Yeah I know, there are people listening to Prince since the beginning. And also I just drove a 26 foot moving truck from Houston, Texas, to Ann Arbor, Michigan and listened to the entire Beatles remastered set and 20Ten in continous rotation. That always put 20Ten into a fresh sonic persepective since it was so different (yet has similar qualities on conceptual levels to some Beatles stuff).

I'd have to say this album has truly interesting and great tracks for me (like all his albums have about 3-4 tracks I think are great):

1."Compassion" title track which is like a purple version of a 60's/early 70's hippy musical communal sing along. This is so much better then the horrible song "Resolution" on "Planet Earth".

2. "Beginning Endlessly" every Prince album has a track that or two that should be on a best of, and this is one of two on this album. this song is GREAT. Epic, rock'n roll attitude, scifi.

3. "Future Soul Song" this song just has so much thick feeling put into it's construction and melody, that it rises above it's more common place style which would have been boring to me if the song had been produced in a more thin way.

4. "Sticky Like Glue" A GREAT throwback to late 70's funky pop that transforms from a kind of lovely summer funk ditty to a slightly ugly (in lyrical attitude) theme of disfunctional angry situation. Genius, and just so much fun to listen to.

5. "Everybody Loves Me" A great "what the fuck?" song by Prince in which he throws away all conventional taste and throws out a tongue in cheek (almost self deprecating on a higher level) narrasistic Brady Bunch/Partridge Family type chant. I picture a kitchen done in advocado and brown, but the kids dropped acid and are playing in the backyard, but it's suburbia, not the city. No one else in mainstream pop could even have the imagination or balls to release a track like this. As far as I know. But maybe I don't know much.

okay and then the song I am dying to know... why? why?

6. "Laydown" This song is catchy and could probably kill it live, but is also a totally conservative rip off of the styles of someone like lil Wayne and that sort. It's like Prince is trying to funnel the vibe of a younger cliche style to his older audience (as if they wouldn't recognize it). It's almost like Prince was dared to make a song in that style and he just threw one out. I do like the placements of his "get up"'s.

Overall this album continues a trend of 60's 70's retro funky and hippy folky/rocky vibe that Prince has been pushing lately with certain tracks on "Planet Earth" and "Lotusflow3r"

If those particular retro vibe tracks were put together onto one album, well, what a killer concept that would have been!

[Edited 7/21/10 19:14pm]

Thank u all the rest eye liked except that song now eye know whenever eye will hear it , eye will want 2 say marsha marsha marsha! yikes the bradys r invading my head, yikes help!