KaresB said:

MattyJam said:

I often see fans talk about Lovesexy being a disappointment following SOTT, which always baffles me, as I would take Lovesexy over Sign in a heartbeat. To me, Lovesexy is his greatest album bar none. Eye No is just the coolest opening track to an album, a pure musical rapture, which just builds and builds. The neo-classical synth/keyboard segue from Glam Slam into to Anna Stesia is one of the most epic moments in Prince's entire canon of work, which leads into one of Prince's finest tracks. Dance On succeeds in its intricate cluttered soundscape where songs like Tambourine and Life Can Be So Nice fail. Positivity ties the whole record together beautifully, with one of his most musically and lyrically intriguing album closers. "Don't kiss the beast, be superior at least!" Sign O The Times is a great collection of songs (but ultimately diluted and watered down from his original vision of Dream Factory). Lovesexy on the other hand is a fully realised conceptual piece of art. [Edited 2/14/17 7:15am]

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I agree. Lovesex is my jam.

Seriously though, I do agree, even though I'm not a fan of the sound of the mix. Lovesexy is a masterpiece indeed.

It was the very first Compact Disc I ever bought, by the way. Bought it together with Miles Davis's 'Siesta'.

It was the first CD I bought too!!! I didnt even have a CD player when I bought it!

paulludvig said:

Lovesexy is the album I can't imagine anyone but Prince writing and recording.

^^ This.

Lovesexy is the one and my first Prince concert. It had a massive impact on my life. Glad the album cover triggered so many in the US Loved Prince's humor.

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NorthC said:

No, you're not Lovesexy is also my favourite Prince album. SOTT may have better songs, but it's a bit all over the place. Lovesexy works better as an album.

Well said

emesem said:

As much as I have fond memories of that time, the Alphabet St video, the search all over town for a Black Album bootleg cassette, the LoveSexy show AND AFTER SHOW, the polka dots, if Sign of the Times is Prince at an apex, LoveSexy is the beggining of Prince's artistic decline. The tinny digital production, the overlayering of vocal tracks, the lack of interest in songs with a "hook" all start here.

While these songs are all often much better than what comes afterwards in Batman or Grafitti Bridge (which could be the worst prince era as he tries to incorporate new jack and hip-pop with even more plastic production) etc, its with LoveSexy you start to realize that not every track is gold or every song a keeper.

No offence, but what a crock. So songs like Tambourine, Sister, Temptation, Life Can Be So Nice, Do You Lie, The Ballad of Dorothy Parker and I Wonder U are all really hook-laden are they?? Prince always had that more experimental side to his music. Lovesexy was just an extension of that.

Poplife88 said:

partyup77 said:

KaresB said:

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I agree. Lovesex is my jam.

Seriously though, I do agree, even though I'm not a fan of the sound of the mix. Lovesexy is a masterpiece indeed.

It was the very first Compact Disc I ever bought, by the way. Bought it together with Miles Davis's 'Siesta'.

It was the first CD I bought too!!! I didnt even have a CD player when I bought it!

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Me neither, lol

Poplife88 said:

SOTTs is the end of his run of brilliant albums in the 80s. I like Lovesexy but it will always be a letdown in comparison imo.

I also think of the time it came out back in 88. SOTTs was still out there and had plenty of life left in it. There was a buzz around it...friends who couldn't get behind the weirdness of ATWIAD or Parade, got into SOTTs. If he released Strange Relationship as a single and toured the States, I think it would've hit 1999 heights.

Then, the Black Album confusion happened, and Lovesexy is announced and came out with the naked album cover and one-track CD. A lot of people thought he had completely lost it. Lovesexy has grown on me over the years, and the concert was amazing, but it was a nutty time to be a Prince fan

You mean a brilliant time. The album cover seemed to be only a problem in the USA. The rest of the world got it.

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Both albums are amazing but for me personally,I prefer Lovesexy.It's a concept album....a journey that you go through and I love albums like that You have to follow along,feel the vibe in order to "get it".It's not just an album,it's an experience.

come on and touch it,I know U will love it,with it I know heaven's a butterfly kiss away.....

dodger said:

Easily SOTT for me. I'm in the minority here but I've always felt Lovesexy is a bit over-rated. I respect it from an artistic point but I find a lot of it so cluttered and like someone else said I have to be in the mood for it. . SOTT is simply a masterpiece and contains some of his best ever tracks - If I Was Your Girlfriend, Adore, The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker, etc

I'm with you, besides Anna and I Wish U Heaven i find nothing else.

Poplife88 said:

I agree, Lovesexy is a work of art

Personally I was not disappointed with Lovesexy after SOTT... well except for the fact SOTT was a double disc and Lovesexy was just one LOL! I remember reviews stating that Lovesexy was where he began to repeat himself, and I guess that is true to some extent, but I really like the vibe of Lovesexy. It's a true "album" in that it has a unifying thread throughout. Really it's one of Prince's most unique sounding albums... and it's all Prince. No one else could have come up with an album or sound like that.

I them both.

While I slightly prefer SOTT because it has so many great songs, I have never thought SOTT played like a coherent album. Thus, I get why you prefer Lovesexy over SOTT, and I prefer ATWIAD and Parade - 2 other coherent albums - to SOTT.

SOTT is the greater album. Saying that, Lovesexy has some of the best songs of his career (I'm thinking Anna Stesia, I Wish U Heaven, and Positivity). If the whole album was of the same standard as those three tracks, it might have been the best album he ever made. I also love the watery ethereal synths on Eye No and Positivity, and as Matty Jam said the neo-classical synth paving the gap between Glam Slam and Anna Stesia is one of the best and most epic moments of his entire studio output (as I said in a thread I made about it: The synth symphony at the end of Glam Slam... Halle-fucking-lujah! (or Hundalasilihah!) How great is that ending? And how it falls into Annastesia like a transition to one of the darker sequences from Fantasia or something). Dance On is brilliant too.

But SOTT is better.

paisley2002 said:

While I recognize both as GREAT albums and enjoy each a great deal, I definitely prefer Lovesexy. It's always difficult for me to say which is my favorite Prince album to pinpoint one to that top spot, it's easier for me just to speak in terms like top 5 or top 3 and Lovesexy is always solidly in my top 3. I love the concept, cohesiveness, the variety of the songs and the feeling it gives me when I listen to it. I have big love for this album.