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AOA vs. Plectrum Electrum So almost 10 months after both AOA and Plectrum have been released... Which do you think is the better album out of the two?
I just re listened to both on Vinyl... I came to my personal conclusion although I don't think AOA is a great album or anything revolutionary in Prince's catalogue, it is probably the most average album he has released in the past 10 years... IMO AOA flows very well especially if you play it on Vinyl... It's a concept album, personally there is no STRONG song on AOA but a few good songs on AOA such as my personal favs Clouds, U Know... Breakfast Can Wait isn't as bad as many members make it out to be, and I like the mix of old school funk with the new modern sound that Josh has mixed... Overall I feel AOA is a very average good album overall...
Personally as an album as a whole Plectrum is just not strong at all, however I feel AnotherLove is the best song out of the two albums in my personal opinion, even though it's a cover version... Plectrum has some good songs like WOW, AnotherLove, but overall songs like Boy Trouble and the boring glam rock sound just brings the album down...
My personal opinion AOA is the better album among the two. | |
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I'd agree that AOA is better than plec elec. Not to say I don't like plec elec, another love is one of my fave prince songs. But songs like boy trouble and any song Hannah sings lead on just ruin the flow of the album for me. AOA on the other hand, I can listen to almost without skipping any song (the funknroll remix is awful). Clouds, u know, this could be us and the gold standard stand out to me as prince's best work in years. | |
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AOA is far superior. I can listen to every song except breakfast can wait. and it has 2 classics, way back home and the gold standard. Plectrum. . I cant beleive im saying this about a prince album but to me its below average. I only like 3 songs, anotherlove which is absolutely amazing, fuxurlifeup, and marz. Hannah is not much of a vocalist and the songs sound like demos. | |
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I think that AOA is joining the ranks of  and Come and Gold and Rainbow Children: albums that Orgers rave about, but that no one else cares about. In my own personal opinion, AOA has a great sound, but too many slow songs, so it becomes a  PlecElec also has a great sounds, but just like AOA, it suffers from just not having enough good SONGS on it. Prince used to be the greatest songwriter of the 1980s, but ever since he's holed himself up in Paisley Park, he just hasn't had anything left to write about. I don't care who he playes with. In Amsterdam, I once saw a band that played When Doves Cry with a tuba and an accordeon. So it's not about what instruments you use. It's about the songs you write. When Doves Cry will still sound great if you play it with bagpipes and didgeredoo. Eh... I think...  | |
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AOA is a great album, the only songs I really dislike is FunkNroll and BCW  Plectrum Electrum is dull and has only one good song Anotherlove, the rest is boring. It's his worst album since KamasutraWelcome 2 The Dawn | |
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AOA, all the way that's all. but who knows i might end up loving it in 8 years, stranger things have happened
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This week I've promised myself to give these 2 albums a new chance -- so we'll see. I wasn't exactly impressed with them last time I heard them. Maybe  do, just not like did before  | |
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Why one vs the other? Will you stop listening to what the majority says is not better? Just take all his albums for what they are, different, and great in their own way. Aside from that, Prince music means different things to different people, it is subjective, we all have different memories tied to his music and different genres we were exposed to growing up. So with the utmost respect to anyone who makes vs threads, I just don't get it.
