I expected it to be 'ok.'

It did not meet my expectations.

Is this the first Prince allbum which doesn't feel or sound like a Prince album?

Maybe now all those who desired for him to work with a producer can stop asking for that now. I know they'll say, anyone other than Josh, but this is the reason I never wanted a 3rd party producer in the first place. I want my prince albums to sound like Prince albums damit.

And I was happy with young Mr Welton prior to this. It's just too full on, too many sounds, too loud and too badly mastered, sounds clipped to buggery. Some of it's ok, but we need more than some of it to be ok on an album that's only 38 minutes long to start with. Or maybe the brevity is a blessing in this case!

Actually I think my view is being blighted by the first 3 tracks, I probably like everything from Like a Mack onwards. Even though I feel like I shouldn't like Like a Mack. I think it's because of the line at the start, "that's why I never let a man pick out my clothes", if I was your girlfriend woul you let me?

MattyJam said:

Worse than I expected it to be and I wasn't expecting it to be good. His worst album to date by a landslide.

Exactly my thoughts...

Comes right after Planet Earth in my book. 2nd album i will not be buying...

TheEnglishGent said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Is this the first Prince allbum which doesn't feel or sound like a Prince album?

Maybe now all those who desired for him to work with a producer can stop asking for that now. I know they'll say, anyone other than Josh, but this is the reason I never wanted a 3rd party producer in the first place. I want my prince albums to sound like Prince albums damit.

And I was happy with young Mr Welton prior to this. It's just too full on, too many sounds, too loud and too badly mastered, sounds clipped to buggery. Some of it's ok, but we need more than some of it to be ok on an album that's only 38 minutes long to start with. Or maybe the brevity is a blessing in this case!

That was my first impression: it doesn't sound like a Prince album.

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I really like AOA but on this he's stepped back too much and its Joshified to the max. He's done a good job on 1000 Hugs & Kisses and Hardrocklover but thats about it. Its good he's always trying new and different ideas but this doesn't even feel like an album with the remixes. I like Clouds but this Mr Nelson remix is completely pointless.

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The 'clipped to buggery' bit made me wince

dodger said:

KingSausage said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Actually I think my view is being blighted by the first 3 tracks, I probably like everything from Like a Mack onwards. Even though I feel like I shouldn't like Like a Mack. I think it's because of the line at the start, "that's why I never let a man pick out my clothes", if I was your girlfriend woul you let me?

Hey, it's been 13 years without an avatar. Update your signature!

Addressing the important issues.

TheEnglishGent said:

KingSausage said:

TheEnglishGent said:

Addressing the important issues.

I'll do anything to avoid discussing this music.

It's growing on me.

Quite liking Like A Mack, even with the rapping.

TheEnglishGent said:

KingSausage said:

TheEnglishGent said: I'll do anything to avoid discussing this music.

It's growing on me.

Quite liking Like A Mack, even with the rapping.

You've been warned!

TheEnglishGent said:

MattyJam said:

V10LETBLUES said:

MattyJam said:

V10LETBLUES said:

I see where you are coming from, but MPLsound is still it for me.

"Here" alone is better than anything on HitNRun. And then you have Dance 4 Me, Better With Time, Ol Skool Company, No More Candy. I've always had a soft spot for MPLSound. [Edited 9/7/15 8:49am]

Sadly, and amazingly, this album IS worse than MPLSound to me. I never thought I would say that.

PurpleSkipper58 said:

paisleypark4 said:

Blank opinion. Long as there are up to 5 songs I'd replay then its considered a good album. Best be some funk on there. Weird purple funk. Excellent if some of them give me chills.

WALP!

Looks like i didnt quite get that ...it's okay. No chills given.

kapo74 said:

Maybe fanocide, maybe great. Probably just wait for the next one, I dunno anymore.

Okay, just downloaded the album... I like it as NPGMC Ahdioshow 2015 Mixtape

OK, I've signed up to Tidal - not just for this album, but for Prince's catalogue -the videos, live exclusive, and all the other Artists I love whose work is on thre.

terrig said:

I like hardrocklover and ex's face alot, so i'm going to hope for the best

At the end of the day all I want is to hear my baby sing and play.

Josh is good enough, not unique or inventive, but good enough, so let's see....we could be pleasently surprised.

^^^^^so that was my expectation, and indeed i'm pleasently surprised. joshs production isnt unique or inventive but it does fit into todays commerical landscape, so thats a big win.

hitnrun does a way better job than rebel heart inmho.....

kapo74 said:

kapo74 said:

Maybe fanocide, maybe great. Probably just wait for the next one, I dunno anymore.

Okay, just downloaded the album... I like it as NPGMC Ahdioshow 2015 Mixtape

yeah i will not join the site i will dl it and see if it is worth buying if it is i will when it is released

PurpleSkipper58 said:

funkomatic said:

PurpleSkipper58 said:

yeah it's just Prince... I personally think it works better with Zooey

Prince didn't want to share the money, lol

but he's sharing it with Josh, Rita, Curly, Judith and Lianne...

VelvetKittyKat said:

I expect a lot of bragging, complaining about business & not getting paid, (bragging about how much money he has & THEN complaining about not getting paid!) celebrity namechecks, Biblical references (misconstrued to fit whatever his belief du jour is) & a lot of cringing.

Less Bible than expected, but as far as the rest of it, I guess I nailed it.

Oh, for fucks sake, I keep listening to it. There's not one track I need to skip.

Last album I didn't skip anything on was... Err... Damn! it's the Rainbow Children. Now, I'm not saying this is better than all the albums since then, not by a long way but every one of those albums along the way has at least one track which I can't stand.

The only bit I really can't stand is near the beginning of Ain't About To Stop, there's that little Arabian bit and then it goes full on for about ten seconds. Horrid. I might be able to edit around that.

Seems that this isn't something I should to listen to on the train to work when I'm supposed to be asleep.

TheEnglishGent said:

he did update 1000 hugs and kisses...