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MUSICOLOGY vs. 3121

1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121

2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA

3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON

4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT

5. CALL MY NAME - INSENCE & CANDLES

6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE

7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED

8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY

9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD

10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED

11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE

12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT


MUSICOLOGY - 6

3121 -6

Both average albums but because IMO FURY and THE WORD are some of his best songs from the 00's... I choose 3121.

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Reply #1 posted 03/06/17 3:33pm

bluegangsta

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1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121
2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA
3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON
4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT
5. CALL MY NAME - INSENCE & CANDLES
6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE
7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED

8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY
9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD
10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED
11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE
12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT

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Reply #2 posted 03/06/17 3:43pm

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1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121

2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA

3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON

4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT

5. CALL MY NAME - INSENCE & CANDLES

6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE

7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED

8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY

9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD

10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED

11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE

12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT


No contest really.

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Reply #3 posted 03/06/17 4:01pm

stpaisios

1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121

2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA

3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON

4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT

5. CALL MY NAME - INSENCE & CANDLES

6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE

7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED

8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY

9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD

10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED

11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE

12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT

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Reply #4 posted 03/06/17 4:30pm

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1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121
2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA
3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON
4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT
5. CALL MY NAME - INSENCE & CANDLES
6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE
7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED
8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY
9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD
10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED
11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE
12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT
What?
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Reply #5 posted 03/06/17 5:28pm

bobgeorge77

1. MUSICOLOGY- 3121

2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA

3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON

4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT

5. CALL MY NAME - INSENCE & CANDLES

6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE

7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED

8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY

9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD

10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED

11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE

12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT

...

For me, 3121 is a vastly superior album!!

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Reply #6 posted 03/06/17 7:12pm

mjscarousal

3121 hands down biggrin

The facial expressions Prince made in the Black Sweat video are iconic

LOL

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Reply #7 posted 03/06/17 9:58pm

thedance

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MUSICOLOGY (the album) is far better than 3121 (the album), imho... music

I only like 4 songs on 3121

(well, the 3121 title-song is great played live, - the 3121 studio-version sounds sterile to me)

my votes:

1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121

2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA

3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON

4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT

5. CALL MY NAME - INSENCE & CANDLES

6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE

7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED

8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY

9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD

10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL LOVED AND BLESSED

11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE

12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT



MUSICOLOGY 8
3121 4

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Reply #8 posted 03/07/17 1:32am

Adorecream

Comparing one excellent album with a terrible one, lots of fun.

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1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121
2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA
3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON
4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT
5. CALL MY NAME - INCENSE & CANDLES
6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE
7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED
8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY
9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD
10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED
11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE
12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT

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Game - 3121 12 vs Musicology 0

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Reply #9 posted 03/07/17 2:13am

thedance

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^ haha... different tastes and opinions then.. cool

lol

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Reply #10 posted 03/07/17 2:15am

thedance

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wow:

5. CALL MY NAME - INCENSE & CANDLES

eek eek eek

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Reply #11 posted 03/07/17 2:25am

thedance

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before anyone asks me about the dance (the song),

my username thedance is short for my username "dance electric" - on the former site housequake, however dance electric was taken already when I signed up on the org.

(I don't like this song "The Dance" that much - it's not my fave Prince ballad - "Dance Electric" on the other hand is just fantastic)

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Reply #12 posted 03/07/17 3:04am

CherryMoon57

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1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121

2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA

3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON

4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT

5. CALL MY NAME - INCENCE & CANDLES

6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE

7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED

8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY

9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD

10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED

11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE

12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT (I love both)


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Reply #13 posted 03/07/17 5:05am

Stranger

bluegangsta said:

1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121
2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA
3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON
4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT
5. CALL MY NAME - INSENCE & CANDLES
6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE
7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED

8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY
9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD
10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED
11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE
12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT

Yeah, this!!! No contest really. There are however three that are close to ties:

A million days - Te amo corazon

Cinnamon girl - love

Reflection - get on the boat

Eeh, sorry, I would put What do you want me to do ahead of Satisfied....

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Reply #14 posted 03/07/17 5:53am

CAL3

feeluupp said:

MUSICOLOGY - 6

3121 -6

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Hmmmm....

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His worst album vs his second-worst album...

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Reply #15 posted 03/07/17 6:27am

Thibaut

1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121

2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA

3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON

4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT

5. CALL MY NAME - INSENCE & CANDLES

6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE

7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED

8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY

9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD

10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED

11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE

12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT

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Reply #16 posted 03/07/17 6:43am

dodger

1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121

2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA

3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON

4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT

5. CALL MY NAME - INSENCE & CANDLES

6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE

7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED

8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY

9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD

10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED

11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE

12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT

.

MUSICOLOGY - 6

3121 - 6

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Reply #17 posted 03/07/17 6:52am

Romeoblu

3121
Illusion
Te Amo Corazon
Black Sweat
Call my name
Love
What do u want me 2do
The marrying kind
If I was the man in u're life
Beautiful,Loved and Blessed
The Dance
Get on the boat.

