Andy does not have a 'great' voice and her musicianship is not amazing.

leadline said:

This track is dripping Prince, yet in the liner notes there is no mention of him touching this track. I dont buy it, it makes me think he pretty much wrote the entire album while graciously giving her credit for most of it. Don't get me wrong, Andy has a great voice and is quite an amazing musician, but I think Prince has more input than is listed.

However, if those liner notes are indeed correct, then much props to Andy for the work she did on the 6 non Prince tracks.

-leadline

[Edited 12/18/12 11:12am]

disque said:

Prince produced the album. I would count that as a pretty big mention in the liner notes.

But he took "official" credit on only a handful?

funkyrake said:

Andy does not have a 'great' voice and her musicianship is not amazing.

leadline said:

We been wondering about this all time. What's even more striking is that she opens her mouth as wide as possible when she's laughing about simple questions. She's so unlikeable to the max. Horrible, horrible talent that is out there and supported by a mega star.

Spinlight said:

SpookyElektrix said:

dont know if Prince wrote it or not but they should give Jeff Lorber some credits.

His song Raindance has the same groove.

http://www.youtube.com/wa...NqfnZ24pSg

Sure, he might as well give some of the cash to Billy Joe from Green Day too since he ripped "Brain Stew" off.

Hmm, both those songs share a lot with PP. But this is one case where I think it might not be an actual rippoff, rather a coincidence.

I am surprised about orgers not diggin this album. Regardless if Prince wrote it or not...I think its a really a really enjoyable easy listen. There is not a track on there I don't like. It's his best associate album since the 80s imo. I do think it has something to do with the fact that she (IMO!) has talent all her own and Prince is just enhancing that talent (kinda like Sheila E). If I Was King's ending alone is worthy enough for repeated listens. It reminds stuff from the Gold era. I like her voice too. Again this is only my OPINION. If you don't agree that is ok....to each their own .

Poplife88 said:

Prince probably wrote and produced most of the album. However while most of his other proteges were just emulating his way of singing, Andy Allo does seem to add a bunch more personality imo.

Replica said:

Prince probably wrote and produced most of the album. However while most of his other proteges were just emulating his way of singing, Andy Allo does seem to add a bunch more personality imo.

all vanity had was a kinky personality, Morris has the gimmick, Sheila e was a better percussionist than singer. Only competition Andy Allo has among protégés was Jill jones, and that album I haven't heard. Andy Allo IMO easily has the best protege album based on length plus quality of songs. The time is just a favorite of mine because of the instrumentals and a few hooks and verses. Prince would easily sing those songs a lot better. The family also had pretty good songs, but yet again would prefer prince on the vocals. Andy Allo still sounds a bit off sometimes, but has a lot more popstar qualities than his earlier protégés.

That's a huge reason why this CD is good. It sounds like a collaboration not just Prince laying down a track and her singing over it. There was always a varied result when he did that in the past.

fusk said:

People Pleaser doesn't sound like Prince at all to me. I'm sure this is Andy Allo's song. The melody and main riff have a quality to them that I can't really describe accurately, but 'amateur' feels close. Maybe also 'uninspired.' Sounds like something a young singer-songwriter might write. It definitely does not sound like purple music.

I dunno, I don't want to hate on Andy, but to me Prince's writing style is so distinctive I'm a little surprised that so many people think he wrote People Pleaser.

Yeah, it doesn't really sound like a melody written by Prince.

I don't personally feel the need to call it "amateurish", but even some of the weakest "contemporary funk" tracks that Prince has put out (say, "Push It up", "Mr. Happy") have had a melodic flow that works admirably well in the end. This just goes "I used to be a people pleasah...." (pause), "I used to be a midnite teasah..." (pause)...

I think it's mainly the production that saves the track. The melody is so simple that it has left a lot of room for Prince and the other musicians to add their stuff to it.