Disc II of Emancipation is probably the CD most responsible for getting me into Prince.

"Sex in the Summer" is one of my favorite Prince tracks from the '90s... Awesome! Aside from that, "The Holy River" is the only other song I'd put on a "Best of Emancipation."

Tremolina said:

IstenSzek said:

disc 1:

somebody's somebody / get your groove on / courtin' time / white mansion /

in this bed eye scream

.

disc 2:

one kiss at a time / soul sanctuary / dreamin' about u / joint 2 joint /

the holy river

.

disc 3:

slave / new world / face down / my computer / the love we make /

.

So you like 5 out of 10 songs on each disc.

That doesn't make disc 2 any better or worse than disc 1 or 3


Personally, I suspect that you also really like Emale, the Plan and even Saviour.

well, i must admit, "emale" is the one single prince song that i just don't know what

to think of. i seriously don't know if i like it or not. and i've listened to it many times

to make sure. so yes, i might just love it.

funkomatic said:

...too many slow songs!

You can never have too many slow songs when it comes to Prince <3

khemseraph said:

My favorite is 3. If prince would have done it smart he should have focused 1 at pop radio,focused and pushed 2 at urban ,and 3 at djs and clubs . Disc 2 is pretty darn good. Lots of good grooves and not too terribly over produced. Biggest mistake with this lp is not releasing" one of us" as a single.

i think the biggest mistake was releasing "betcha by golly wow" as it's first single

.

but he also had a spot of bad luck with the label going under just about when they

planned to release "face down".

.

than again "somebody's somebody" and "the holy river" didn't do anything chartwise

(well nothing too great anyway) either and those were just fine as singles imo.

It has The Love We Make on it. That's really all you need to know.

Genesia said:

It has The Love We Make on it. That's really all you need to know.

That is not on the 2nd 'Chapter', though.

SpiritOtter said:

Genesia said:

It has The Love We Make on it. That's really all you need to know.

That is not on the 2nd 'Chapter', though.

IstenSzek said:

khemseraph said:

My favorite is 3. If prince would have done it smart he should have focused 1 at pop radio,focused and pushed 2 at urban ,and 3 at djs and clubs . Disc 2 is pretty darn good. Lots of good grooves and not too terribly over produced. Biggest mistake with this lp is not releasing" one of us" as a single.

i think the biggest mistake was releasing "betcha by golly wow" as it's first single

.

but he also had a spot of bad luck with the label going under just about when they

planned to release "face down".

.

than again "somebody's somebody" and "the holy river" didn't do anything chartwise

(well nothing too great anyway) either and those were just fine as singles imo.

I agree that first single was the wrong choice...and you hit it with the label folding soon after. But first and foremost was the death of the baby soon after the release and Prince and Mayte's reaction like everything was ok when it was clear it wasn't tainted the whole period. IMO, they should stopped everything and dealt with such a tragic loss.

But over time, I have come to love this album. There are a few songs on here I think would've been decent hits if they had proper videos released and proper promotion to radio...Sleep Around, White Mansion, In this Bed I Scream, Sex in the Summer, My Computer and Face Down to name a few.

tricky99 said:

Some of the strongest songwriting of his career is on this disc imho.

Btw, I rarely if ever see it mentioned, but does anyone else love the instrumental coda to Curious Child? Although it's quite straightforward harmonically, Prince's musicianship really comes to the fore with this kind of one-man-band orchestration.

PlusSign said:

This probably would have been one of Prince's top 3 albums had it been release as a solo disc. Some of his most timeless music. I even got into "Holy River". It initially seemed out of place of the disc to me.

MonsterZeroTwo said:

PlusSign said:

Btw, I rarely if ever see it mentioned, but does anyone else love the instrumental coda to Curious Child? Although it's quite straightforward harmonically, Prince's musicianship really comes to the fore with this kind of one-man-band orchestration.

Hes had better moments IMO. Forever In My Life.

The little acoustic guitar figure at the end? I think that's very tasteful too, but it goes for 10 sec's and then repeats on the fade-out. Nothing at all to do with the kind of instrumentation I'm referring to.

luv4u said:

I like all 3 discs......... but my fave is disc II

I like every jam on that album except Sex In the Summer - which is the Prince sound I dislike the most: generic pap pop - like Breakfast Can Wait.

Genesia said:

It has The Love We Make on it. That's really all you need to know.

One of his absolute best songs!

Tremolina said:

I would say it's very good.

Emancipation gets a lot of flack for its style of 'production'. But that 'problem' is mainly reserved to disc/chapter I of the album.

I believe disc II is not the very best of his best, but it is highly unique and of a very high quality, in every way - songwriting and lyrics, performance and sound production, with the exception of a few tunes maybe (the piano on Let's have a bay for example; great song but the piano is lost in some sort of hall playing effect)

Somehow much of the music on this disc has been playing in my mind for weeks already, so I feel a need to express myself positively on it, lol..

I especially like Soul Sanctuary, Email, Joint 2 joint, the Holy River, Saviour and Friend, lover, sister, mother, wife.

Disc 2..one of my favorites disc of P...it's probably the most record with the most open heart of P...too bad it all ended up this way for him, Mayte and their child...

IstenSzek said:

it's a pretty solid disc up to and including "the holy river"

but after that it just falls apart. i hate everthing after it

we all know what prince was going for and for that, it's

a unique disc and really rather sweet. but i do hate the

last part of that disc with a passion though

journey 2 the center of ur heart and goodbye would've

been great choices for songs to include there imo.

ah....goodbye would have killed this disc..seriously?

As an opening song journey 2 the centre would have been perfect though...

it's as sweet as can be...but afterall P. is a pretty sweet guy...

I've made a 1 disc playlist which is super

1 Sex in the Summer

2 One Kiss at a Time

3 Face Down

4 Betcha By Golly, Wow!

5 Style

6 Joint 2 Joint (which omits the last 3 or so mins)

7 Damned if I Do

8 The Holy River

9 My Computer

10 Saviour

11 The Love We Make

12 In This Bed I Scream

Ya, 'tis gut.