smoothcriminal12 said:

stillwaiting said:

I think what makes it so frustrating for me, is that Shelby actually can sing, and has talent. Why she is being forced by Prince to engage in self-parody makes no sense to me. Shouting "Put Your Hands Up," 10 times a night is corny. Doing it over 50 times is self-parody and hard to believe.

Seems like nurse ain't the only one.

oh hell no she sure isn't

i had another few listens to this album this week and last and i have to say that

it 'aged' well.

on first listen, i totally loved everything up until "walk in sand", which is where it

kind of fizzled out.

but now that i've gotten used to the last 4 tracks, and actually like them a fair

bit, i can truly say that it's a good album.

especially "future soul song" and "beginning endlessly" are my favorits.

only problem i have with this album is that tracks like "lavaux" and "act of god"

sound like they are edits. they would be so much better if they'd go on for two

or three more minutes with some great jamming.

for the rest, yeah, it's way better than MPLSound.

his "lotusflower" style albums will always be my favorits, but as far as these

nice little 9/10 song discs with some mixed songs on them go, this one ain't a

bad one.

IstenSzek said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

Seems like nurse ain't the only one.

oh hell no she sure isn't

I find it very lacklustre, even the best tracks don't really go off anywhere - there's some extended portions screaming to be unedited here surely, surely?

its the album that makes the saddest I think.

Sad for what what could have been if Prince's hadnt totally jettisened his 80s sound and chased new jack, hip hop and other assorted crap for the 20+ years in btween.

i am one of those prince fans that simply wishes he'd release new music every year. it's been a long time since i had that thrill of sneaking up on some sort of prince release (jill jones might've been the last time i actually discovered a new prince project happenstance.)

i like to group prince releases and then try to find patterns; so following the release of 1999 in 1982 prince didn't release another album for a couple of years. i'm hoping that like 1999 was followed up by a magnificent record, whatever prince releases next will surpass 20Ten. there's always hope, right?

he's very prolific in his musical creations and that is really what the topic "20Ten was his best in a while" called to my mind. we'll most likely not see a return to the madness of the early eighties, but my taste of music has been greatly influenced by prince. in short, i usually find most of his projects "the best in a while."

SchlomoThaHomo said:

I totally agree. I loved it when it came out and I still love it. I don't get why it's so hated here.

After Cause & Effect and Hot Summer, I was expecting a truly shitty album. But what a great surprise 20Ten was! Maybe that was the master plan. Put out 2 shitty songs to lower expectations for the actual album. I guess it didn't work though because it seems like most people here hated it.

Future Soul Song has one of the best melodies and one of the best vocals of his career.

Sticky Like Glue is so funky, smooth and swaggy in a way I didn't think he could be anymore.

Beginning Endlessly is fantastic. The live version from LA was wonderful and made me like it even more.

Act Of God, Lavaux, hell...even Everybody Loves Me. They all bring a smile to my face and I don't care who knows it.

Funny...I was bummed that Cause & Effect wasn't on the album. I think it's a bangin song! The guitar work is solid, and I really dig the arrangement. I may be the only person out here that feels this way, but I really couldn't care less. I like it.

Haa

SchlomoThaHomo said:

EyeJester7 said:

Future Soul Song - Just dreamy and trippy! The 'Utopian' song of the "00's"..he had to had one this this decade. He had Paisley Park in the mid 80's...Calhoun Square in the '90's' now he gave us 'Future Soul Song'..Just brilliant stuff! Very Utopian and dynasty like!

I love how he made "Calhoun Square" seem like this grand Utopia in the song when in actuality, it's this shitty little mall across the street from where the NPG Store used to be.

Hahahahaha...I remember reading that feeling the same way. Haha

He spoke of this place so well, but it in actuality, it was a lame mall...lol

excited said:

future soul song live is the business.

[Edited 5/13/12 18:38pm]

Yes it is. The Twinz wrapped him in a sheet. I saw that twice. The song is really beautiful. He did a great job with it.

Sea Of Everything, I've played that one a lot...."in the wilderness" This is one of my faves from 20Ten.

