Lovesexy is the one, til my day is done!!!

That's the first album that hooked me in 25 years ago. Love it. Complex sounds and wonderful lyrics

The whole ONE track thing also made you listen to album complete.

Was listening to it today

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peppeken said:

It's in my top 5 for sure.

But... I could totally do without When 2 R in love.

"Lovesexy" was, is and always will be my favourite album, not only by P but by every artists I will know in my entire life.

It is simply perfection. It is simply art.

It is simply the quintessential P, more than any other of his album.

My favourite album by anyone, ever.

The songs, the art, the iconography, the clothes, the attitude... pure bliss.

This has got to be one of my all time favs too. Positivity, Anna Stesia, Dance On being the best I think.

"Hold on to your soul, we've got a looooong way to go!"

It's an album that puzzled me becauseI thought SOTT and Black Album were better, but it's also because of that puzzlement, the album I listened to over and over to try to get it.

Annastesia and wish u are masterpieces, beautiful songs.

KingSausage said:

Such a great album. Perhaps more than any other Prince album, Lovesexy has no genre other than PRINCE.

This is it exactly. Nobody else could have made Lovesexy. So much love for this one.

Its one of my favs and I wish U heaven, Eye Know and Dance On are my jams

I love the album and it's in my top 5 for sure, but it always sounded kinda cheesy to me, some of the songs like Glam Slam and Wish U Heaven sound like they could be on the soundtrack to an '80s Jim Henson movie.. of course that's not necessarily a bad thing.

Hundalasiliah!

I think this is his best, most cohesive, and most inspired album. This is the first one that truly hooked me, as a child, and I absolutely cherished my cassette copy of it. If there was any kind of crack or ding in the case, I wanted to buy a whole new copy of it. It had to be pristine ALWAYS.

The pure ecstatic joy of No. The Ball (original version of No) doesn't even come close to capturing what this song does. It sounds unfinished in comparison. Sorry.

The tight funk of Alphabet St., that oddly sounds both layered and lean.

A song like Glam Slam?! It's such a musical trip that it almost defies adjectives. A song that sounds like nothing he ever did, before or after. It could almost be its own album within the album. I was secretly hoping he would shock us on the ThirdEyeGirl tour and let a rocked up version of this song go. I think minds would have been blown.

The deep, soul-stirring Anna Stesia - easily of the best things he's ever done period. It's right up there with Joy In Repitition for me.

The urgency of Dance On, with those sick, firecracker drums. This one still hits me like a freight train.

Lovesexy - another genre defier. What is this song? Rock? Funk? Soul? I keep hearing about another version of this song, that Eric Leeds thinks is better because it has less tracks. Well, I don't want to hear it. This song is perfect.

When 2 R In Love - I love Prince when he lets his sensitivity and vulnerability come through. A man saying things like, "Come bathe with me - let's cover each other with perfume and lotion," is both bold and beautiful - a quality that makes songs like this, and If I Was Your Girlfriend, so special. There's almost a plaintive quality to it, as well, that kind of peeks out during the outro. Prince's backing vocals on this song sound like they were recorded in Heaven. Unbelievable.

Wish U Heaven - This song almost sounds lightweight in contrast to the rest of the album, but it's deceptively simple. I think it was Jon Bream who ironically described it as a kind of purgatory, which is perfect. It's like a beautiful limbo before the epic finale.

Positivity - . Almost an eastern vibe with the xylophone, but funky. I love Prince's deep, monotone vocal delivery, contrasted by the soul of Boni Boyer. Tons of great tension, with a gorgeous ebb and flow, that finally climaxes with the whole band chiming in, "Hold on 2 your soul. U got a long way 2 go." Finished by the sounds of rushing water for purification. Perfect.

Annastestia...

FragileUndertow said:

This album is just timeless. It sounds as fresh today as it did back then. If you played it to virgin ears today they would not be able to pin point what decade it was made. This album and Parade sit side by side as a testament of the genius that was Prince. And to think how quickly he put it together after pulling the Black Album is simply mind boggling. Oh, and the tour that accompanied it was like someone threw Beethoven, Tim Burton, Funkadelic, The Sex Pistols and Freddie Mercury into a room and said "Now, perform!".