3121 wins.
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Reply #18 posted 03/07/17 7:56am

RJOrion

1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121

2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA

3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON

4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT

5. CALL MY NAME - INSENCE & CANDLES

6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE

7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED

8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY

9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD

10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED

11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE

12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT


Musicology: 9

3121: 3

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Reply #19 posted 03/07/17 8:30am

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1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121

2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA

3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON

4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT

5. CALL MY NAME - INSENCE & CANDLES

6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE

7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED

8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY

9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD

10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED

11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE

12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT

Musicology: 8

3121: 4

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Reply #20 posted 03/07/17 8:42am

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1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121

2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA

3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON

4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT

5. CALL MY NAME - INSENCE & CANDLES

6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE

7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED

8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY

9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD

10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED

11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE

12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT


MUSICOLOGY - 2

3121 - 2

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Reply #21 posted 03/07/17 8:45am

CAL3

Lianachan said:

1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121

2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA

3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON

4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT

5. CALL MY NAME - INSENCE & CANDLES

6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE

7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED

8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY

9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD

10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED

11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE

12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT


MUSICOLOGY - 2

3121 - 2

CO-SIGN!

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Reply #22 posted 03/07/17 12:16pm

Shockedelicus

Every song on 3121 is better than every song on Musicology. There's no contest. More atmosphere, more personality, harder grooves. Musicology is far too safe.

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Reply #23 posted 03/08/17 1:36pm

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1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121
2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA
3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON
4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT
5. CALL MY NAME - INSENCE & CANDLES
6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE
7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED
8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY
9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD
10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED
11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE
12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT

Musicology 5
3121 7
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Reply #24 posted 03/08/17 7:52pm

EddieC

Musicology - 3121 (it's more off-kilter)

Illusion, Coma, Pimp and Circumstance - Lolita (again, off-kilter--and not one of those "too young" songs

A Million Days - Te Amo Corazon (I love this one)

Life of the Party - Black Sweat

Call My Name - Incense and Candles

Cinnamon Girl - Love

What Do U Want Me 2 Do - Satisfied (but I don't like either one, really)

The Marrying Kind - Fury (though I like the sequencing of Marrying Kind into the next track)

If Eye Was the Man In Your Life - The Word (this was a tough choice--I like both a lot)

On the Couch - Beautiful Loved and Blessed (neither is all that great)

Dear Mr. Man - The Dance (almost parody--but I like it. I liked the original version, too)

Reflection - Get on the Boat (I sing the chorus of Get on the Boat out of nowhere a lot, though)

Edit to total the results:

4 for Musicology, 8 for 3121--but there's three honest toss-ups in the mix, two where I don't much like either song (and both went to the 3121 option) and one where I like both (and that contest went to Musicology's representative).

[Edited 3/8/17 19:55pm]

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Reply #25 posted 03/13/17 3:59pm

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Shockedelicus said:

Every song on 3121 is better than every song on Musicology. There's no contest. More atmosphere, more personality, harder grooves. Musicology is far too safe.

I feel the opposite.. I disagree. wink

Half of Musicology is really great, (the first half is good, except the song Life o' The Party)

imho, 3121 is boring except for 1 song, Black Sweat.

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Reply #26 posted 03/13/17 6:18pm

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1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121

2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA

3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON

4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT

5. CALL MY NAME - INSENCE & CANDLES

6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE

7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED

8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY

9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD

10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED

11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE

12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT

3121- 9

MUSICOLOGY - 3

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Reply #27 posted 03/13/17 10:28pm

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1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121

2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA

3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON

4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT

5. CALL MY NAME - INSENCE & CANDLES

6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE

7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED

8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY

9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD

10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED

11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE

12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT

Musicology: 5
3121: 7

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Reply #28 posted 03/14/17 9:20am

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This one's interesting. These were two big albums for me back when I was really getting into P. Let's see:

1. Musicology - 3121: Musicology is cute but kinda hokey. 3121 is steady deep funk

2. ICPC - Lolita

3. A Million Days - Te Amo Corazon

4. Life O' the Party - Black Sweat

5. Call My Name - Incense and Candles: Call My Name is a mature old school love jam, Al Green lite. I&C is tacky af

6. Cinnamon Girl - Love: I almost wanna love "Love" more, but the rock of Cinnamon Girl sits better than the super sticky bubblegum pop of Love no matter how funky that damn synth is lol.

7. WDYWM2D - Satisfied: One track is breezy and mellow, the other is just a soulful ballad P rehash.

8. The Marrying Kind - Fury

9. IIWTMIYL - The Word

10. On the Couch - BL&B

11. Dear Mr. Man - The Dance

12. Reflection - Get on the Boat

Musicology: 4

3121: 8

Funny cuz I remember not liking 3121 as much as I did Musicology then. Looking back now, Musicology feels a little like a manufactured comeback album into the mainstream. But it's a bit stale. 3121 was the proper comeback album he needed imo. It's funkier and more fun and soulful than Musicology. A little cheesy and overly poppy in some places but overall everything mostly works.

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Reply #29 posted 03/14/17 9:51am

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1. MUSICOLOGY - 3121
2. ILLUSION, COMA, PIMP & CIRCUMSTANCE - LOLITA
3. A MILLION DAYS - TE AMO CORAZON
4. LIFE 'O' THE PARTY - BLACK SWEAT
5. CALL MY NAME - INCENSE & CANDLES
6. CINNAMON GIRL - LOVE
7. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO? - SATISFIED
8. THE MARRYING KIND - FURY
9. IF EYE WAS THE MAN IN UR LIFE - THE WORD
10. ON THE COUCH - BEAUTIFUL, LOVED & BLESSED
11. DEAR MR. MAN - THE DANCE
12. REFLECTION - GET ON THE BOAT

"Fury" alone blows away anything on Musicology, which I think is a real snooze. I think 3121 is quite good for a more commercially-minded album.
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