I think a lot of Prince songs are wasted on largely inferior albums. Bambi on Prince, Joy in Repition on GB, Scandalous on Batman, Beautiful Strange on Rave in2 the Joy Fantastic, Rave un2 the Joy Fantastic itself, When Eye Lay My Hands on U on the Chocolate Invasion, Empty Room on C-Note, a few per each disc of Emancipation... half the songs on Crystal Ball. There's probably a load more too. Any songs that you think were leagues better than the album they were on?

wasted kisses on new power soul

Wasted Kisses and Joy in Repetition come to mind.

Anna Stesia...

Black Sweat - the only great on 3121 imo

Future Baby Mama - the only really great from Planet Earth

Laydown & Future Soul Song - from 20Ten

I like Future Soul Song, Walk in Sand and Sticky Like Glue on 20Ten. Laydown is also alright, though I don´t really like his "bragging" songs.

That´s at least four good songs on an album that gets a lot of flack here.

So it´s either a good album with some weaker songs on it or four good songs on an otherwise weak album, depending how you look at it. TThis album, on a good song per album ratio, contains more good songs than Planet Earth or some other Prince albums. And it was free.

I also liked bits and pieces of the Planet Earth album, though not really the title song.

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Still love Somewhere Here On Earth, also like Lion of Judah a lot but the title of the song and the chorus ruin , in my opinion, a great song with great instrumentation with biblical imagery that does not really fit into the overall concept or lyrics of the song. (I respect his religiousity, it´s just that the Lion of Judah metaphor does very little for me in a song about a relationship. I love the rest of the song and think it´s right up there with some of his better guitar driven break-up songs.)

Don´t really care about the rest of this album, can´t stand some of the songs on it, can´t stand Guitar, The One U Wanna See, All the Midnights, Resolution etc. etc.

But the two songs I mentioned above are some of my favorites from the 00 years.

LiveToTell86 said:

EyeHatechu said:

Lovesexy is considered as one of the weaker albums though it is a favorite of mine. Anna Stesia is one of the gems on the album.

Lovesexy is heavenly beautiful, let me defend..


Yes, a weaker selling albums in the US?! Yes... Ok, maybe!

But otherwise, I don't know why some (of the americans?) keep repeating this nonsense,

Lovesexy is a strong pop funk album, great sound with lots of screaming guitars,

Lovesexy was fantastic - and a huge hit all over Europe, top 10 in most countries afaik, and a #1 album in the UK.

Lovesexy is one of Prince's finest moments, a great album, great singles, videos were great and a great tour.

This album is in a Prince top 5, strong all the way. Right behind PR, SOTT, 1999, and maybe Parade, imo.

"I No" some (most) of the americans will say otherwise I have no idea why.............?

Maybe the sound was just a little too "complex" for them... too much complexeity at one time..?

Rant is over..

EyeHatechu said:

LiveToTell86 said:

Anna Stesia...

This is a valid choice. Lovesexy is considered as one of the weaker albums though it is a favorite of mine. Anna Stesia is one of the gems on the album.

Lovesexy a weaker album. Says who? Lovesexy is as special as is ''journey in secret life of plants'', forget the critics here....listen to Eye No or the ending of Glam Slam...too good...

EyeHatechu said:

Also Space, Letitgo, Come and Dark from the Come album. This album doesnt get much attention and is considered a throw away but these songs would get alot more appreciation if they were on a more well recieved album.

yeah that song definitley shoulda been called Space part 1 and the Universal Love Remix named Space part 2 and but on TGE or sumthin

ufoclub said:

Soft and wet and I'm Yours from For You. Kiss Parade. Tamborine and Pop Life from ATWIAD.

Bob George from the Black Album.

Alphabet Street and Annastasia from Lovesexy.

The future, Lemon Crush and Elecrtic Chair from Batman

Gett Off and Cream from Diamonds And Pearls

Joint 2 Joint from Emancipation

Mad Sex from NPS

thedance said:

therat said:

Soft and wet and I'm Yours from For You. Kiss Parade. Tamborine and Pop Life from ATWIAD.

Bob George from the Black Album.

Alphabet Street and Annastasia from Lovesexy.

The future, Lemon Crush and Elecrtic Chair from Batman

Gett Off and Cream from Diamonds And Pearls

Joint 2 Joint from Emancipation

Mad Sex from NPS

Come on, The One and Wasted Kisses were all brilliant. If only Prince built a better album around those songs, instead of the steaming cackfest that is New Power Soul.

Man of War, Eye Love You But Don't Trust You Anymore, Strange But True, Wherever You Go Whatever You Do and Pretty Man. Some of Prince's most deep, heartfelt songs (apart from Pretty Man of course) that were far too good for the poor Clive Davis led commercial experiment of Rave. He should have incorporated those songs into a more deep and personal album.

