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Reply #30 posted 06/03/21 9:21am

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Exodus accesible and commercial? falloff
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Reply #31 posted 06/03/21 9:32am

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As much as I love Exodus, I have played it for plenty of people, and it hasn't received the warm love that other overlooked albums from that era have. My husband in particular HATES it (He a strict 78-87 Prince fan). Undertaker on the other hand always surprised people (he doesn't like that one either...what can I do?? lol ).

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Reply #32 posted 06/03/21 9:59am

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I read this comment about Prince somewhere: nobody likes everything he's done, but everybody likes something he's done.
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Reply #33 posted 06/03/21 2:40pm

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It's more commercial sounding than the frenetic Gold Experience and Love Symbol albums, introspective Come, excessively diverse Emancipation. All really good though.

From the 90s, it's only Exodus and Diamonds & Pearls that sound able to win Prince a new legion of fans. Just my view. The production on Exodus is gorgeous by the way.

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Reply #34 posted 06/03/21 2:50pm

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in a world where the official release of "All My Dreams" came and went without any real rippling of the ppl/critics pond, i wouldn't hold my breath for anything from the npg era standing a change at being
reappraised or rediscovered and embraced with love.

we should finally let go of what the outside world and critics think about prince albums and songs. we should just enjoy them and love the living daylights out of them. every single one of them, from 1978 right up until 2016. i know i do. well, give or take about 5 or 6 that i can't stand lol



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Reply #35 posted 06/03/21 3:00pm

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SantanaMaitreya said:

Exodus accesible and commercial? falloff


I wouldn't call it commercial but it has some songs I can imagine making it to radio.

It's VERY accessible if you enjoy funk. I took to it immediately and it's one of my all time favorite albums, period. Especially once I stripped those segues out.


As much as I love Exodus, I have played it for plenty of people, and it hasn't received the warm love that other overlooked albums from that era have. My husband in particular HATES it (He a strict 78-87 Prince fan). Undertaker on the other hand always surprised people (he doesn't like that one either...what can I do?? lol ).


Sever? Ha, Just kiddin. People like what they like.

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Reply #36 posted 06/03/21 7:02pm

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SantanaMaitreya said:

Exodus accesible and commercial? falloff

Exodus is 1 of his best releases.

Who gives a shit if people with bad taste can't get into it.

Leave those folks with Taylor Swift and leave the real music with those that overstand.

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Reply #37 posted 06/04/21 1:27am

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I would vote Exodus. That is a truly underrated album, and to the best of my knowledge iit didn`t even get an official US release until it crept unassumingly onto the streaming services.

It's available on streaming services?

It is on Tidal , at least here in Australia. Although (as Bart has repeatedly impressed on us) apparrent availability on streaming services is in no way correllated with an official release because the software that they use to aggregate information is rubbish.

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Reply #38 posted 06/04/21 1:27am

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LILpoundCAKE said:

in a world where the official release of "All My Dreams" came and went without any real rippling of the ppl/critics pond, i wouldn't hold my breath for anything from the npg era standing a change at being
reappraised or rediscovered and embraced with love.

we should finally let go of what the outside world and critics think about prince albums and songs. we should just enjoy them and love the living daylights out of them. every single one of them, from 1978 right up until 2016. i know i do. well, give or take about 5 or 6 that i can't stand lol





True enough
But there are many prince fans too who dont like the npg era that much either
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