Not recognizing the snippet of music on the ad to be anything on the album.....sorry.

NouveauDance said:

I'm scared.

Why?

Laveux is what you all heard in the sample - only it had a really out-there middle eight that threatens to turn the groove on its head - but the it kicks back in and you can't help but smile at the wee man revelling in his own retrofunk. It's pretty cool, but shamlelessly Time material. I really could hear Morris day ghosting along.

Act Of God sounds nowt like the live snippet. Probably the biggest sleeper I've heard. Gospelly chorus, hard funk groove, heavy heavy bass, fucking excellent actually. Only halfway through as I write this...finished now, ghostly backing chants led it to its end 'call it what you want, its an act of god'. Is it fuck Prince, but TUNE.

That's exactly the same, u're right !!

NouveauDance said:

I'm scared.

This album is going to sound cool playing in the car tomorrow on the way to the Arras Concert!

Have some compassion people . . .

Beginning Endlessly is really NPS-like.

Number23 said:

newfunk2k said:

was lenny henry right?

Maybe for the first time. He knows it's not a seismic work, but it's certainly a step up from recent releases. Like I say, It's really a love letter to himself. I'm not complaining about that.

Well judging by the comments I'm pretty sure I'll like it. And I'm sure the "haters" around here will have their say. Whatever, at the end of the day it matters what I like and what moves me. Period.

FML...... today has been i terrible day for me

Now we're getting a different flavor of review.

Walk In Sand's verse really does sound like a Prince-era ballad, but the chrous shifts the groove to a breathy, beautfull melody and multitracked vocal middle-eight which sounds really, well, nice. He does that windchime soundeffect though, which I HATE. Fishes with a wee flute and segues directly into Sea Of Everything - a typically Prince sex ballad with a delicious smoky vocal. If the lyirc 'I wander the wilderness searching for a kiss' offends, skip directly to the next track.

i'm really worried know that come saturday or when i hear it that my expectations are going to be too high

NouveauDance said:

Beginning Endlessly is really NPS-like.

I'm not hearing that, but maybe. I'm probably still riding the new album euphoria.