laytonian said:

laytonian said:

PJMcGee said:

I do like Lovesexy. It was bold. I just wish his bottom half didn't look airbrushed into a cartoon. Dude wasn't that hairy, was he?

Yes. He was. Even Eddie Murphy commented on his hairy butt through the fabric in the butt-out suit.

butt outt suit was pads not him

Phase3 said:

lurker316 said:

I'm surprised so many people listed the D&P hologram cover as a favorite. To me, that was super cheesy and commerical, not remotely artistic or dignified.

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It looked great for a kid like me seeing it for the first time at 6 years old.I had never seen a album cover like that before.

D&P came out around the same time the comic book industry was booming. At that time a lot of comic books were experiementing with foil and 3D covers and other gimmicks. They were looked at as crass marketing ploys by a lot of fans.

That's how I viewed D&P's 3D cover: cheesy commericalism, the antithesis of art.

funkman88 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

the Lovesexy cover. Hip Hop had nothing to do with Prince. Why hip hop? There are so many other genre of music, why connect it to Hip Hop. The album music was nothing close to Hip Hop. It was uniquely Prince

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I think it's a beautiful cover. I appreciate it so much more than I did before

BEST Purple Rain/Around the World in a Day/Sign o the Times

Worst: Black album but more likely NPS

Im just saying it was out of place at the time when hip hop a harder form of music was dominating and u come out with a soft cover

It was out of place for a lot of reasons but I wouldn't say that "hip hop dominating" was one of them. George Michael, Rick Astley, Belinda Carlisle, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, RIchard Marx, Whitney Houston and the Dirty Dancing SOundtrack were dominant. The biggest selling hip hop album in 1988 was DJ JAzzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. After that it's RUN-DMC at #70 with Tougher Than Leather

There was some homophobia at work that the cover helped fuel but Lovesexy's biggest obstacle was the density and ambition of the music, first and foremost. It's one of Prince's most challenging records, if not his most challenging. Here's what Prince was up against in 88.


https://www.billboard.com...200-albums

herb4 said:

eyewishuheaven said:

The question is, how much more black could it be? And the answer is, none... none more black.

You can see yourself in...both sides.

Kind of looks like black leather

herb4 said:

funkman88 said:

Im just saying it was out of place at the time when hip hop a harder form of music was dominating and u come out with a soft cover

It was out of place for a lot of reasons but I wouldn't say that "hip hop dominating" was one of them. George Michael, Rick Astley, Belinda Carlisle, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, RIchard Marx, Whitney Houston and the Dirty Dancing SOundtrack were dominant. The biggest selling hip hop album in 1988 was DJ JAzzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. After that it's RUN-DMC at #70 with Tougher Than Leather

There was some homophobia at work that the cover helped fuel but Lovesexy's biggest obstacle was the density and ambition of the music, first and foremost. It's one of Prince's most challenging records, if not his most challenging. Here's what Prince was up against in 88.


https://www.billboard.com...200-albums

I honestly wish that Prince had used a different cover for Lovesexy.It is a brilliant album and I hate the fact that the cover kept many people from exploring it.Let's face it....in 1988,many dudes were NOT gonna buy an album with a nude man on the cover the cover was an unwelcome distraction,imo.

SoulAlive said:

herb4 said:

It was out of place for a lot of reasons but I wouldn't say that "hip hop dominating" was one of them. George Michael, Rick Astley, Belinda Carlisle, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson, RIchard Marx, Whitney Houston and the Dirty Dancing SOundtrack were dominant. The biggest selling hip hop album in 1988 was DJ JAzzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. After that it's RUN-DMC at #70 with Tougher Than Leather

There was some homophobia at work that the cover helped fuel but Lovesexy's biggest obstacle was the density and ambition of the music, first and foremost. It's one of Prince's most challenging records, if not his most challenging. Here's what Prince was up against in 88.


https://www.billboard.com...200-albums

I honestly wish that Prince had used a different cover for Lovesexy.It is a brilliant album and I hate the fact that the cover kept many people from exploring it.Let's face it....in 1988,many dudes were NOT gonna buy an album with a nude man on the cover the cover was an unwelcome distraction,imo.

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If ''DUDES'' had a probelm with that in 1988, they probably haven't changed to that point either in 2021.

And I still don't understand the 'nudeness' which is constantly refered too.

Prudish people who don't like this!

We barely see a nipple and no dick ! THAT is nude to me (probably possibly pornographic to them).

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For fucks sake there are tens-of-thousands of paintings of more nude nipple-pussy-dicks-asses ever made in religious paintings over the past centuries than this one prudish childish innocent cover photo, reprinted on artbooks covers and posters for exhbitions etc...

I will never uderstand the prudishness of the Anglo-Saxon world.

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Though, The Pet Shop Boys once released a limitied maxi single i believe with a dick on it :

Let me see if i can find it ;

Her it is :

https://www.discogs.com/Pet-Shop-Boys-Before/release/185952

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I'll probably get banned for this.

What the fuck anyway.

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What were the sales figures on the Pet SHop Boys album? Also, their audience was almost exlusively a gay following - to the point of being considered a "gay band" like Frankie, Dead or Alive, Sylvester, etc.

And a few of my friends HAVE changed since that time, myself included. I can't speak for everyone who passed on Lovesexy over the cover or who was otherwise homosphobic but I know a few who have definitely evolved.

