mynameisnotsusan said:

Brias voice is not terrible, just a bit of a nothing.

I think 'vanilla' is the word you are looking for.

Bria's elixer is the best for me.

seriously? you want others to tell you what to listen to and what not to listen to? if you really have no ability to listen to something and decide for yourself dont ever buy anything and just listen to the crap that gets played on the radio. radio loves to tell you what they think everyone should listen to.

Revolution said:

I love it all....haven't listened to Elixer that much however.

Prince is a smooth songwriter...he writes tons of shrouded lyrics.

But, "Elixer (He licks her).....yes he does" reveals his entire hand....

Hello Revolution...your signature is this:

To get back on topic, Lotus Flow3r is bound to be in a pile with Chaos And Disorder as the albums Prince fans bitch about without listening to them. A Lot of Prince fans will HEAR the music, but will not LISTEN to it. There is a difference. You get older, and you have fantasy of Purple Rain or SOTT return to form, and won't give new music a chance. Not saying Lotus Flow3r is the greatest ever, but out of 30 or so albums, I rank it somewhere between 8-12 on that list depending on my mood. MPLS sound is not my favorite, as I rank it at the bottom 26-30, and Elixer...well, it is ok, but Bria is not the huge talent that could've really taken these decent songs somewhere.

You just bought it & you paid $8? It was selling at Target for .99 a couple months ago. You got jacked.

mozfonky said:

Just bought the three cd set for 8 bucks, tell me, what in your opinion is worth listening to and what should be skipped?

So far, I've only listened thoroughly to the Bria CD and I happen to love it!

All 3 is great! I must admit that it took a while fo rme to like Bria's but now I play it all the time.

mozfonky said:

Just bought the three cd set for 8 bucks, tell me, what in your opinion is worth listening to and what should be skipped?

Angelic is right

listen to them for a while

"Boom" is one of mha faves

mozfonky said:

Just bought the three cd set for 8 bucks, tell me, what in your opinion is worth listening to and what should be skipped?

I like all three discs ...

iloveannie said:

mynameisnotsusan said:

Brias voice is not terrible, just a bit of a nothing.

I think 'vanilla' is the word you are looking for.

Yeah, like, "our team lost last night, that was totally vanilla" or "His most vanilla since New Power Soul"

errant said:

skip Bria.

LF is great.

MPLSound has its moments, but is uneven and poorly sequenced.

basically this.

ive listened to elixer a few times. its alright, but ive never really chosen to listen to it over anything else since.. a year ago when i got it and listened to it.

errant said:

skip Bria.

LF is great.

MPLSound has its moments, but is uneven and poorly sequenced.

I tried getting through the Bria disc but I just couldn't, Tamar's album I thought was very very good.

If you listen to the mindless crap some people write here, you won't listen to any of it since they are convinced the last thing Prince did that was good was Purple Rain. Listen to it all, every single living person will find something good in every part of it or just some parts. Musicians will like something whereas a poet may like another, it's your own opinion that should matter.

The people who say Bria's cd is horrible may not understand music, but it is their opinion and should be respected. Give it all a listen, then let us know if You like it, or feel something should be skipped. What should be skipped are some of the retarded things some of the "fans" say... so don't listen to anyone that says something is crap and you should skip it... listen for thyself!

LittlePurpleYoda said:

You just bought it & you paid $8? It was selling at Target for .99 a couple months ago. You got jacked.

are you kidding? For 3 disks? Sad, Prince, going all the way back to ATWIAD released albums which ended up in the cutout section consistently here in Seattle.

Illuminations said:

If you listen to the mindless crap some people write here, you won't listen to any of it since they are convinced the last thing Prince did that was good was Purple Rain. Listen to it all, every single living person will find something good in every part of it or just some parts. Musicians will like something whereas a poet may like another, it's your own opinion that should matter.

The people who say Bria's cd is horrible may not understand music, but it is their opinion and should be respected. Give it all a listen, then let us know if You like it, or feel something should be skipped. What should be skipped are some of the retarded things some of the "fans" say... so don't listen to anyone that says something is crap and you should skip it... listen for thyself!

That's exactly why I solicited opinions, they are interesting to me, they really don't have much influence though. Lots of fans absolutely hate Avalanche, I think it's one of his last masterpieces, flawed or not. Lots of fans think he "jumped the shark" at some varying point. Me? I like what I like, I love most of his albums and I have to say it's amusing to see how some people rate things I think highly of. And often, it's for production qualities which I have never cared about one way or the other as long as I can here the music. It's just fun for me, I respect other's opinions though and never get into namecalling with others over theirs.

wow!!! MPLsound is the bomb!!! he really jammed this CD, plush r&b, pop & soul balladry, fonky beats, arrogance, shouts outs & disses & a royal FU song, this is classic P all the way! MY favorite of the decade (or maybe even longer, sometimes I just don't know). I really like Lotus & Elixer but I just can't get over MPLsound (sorry)

irreverence said:

iloveannie said:

I think 'vanilla' is the word you are looking for.

