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Printable'Jam of the year' is an incredible opener. That haunting chours: 'Ooh, everybody's here beautiful... . . I prefer disc [2], it contains some of the most lovely songs 'one kiss at a time', 'saviour', 'soul sanctuary', 'dreamn' about u', 'the holy river', 'let's have a baby','the plan' - 'friend, lover, sister, mother/wife' 10/10 [dedicated 2 Holy Mayte] . other 10/10: 'somebody somebody', 'right back in my arms', 'in this bed i scream', 'sleep around', 'the love we make', 'joint 2 joint', 'white mansion'. . 'We gets up' is a powerful jam...was on my mind after M.Ronson & B.Mars hit 'Upfunk town' gone worldwide...had some similarities in my mind... . i also dig all covers, especially 'One of Us'..Prince guitar is something that will set apart this cover from any another.. . overall -- along w/ TGE & the 'love symbol' album, my most played albums from 90's Prince.
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I'd give up all of it, if I could just have "The Love We Make". "  don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r." |
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stpaisios said: 'Jam of the year' is an incredible opener. That haunting chours: 'Ooh, everybody's here beautiful... . . I get it - you're being sarcastic, right? You know you're in trouble with this album from that cheesy "wooh!" before he even sings a line. | |
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Cannot fathom anyone enjoying disc 1 of emancipation over disc 2.
My order would be 2 the best 3 next best 1 least favorite
curious how others rate the discs merf | |
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Somebody's somebody In this bed i scream Holy river The love we make Face down
Those are the ones i like.
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Ha!
I forgot about Holy River and In This Bed I Scream(dedicated to Wendy and Lisa, if I remember correctly).
Also, Face Down. Can't forget that one. "Next time you play a card it better be an Ace! Face Down!"
As far as what I mean by "too many hits", all the songs I mentioned are "hits" in my mind...really good songs that I love regardless of whether or not radio Pay for playola gets them to number one on Billboard or not!
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The favourites on my playlist are:
The Human body New world Right back here in my arms Sleep around Somebody's somebody My computer Curious child Dreaming about you The holy river The love we make Soul santuary "Free URself, B the best that U can B, 3rd Apartment from the Sun, nothing left to fear" Prince Rogers Nelson - Forever in my Life - | |
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From my albums list, as you can see, I like Disc 1 the best as the music there is much better overall. Disc 3 is the most inconsistent with Da DA, DA and Face down amongst other rubbish. Disc 2 is very good but let down by the Plan and Mother, Sister, Lover wife along with Joint 2 Joint (That horible sex me woman). Disc 1 only has Mr Happy as a bad jam, and Jam of the year and We gets up as mediocre Jam. Got some kind of love for you, and I don't even know your name | |||||||||||||
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En esta cama que gritar y Holy river? don't you like it? | |
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En esta cama que gritar y Holy river? don't you like it? | |
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Noo! I'm serious . . Btw, 'Sleep around' needs much, much, much more love. probably the highlight on disc (3). So good 4 dance...whooo! Live version at Oprah '96 is great. | |
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I usually sing those chours (and dancing) when family get 2gether in one place... just english is not native language here & ppls dont listen Prince....no one gets it... so i finish singing 2 myself SOO many great tracks!
Somebody's Somebody I cant make U love me Sex ITS Soul Sanctuary Curious Child Dreamin Bout U Let's Have a Baby Saviour (so much love for this one) Joint 2 Joint (duh 3 parts of random awesomeness) Friend Lover Sister Mother Wife
I hate Holy River, though... How'm I gonna fill this empty room... | |
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Why, is great and where is ITBIS | |
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I love Emancipation. So much better than TGE! |
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Can't believe no one picked 'Style'. Its got so much....style! . | |
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my favorite cd by prince .no its not a eccentric album just a lot of good songs stickman | |
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Forgot about Style! I love that keyboard breakdown towards the end. I like the lyrics, too. | |
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wow, you are being sarcastic right.. Prince 4Ever.  | |
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Saviour
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Love most of it .. la la la bugs me. I need to go grab it n listen to it it really has been to long. Somebodys somebody is such a sexy jam. Lets have a baby was a true inspirational song for me to ask my wife about a child. | |
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Exclamation! Marks! All kidding aside - no, this album was indeed sorely lacking a hit. Nothing would've clicked, even with the right promotion. In 1991, the R&B jams sounded outdated and the rockier stuff couldn't hold up in a post-Nirvana world. Lyrics throughout were vague and a little corny.
There's definitely a lot I enjoy on it, but none of it sounded like hit-radio material. [Edited 4/12/16 11:41am] |
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Could you name examples? | |
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"Betcha" and "Somebody's Somebody" received heavy radio play on the R&B stations out here..and "Soul Sanctuary" made it in rotation on the "quiet storm" sessions...I also love "Dreamin' About U"....haunting and it's straight out of the Joni book. | |
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A note of trivia about the Emancipation CDs. When I loaded the CDs into my iTunes library the second disk loaded as an | |
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album. Maybe Prince was playing with having a mix of Prince and
Nice little trivia bit!
I didn't know that! | |
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Tremendous, soul-drenched masterwork! There should have been many hits from this album. Hi-yo Silver, it's The Bone Ranger! | |
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Holy River is so great, today i was listening Holy River and after this came Dinner with Dolores and it really segues good one with another. | |
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