I love Sticky Like Glue, great, funky little song, & the talk/rap is sexy. "I got something I wanna say 2 U baby....."

Future Soul Song is lovely, and like I posted, beautiful live.

Laydown: like it, I liked the promo for the NBA on TNT, done well live.

Walk In Sand is nice. It's a pretty song, and I have a soft spot for songs with his falsetto:cloud9:

I love the ending when he gets those high notes.

The dry production sounds best through a knackered old stereo.

I always took Walk in Sand to be a subtle Inception reference, given P's obsession with The Matrix, not that the Wachowskis had shit on Nolan, and i wasn't walking up the street with a shot of Teachers in my hand at eight in the morning.

Beautiful Portuguese sand video.

Fuck the banking scum (Act Of God).

scratch that, mind blowingly beautiful sand video

Hot Chip my behind.

[Edited 5/16/12 20:38pm]

20ten is his worst ever.

EyeJester7 said:

Lavaux - Has become one of my favorite songs for some reason! I just can't get enough of that track! It's JUST SO GOOD!!! Where is the longer version of it?

Walk In The Sand - I have always loved this ballad.

Sticky Like Glue - JUST amazing!

Act Of God - The guitar is in your face funky too!

Co-sign with EyeJester7's comments above.

I am amazed that so many people are saying they don't like 20Ten. I just don't get it. I have been an avid listener of Prince's work for 27-28 years and know his music really, really well. 20Ten is his best, most consistent work in years. It may have been laid down quickly but so was Dirty Mind! Not to knock his other recent output, it's just that this is better.

The whole album is really strong. There's not a terrible track on here. But the 5 songs From Future Soul Song through Walk In Sand are just unstoppable, and the trilogy of Sticky Like Glue, Act of God and Lavaux (my favorite song on the album) is the strongest, funkiest back-to-back progression of songs on a Prince album in a very, very long time.

A huge part of why this album is so great (along with the Linn sounds) is that Prince's funk rhythm guitar playing is on point throughout the album. I started really hearing the magic in his rhythm guitar playing again starting around the time of the Le Grand Journal performance a few years back. He had that fire live, and 20Ten really captures that same amazing playing that is reminiscent of the 1999 album.

I am so happy we have this album!

plymouthavenuenorth said:

EyeJester7 said:

Lavaux - Has become one of my favorite songs for some reason! I just can't get enough of that track! It's JUST SO GOOD!!! Where is the longer version of it?

Walk In The Sand - I have always loved this ballad.

Sticky Like Glue - JUST amazing!

Act Of God - The guitar is in your face funky too!

The whole album is really strong. There's not a terrible track on here. But the 5 songs From Future Soul Song through Walk In Sand are just unstoppable, and the trilogy of Sticky Like Glue, Act of God and Lavaux (my favorite song on the album) is the strongest, funkiest back-to-back progression of songs on a Prince album in a very, very long time.

A huge part of why this album is so great (along with the Linn sounds) is that Prince's funk rhythm guitar playing is on point throughout the album. I started really hearing the magic in his rhythm guitar playing again starting around the time of the Le Grand Journal performance a few years back. He had that fire live, and 20Ten really captures that same amazing playing that is reminiscent of the 1999 album.

Nothing but the truth there.. It took a couple of days to listen to the album in a whole because I would not stop playing those three songs back to back over again. Sticky Like Glue sent chills down my back. I dont know how many times I listened to it that night.

i think it is his best album in a while CONTENT wise. but as in a whole honestly

this is the Prince album I play the least. did not do much for me at all.

Agreed. 20Ten is a pretty good album. I liked the whole thing.

paisleypark4 said:

It took a couple of days to listen to the album in a whole because I would not stop playing those three songs back to back over again.

I had the same experience!

I liked this album especially for its ballads, Lavaux and Act of God.

Not sure why people disliked it I thought it was cool. But Lotus was even better imo sans MPLSound.

I like a few tracks but overall... nah. Lotusflower shits all over it.

it's a great album but tails off and never felt complete.. Maybe in time if he comes back to the net we will see the extended version. Maybe not? But I always figure one day P will unleash a ton of music on us again.

Also, Compassion is a great song!