jillybean said:

Anyone know the female on Affirmation? I listened to an audio book awhile ago and it sounds JUST like the reader's voice. The book was read by the author, Anita Moorjani. Any info would be great, thanks!

With the British accent? Thats Lianne La Havas isn't it?

This is really a fantastic closer to the whole (concept) album.

I had goose bumps and a tear in my eyes while listening to this track the first time

as the last song of this really homogeneous and wvery well produced album.

Congrats Mr. Nelson to this milestone in your album history!

Way Back Home to Warners maybe?

jillybean said:

Anyone know the female on Affirmation? I listened to an audio book awhile ago and it sounds JUST like the reader's voice. The book was read by the author, Anita Moorjani. Any info would be great, thanks!

Lianna brings a certain magic to this entire CD on Clouds and all the Affirmations...BRILLIANT

[Edited 9/26/14 9:37am]

2020 said:

jillybean said:

Anyone know the female on Affirmation? I listened to an audio book awhile ago and it sounds JUST like the reader's voice. The book was read by the author, Anita Moorjani. Any info would be great, thanks!

Lianna brings a certain magic to this entire CD on Clouds and all the Affirmations...BRILLIANT

[Edited 9/26/14 9:37am]

I agree. She has a beautiful voice. She lifts these songs, which are excellent already, to an even higher level.

JamieStarrIsAThief said:

Way Back Home to Warners maybe?

triple entendre in the song I think, first the Warners thing, second the musical part of him not trying to be funky Prince too hard on this song (and PE for that matter) and third, most improtantly the lyrical intro to the song :

I never wanted a typical life

Scripted role, trophy wife

All I ever wanted? To be left alone.

these lines, to me , are some of the most serious ones he's ever written about HIMSELF and his intrinsic motivation...

there's a lot to be heard in these three tracks.

eelco said:

JamieStarrIsAThief said:

Way Back Home to Warners maybe?

triple entendre in the song I think, first the Warners thing, second the musical part of him not trying to be funky Prince too hard on this song (and PE for that matter) and third, most improtantly the lyrical intro to the song :

I never wanted a typical life

Scripted role, trophy wife

All I ever wanted? To be left alone.

these lines, to me , are some of the most serious ones he's ever written about HIMSELF and his intrinsic motivation...

there's a lot to be heard in these three tracks.

Yep.

TheEnglishGent said:

SquirrelMeat said:

Coupled with Way Back Home, this music is a genuine new direction.

It doesn't sound like Prince and I love it. We've had a hundred RnB Breakfasts and Breakdown power ballads, but WBH and Affirmation III sound the freshed things he has done since The Rainbow Children.

He has clearly taken his time on these tracks, and avoided any pre-listen.

I'm reading the majority of reviews considering it a filler or throwaway, Really??

The strings, the chords, the wierd thrashing sounds, the keys and the stunning vocals. I love it.

I like it but I can't call it the killer track. Surprising that you say the killer track on a Prince album is one with no Prince singing! Way Back Home shares the same musical themes but also has the amazing vocals.

Can't stand the vocals of "Way back home!". The changes between chest and head voice don't appeal to me at all.

SquirrelMeat said:

The strings, the chords, the wierd thrashing sounds, the keys and the stunning vocals. I love it.

eelco said:

JamieStarrIsAThief said:

Way Back Home to Warners maybe?

triple entendre in the song I think, first the Warners thing, second the musical part of him not trying to be funky Prince too hard on this song (and PE for that matter) and third, most improtantly the lyrical intro to the song :

I never wanted a typical life

Scripted role, trophy wife

All I ever wanted? To be left alone.

these lines, to me , are some of the most serious ones he's ever written about HIMSELF and his intrinsic motivation...

there's a lot to be heard in these three tracks.

I actually think when he said "power to the ones who can raise a child like me" that he was shouting out Andre's mom and others who helped him as a kid because he said 'ones' not parents and he could have easily said parents in that spot.

lastdecember said:

Way back Home, Time, and Affirmation III are the center pieces of the album. They rock everything else by a long ways. I honestly wish Prince had left FUNKNROLL off this record. It is terrible to go from way back home into FUNKNROLL then TIME. Otherwise side 2 of this album would have had such a soft groove ending.

I think I would have liked an entire slow jam album. You could cut Art Official Cage and Gold Standard off the record along with FUNKNROLL and see Prince's most cohesive solo album in a long time...

The basslines and strings on this record. Wow.

[Edited 9/26/14 14:59pm]

jhon00 said:

lastdecember said:

totally agree, its different, and its a step outside of things like UKNOW and Breakfast and This could Be Us, to me that is where the album hits a lul but the beginning and ending are very strong

How are ya'll hearing these songs?

Ears?

IstenSzek said:

it's my favorit track off both albums. and i'm still convinced that

he recorded/intended it originally as a single track.

.

affirmation I & II - way back home - affirmation III

.

they flow into eachother too well not to have been so.

.

i just wonder why he cut them up?

.

now that i'm used to the album sequencing it's ok, i guess, but

on my first listen, i was so floored and in such a stellar space,

that once it ended, the change into FunkNroll was extremely

jarring and unpleasant. once FunknRoll gets rolling it's ok, but

that intro, after "way back home"... nah man.

.

however, those are all excursions into the realm of what if.

.

fact is, this track/these tracks are absolutely brilliant.

I just mixed it as AI, AII, Way Back Home, AIII as one full track 6.54 and it totally rocks. Its like the next Crystal Ball.

As you say, it fits together like one complete track.

Marrk said:

jhon00 said:

Marrk said:

Ears?

Lol, the album is not out yet, or is it?

It is, in certain parts of the world.

SquirrelMeat said:

jhon00 said:

Marrk said: Lol, the album is not out yet, or is it?

It is, in certain parts of the world.

Officially?

wildgoldenhoney said:

SquirrelMeat said:

It is, in certain parts of the world.

Officially?

Yes. Released 26th in Australia and most of Europe but not the UK until Monday and USA is Tuesday.

pureTsexy said:

I personally love the Album! Only 1 or 2 tracks that I consider "skipable". Affirmation and Way Back Home are without a doubt the most intriguing parts of the album. The music,the voice,the voices,the lyrics... The entire mood of the affirmations/way back home is like something he has never done. It's almost like he's opening up (in his own Prince way) about something deep. There's a certain sadness about it, but also a mystery. It's hard to explain, but I can tell you those parts to the album are great and definitely not "skipable". Prince delivered on this one! He delivered a very solid, and great album in opinion! [Edited 9/26/14 21:55pm]

yeah, the trio of affirmationI and II (which is actually in way back home), way back home,and affirmation III is the key to the album; There certainly is some sadness in the songs yet it's hard to understand what it is actually about; there's so many signals yet it appears not to be very congruent....Amazing stuff!


ALSO : there are a LOT of lyrical references to the Superconductor album

eelco said:

JamieStarrIsAThief said:

Way Back Home to Warners maybe?

triple entendre in the song I think, first the Warners thing, second the musical part of him not trying to be funky Prince too hard on this song (and PE for that matter) and third, most improtantly the lyrical intro to the song :

I never wanted a typical life

Scripted role, trophy wife

All I ever wanted? To be left alone.

these lines, to me , are some of the most serious ones he's ever written about HIMSELF and his intrinsic motivation...

there's a lot to be heard in these three tracks.

Not sayin' you're wrong but I'm not hearing that.

I can't see Prince ever believing WB is 'home'. Would seem shallow, especially since those that welcomed him there are long gone.

Sound spiritual to me.

And I haven't a clue what you mean by Prince 'not trying to be funky Prince'.??

'

The lyrics that confuse me are 'most people in this world are born dead... but I was born alive'.

In a certain context in sounds condescending.

Still luv the song...

EroticDreamer said:

eelco said:

triple entendre in the song I think, first the Warners thing, second the musical part of him not trying to be funky Prince too hard on this song (and PE for that matter) and third, most improtantly the lyrical intro to the song :

I never wanted a typical life

Scripted role, trophy wife

All I ever wanted? To be left alone.

these lines, to me , are some of the most serious ones he's ever written about HIMSELF and his intrinsic motivation...

there's a lot to be heard in these three tracks.

Not sayin' you're wrong but I'm not hearing that.

I can't see Prince ever believing WB is 'home'. Would seem shallow, especially since those that welcomed him there are long gone.

Sound spiritual to me.

And I haven't a clue what you mean by Prince 'not trying to be funky Prince'.??

'

The lyrics that confuse me are 'most people in this world are born dead... but I was born alive'.

In a certain context in sounds condescending.

Still luv the song...

When I hear the word 'Home', I think of Bria Valente's 'Home'.

Bria Valente - Home Lyrics

Artist: Bria Valente

Album: Miscellaneous

Genre: R&B

I came down to find you here
Celibate and all alone
Travelin' in a caravan of Isis tears
I've come to claim you for my own

Of course you're scared the first time I appear
Because many seek your throne
There's no need to worry, no need to fear
You should just feel at home

Home, home, home, at home
Home, home, home, at home, home

And I keep it down, you were up in arms
A house full of thieves and liars
A restless heart so easily charmed
Could end up in a bed of fire

Of course you're scared first time I say
Let me help you tap on that dome
There's no need to run from your one and only desire
I've come to bring peace to your home

Home, home, home, your home
Home, home, home, your home

I came down to hear you say
At last you're finally satisfied
There was never any other who could ever be your lover
And never truly get inside you

Touch the core of what we all live for
Everlastin' paradise
But you see that in your life there are many houses
But now you've finally got a home

Home, home, home, a home
Home, home, home, a home

I only wanna cleanse your feet with Isis tears
And make you feel at home
I only wanna cleanse your feet with Isis tears
And make you feel at home

Home, home, home, home, home, home
Home, home, home, welcome home
Home, home

Read more at http://www.songlyrics.com...CEfv5Iz.99







Darned advert...

[Edited 9/28/14 1:32am]

SquirrelMeat said:

IstenSzek said:

it's my favorit track off both albums. and i'm still convinced that

he recorded/intended it originally as a single track.

.

affirmation I & II - way back home - affirmation III

.

they flow into eachother too well not to have been so.

.

i just wonder why he cut them up?

.

now that i'm used to the album sequencing it's ok, i guess, but

on my first listen, i was so floored and in such a stellar space,

that once it ended, the change into FunkNroll was extremely

jarring and unpleasant. once FunknRoll gets rolling it's ok, but

that intro, after "way back home"... nah man.

.

however, those are all excursions into the realm of what if.

.

fact is, this track/these tracks are absolutely brilliant.

I just mixed it as AI, AII, Way Back Home, AIII as one full track 6.54 and it totally rocks. Its like the next Crystal Ball.

As you say, it fits together like one complete track.

At least it gets the deserved time that this track needs to devolop ful. I've listened to the Way Back Home and AIII a dozen times now and it is getting better every time. I wished Way Back Home had been as long as your mix on the album itself.

I don't consider it a song, as such. I think it works best as it was intended: as a reprise. And a killer way to end this excellent album.

So, in the future there's no word for "I," but there is still "You?"

SquirrelMeat said: