I hear it mentioned quiet a bit but don't have it. Should I order a copy?

It's out of print so you might have a little trouble finding it but it's definitely worth having.

If you want a copy , you should check Ebay or Amazon.

I got mine from ebay.

xLiberiangirl said:

If you want a copy , you should check Ebay or Amazon.

I got mine from ebay.

Yes, thanks- I usually can find almost anything on Ebay and Amazon, but is the album GOOD?

PenelopePaige said:

xLiberiangirl said:

If you want a copy , you should check Ebay or Amazon.

I got mine from ebay.

Yes, thanks- I usually can find almost anything on Ebay and Amazon, but is the album GOOD?

If you like anything from 97 on, then this will blow your socks off!

To me, it marks a clear case of when Prince started overproducing his music. More so than any album before it, I feel you can point to it and say, "Here! Here is where Prince started overproducing his music and not just letting the music speak for itself."

Even with that, it is still a great, amazing album. Yes, you should get it. Your Prince collection is nowhere near complete without it. Despite its flaws, it is brilliant.

Efan said:

To me, it marks a clear case of when Prince started overproducing his music. More so than any album before it, I feel you can point to it and say, "Here! Here is where Prince started overproducing his music and not just letting the music speak for itself."

Even with that, it is still a great, amazing album. Yes, you should get it. Your Prince collection is nowhere near complete without it. Despite its flaws, it is brilliant.

I agree with the overproducing part. You kind of have to give at least partial blame to WB for that. Most of the material off of it was done by the end of 93 and it didn't get released until the summer of 95, which gave Prince a lot of time to toy with it and remove Days Of Wild from it!

Buy it and make up your own mind.

Despite it being out of print, it's very easy to find a copy in great condition. I buy and sell copies of this album all the time on ebay.

Imo, it's a fun and funky album.

If you are a big Prince fan yes.

To paraphrase HatrinaHaterwitz on another thread..

"90's Prince is like shopping at TJMaxx. It's a fucking mess going in but if you look hard enough, you tend to find a rare gem or two that makes up for it.

And to me, that sums up all of Prince's 90's work.

It's definitely worth it, imo. I'm with Mr. Gardener on this one...it's fun and funky!

V10LETBLUES said:

If you are a big Prince fan yes.

To paraphrase HatrinaHaterwitz on another thread..

"90's Prince is like shopping at TJMaxx. It's a fucking mess going in but if you look hard enough, you tend to find a rare gem or two that makes up for it.

And to me, that sums up all of Prince's 90's work.

Yeah- I ditto that

O my god yes u must find urself a copy asap its a truely fantastic album,so YES YES YES u go get a copy!!!!

Must have in every true fan's collection.

davetherave6767 said:

O my god yes u must find urself a copy asap its a truely fantastic album,so YES YES YES u go get a copy!!!!

Okay I will then!

going to look for it now......

Yes get it !! it's his best work in the 90s. in my opinion

Yes you should. "Billy Jack Bitch" is on there, which is worth the price of the entire disk, in and of itself.

It's generally regarded as one of his strongest albums of the 90s. Some of it is a little dated for me (the segues, the overproduction in places), but there are some really stella songs: Endorphinmachine, Shhh, Billy Jack Bitch and I Hate U in particular.

toejam said:

It's generally regarded as one of his strongest albums of the 90s. Some of it is a little dated for me (the segues, the overproduction in places), but there are some really stella songs: Endorphinmachine, Shhh, Billy Jack Bitch and I Hate U in particular.

I love those.

I love the entire album! That was the last time I can definitively say that I was excited about every song and I wore that album out! You must have it.

I got mine last year at some store in my neighbourhood that sold used books, CDs, records, etc. for $5. I walked in randomly without any intention of buying anything nor did I expect to find a copy of The Gold Experience there.

PenelopePaige said:

xLiberiangirl said:

If you want a copy , you should check Ebay or Amazon.

I got mine from ebay.

Yes, thanks- I usually can find almost anything on Ebay and Amazon, but is the album GOOD?

It's my fav album, so for me yes!

Get it.

It's my favourite, from start to finish.

Buy it! Hell yes,

- it is funky like hell.

Every track is great maybe apart from "We March":

The Gold Experience is the best Prince album of the 1990's,

and a Prince top 10 album, imo.

(I have 2 copies, but I'm not selling).

PenelopePaige said:

but is the album GOOD?

No, it's not good... It's amazing.

In my top 5 without a doubt.

UltraLash said:

Definitely his best album of the 90's, and one of his best of all time. Endorphinmachine, Shhh, Eye Hate U and Gold are classics. And, of course there's P Control and Most Beautiful Girl. I'm jealous of you hearing this album for the first time.

Gold, really? Gold?

JowiiCoco said:

UltraLash said:

Definitely his best album of the 90's, and one of his best of all time. Endorphinmachine, Shhh, Eye Hate U and Gold are classics. And, of course there's P Control and Most Beautiful Girl. I'm jealous of you hearing this album for the first time.

Gold, really? Gold?

It's as cheesy as it gets, but I love it too

jenst said:

JowiiCoco said:

Gold, really? Gold?

It's as cheesy as it gets, but I love it too

There's at least one much better, unreleased version of Gold floating around. This is why that album is so overproduced. At its heart, there's a good song inside Gold.

Let's not forget "319" and "Shy" - great tracks !!!!

I have always felt the album was the closest thing Prince ever came to making an album version of a Saturday morning cartoon.

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