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AOA for me. And I have a feeling the next album will be another futuristic-sounding collection with Joshua all over it again. Which I'm perfectly fine with. Their collaboration is fresh and gives new life to Prince's music IMO. "The password is what." |
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AOA. Hands down. Plectrumrectum sucks. "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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Tho I know i'll get alot of smack talk for this...I like PlecElec and AOA just the same. I love TicTacToe, Another Love, Funknroll, Plec Elec, Wow, and hell I can even dig Boy Trouble. Tho I still think he should have stuck to that hard rock concept consistantly instead of throwing in soft stuff like Stopthistrain, Boytrouble, and Whitecaps, and maybe he could have even left out my beloved Tictactoe because it still doesnt fit with the hard rock album we were promised. Fixurlifeup is just an old song and not many people loved it anyway besides me. RandR Love Affair, or Screwdriver could have worked better on the album. AOA is good, yet its nothing groundbreaking. U Know, This Could Be Us, Clouds, Gold Standard, and Time are all good to me yet they got old to my ears quickly. I still love this album but it was nothing eye opening or extreme genius and thats what P needs to make a great impact on the charts and on the new generation if he even cares about stuff like that. Seems like he was trying to extend Musicology with AOA as in trying to educate about real music. Yet he didnt do much promotion and he is not easy to access on websites such as Youtube, and also the musicwas not THAT appealing to the young ear so he didnt exactly reach the youth and only some of his diehard fans bought the album so....there we have it. None of this changes my love for both of the albums. This Could Be Us But U Be Playin...
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i love AOA,i still listen to "funknroll" and "way back home"almost everyday.I think i need to revisit Plectrum Electrum again but i adore "Another Love" i even went to youtube to hear the original and the Prince version is so much better .I ordered both albums from amazon and paid extra to have them on the release date .i was sure Walmart wouldnt sale them but to my surprise they did There's Joy in repetition | |
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I'd give the edge to AOA and agree with most that Hanna's vocals are a turn off. To me she's a great spirit, an average drummer and a below average singer. . Better album = AOA . However, there are two "wins" that I'd give to Plectrum: . 1. Better mastering = Plectrum . 2. The version of Funknroll on Plectrum is far better. The AOA version is nearly as bad as FALLINLOVE2NITE Check out The Mountains and the Sea, a Prince podcast by yours truly and my wife. More info at https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ |
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I prefer Plec, by far, totally personnal appreciation. A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ |
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To make myself clear I like most of the songs on AOA and even love several of them, I just don't think the collection works as a whole (as I said in a previous thread I feel the album is less than the sum of its parts). Plec don't have this structural problem IMHO and I like all the songs, too. A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ |
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Personally I think they're both very, very weak albums. I rate them both equally poorly. |
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AOA is becoming a fave of mine. I've been listening to it regularly since it came out. Very solid album. I love all the songs...esp Way Back Home and Clouds.
PE is a dud. Outside of Wow and Anotherlove...the rest is completely forgettable. |
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I like them both..almost as a 2 disc collection. Both discs have just as equal sum of parts I like and do not like. There are classics and duds on both.
The Gold Standard Clouds Breakfast Time Way Back Home U Know
Fixyoulifeup Plectrumelectrum Aintturninaround Anotherlove Marz FunkNroll WOW great tunes
Could have done without tracks : What It Feels Like Funk N Roll (AOA version) Stopthistrain This Could Be Us
so in all I guess both are not bad albums to me.
[Edited 7/20/15 13:45pm] Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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paisleypark4 said: I like them both..almost as a 2 disc collection. Both discs have just as equal sum of parts I like and do not like. There are classics and duds on both.
The Gold Standard Clouds Breakfast Time Way Back Home U Know
Fixyoulifeup Plectrumelectrum Aintturninaround Anotherlove Marz FunkNroll WOW great tunes
Could have done without tracks : What It Feels Like Funk N Roll (AOA version) Stopthistrain This Could Be Us
so in all I guess both are not bad albums to me.
[Edited 7/20/15 13:45pm] what dont u like about "What it feels like"? There's Joy in repetition | |
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I actually take it over This Could Be Us...it's NOT a bad song..it just doestn add anything to the album. It fits in a bad place. That middle section of AOA is dreary and this tune was just adding to the monotone area of the album. The song itself is breezy and cool. Straight Jacket Funk Affair
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placed one more uptempo song in that middle section to break up that spell of slow songs. apart from that i have absolutely no problems with this album. so i just added 'ain't gonna miss u' in my own playlist, which does the trick, sort of.
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