Does no-one actually dig this review?

Starbuck, your tracklist please.

Anji, check it out on my thread
and yes i liked the review

I dont really like this album much, and i think in terms of covering styles, SOTT is a much better example of prince's versatility. I like a lot of the prince tracks but for me the problem with the album is its length. There just arent enough good tracks to warrant a double vinyl album here.

This IMO is where prince started to get the tracklisting for his albums toatlly wrong. I understand it was meant to be a soundtrack, but did we need all those Time songs? The only decent one was Release It (which is excellent).

Why put that stupid NPG pt II on the end is similarly baffling, and to my ears Graffiti Bridge sounds like Andrew Lloyd Webber on a bad day.

GB is marked up by The question of U, Joy In Repetition and Still Would Stand ALl Time ( a song that judging by the small club version he really failed to do justice to).

This was our first example of Quantity over quality in P's career, setting the precedent for , Gold, Rave, & Emancipation. All albums that could have been amazing (not Rave...) but just ended up being good.

great review of GB and right on the money. but i've always found it funny that RS quotes lyrics from "love machine" and "release it" as if they are sung by prince...didn't they know?

'GB' has it's moments,but overall,it's not a cohesive album.One annoying thing about it is,a really good song (like "Can't Stop This Feeling I Got") is often followed by a lackluster song (in this case,"New Power Generation").The whole album is like that (the excellent "Thieves In The Temple" is followed by the absurd filler track "Latest Fashion").When you listen to this album,you keep waiting and waiting to hear the one killer song that will knock you off your feet,but it never comes.

As I mentioned above,the album does have a few cool moments..."We Can Funk" is wickedly funky and outrageous,and "Thieves..." is a Prince classic.With more great songs like those,the album could have been a fine piece of work.

RS gave this album 4.5 stars not 4.

They have not given Prince another positive review since.I believe that this 4.5 star review was a way of making up for less than glowing reviews of SOTT & Lovesexy .(3 stars)

CrozzaUK said:

I can see where you're coming from but had Graffiti Bridge, or any of those albums you mentioned, become massive hits, I'd be surprised if you would argue the same case. It is also possible that these albums failed to strike 'gold' for reasons others than the quality of the music (even Rave). Also, The Gold Experience is a very restricted piece of work in terms of what it could have been. In Gold's case, I would argue that it was a definitive attempt by Prince to present quality, and not quantity. I'm not saying he got it right but the intention was there.

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[This message was edited Wed Apr 2 8:30:16 PST 2003 by Anji]

muleFunk said:

DavidEye said:

This is where I firmly disagree, David. New Power Generation is a superb funk-filled R'n'B jam that deserves much more credit than you give. It is also part of a magnificently produced 5-strong-song start to the album. The album is a fine artististic statement, and one that successfully incorporates Prince's associated artists into his vision of the music (and ethos). Graffiti Bridge lingers...

Seriously though, it's very nice to read a glowing review of anything by Prince. It does my good.

FunkMistress said:

I think it's an excellent track by The Time. The drums, the horns...

Anji said:

Honestly, I think it's great too. But a James Brownish workout as fierce as "Housequake" it ain't.

FunkMistress said:

Very true.

too bad "thieves in the temple" didn't have "Joy in Repetition" as the B-side with the lone electro drum intro...

would have impressed the folks.

Anji..u forgot to put Inside of U in your list of GB outtakes. Its an excellent song.

Sorry..i meant Giotto

Well i've always commented that I think GB is Prince's greatest album...i love it!
It a culmination of all his vision and songs that had been written in the past, talking about the future

Freaker said:

Cool, Freaker! Do you prefer it to Sign 'O' The Times and 1999?

yes i do thats why i've called it my favourite duh!
Please get rid of that awful Beckham turned evil pic!!

Freaker said: