When, throughout the 90s & the 00s, it became increasingly clear, that the end of Prince's golden decade was cemented by Lovesexy. And not a single recording Prince made afterwards, could match the brilliance of that period. Even though the signs of his creative demise were littered all over Lovesexy, as it turned out.

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Indeed when it was released.

Here in Europe, everyone was wild about that album and the following tour.

There were the wordly famous aftershows in Europe during the Lovesexy Tour, that says enough.

And, the album also grew over time.

Most USA fans I heard/know, say Prince's highlight was up till 1987.

The squeamish behavior of American stores not to show that album cover was also quite a setback for the publicity of that album.

Most European fans I know often say he was on the top of his game and still inovative till 1988.

Some even include 1989 (Batman).

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From 'Grafitti Bridge' on (+the movie), all went a bit downhill concerning the general interest.

Therefor 'Lovesexy' is often looked at as his last coherent & strong inovating album.

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i think it was always seen as a great album, and even more so after the tour.

in retrospect though, its the last great album from his classic period, but also a bit overrated i think? i love the energy of it, but with all the 'born again' evangelical positivity, i wonder if it was a bit contrived? OTOH, it does have a genuine feeling of inspiration, but underneath that, it somehow feels a bit rushed. glam slam and IWUH only have one verse. several songs seem not totally developed (dance on, positivity).

its kind of on the same level as the black album, its got something magnetic about it, but if you analyse it, you can see its not really been that well crafted/written (compared to SOTT), he just piled a lot of layers on top.

black album, love sexy, batman, all of them like they were done very quickly.

christobole said:

When, throughout the 90s & the 00s, it became increasingly clear, that the end of Prince's golden decade was cemented by Lovesexy. And not a single recording Prince made afterwards, could match the brilliance of that period. Even though the signs of his creative demise were littered all over Lovesexy, as it turned out.

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LOL

christobole said:

JayCrawford said:

When it was released in the UK and Europe. It hit there, while it bombed in the USA.

I became a Prince fan after the "1999" album was released, but "Lovesexy" turned that fandom into a 30+ year obsession.

I see your ban was only temporary. right back to the same bait type threads and posts tho

LILpoundCAKE said:

JayCrawford said:

LILpoundCAKE said:

I see your ban was only temporary. right back to the same bait type threads and posts tho

Me asking about LoveSexy isn't a "bait" type of thread is actually me being curious about LoveSexy. Not my fault you can't comprehend well.

you keep telling yourself that booboo

I was a 22 year old nobody in the middle of the Bible Belt in the United States, and "Lovesexy" knocked me for a loop. I listened to it non-stop throughout the summer. The Lovesexy Show in Charlotte was my first Prince concert, and still my favorite.

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"Lovesexy" is probably my 3rd or 4th favorite Prince album. (Depending on my daily mood...)

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

LILpoundCAKE said:

Prince singing Anastesia w/such power and conviction.

SantanaMaitreya said:

Lovesexy was a favorite of the critics, maybe even more than SOTT if that's possible. I don't think it really connected in the US, but Alphabet Street, Glam Slam and I want to say When 2 R in Love, were definintely around. That was the beginning of him leaning towards his European audience.

LoveGalore said:

Phase3 said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

Lovesexy the live show is 10x better than the album Tragic/stupid he never released it as a live album.

The same could be said about maybe every one of his albums. Prince is the only artist I know that has songs that sound better LIVE than on the album.It is usually the other way around with most singers.

not really.

yeah he was great live, but for most of his best years, the studio albums were still great, the live shows just added something extra.

after a certain point, it became that the albums werent special, but the live shows meant it didnt matter so much.

on the lovesexy tour, it was like the perfect end/climax to his 80s run, literally as he played maybe his greatest medleys ever, of all his greatest 80s songs up to that point.

it was also with arguably his tightest, finest band, and the best stage design and most imaginative choreography to date.

a real peak of peaks.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

Phase3 said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said: The same could be said about maybe every one of his albums. Prince is the only artist I know that has songs that sound better LIVE than on the album.It is usually the other way around with most singers.

not really.

yeah he was great live, but for most of his best years, the studio albums were still great, the live shows just added something extra.

after a certain point, it became that the albums werent special, but the live shows meant it didnt matter so much.

on the lovesexy tour, it was like the perfect end/climax to his 80s run, literally as he played maybe his greatest medleys ever, of all his greatest 80s songs up to that point.

it was also with arguably his tightest, finest band, and the best stage design and most imaginative choreography to date.

a real peak of peaks.

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All true.

Compare all that with the next Nude Tour...

Which kinda felt poor.

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Lovesexy has always been loved by me. I didn't get to that album until I was in highschool around 2010. I can understand the mixed bag reaction for those who experienced it in real time. IMO it works as a singular experience and should be listened to as a whole. Individually the tracks are strong but I wouldn't have minded a couple more Black Album tracks (Superfunky, Rockhard/LeGrind) to be thrown in there to shake shit up.

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It's a fantastic record, but not his last and honestly I think we can retire the '79-88 golden years agenda. He made great records post-Lovesexy. While his consistency wavered - especially in the 90's - he was still an ever changing artist and I just don't see the point in harping on this point.

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Again, I was not there to experience his 80's/90's heyday, the only real time Prince fandom that I was old enough to be immersed in was the mid-late 2000's. I just saw each project as another piece to the puzzle.

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I like Walk-in' in Glory better than Positivity as an album closer.

JayCrawford said:

LoveGalore said:

I love that people still take this troll's posts seriously.

I didn't know asking a question about LoveSexy is considered a "troll." You kids are really starting to misuse that word now. 🤣. What a joke... Moving on

It's not a misuse really. Unless you're here under a new name, but were here previously, you've only been here for a short time. You consider everything after the 80's "abysmal," which would make many wonder why you're here at all. Then you sorta cast a line out in a thread like this one, and while people comment about how much they love this or that, you consider it trash if it was after his so-called "Golden Era."

So, don't get bent if people question your intentions. You clearly aren't here to have a dialogue about Prince, the musician as a whole, if you've discarded everything he did post-Sign o' the Times as subpar and not worth the time. With that already out in the ether, why would you want to know what people think of post-SOTT stuff when you've already made it clear what YOU think of post-SOTT stuff?

Smells a little troll-like to the people that have been here a bit.

TheBigBang said: