great album, hope it gets a super deluxe. come on is a career higlight.

sorry, haters.

Love this album

fragglerock said:

I sighed with relief when I donated my copy to Goodwill.

OperatingThetan said:

fragglerock said:

It's an NPG album, none of them have been rereleased, why would this one?

If any NPG album were to be rereleased it would be NewPower Soul as Prince is on lead vocals for every song and appears prominently on the cover. It's also the only NPG album he extensively toured. Essentially, it's a Prince solo album in all but name. What qualifies it as an NPG album is more its exclusive focus on funk, soul and party tracks, than it being a true group recording.

It's officially a NPG album and apparently the present Sony contract only, specifically included material released under the names Prince, Prince And The Revolution, Prince And The New Power Generation and with the apparent exception of TBA. Simple as that. End of topic. But Michael Howe just said that some Paisley Park Records side projects were considered for eventual rerelease, no doubt that also applies to NPG Records side projects, so it'll come.

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It really doesn't make much of a difference who sings or plays on an album BTW. All NPG albums are Prince albums in all but name.

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And it's titled Newpower Soul, not New Power Soul. New Power Soul is the track on Exodus. Actually all these years we've been using the abbreviation NPS when it should have been NS.

Farfunknugin said:

New power has yet to be released, wonder why?

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Why oh why do I have it on my shelves, since 1998 or so?

Please rephrase to be without doubt.

udo said:

Farfunknugin said:

New power has yet to be released, wonder why?

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Why oh why do I have it on my shelves, since 1998 or so?

Please rephrase to be without doubt.

Yeah, that was my first thought, too

Many orgers aren't native English speakers, though, so we all speak Globish

I think OP means re-released anyway. I love this album I have loved it since it's release. I didn't even know Prince had released it until I walked by it in Best Buy one day. I like all the songs on it except 1 and that is ShooBeDoop. The One was kind of a hit on the R&B stations here in Chicago back then. Wasted Kisses is a nice little surprize as a bonus song. I haven't listened 2 the entire cd in awhile, I'm currently in2 Crystall Ball, but I may have 2 play NewPowerSoul next. I've seen where some people on the org absolutely hate this album but I could never understand why really. I have always wished there was more information out there about the makings of this album so a Super Deluxe would be fine by me! My wife and I have great memories of this album and it's time period!

id like to think theres better songs in the vault than what came out on NPS

but im not sure im right there.

this def had one of his all time worst covers though.

cant believe he was still using the mic gun prop in the late 90s.

cfluid said:

I think OP means re-released anyway. I love this album I have loved it since it's release. I didn't even know Prince had released it until I walked by it in Best Buy one day. I like all the songs on it except 1 and that is ShooBeDoop. The One was kind of a hit on the R&B stations here in Chicago back then. Wasted Kisses is a nice little surprize as a bonus song. I haven't listened 2 the entire cd in awhile, I'm currently in2 Crystall Ball, but I may have 2 play NewPowerSoul next. I've seen where some people on the org absolutely hate this album but I could never understand why really. I have always wished there was more information out there about the makings of this album so a Super Deluxe would be fine by me! My wife and I have great memories of this album and it's time period!

Oh, that I can tell you: emotional problems, daddy didn't read their thoughts and fulfil their every wish every second of the day, so they got mad as hell.

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I also hope someday more info surfaces on the 1997-1998 sessions, everything after 1995 or so is vastly underdocumented by comparison to the first 15 years...

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

I've learned to really like this album.

RobotFix said:

I sighed with relief when I donated my copy to Goodwill.

You ain't right

I kinda like this album. Just Push It Up/Freaks is a weak middle section. And NPS is a weak start. And I Like Funky Music is a weak end.



But the other songs, I like and love:

Mad Sex
When U Love Somebody
Until Ur In My Arms Again
Shoo-Bed-Ooh
Come On
The One
Wasted Kisses


All good songs to my ears.

its a 0(+> album just like twenty10 .. its also better than emancipation

This album is the shit if only for Come On, Wasted Kisses and The One!

this album sucked more ass than a pornstar IIRC

better than emancipation?

honestly?!

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Poplife88 said:

I've learned to really like this album.

Me too. I didn't dig it when it first came out but I gave it a relisten last year and really liked it.

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

this album sucked more ass than a pornstar IIRC

better than emancipation?

honestly?!

[Edited 1/7/21 11:22am]

You're not recalling correctly. This album has some great tracks.

MattyJam said:

Everyone bangs on about Come On, but Mad Sex is much funkier to my ears! That bebop jazz line on the piano is everything! And those vocals are nasty! Awesome song.

Yesssss. Truly Underrated Gem! Love the piano chords...a little NOLA funk.

jdcxc said:

MattyJam said:

Everyone bangs on about Come On, but Mad Sex is much funkier to my ears! That bebop jazz line on the piano is everything! And those vocals are nasty! Awesome song.

Yesssss. Truly Underrated Gem! Love the piano chords...a little NOLA funk.

the horns on it are also crazy cool.