funkomatic said:

I'm already tired of Plectrum Electrum! So what's next?

MIRvmn said:

it's just a tiresome mess around this album which removes all excitement

I hate to admit it but I agree ... talking about "the right timing" ... there has been a momentum more times that would have fit perfectly for a release ... now it feeld like an unending foreplay without the actual act, let alone an orgasm ... and yes, that removes all excitement and is truly tiresome.

I'm amazed at the amount of marketing experts on prince.org!

pray4rain said:

funkomatic said:

I'm already tired of Plectrum Electrum! So what's next?

MIRvmn said:

it's just a tiresome mess around this album which removes all excitement

I hate to admit it but I agree ... talking about "the right timing" ... there has been a momentum more times that would have fit perfectly for a release ... now it feeld like an unending foreplay without the actual act, let alone an orgasm ... and yes, that removes all excitement and is truly tiresome.

this.

Ha, you all think this is bad? I'm still waiting for the Stone Roses' follow up to 1994's Second Coming.

SuperSoulFighter said:

I'll see your Guns'n Stone Roses and raise you a Brian Wilson. Took him 35 years to finish Smile!

ahh but that's just finishing a project, he had released quite a few albums in between starting and release. the original recording was better anyway

that song actually may be on Plectrum Rectum if it turns out to be a double

release it!

hw3004 said:

I'm amazed at the amount of marketing experts on prince.org!

It's an overvalued craft.

SuperSoulFighter said:

Farfunknugin said:

If they are to have a 33' release that means the album edition running time won't be beyond 40 minutes. The ideal length for a 33 1/3 LP side is about 17 minutes anything more & the sound quality would go down. I'd expect to see a Vinyl version with 8-10 trax & maybe a cd/digital version with bonus trax. Bring it on P!

[Edited 3/18/14 11:10am]

Not true! I have plenty of LPs that last longer than that and sound excellent.

I'm sure they do - but they'd probably sound better if the were in the 17 - 20 (max) minutes per side...

Good discussion around the issues here:

http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/at-what-length-is-an-album-too-long-to-fit-well-sonically-on-1-lp.218741/

"paisley Park Party" yesterday : Hannah Words

" There's still no release date for PlectrumElectrum , we are waiting the timing to be perfect" ...

1 more time if u don't understand (not sure if PE will B release 1 day in fact)

That's probably what she's been told to say

love2thenines2003 said:

dodger said:

....or maybe he's bored with it already

So he shelves these songs.

Takes a 'break'.

After a few days he starts recording new stuff.

Etc.

udo said:

dodger said:

....or maybe he's bored with it already

So he shelves these songs.

Takes a 'break'.

After a few days he starts recording new stuff.

Etc.

I doubt the album will be shelved. There's been too much talk. It'll get a release of some sort that only we'll care about. As a follower for quite a few years I do see a pattern, though. I suspect he's moved on, already on to the next project. Do we care, though, really? We'll move with him...anxiously awaiting drip feed info about what's next. Prince knows this. It's been the template throughout the post-Warner years.

Be patient it will come out. There has been too much stuff going on from the Prince camp this year (New Girl appearance, Arsenio Hall, the UK gigs, Brit awards, etc.) for there not to be an album. It's just a matter of when.

Wow, for some reason I feel like I've been waiting for like 15 or 16 months... oh...

ThomasBjj said:

Wow, for some reason I feel like I've been waiting for like 15 or 16 months... oh...

Hahaha, this is exactly how I feel.

Dr. F.'s commentary at the beginning of 2013 - "It's gonna be BIG" - combined with Prince's "We've got bootlegs for days" tempted me to follow the whole thing again ...

Though I really dig the 3EG stuff a lot, it feels like I am fooled into something ...

Yeah seriously BIG time ...

kewlschool said:

Be patient it will come out. There has been too much stuff going on from the Prince camp this year (New Girl appearance, Arsenio Hall, the UK gigs, Brit awards, etc.) for there not to be an album. It's just a matter of when.

I find it hard to believe the delay is due to just some TV appearances and a few smaller shows taking all of his time. The guy's a professional musician with a whole lot of other people working for him and taking care of technicalities.

Not that I don't feel he deserves to take it easier by this point if he wants to.

I think he wanted to generate some publicity for his new band and project with all the tv appearances and the live performances...

Which he achieved...

Then with the minor success of Fallinlove2nite it would make sense to wait a little bit and then release the album the next weeks in april/ may with a new 3rdeyegirl single...

The timing is not so unimportant for Prince as he probably wants a good chart position, so he can`t release the album in a week with too much competition from another major artist...

at least that is what i would do if i want to have a number one album...

kenkamken said:

We've run out of Tuesdays in March, so I guess it's April 1 or perhaps never I might as well turn off the news feeds at this point, tune in again in a couple months

the rate it's going now, probably june. however, i'd be just as happy if he'd just ditch

this album, pick the 4 or 5 very best tunes off it and put them on another album with

some more of his solo and npg stuff. just the best of all he recorded the last 2 or 3

years. one very strong album with 12 or 13 incredible tracks.

/

at this point, who cares about half of Plectrum Electrum anymore? the songs we've

heard so far "Plectrum Electrum", "FixUrLifeUp", "PretzelbodyLogig" are very 'meh',

and about a year old by now. forget about prince, I'M bored with it and it hasn't been

released yet

mushmackalenta said:

IstenSzek said:

dodger said: