Sure, it has flaws, like with Larry, but overall it is a fine album.

2freaky4church1 said:

jdcxc said:

I don't think it's as bad as people say it is. It never was. That being said, there's a lot of cheesy junk on it. However, it redeems itself if only for "The One" which has to be one of his finest fuckin' moments of balladry. The bass, the vibe, the lyrics, the vocals. Could not be better.

When I bought it back at the time I fucking hated it. Spent years on my shelf until I felt in love with Wasted Kisses and Freaks on this side.

With Prince is always like that, you go back to his discography and rediscover a gem. Guess I will hear it again and see what else do I find.

I listen to this album a ridiculous amount. I don't get the hate.

It's a fun album. Not one of his best, but an enjoyable listen. It seems that the fans were always hoping for the next masterpiece from Prince so that anything that didn't fit the bill would get completely dismissed by many or they would like one or two songs and think the rest of it was complete crap. He deserved better, as did this album.

my wife and i both love New Power Soul, no problems with it @ all. Just a different side of Prince.

BeatofBlackWings said:

Shout out the The One remix, which never gets talked about as much as it should.

bluegangsta said:

Shout out the The One remix, which never gets talked about as much as it should.

Wow, I never realized there was a remix of The One. Just scanned my files and I don't have it. I see on Princevault that it's around the same length as the album cut -- how does it differ? Would love to hear this.

I really like this album too - always did

dustoff said:

bluegangsta said:

Shout out the The One remix, which never gets talked about as much as it should.

Wow, I never realized there was a remix of The One. Just scanned my files and I don't have it. I see on Princevault that it's around the same length as the album cut -- how does it differ? Would love to hear this.

Completely re-recorded. Vocals and all.

You can find it as part of one of the NPG Ahdio shows or on a promo release of the Come On single.

brassneck said:

An awesome album, and a great campaign.

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I have to admit - I despised this album when it came out. Although I liked Come On and The One. Now I think it's better than I originally did, but I am still not a fan of those tunes with the chants (I don't like the way we can hear the background noises cut in and out - sounds cheesey). But rarely has Prince been so focused on one type of genre like he was on NPS... so love it or hate it, it's one of his more focused albums.

In recent years I've come to appreciate Wasted Kisses & Shoo-Bed-Ooh. While other tunes like Push It Up and When You Love Somebody are not as bad as I thought they were. But hey just because I personally didn't like the direction of an album (or anyone for that matter) doesn't mean it's a bad album. Since his passing I've been playing his entire discography on shuffle and no one can deny the depth of this man's vision. He was truly one of the greats and this album is a worthy part of his legacy.

New Power Soul has been documented to cause extreme drowsiness and buyer's remorse.

There were some clunkers on it (Push It Up and Freaks On This Side don't do much for me) but overall I love this album. The One, Come On, and Wasted Kisses are definite classics that would be held in higher regard if they had appeared on other albums; Shoo-Bed-ooh gets a lot of hate but I LOVE that ominous, melancholy, rumbling bassline; When U Love Somebody is great catchy fun, and Until U're In My Arms Again is a beautiful P ballad. The title track is a little generic but is an easy toe-tapper. Who else releases an album with half a dozen good-to-great songs and still has it ripped as garbage? Prince set a very high bar for himself.

renfield said:

Its a great album, very dark, very bass heavy and really party orientated. Prince wanted to capture the looser jam vibe that he had going in his aftershows at the time from what i'm told. It was underproduced too, When U Love Somebody, that song is raw and stripped down. Hans Buff said that one of the guys from the Hownheadz said to Prince "i'll pay you to let me re-mix it!". They were shocked at how raw Prince left it, but he wanted a certain vibe with that album.

Sadly the credits arent very detailed for the album but Mike Scott ansolutely tears that song up, that is him soloing. Mr Hayes added a lot of the key parts and Kirk did way more then he gets credited for. Kat Dyson was only on Come On and Newpower Soul.

My first Prince album, so it will always have a soft spot. Immediately liked 'Untill U're In My Arms Again', 'When U Love Somebody' and 'The One'. Two years later I became a massive fan and learned to appreciate the rest of the album 2. Nice to see it's getting some recognition these last years. Rainbow Children or Lovesexy it ain't, but it flows nicely, unlike something like Rave.