injuredpinky said:

tish9311 said:

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

I learned to stop worrying and love the one track. For years it pissed me off because I couldn't make mixes - now I realize it should be listened to whole. Perfect for a 45 minute dog walk. No song merits skipping, "I Know" and "Glam Slam" being my least favorite on this one - still incredible, they make their follow-up tracks that much better.

Cloreen said:

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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?

LOL. Funny how this psychologist adores ATWIAD. Have played it three times this week. Love Paisley Park, Condiiton of the Heart, The Ladder, and even Temptation, which is often dismissed ofr how bizarre it is at the end but man what a funky creative ride.

Graffiti Bridge and The Rainbow Children are unlistenable, to me.

Cloreen said:

jaypotton said:

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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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i couldn't disagree more but i would use everything in your post to describe my disgust with emancipation.

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Cloreen said:

tish9311 said:

I dislike 3121 and Planet Earth

(Only good tracks are Black Sweat and Future Baby mama)

The Ladder, how can anyone dislike this beauty of a song..??


Imho, The Ladder is just amazing....

thedance said:

Cloreen said:

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These are flat out unlistenable, terrible albums:

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"Xpectation"

"Around The World In A Day"

"Kamasutra"

"One Night Alone"

"C-Note"

"N.E.W.S."

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These are not very good albums:

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"For You"

"The Truth"

"Graffiti Bridge"

"Indigo Nights"

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Just to balance things out, these are masterpiece albums:

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"Dirty Mind"

"Purple Rain"

"Parade"

"Sign O' The Times"

"Lovesexy"

"Come"

"Chaos And Disorder"

Out of curiousity, where would you put "1999"?

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The ones I find almost unlistenable are Emancipation, 20Ten, MPLSound, AOA and Rave. Apart from a couple of tracks on each I don't rate Come, Plectrumelectrum, and 3121. Haven't heard the H&R albums so can't comment on those.

"Cloreen is trolling and I fed it"..."Cloreen is exhibiting classic narcissist behavior"....."Cloreen mut be paid by the org to liven up things in here".."Cloreen you sure like to talk a lot of shit"...........Is that what's going on here?.....lol..Didn't realize that. Thanks for the heads up.

SPYZFAN1 said:

Thanks jay!!

injuredpinky said:

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!

If I go to TIDAL and follow your instructions I can get seperate tracks???

tish9311 said:

injuredpinky said:

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!

If I go to TIDAL and follow your instructions I can get seperate tracks???

Absolutely! With Audacity, you can open and edit just about any music format. If you don't mind the extra $$, I would recomment buying the FLAC format from Tidal, since it's lossless. You could certainly buy and edit the MP3 versions, but those are lossy, and thus once you export (i.e. step 5), you'd be re-lossing an already lossy source. (If that makes any sense...lol)

QueenofCardboard said:

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Out of curiousity, where would you put "1999"?

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When I bought it when it first came out I was very impresssed by the new sound, new direction Prince moved into. It sure didn't sound like "Controversy." Cool. This guy Prince really is something special. But over time, I don't play the album much. Many of the songs are waaaay too long. Makes the album overblown and a bit pompous. Best track is "Critics Love You In New York." Good song. Rest of the album doesn't hold up. I do love the Linn Drum sound; that never ages. But overall the "1999" album is more noteworthy for the boost it put into Prince's career than for the actual quality of the album. It's good, but it is a mid to low level Prince release.

Cloreen said:

QueenofCardboard said:

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Out of curiousity, where would you put "1999"?

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When I bought it when it first came out I was very impresssed by the new sound, new direction Prince moved into. It sure didn't sound like "Controversy." Cool. This guy Prince really is something special. But over time, I don't play the album much. Many of the songs are waaaay too long. Makes the album overblown and a bit pompous. Best track is "Critics Love You In New York." Good song. Rest of the album doesn't hold up. I do love the Linn Drum sound; that never ages. But overall the "1999" album is more noteworthy for the boost it put into Prince's career than for the actual quality of the album. It's good, but it is a mid to low level Prince release.

This is exactly why I make edit versions of many of his songs. Whether it's removing Tony M or trimming away the bloat, it allows for a better listening exprience. I keep the originals so I can always cue those up when I want. But usually the edits are in the regular playlists. Win.

tish9311 said:

If I go to TIDAL and follow your instructions I can get seperate tracks???

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Dude, just download GOLDWAVE. It is far easier than Audacity. Takes about five minutes to figure the whole thing out. User friendly. And it's a lot of fun. You can take any song and mess with it so much. You can boost the bass, shorten the song, move the chorus to the front...anything you want to do. I love the feature that allows you to remove the vocals from songs.

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I converted LOVESEXY into separate tracks using GOLDWAVE.

Cloreen said:

tish9311 said:

If I go to TIDAL and follow your instructions I can get seperate tracks???

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Dude, just download GOLDWAVE. It is far easier than Audacity. Takes about five minutes to figure the whole thing out. User friendly. And it's a lot of fun. You can take any song and mess with it so much. You can boost the bass, shorten the song, move the chorus to the front...anything you want to do. I love the feature that allows you to remove the vocals from songs.

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I converted LOVESEXY into separate tracks using GOLDWAVE.

Never heard of GW. Gotta check it out. Audacity certainly has a lot of features. I use it for a LOT of music editing. But I'm curious to see what GW is like.

injuredpinky said:

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Never heard of GW. Gotta check it out. Audacity certainly has a lot of features. I use it for a LOT of music editing. But I'm curious to see what GW is like.

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I am always monkeying with my favorite songs (or monkeying with my own) and I use GOLDWAVE. I downloaded AUDACITY once and found it to be a bit complex. I didn't really want to take the time to learn it all. GOLDWAVE is kind of simple. Figure out what you need and how to do it in a matter of minutes.

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New tech people might find GOLDWAVE to be prehistoric. It's been around a while (updated frequently, though). For me it is handy as hell. Put LOVESEXY in it and started chopping it up into proper song sequence rather than that one long sequence.

I use Adobe Audition and made seperate tracks for the songs on Lovesexy

thedance said:

The Ladder, how can anyone dislike this beauty of a song..??


Imho, The Ladder is just amazing....

I gotta admit I too was dumfounded to hear folks saying they disliked this song. It's beautiful.

injuredpinky said:

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!

or buy a new copy, all new copies since the late 80's have been multi tracked

suomynona said:

Hard to say 'hate' because I have rediscovered many treasure songs in some albums I didn´t like that much along the years, but I don't like 2010, NPG, NEWS and Planet Earth.

By the way, I absolutely love Tamborine, Temptation and Around the world in a day.

joelmarable said:

Hit and run phase one.so unprince like.garbage time.done for freaking rap heads and hip hop.sucks

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you sound hostile.

GirlBrother said:

suomynona said:

"Black Sweat" is awful. The exclusive piano version on Tidal is fantastic.

This is what that Black Sweat main synth-line sounds like, to me...

h4rm0ny said:

joelmarable said:

Hit and run phase one.so unprince like.garbage time.done for freaking rap heads and hip hop.sucks

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you sound hostile.

I heard Beyonce's stick a ring on it song on a car radio the other day and finally saw where Prince was going with that Million Dollar Show chak, but the leftover electro seriously diminished the impact of Art Offical Age.

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And if you read that esoteric bastardised nonsense called The Tibetan Book Of Living And Dieing it makes HitnRun phase I and II all the worse for it.

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