WordOnTheStreet said:

The Rainbow Children. Listened once & never again. I actually like NPS & love MPLSound though

Same here when it first came out. However in the last few weeks I've gone and listened to it several times. Certainly there's some challenging moments in there, however I never really appreciated or realized how much great guitar work he has in there. Definitely brought me back into some of the songs.

Hey - I actually love everything of his I've heard. I got back into him and decided to start with the least acclaimed albums first - ones I remember not being impressed with - in about the following order:

New Power Soul

MPLSound

Rave Un2

Chaos and Disorder

Come

Emancipation

something like that - and my god they were all great to me. I defy anyone to spin even New Power Soul for a few days in their car and not find things about it they love.

I remembered thinking that Come was okay and my god my whole perception was destroyed by how damn good it was. I even loved MPLSound!

I don't know what changed - probably my perception/expectations. I am astounded at just how consistent he was. If you're not tainted by love for his 80's work give it a shot again - because they're all good, man.

Also - listen to his self titled again - then listen to HitNRun Phase 1 - you'll see so many parallels that you will realize they're like father like son. Just discovered that recently. ANyway - sorry for the double up you all.

injuredpinky said:

WordOnTheStreet said:

The Rainbow Children. Listened once & never again. I actually like NPS & love MPLSound though

Same here when it first came out. However in the last few weeks I've gone and listened to it several times. Certainly there's some challenging moments in there, however I never really appreciated or realized how much great guitar work he has in there. Definitely brought me back into some of the songs.

I was the exact same, and have listened to it a lot lately. I find the narration to be quite irritating as it really disrupts the album's flow and there are some lyrics that make me cringe a bit, but I find it to be musically brilliant and some songs are just simply great.

Cloreen said:

No. "Around The World" is more "Magical Mystery Tour" than "Sgt. Pepper's." "MMT" is really a hodgepodge of various styles (from psychedelia to simple pop, "Penny Lane" is on there, you know), and "Around The World" attempts to pull off that eclectic vibe.

Considering 'Magical Mystery Tour' isn't even a Beatles album - but rather a Capitol Records-created compilation (a six-song EP paired with various A- and B-sides from recent singles) - it's hardly an apt comparison at all.

And.... "Penny Lane" as so-called "simple pop"...

WTF

I'm amazed that anyone can actually "hate" a piece of music. What you're hearing may not speak to you, but to actually hate something takes a lot of energy. You may as well use that to enjoy stuff that speaks to you.

Unless it's the Republican Party, of course...

Butterscotch said:

I was listening to N.E.W.S. yesterday and it left me feeling uneasy and slightly upset. Then I thought maybe this was his intention. Because, I feel the same way after watching the news.

For me, Jazz seems a lot like golf. Fun to do, harder to watch.

I wish the majority of his post-80's discography never happened. In particular I hate Graffiti Bridge for how it ruins so many wondeful Vault tracks, The Rainbow Children for being pretentious, the NPGMC stuff is unlistenable, 20Ten was like watching paint dry and the HITNRUN duo for having P go out on a pair of weak, weak records.

nonesuch said:

I'll take a "hodge-podge" Beatles compilation anyday over Justin Bieber.

PlectrumElectrum - I liked the music. The lyrics and the vocals on this album are horrible outside of anything Prince sang. I really have not found a reason to listen to it past the first few tiimes.

Other than the great 8 - I've found something I like on almost everything - somethings I didnt consider albums like c-note or news....they seemed like experiments to me and I was fine with that...

AOA belongs up there in his best save for funknroll and the gold standard...they don't fit.

Cloreen said:

jaypotton said:

A) ok first things first. Strictly speaking MMT is not an album.

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B) it is unarguable that ATWIAD was a musical failure! That is YOUR OPINION

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A) Re: "Magical Mystery Tour" It is on 12 inch vinyl that contains a number of songs, it is placed inside a cardboard sleeve with nice pictures....uhh, it's an album. What do you want to call it, a sculpture?

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B) It is not my opinion that "Around The World In A Day" is a musical failure. It is a fact. Just like 2 + 2 = 4 is not my opinion but fact, it is a fact that "Around The World In A Day" is a musical failure. There is no arguing. Do you argue against 2 + 2 = 4?

Here's why it is a failure:

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1) "Around The World..." did not live up to its predecessor "Purple Rain." That makes it a failure.

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2) It is unlistenable from track 1 to the final track. Believe me, I've tried. It is impossible to do. If you can't even get through the album...it is obviously then a failure.

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3) Did Prince tour for that album? No. He knew it was a failure. No one was going to buy tickets for the "Around The World In A Day Tour." (And that's ironic because that would have been a fantastic name for a world tour.) Think about it, for every album up to that one, he toured. But not this one. Why? because it was a failure.

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4) It has "The Ladder" on it. That song instantly makes any album a failure. If "Sgt. Pepper's" had "The Ladder" on it, that album would be deeemed a failure. If "Frampton Comes Alive" had "The Ladder" on it, no one would have bought it. If "The Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack" had "The Ladder" on it, John Travolta would still be doing "Welcome Back Kotter."

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5) Musically it is horrendous. Pretentious, overblown, bombastic nonsense. Just listen to that title track. My God, couldn't somebody have stopped Prince? Wasn't there anyone aroundd him with enough integrity to say, "Prince that is garbage. We can not release that song. It will make any album it is on a failure."

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6) No one likes it. That makes it a failure. (And if you read my previous post, you'll see I recognized that anyone who says they do like it is a liar.)

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A failure:

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Cloreen, you sure like to talk alot of shit

i love ATWIAD and i am not lying

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I Love ATWIAD so get stuffed

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bigd74 said:

Cloreen, you sure like to talk alot of shit

i love ATWIAD and i am not lying

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I love it too, even if it is pretentious AF lolololol I felt it was a relief from Purple Rain which became this massive lumbering hindenberg of a 'thing' - so I was totally down w atwiad!

Cloreen must be paid by the org to liven things up in here, and it works!

1) 20ten nothing good on there

2) Goldn**a

3) Rave unto the Joy Fantastic

Emanicaption cut 8 congs and you have a masterpiece

ATWIAD is a brilliant album, sorry. The Ladder is a fantastic song. What about Condition of the Heart?! Come on!

And Raspberry Beret is a commercial gem.

I wouldn't say hate, but I am very indifferent to Goldn***a. Ok, big dislike in fact, but it's probably because of the rapping on it. It doesn't really feel like a Prince album to me.

terrig said:

PlectrumElectrum - I liked the music. The lyrics and the vocals on this album are horrible outside of anything Prince sang. I really have not found a reason to listen to it past the first few tiimes.

Other than the great 8 - I've found something I like on almost everything - somethings I didnt consider albums like c-note or news....they seemed like experiments to me and I was fine with that...

AOA belongs up there in his best save for funknroll and the gold standard...they don't fit.

Give PE another listen or 2. There are a couple of forgettable tracks in there like AintTurninRound and BoyTrouble, but the rest get better with time. I have grown fond of Hannah Weltons vocals with Prince on WhiteCaps and TicTacToe

CherryMoon57 said:

Cloreen must be paid by the org to liven things up in here, and it works!

What I CAN tell you is what albums I have recently found a brand new appreciation for.

1. Rainbow Children - Love it now. Could do without the deep voice but I still enjoy it.

2. Kamasutra - Funny story is my 22 year old son only listens to classical music and although he recognizes Prince as being a remarkable musician he just doesn't listen or really like contemporary music. I played him Coincidence or Fate and he was blown away. I finally found a Prince song he LOVES...MISSION ACCOMPLISHED : )

3. Musicology Listened to it a few times since 4/21 and it's grown on me.

And I have to agree with whoever said it on a post earlier..anything that Prince or pretty much anyone raps on for that matter is hard to listen to.

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Folks, psychologists tell us that there are two ways you can tell a person is lying:

1) they fail to make eye contact,

2) they say they like "Around The World In A Day"

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That's scientific fact. Nothing more to say.

Or are you now going to argue against science and psychologists?

I hate Lovesexy on cd-since it iw one track.

Damn it, "The Ladder" may suck but any album that has "Condition of the Heart", "Pop Life", "Paisley Park" and yes the title track IS NO FAILURE

"No one was going to buy tickets for the 'Around The World In Day' tour"......Hell, if the 1985 tour just consisted of him sitting onstage in a recliner chair and reading the credits of that album from a loudspeaker while "D.C Cab" played on large screen behind him...I would have DEFINITELY paid a ticket for that........."My God, couldn't somebody have stopped Prince?"....The smartest thing he did was to release that record while the "P.R" hype machine was dwindling down...He probably sold a bit more copies of that record based on the purchasing and curiousity of the "casual newbies" (who would be gone by "Parade")......."No one likes it, that makes it a failure"....There's fams here (on the org) 31 years later that still enjoy the record..I bought another CD copy of it last week (and it's not even in my top 5 P records!!)..but I enjoy the songs and the personal memories attached to it........"Here My Dear", "Embrya", "Worldwide Underground" and "The Secret Life Of Plants" were considered failures too..I guess I like failures!....... If you hate "ATWIAD", it's cool..that's your opinion and you're entitled to it.

tish9311 said:

I hate Lovesexy on cd-since it iw one track.

LOL. Even the TIDAL download flac was a single track.

Solution:

1. Rip CD to WAV
2. Download Audacity (http://www.audacityteam.org/)
3. File...Open wav file
4. Set Track Labels at start of each song
5. File...Export Multiple to MP3
6. Jam!

I have a love/hate relationship with Lovesexy. I like some of the songs, I am not interested in others -- but gdi if that little fucker didn't make it difficult to skp the ones I don't want to hear.

I totally wanted to choke him out for that.

Other than that I don't actively dislike any of the albums I have. Which, granted, isn't all of them. Some of them aren't available for digital release, and of the ones that were, I scanned before buying, not gonna lie. If I wasn't into a majority of the songs, I didn't buy the album.

Honestly, I think I prefer his later stuff to his earlier stuff. 2000's on. I just wish it was digitally available. I don't have space to have physical copies around.