Yeah, like, "our team lost last night, that was totally vanilla" or "His most vanilla since New Power Soul"

irreverence said:

iloveannie said:

I think 'vanilla' is the word you are looking for.

Yeah, like, "our team lost last night, that was totally vanilla" or "His most vanilla since New Power Soul"

Not exactly the context I am used to hearing it in but if you are using the word in place of others such as 'ordinary', 'plain' and so on then yes I agree. Vanilla. Ordinary. Nothing exciting as such. Found everywhere. Dull almost.

iloveannie said:

irreverence said:

Yeah, like, "our team lost last night, that was totally vanilla" or "His most vanilla since New Power Soul"

Not exactly the context I am used to hearing it in but if you are using the word in place of others such as 'ordinary', 'plain' and so on then yes I agree. Vanilla. Ordinary. Nothing exciting as such. Found everywhere. Dull almost.

I'm tired. Think I missed your humour. Got it now.

Spinlight said:

This kind of idle opinion chatter bait thread is weird. Why would you actually skip anything based on anyone else's opinion? Not only are Prince fan opinions typically split down the middle between "good" and "bad", those are further splintered by WHAT people think is good or bad - and usually those choices are quite different.

agree

iloveannie said:

iloveannie said:

Not exactly the context I am used to hearing it in but if you are using the word in place of others such as 'ordinary', 'plain' and so on then yes I agree. Vanilla. Ordinary. Nothing exciting as such. Found everywhere. Dull almost.

I'm tired. Think I missed your humour. Got it now.

That's ok. Probably a little understated anyway.

smoothcriminal12 said:

Don't even bother listening to MPLSound. It's horrendous.

chelsearodgerslovesya said:

No More Candy 4 U, Chocolate Box, Dance 4 Me and (There'll Never B) Another Like Me.

MPLS is great !

and HERE is fantastic too.

I like it.

Although his albums weren't mind-blowingly awesome, Musicology, 3121, & lotusflow3r are good albums all in a short period of time.

MPLSound is terribly uneven, but it has its moments.

Elixer is good for a laugh if you have time to kill.

Prince isn't considerate about how much material he releases sometimes, I haven't really been able to listen to the whole body of work consecutively, (as he wants us to, I'm sure) more than once. Anyway, I have yet to hear anything even as likable as his past few albums for me. I'm sure I will though, anyway, Crimson and Clover would have been fine with the Jimi Hendrix allusion in the middle, if I only hadn't listened to the originals so much. For being the first song with a buzz, "Colonized Mind" is just ok. He gives a shoutout to rick james, anyone here what he says?? No it isn't negative.

have to say, I love some of the songs on the last 2 cd's, bria is very bland to my ears so far. Sounds like imitation Janet Jackson on her first album. The musicianship is stellar throughout, the production is sharp, all the things that we can always expect from Prince but I have to say, I don't like it as much as musicology, Rave, ONA but maybe as much as 3121 or the rainbow children. I still have to listen to the music more before I can completely say what I like or don't like. I think that bria is a pretty hopeless affair though. There are moments when Prince shows glimmers of his eighties self, in Dance for Me he has these kooky vibe effects and of course the camille voice which make me swear that some of these songs he'd dug out of the vault, they were so similar to that era but I still don't much anything past the insturmentation that reminds me of the guy in the eighties His ode to jimi (sorry, don't know the name) just didn't impress much, It's not even close to Voodoo Chile, It's interesting to hear prince copy this much though, I don't think I've ever heard that from him. He usually slips in his influences much more sublty.

To start off liking LLJ instantaneously would be pretty similar to my 1st listen. Although it was in combi with Beverley Park 77. I would never say skip anything unless the sound is so bad you dislike it instantly, which is extremely rare. I dled the mp3s from the lf website and the ones I liked are the ones I kept and listen to reguarly.

From the lotus - perfect theme intro imo. I can hear the lotus flower emerging from the mud below, to rise above the water and submerges at sunset,- the music says it all.

Boom - the lotusflower gone, you're left to imagine what's going on under water and above. What is the obelisk of the earth and what's its function? This song requires multiple listens I think to appreciate. Love it.

4 ever - less time needed to get into this one. Though I needed to place it on a different playlist because it didn't seem to match the strong guitar from the previous Boom. But it's a romantic song with great lyrics if you're feeling lovey-dovey

Colonised mind - definitely requires multiple listens to understand the theme in depth. Colonised mind, colonised land....social dysfunctionality. Intelligent song.

Feel good etc... didn't speak to me this one.

LLJ and BP77 - melting chocolates I love the BP77 unpredictability. It's a kick when it doesn't do what you expect. That's ingenuity. As beautiful as Venus de Milo. LLJ great lyrics, idea and sound.

Wall of Berlin - couldn't get into it

$ - totally out of synch with what I'd heard so far. But put it in another play/moodlist and it's playful, cool and Prince having fun. Like an old 1920s song with modern lyrics. Perfect 4 the right mood. Especially for girls dressing up getting ready to go out.

Dreamer - rock song - appreciate the lyrics but not my cup of tea

Back to the lotus - more dramatic than the intro and upbeat & for the real electric guitar lovers. I prefer the entry. Kept it though.

MPLS

Never be another - for me, along the lines of My name is Prince lyrics didn't grab me

Chocolate box - another fun song - watch the video, it helps....a little pop music in between

Dance 4 me - lyrics are nice, but it lacks flow imo; after a couple of listens I put it aside. It's in hiberation.

U're gonna c me - classic ballad

Valentina & Ol school company - not my thing

Better with time - classic ballad

No more candy - another Prince having fun song. It's cute. Intro is like a morning when you've overslept the alarm clock.

Crimson and Cover - great cover

Elixer

All this love - great song!

But that's all I listen to on that one because I have loads of Lounge/Soul House/Deep House cds and with my favourites from that collection, the tracks on Bria's cd could not compete with what I had. They lacked funk and percussion. She's got a great voice and sure, well polished the songs. Maybe that's it. Too polished it somehow lacks variety or musical character.

I've been too spoilt by Ibiza sundown cafes I suppose. Latin edges give life to Lounge.

Bohemian67 said:

To start off liking LLJ instantaneously would be pretty similar to my 1st listen. Although it was in combi with Beverley Park 77. I would never say skip anything unless the sound is so bad you dislike it instantly, which is extremely rare. I dled the mp3s from the lf website and the ones I liked are the ones I kept and listen to reguarly.

From the lotus - perfect theme intro imo. I can hear the lotus flower emerging from the mud below, to rise above the water and submerges at sunset,- the music says it all.

Boom - the lotusflower gone, you're left to imagine what's going on under water and above. What is the obelisk of the earth and what's its function? This song requires multiple listens I think to appreciate. Love it.

4 ever - less time needed to get into this one. Though I needed to place it on a different playlist because it didn't seem to match the strong guitar from the previous Boom. But it's a romantic song with great lyrics if you're feeling lovey-dovey

Colonised mind - definitely requires multiple listens to understand the theme in depth. Colonised mind, colonised land....social dysfunctionality. Intelligent song.

Feel good etc... didn't speak to me this one.

LLJ and BP77 - melting chocolates I love the BP77 unpredictability. It's a kick when it doesn't do what you expect. That's ingenuity. As beautiful as Venus de Milo. LLJ great lyrics, idea and sound.

Wall of Berlin - couldn't get into it

$ - totally out of synch with what I'd heard so far. But put it in another play/moodlist and it's playful, cool and Prince having fun. Like an old 1920s song with modern lyrics. Perfect 4 the right mood. Especially for girls dressing up getting ready to go out.

Dreamer - rock song - appreciate the lyrics but not my cup of tea

Back to the lotus - more dramatic than the intro and upbeat & for the real electric guitar lovers. I prefer the entry. Kept it though.

MPLS

Never be another - for me, along the lines of My name is Prince lyrics didn't grab me

Chocolate box - another fun song - watch the video, it helps....a little pop music in between

Dance 4 me - lyrics are nice, but it lacks flow imo; after a couple of listens I put it aside. It's in hiberation.

U're gonna c me - classic ballad

Valentina & Ol school company - not my thing

Better with time - classic ballad

No more candy - another Prince having fun song. It's cute. Intro is like a morning when you've overslept the alarm clock.

Crimson and Cover - great cover

Elixer

All this love - great song!

But that's all I listen to on that one because I have loads of Lounge/Soul House/Deep House cds and with my favourites from that collection, the tracks on Bria's cd could not compete with what I had. They lacked funk and percussion. She's got a great voice and sure, well polished the songs. Maybe that's it. Too polished it somehow lacks variety or musical character.

I've been too spoilt by Ibiza sundown cafes I suppose. Latin edges give life to Lounge.

thanks, that's a great review, i never even thought of listening for a lotus flower or any of that, i'll give it a try.

Best way to listen is with good headphones so you can hear all the sounds you wouldnt otherwise.....listen to the guitar on colonized mind......my fave.

I prefer Lotus over Mpls sound but both have some good jams.

Bria I listened a few times but havent returned to it.