It's a good album. It's not in the top 5 Prince albums I can't believe anyone really considers it is.

It's great in the sense that it seems to be a change in sound. I think a lot of fans (myself included) thought that we'd lost Prince to albums like "Planet Earth" and "20ten". AOA hopefully marks a change back to putting some effort into songwriting and some real feeling back into the music.

AOA is SOLID!

2funkE said:

AOA is as good as purple rain or anything else. Its different (its exciting) but as good, and we would not want more of the same.

Ill say it again if it had been released in the 80s it would have been huge with 3 or 4 hit singles.

Also when talking about record sales for AOA dont forget he released two albums on same day. So sales for one of these albums would have higher if this had not been the case.

Really u need to add the sales of both albums together and this is what he really sold, with hardly any promotion.

Astasheiks said:

I know I'm a Purple Junkie!

I can't stop playing it. Anybody else got it listed high on their favorites?

C'mon, did Prince pay u to say that? lol. JK, to each his own.

he neds other sites/people to talk about it ...not on here ..enough already

controversy99 said:

2funkE said:

Tough to say how it compares to his heyday but I do know that I am spinning it much more than the 80's tracks. The strong songs continue to grow on me, while others have wained just a tad but that is to be expected.

Clouds, TCBU, WBH, UKnow, Time, TISWIFL continue to impress, especially on headphones.
Don't really skip anything.

Would love to see a high concept video for the album although that is as likley as budgies flying out of my posterior.

What is TISWIFL? I must be missing something.

Sorry, should have been truncated at WIFL

Badly produced and corny but a notch above Mplsound

controversy99 said:

2funkE said:

Tough to say how it compares to his heyday but I do know that I am spinning it much more than the 80's tracks. The strong songs continue to grow on me, while others have wained just a tad but that is to be expected.

Clouds, TCBU, WBH, UKnow, Time, TISWIFL continue to impress, especially on headphones.
Don't really skip anything.

Would love to see a high concept video for the album although that is as likley as budgies flying out of my posterior.

What is TISWIFL? I must be missing something.

This Is What It Feels Like... Song is actually titled: What It Feels Like.

daddypig said:

AOA is as good as purple rain or anything else. Its different (its exciting) but as good, and we would not want more of the same.

Ill say it again if it had been released in the 80s it would have been huge with 3 or 4 hit singles.

Also when talking about record sales for AOA dont forget he released two albums on same day. So sales for one of these albums would have higher if this had not been the case.

Really u need to add the sales of both albums together and this is what he really sold, with hardly any promotion.

Right on, daddypig!

hollywooddove said:

Astasheiks said:

I know I'm a Purple Junkie!

I can't stop playing it. Anybody else got it listed high on their favorites?

C'mon, did Prince pay u to say that? lol. JK, to each his own.

I wish he did.

controversy99 said:

2funkE said:

Tough to say how it compares to his heyday but I do know that I am spinning it much more than the 80's tracks. The strong songs continue to grow on me, while others have wained just a tad but that is to be expected.

Clouds, TCBU, WBH, UKnow, Time, TISWIFL continue to impress, especially on headphones.
Don't really skip anything.

Would love to see a high concept video for the album although that is as likley as budgies flying out of my posterior.

What is TISWIFL? I must be missing something.

I'm guessing This Is What It Feels Like..... so the acronym should have been TIWIFL.

Nice album...but my continual opinion on it is that it's a Prince album trying too hard to pander to the young people with Auto Tune, stupid loud horn sound effects, etc. And the annoying woman talking over the music drives me crazy. I've edited out as much as I possibly can with my limited abilities. Lotus Flow3r is tons better in my opinion. AOA is good, but Josh's influence is corny and tired trends at best. Considering P has over 30 albums, rating it higher than 15 is just overreacting to the moment.

It's a great album. If you don't like it you don't know great music. There, I said it. Put some headphones on and listen and then get back to me...

It's presently my favorite album I like to listen to, yes.

I still listen a lot to AOA and think it`s a great album.

It is cohesive, has a storyline and some really nice songs: Time, The breakdown, the gold standard,

affirmation, way back home and this could be us...

And with josh`s production it brings some new sounds to Prince`s music...

Right now it is my favourite Prince album...

[Edited 1/23/15 3:32am]

klick2me said:

klick2me said:

Not true to you. Very true to others.

AOA is a masterpiece, its a different sounding masterpiece to PR ETC...

Alot of people say they want Prince to do something different from PR AND OTHERS, but when he does it they say oh hes playing to the younger crowd, or shame he is using autotune.

Yes he maybe is, and theres nothing wrong with this, I want him to try something new. Move on from PR SOTT, he did years ago. If you want PR OR SOTT put it on repeat.

AOA classic.

[Edited 1/23/15 8:13am]

klick2me said:

It's a great album. If you don't like it you don't know great music.
There, I said it. Put some headphones on and listen and then get back to me...

Fixed it for you.

Astasheiks said:

I know I'm a Purple Junkie!

I can't stop playing it. Anybody else got it listed high on their favorites?

I'm glad you like it. It has its merit. But I don't consider it good enough to be classic.

klick2me said:

It's a great album. If you don't like it you don't know great music. There, I said it. Put some headphones on and listen and then get back to me...

I have to say, usually through the years my taste usually coincide with the "die hards" pretty well except on this one! I have really tried as I was just attributing not liking it to I am getting old as I just can't get into it. There are a few songs, Clouds, Breakdown, maybe Breakfast can Wait that I can tolerate/like but otherwise, WAYYY too many mid-tempo repetitive machine songs that just do not hold my interest and I have found it mostly unlistenable. The interludes with the British lady I find as much, if not more, annoying than the ones on TRC and Gold.

However, if there is a newer or different generation or group that embraces this CD then great, and enjoy. But for me, it is as someone said above, a notch above MPLS Sound, which I found abysmal, but certainly not something remotely interesting to my ear as just too boring and mundane. But the "great music" title is like beauty, it is in the eyes, or in this case ears, of the beholder. So Klick, you strap on those Bose or Beats by Dre headphones and rock it til your ear drums bleed!!