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Reply #120 posted 08/29/20 4:22pm

love2thenines2
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lustmealways said:

this is a great album, sorry haters.



A good album not a great IMO....i have a problem with Rap...so!
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Reply #121 posted 09/04/20 2:56pm

CAL3

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CAL3 said:


slyjackson said:


You despise MDMT and DM but praise Jughead, therefore I can't take that seriously.



. Despise? Where did I say that? And... what’s DM? . Anyway, if my appreciation of kickin’ the Jughead invalidates everything else I said, so be it. I’ll continue to GET STOOPID, GET STOOPID!

I see you are succeeding at that


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Because I happen to appreciate a song that apparently don’t care for?
I’ve been informed that my opinion is worth less than those expressed by others here.
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Reply #122 posted 09/06/20 6:27am

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Dangerous is MJ's best and most cohesive album (and it sounds amazing, still fresh today. The first album I heard that really exploited the CD)

and I love Diamonds and Pearls! (Not quite as much as Dangerous but I tend not to compare MJ and Prince, they just had such different ways of doing everything)

When I listen to D&P I tend to augment it with the Gett Off and Cream remixes and bsides ....

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Reply #123 posted 09/11/20 8:09am

CAL3
I am personally nostalgic for 1991. Painfully so, at times. And Diamonds and Pearls does take me back to those happier, more carefree days.
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That said, it wasn’t a great album then and time had been generally unkind to it.
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Except for “Jughead,” really.
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But it was interesting in 1991 to suddenly see everyone become a Prince fan again, all because of the weakest album of his career up to that point.
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Reply #124 posted 09/11/20 8:40am

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newpowergeneration said:

Dangerous is MJ's best and most cohesive album (and it sounds amazing, still fresh today. The first album I heard that really exploited the CD)

and I love Diamonds and Pearls! (Not quite as much as Dangerous but I tend not to compare MJ and Prince, they just had such different ways of doing everything)

When I listen to D&P I tend to augment it with the Gett Off and Cream remixes and bsides ....

Dangerous is "cohesive" because several of the songs are retreading other songs on the album. "She Drives Me Wild"/"Can't Let Her Get Away" could be the same song. "Keep The Faith"/"Will You Be There", "Give In To Me"/"Who Is It", "Jam"/"Dangerous".

Michael's most cohesive album is Thriller. Might not be your fave, but its the most cohesive without repeating itself.

Prince had a similar problem - D&P and Symbol albums are bloated with clunkers and boring segues.

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Reply #125 posted 09/11/20 9:13am

lion88

I remember when Diamonds and pearls was released I was happy that it has a real band sound and it sounded more organic than Batman. After the Batman album this was something new and fresh which I appreciated.

The album has some strong songs. And also some songs which I do not care for or sound dated now. I still listen to and really like:

  • Diamonds and Pearls
  • Cream
  • Willing and Able
  • Gett Off
  • Money Don't Matter 2 night
  • Insatiable

6 good songs, so it in the end it is a 3.5/5 album for me. Not an album I listen to as a whole.

[Edited 9/11/20 9:14am]

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