1998-2000 was for me the worst time to be a Prince fan. Those songs I mentioned could have been put towards at least one great album, unfortunately it seemed Prince seemed a bit directionless at the time, and it affected his overall output.

therat said:

Soft and wet and I'm Yours from For You. Kiss Parade. Tamborine and Pop Life from ATWIAD.

Bob George from the Black Album.

Alphabet Street and Annastasia from Lovesexy.

The future, Lemon Crush and Elecrtic Chair from Batman

Gett Off and Cream from Diamonds And Pearls

Joint 2 Joint from Emancipation

Mad Sex from NPS

Seriously? Kiss is the weak link on Parade.

Genesia said:

therat said:

Soft and wet and I'm Yours from For You. Kiss Parade. Tamborine and Pop Life from ATWIAD.

Bob George from the Black Album.

Alphabet Street and Annastasia from Lovesexy.

The future, Lemon Crush and Elecrtic Chair from Batman

Gett Off and Cream from Diamonds And Pearls

Joint 2 Joint from Emancipation

Mad Sex from NPS

Seriously? Kiss is the weak link on Parade.

I don't believe that you really believe that.

Baby, I'm yours, Electric Chair, Thunder, Willing and Able, Gett Off, Race, Papa, Chaos, I like it there, Same December, The exodus has begun, The Truth, Circle of Amour, Come On, The One, Wasted Kisses, I love U but I don't trust U, Wherever U go, whatever U do, When I lay my hands on U, U make my sun shine, The everlasting now, The Last December, East, 4ever, Colonised Mind, Beginning Endlessly.......

therat said:

Genesia said:

Seriously? Kiss is the weak link on Parade.

I don't believe that you really believe that.

I really, truly do. Kiss is terribly out of place on that album. It's as if Prince listened to the lush, happy magic that is Parade and said, "Whoops - this can't just be a movie soundtrack. I better put a hit on there." And so he did.

Genesia said:

therat said:

I don't believe that you really believe that.

I really, truly do. Kiss is terribly out of place on that album. It's as if Prince listened to the lush, happy magic that is Parade and said, "Whoops - this can't just be a movie soundtrack. I better put a hit on there." And so he did.

I agree with this. It's not the "weak" link, but it is out of place. It's a solid hit song regardless of which album it was on.

Genesia said:

therat said:

I don't believe that you really believe that.

I really, truly do. Kiss is terribly out of place on that album. It's as if Prince listened to the lush, happy magic that is Parade and said, "Whoops - this can't just be a movie soundtrack. I better put a hit on there." And so he did.

It's true. It's so obvious he stole the instrumental from the guys who were working on it and plonked it on Parade

Se7en said:

Genesia said:

I really, truly do. Kiss is terribly out of place on that album. It's as if Prince listened to the lush, happy magic that is Parade and said, "Whoops - this can't just be a movie soundtrack. I better put a hit on there." And so he did.

I agree with this. It's not the "weak" link, but it is out of place. It's a solid hit song regardless of which album it was on.

What I meant is that it is the weak link in terms of cohesiveness. Even if I do like every song on that album better.

[Edited 6/17/14 12:40pm]

Genesia said:

Se7en said:

I agree with this. It's not the "weak" link, but it is out of place. It's a solid hit song regardless of which album it was on.

What I meant is that it is the weak link in terms of cohesiveness. Even if I do like every song on that album better.

[Edited 6/17/14 12:40pm]

Kiss is no better or worse than the rest of Parade, (it's all stellar stuff), but as to whether it's out of place... I don't know, I think it works.

For me, at least half of the songs on each of his albums are enjoyable enough in their own right to make this topic largely irrelevant for me (well, except for maybe Xpectation and NewPower Soul, maybe).

What surprises me are some of the choices proposed in this thread:

I'd rank "Future Baby Mama", "I Rock, Therefore I Am", "I Like It There", "Space", "Letitgo", "Laydown", "Walk in Sand" and "Lemon Crush" at or near the very bottom of their respective albums. Oh well! We all have different tastes!

[Edited 6/17/14 19:35pm]

Se7en said:

Genesia said:

I really, truly do. Kiss is terribly out of place on that album. It's as if Prince listened to the lush, happy magic that is Parade and said, "Whoops - this can't just be a movie soundtrack. I better put a hit on there." And so he did.

I agree with this. It's not the "weak" link, but it is out of place. It's a solid hit song regardless of which album it was on.

I remember a review of Parade where the critic actually wrote: Oddly enough,the album's weakest song,"Kiss",is the first single from the album.Or maybe it's not that odd when you consider that "Kiss" is the only song that sticks to Prince's familiar falsetto funk sound.Prince might take chances,but his record company sure doesn't.