I would vote for "E"

Well, too bad I guess.

RODSERLING said:

I would vote for "E"

+1

Love the drums and the heavy riff in the middle. Kind of Doom Metal stuff going on there

TheW00denLeg said:

RODSERLING said:

I would vote for "E"

+1

Love the drums and the heavy riff in the middle. Kind of Doom Metal stuff going on there

Yes. Something similar can be heard in ART OFFICIAL CAGE, during the guitar riff. I first wondered if it wasn't an interpolation from "E".

The intro to East is something absolutely unique in P's recording career.

databank said:

The intro to East is something absolutely unique in P's recording career.

And why ?

The intro to East is great, but the first few minutes of South is one of the funkiest things he has ever done.

All of them.

NorthC said:

None, because there are no songs on this album.

I like 'em all, but East takes the cake.

I love Prince's instrumental work. All the songs are good in their own way.

But I would vote for East as well.

My favourite album. Probably North as the fav, such a brilliant start with that bass line and the flow carries on from there

yeah, i gotta go with north, too...i actually see and feel an arctic snowscape when i listen to it.

if i'm hones, though, i prefer the album as a whole...

ludwig said:

East all the way.

Call them tracks, but not songs.

RODSERLING said:

databank said:

The intro to East is something absolutely unique in P's recording career.

And why ?

It doesn't come close to anything else he's done: the oriental synth intro, the bass line and metal guitars and the whole tension build-up, the whole thing is insanely experimental By Prince's standards, it's the kind of thing u'd expect on a Bill Laswell or John Zorn free jazz project, not a Prince album. I remember being blown away the 1st time I heard it back then: I had never even dared to hope hearing that kind of stuff on a Prince record. I remember friends who were into mainstream being like "what the fuck is that crap" () and those who were into more edgy music being astonished to learn it was Prince. I really wanted him to do more of that back then but then it was Musicology and back to what he did.

West...the guitar solo is guitar heaven I first heard it playing over the PA system on the Musicology tour and the next day I bought the cd because of that song.

1. North

2. West

3. East

4. South

Bighead said:

Oh, I really like the symphonic idea of n.e.w.s. But since the release of this fascinating album none of it`s four movements touches me in this way than other music of this quality do this normally . What a pity with this masterpiece I have the same problems as I have for example with the late string quartets of Ludwig van Beethoven. I like them, but I don`t understand them.

I think the precurrent album EXPECTATION will help me to learn more about the real quality of n.e.w.s. In the second movement of EXPECTATION I can follow the complex jazzy theme variation which may be the key to better understanding of n.e.w.s.

This is generally one exciting thing more: Prince`s music works and works and works. It is simply evergreen!

North and South.

CherryMoon57 said:

NorthC said:

CherryMoon57 said:

North and South.

That was a TV series starring Patrick Swayze and Kirstie Alley, right?

I know of the actors but not the series (I'm guessing it's about the American civil war?)

CherryMoon57 said:

NorthC said:

None, because there are no songs on this album.

This.

NorthC said:

Bighead said:

There are four songs on it. North. East. West. South. I would think you would know what the OP means. This is not a legal proceeding. [Edited 7/20/16 12:48pm]

Okay, looking forward to your "best Miles Davis songs" thread in the non-Prince forum.

I don't dig Miles Davis songs. So don't wait too long.