When you get / acquire a new Prince album, how many times do you play it ???

I usually put an album on heavy rotation, sometimes a full week just that one album.

20Ten I found I liked the first time I heard it

MPLSoUND, I liked the first time I heard it.

Emancpation, I loved the first time I heard it.

The album I liked the first time I heard it, straight off the dome ...

I always make sure I can listen to the whole thing uninterupted to get the whole new experience!

Then it's on repeat for at least a couple of weeks.

Always happy 1st listen but NEWS did take a couple of listens for me to get into it, now I love it

I used to have a little ritual which continued right up until NPS...id make sure my room was perfect, everything was tidy and there was nothing on the little table so that I could go out, get it, put it on with no distractions and have teh cd case on the table.

Then NPS came out and I realised...if he couldnt be arsed then neither coukd I

The title of this thread is cringe-worthy. There isn't a new Prince album. You're going to confuse pplz.

Spinlight said:

The title of this thread is cringe-worthy. There isn't a new Prince album. You're going to confuse pplz.

I typically listen to a new Prince album as often as I can during the first week or so that I have it. Ideally at least three spins a day. After that I try to listen to it at least once a day for the next month. By that point I'll have heard it roughly 50 times and I am ready to decide if I like it or not.

Of course for something like Emancipation or Crystal Ball (or even Lotusflow3r/MPLSoUND/Elixer) I may not be able to squeeze in that many spins in a month.

Spinlight said:

The title of this thread is cringe-worthy. There isn't a new Prince album. You're going to confuse pplz.

Poplife88 said:

Spinlight said:

The title of this thread is cringe-worthy. There isn't a new Prince album. You're going to confuse pplz.

I asked myself the same question so I thought to ask the members of our great forum

Some of the threads in the PM&M section are kinda dry and I do not feel compelled to answer question asked.

If I can have one person answer my thread, then I say goal accomplished

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CocoRock said:

[Name calling snip - luv4u]

I know you are but, what am I ... ???

CocoRock said:

[Name calling snip - luv4u]

come on - don´t be like that... love4oneanother ?

PurpleLove7 said:

CocoRock said:

[Name calling snip - luv4u]

I know you are but, what am I ... ???

aghhhhh!

It took me at least a dozen spins to like Lovesexy. And The Rainbow Children, well, I streamed that pile of crap once or twice on NPGMC and never went back.

The albums I NEEDED to listen to at least 50 times to actually get / love it, turned out to be my personal classics. The albums I 'got' straight after the first spin are now collecting dust somewhere.

3 times to start off with.

Once to hear it with all the expectations of previous recordings weighed down on it.

A second to shake those off and try to hear it for the first time.

Third to see if any songs really stick.

This is usually done in the space of a few hours.