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Reply #30 posted 05/03/16 5:50pm

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mechanicalemotion17 said:
NorthC said:
Not really, because Graffiti Bridge was still about finding enlightenment and saving your soul or whatever you want to call it. But both Lovesexy and GB were flops in the US, so Prince must have figured, sex sells and made Gett Off. And the Diamonds and Pearls album which was the first time he started chasing trends instead of creating them. That was the biggest complaint fans and critics had about D&P: ihis music was becoming more and more commercial. And I always thought Prince himself felt this too and that's what led to the name change (not just a contract thing): the only way to be himself again was to lose the "Prince" image.
It also deserves mention that the Love Symbol album fell in between Lovesexy and D&P. Sexy M.F. was overtly sexual (and never one of my favorite songs) [Edited 5/3/16 15:28pm]

prince came after Diamonds And Pearls.

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Reply #31 posted 05/04/16 2:28am

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djThunderfunk said:

mechanicalemotion17 said:

NorthC said:
Not really, because Graffiti Bridge was still about finding enlightenment and saving your soul or whatever you want to call it. But both Lovesexy and GB were flops in the US, so Prince must have figured, sex sells and made Gett Off. And the Diamonds and Pearls album which was the first time he started chasing trends instead of creating them. That was the biggest complaint fans and critics had about D&P: ihis music was becoming more and more commercial. And I always thought Prince himself felt this too and that's what led to the name change (not just a contract thing): the only way to be himself again was to lose the "Prince" image.

It also deserves mention that the Love Symbol album fell in between Lovesexy and D&P. Sexy M.F. was overtly sexual (and never one of my favorite songs) [Edited 5/3/16 15:28pm]