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OK, who approved this wording on iTunes? I thought these artists ‘about’ like pages were supposed to be fact based not full of personal opinions. ![]() https://itunes.apple.com/...1421530791 Few artists have created a body of work as rich and varied as Prince. During the '80s, he emerged as one of the most singular talents of the rock & roll era, capable of seamlessly tying together pop, funk, folk, and rock. Not only did he release a series of groundbreaking albums; he toured frequently, produced albums, wrote songs for many other artists, and recorded hundreds of songs that still lie unreleased in his vaults. With each album he released, Prince showed remarkable stylistic growth and musical diversity, constantly experimenting with different sounds, textures, and genres. Occasionally, his music was inconsistent, in part because of his eclecticism, but his experiments frequently succeeded; no other contemporary artist blended so many diverse styles into a cohesive whole. Prince's first two albums were solid, if unremarkable, late-'70s funk-pop. With 1980's Dirty Mind, he recorded his first masterpiece, a one-man tour de force of sex and music; it was hard funk, catchy Beatlesque melodies, sweet soul ballads, and rocking guitar pop, all at once. The follow-up, Controversy, was more of the same, but 1999 was brilliant. The album was a monster hit, selling over three million copies, but it was nothing compared to 1984's Purple Rain. Purple Rain made Prince a superstar; it eventually sold over ten million copies in the U.S. and spent 24 weeks at number one. Partially recorded with his touring band, the Revolution, the record featured the most pop-oriented music he has ever made. Instead of continuing in this accessible direction, he veered off into the bizarre psycho-psychedelia of Around the World in a Day, which nevertheless sold over two million copies. In 1986, he released the even stranger Parade, which was in its own way as ambitious and intricate as any art rock of the '60s; however, no art rock was ever grounded with a hit as brilliant as the spare funk of "Kiss." By 1987, Prince's ambitions were growing by leaps and bounds, resulting in the sprawling masterpiece Sign 'O' the Times. Prince was set to release the hard funk of The Black Album by the end of the year, but he withdrew it just before its release, deciding it was too dark and immoral. Instead, he released the confused Lovesexy in 1988, which was a commercial disaster. With the soundtrack to 1989's Batman he returned to the top of the charts, even if the album was essentially a recap of everything he had done before. The following year he released Graffiti Bridge (the sequel to Purple Rain), which turned out to be a considerable commercial disappointment. [Edited 8/17/18 13:51pm] Paisley Park is in your heart
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And Apple STILL don’t have his GREATEST ALBUM...his masterpiece: HitNrun Phase One
Smh [Edited 8/17/18 13:57pm] ”The people that will end up defining ‘Hate Speech Laws’ are the very people you don’t want to define the Hate Speech Laws” — Jordan B Peterson | |
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rogifan said: OK, who approved this wording on iTunes? I thought these artists ‘about’ like pages were supposed to be fact based not full of personal opinions. ![]() https://itunes.apple.com/...1421530791 Few artists have created a body of work as rich and varied as Prince. During the '80s, he emerged as one of the most singular talents of the rock & roll era, capable of seamlessly tying together pop, funk, folk, and rock. Not only did he release a series of groundbreaking albums; he toured frequently, produced albums, wrote songs for many other artists, and recorded hundreds of songs that still lie unreleased in his vaults. With each album he released, Prince showed remarkable stylistic growth and musical diversity, constantly experimenting with different sounds, textures, and genres. Occasionally, his music was inconsistent, in part because of his eclecticism, but his experiments frequently succeeded; no other contemporary artist blended so many diverse styles into a cohesive whole. Prince's first two albums were solid, if unremarkable, late-'70s funk-pop. With 1980's Dirty Mind, he recorded his first masterpiece, a one-man tour de force of sex and music; it was hard funk, catchy Beatlesque melodies, sweet soul ballads, and rocking guitar pop, all at once. The follow-up, Controversy, was more of the same, but 1999 was brilliant. The album was a monster hit, selling over three million copies, but it was nothing compared to 1984's Purple Rain. Purple Rain made Prince a superstar; it eventually sold over ten million copies in the U.S. and spent 24 weeks at number one. Partially recorded with his touring band, the Revolution, the record featured the most pop-oriented music he has ever made. Instead of continuing in this accessible direction, he veered off into the bizarre psycho-psychedelia of Around the World in a Day, which nevertheless sold over two million copies. In 1986, he released the even stranger Parade, which was in its own way as ambitious and intricate as any art rock of the '60s; however, no art rock was ever grounded with a hit as brilliant as the spare funk of "Kiss." By 1987, Prince's ambitions were growing by leaps and bounds, resulting in the sprawling masterpiece Sign 'O' the Times. Prince was set to release the hard funk of The Black Album by the end of the year, but he withdrew it just before its release, deciding it was too dark and immoral. Instead, he released the confused Lovesexy in 1988, which was a commercial disaster. With the soundtrack to 1989's Batman he returned to the top of the charts, even if the album was essentially a recap of everything he had done before. The following year he released Graffiti Bridge (the sequel to Purple Rain), which turned out to be a considerable commercial disappointment. [Edited 8/17/18 13:51pm] That comes from the allmusic.com biography, a lot of streaming sites use that in lieu of writing their own. | |
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Am I missing something? I thought the albums were available for download not just the Anthology collection?
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PurpleSkipper58 said: And Apple STILL don’t have his GREATEST ALBUM...his masterpiece: HitNrun Phase One Smh [Edited 8/17/18 13:57pm] Um it’s there: https://itunes.apple.com/...1038360262 Paisley Park is in your heart
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jaawwnn said: rogifan said: OK, who approved this wording on iTunes? I thought these artists ‘about’ like pages were supposed to be fact based not full of personal opinions. ![]() https://itunes.apple.com/...1421530791 Few artists have created a body of work as rich and varied as Prince. During the '80s, he emerged as one of the most singular talents of the rock & roll era, capable of seamlessly tying together pop, funk, folk, and rock. Not only did he release a series of groundbreaking albums; he toured frequently, produced albums, wrote songs for many other artists, and recorded hundreds of songs that still lie unreleased in his vaults. With each album he released, Prince showed remarkable stylistic growth and musical diversity, constantly experimenting with different sounds, textures, and genres. Occasionally, his music was inconsistent, in part because of his eclecticism, but his experiments frequently succeeded; no other contemporary artist blended so many diverse styles into a cohesive whole. Prince's first two albums were solid, if unremarkable, late-'70s funk-pop. With 1980's Dirty Mind, he recorded his first masterpiece, a one-man tour de force of sex and music; it was hard funk, catchy Beatlesque melodies, sweet soul ballads, and rocking guitar pop, all at once. The follow-up, Controversy, was more of the same, but 1999 was brilliant. The album was a monster hit, selling over three million copies, but it was nothing compared to 1984's Purple Rain. Purple Rain made Prince a superstar; it eventually sold over ten million copies in the U.S. and spent 24 weeks at number one. Partially recorded with his touring band, the Revolution, the record featured the most pop-oriented music he has ever made. Instead of continuing in this accessible direction, he veered off into the bizarre psycho-psychedelia of Around the World in a Day, which nevertheless sold over two million copies. In 1986, he released the even stranger Parade, which was in its own way as ambitious and intricate as any art rock of the '60s; however, no art rock was ever grounded with a hit as brilliant as the spare funk of "Kiss." By 1987, Prince's ambitions were growing by leaps and bounds, resulting in the sprawling masterpiece Sign 'O' the Times. Prince was set to release the hard funk of The Black Album by the end of the year, but he withdrew it just before its release, deciding it was too dark and immoral. Instead, he released the confused Lovesexy in 1988, which was a commercial disaster. With the soundtrack to 1989's Batman he returned to the top of the charts, even if the album was essentially a recap of everything he had done before. The following year he released Graffiti Bridge (the sequel to Purple Rain), which turned out to be a considerable commercial disappointment. [Edited 8/17/18 13:51pm] That comes from the allmusic.com biography, a lot of streaming sites use that in lieu of writing their own. Ah ok. I didn’t know allmusic.com biographies included editorializing. Paisley Park is in your heart
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I switch from Tidal to Spotify and this happens... I'll definitely not regret my decision now | |
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OK this showed up in my Twitter feed. Not sure what I think about it. At least they’re using the Twitter feature where an account can promote a tweet but you never actually see it on their twitter page as something they’ve tweeted. So when you go to @prince this ‘ad’ doesn’t show up. The last tweet you see is the last thing he tweeted. ![]() Paisley Park is in your heart
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For years? It's been what? 3 years? But yeah well we can maybe have better covers for most Prince albums by hiring contemporary artists, can't we? I'm sure someone can come up with a much better cover art for 1999. Now is that the point? A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ | |
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Weird. I know it was there at one point because I listened to it. Paisley Park is in your heart
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That image has been floating around for a lot longer than 3 years - I'm sure it was featured in Uptown shortly after The Truth was released. And what you're suggesting isn't quite the same thing - I'd bet Steve Parke did this new version as well as the original. | |
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WTF are they thinking starting the anthology with Emancipation?! A lot of folks will start this, and immediatly think "huh, guess I haven't been missing anything."
THOSE KIRKY J DRUMS, still so painful after all these years. [Edited 8/17/18 15:23pm] | |
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and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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that anthology is exactly why i hope they won't just compile 'albums' from random vault tracks. and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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Not dead, not in prison, still funkin'... | |
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So your calling Prince a liar and a deceiver!?"That mountain top situation is not really what it's all cracked up 2 B when ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
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Listened to at least part of it on the old Spotify on my way home. Some of them were songs I had not listened to but 1 or 2 times. Not my fav compilation, but I was excited to see more music going out there to the world.
Maybe they need one of us to help them with the next streaming release????? Good morning children...take a look out your window, the world is falling... | |
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The graphic you posted is a hot-mess mashup of the original front and back cover art.
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Good joke. | |
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[Edited 8/17/18 18:43pm] . | |
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Sam Jennings said Sony has used the correct album art that he did for these NPGMC releases. | |
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On a similar note "Damn U" on "New Power slide...." | |
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U people look to complain about EVERY SINGLE detail about EVERYTHING. My God! just listen to the song. Who cares about an intro or a segue..
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This is bootleg art. [Edited 8/18/18 1:05am] A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ | |
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The only known official artwork for The Truth is the one that appeared on Tidal about 3 years ago. There was also a cassette promo before the CB release, that would qualify for official I guess but on cassette (portrait as opposed to square LP/CD) format. The problem is that this original cassette picture has been tinkered with by bootleggers to fit CD format. So IDK. I think only Steve Parke can sort it out. A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ | |
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The useless of such releases 4 us fans.....but in th eyes of The Estate we are peanuts....the main point to rush is the General public......not excited by the Future my friends....not at all !! | |
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Speak for yourself...i love i can stream all those albums now | |
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