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Also, it probably won't get mentioned but Batman may be among Prince's most iconic album covers at least. That god damned bat symbol was everywhere in the summer of 89.

herb4 said:

What were the sales figures on the Pet SHop Boys album? Also, their audience was almost exlusively a gay following - to the point of being considered a "gay band" like Frankie, Dead or Alive, Sylvester, etc.

And a few of my friends HAVE changed since that time, myself included. I can't speak for everyone who passed on Lovesexy over the cover or who was otherwise homosphobic but I know a few who have definitely evolved.

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Also, it probably won't get mentioned but Batman may be among Prince's most iconic album covers at least. That god damned bat symbol was everywhere in the summer of 89.

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See the link, this was a limited edition.

In The UK and elsewhere in Europe their followers were certainly not exclusively gay.

Certainly not. But yes they are a gay band, not that it is of any importance.

They never posed it, nor used it or overexposed it.

I've been to various concerts over the past decades, and the gay crowd certainly was not the majority.

Same for Elton John if you like, or George Michael or Judas Priest or Queen, even Prince.

Most female popstars have more gay fans i believe, like Madonna, Britney, Cher, Jannet, Whitney, Miley, Katy, Taylor, Donna Summer, etc.

Prince has quite a great deal of gay fans too i believe.

But actually, does this all matters ? No.

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True. The advertisement teasers of the Batman symbol were everywhere without any other info back in 1989. That was so amazing !

TrevorAyer said:

Yall sleepin on 1999 THE NEW MASTER .. now THAT was an album cover .. eye wonder if a new master deluxe is in the pipeline with all the re-recorded hits p had mentioned

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If it's not mentioned, it's not remembered, right?

Wasn't that the worst cover, ever.

I know 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder', but seriously ?

That was the least Princy of all Prince covers imho.

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I do hope they won't waiste their precious time with releasing the rerecorded versions tbh.

As downloads, why not.

Personally i'm not interested in re-recorded versions of his own 'hits' on a LP or CD.

Peace though.

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Best SOTT

Worst MUSICOLOGY possibly one of the worst ever

Vannormal said:

TrevorAyer said:

Yall sleepin on 1999 THE NEW MASTER .. now THAT was an album cover .. eye wonder if a new master deluxe is in the pipeline with all the re-recorded hits p had mentioned

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If it's not mentioned, it's not remembered, right?

Wasn't that the worst cover, ever.

I know 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder', but seriously ?

That was the least Princy of all Prince covers imho.

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I do hope they won't waiste their precious time with releasing the rerecorded versions tbh.

As downloads, why not.

Personally i'm not interested in re-recorded versions of his own 'hits' on a LP or CD.

Peace though.

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Agreed. Above I compared the D&P cover to a cheesy comic book cover. The same could be said about the cover for 1999 The New Master.

herb4 said:

What were the sales figures on the Pet SHop Boys album? Also, their audience was almost exlusively a gay following - to the point of being considered a "gay band" like Frankie, Dead or Alive, Sylvester, etc.

And a few of my friends HAVE changed since that time, myself included. I can't speak for everyone who passed on Lovesexy over the cover or who was otherwise homosphobic but I know a few who have definitely evolved.

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Also, it probably won't get mentioned but Batman may be among Prince's most iconic album covers at least. That god damned bat symbol was everywhere in the summer of 89.

Pet Shop Boys certainly didn't have 'an almost exclusively' gay following. They were/are very much mainstream.

Vannormal said:

SoulAlive said:

I honestly wish that Prince had used a different cover for Lovesexy.It is a brilliant album and I hate the fact that the cover kept many people from exploring it.Let's face it....in 1988,many dudes were NOT gonna buy an album with a nude man on the cover the cover was an unwelcome distraction,imo.

-

If ''DUDES'' had a probelm with that in 1988, they probably haven't changed to that point either in 2021.

And I still don't understand the 'nudeness' which is constantly refered too.

Prudish people who don't like this!

We barely see a nipple and no dick ! THAT is nude to me (probably possibly pornographic to them).

-

For fucks sake there are tens-of-thousands of paintings of more nude nipple-pussy-dicks-asses ever made in religious paintings over the past centuries than this one prudish childish innocent cover photo, reprinted on artbooks covers and posters for exhbitions etc...

I will never uderstand the prudishness of the Anglo-Saxon world.

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LOL...hey I'm not disagreeing with you but I can tell you that,here in America,most men were not going to buy an album with a nude man on the cover.That was simply a no-no.It was 1988 and the whole macho hip-hop thing was going on.I know it's ridiculous,but that's how it was.As Prince fans,we are open-minded about stuff like this,but the mainstream is not.

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SoulAlive said:

Vannormal said:

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If ''DUDES'' had a probelm with that in 1988, they probably haven't changed to that point either in 2021.

And I still don't understand the 'nudeness' which is constantly refered too.

Prudish people who don't like this!

We barely see a nipple and no dick ! THAT is nude to me (probably possibly pornographic to them).

-

For fucks sake there are tens-of-thousands of paintings of more nude nipple-pussy-dicks-asses ever made in religious paintings over the past centuries than this one prudish childish innocent cover photo, reprinted on artbooks covers and posters for exhbitions etc...

I will never uderstand the prudishness of the Anglo-Saxon world.

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LOL...hey I'm not disagreeing with you but I can tell you that,here in America,most men were not going to buy an album with a nude man on the cover.That was simply a no-no.It was 1988 and the whole macho hip-hop thing was going on.I know it's ridiculous,but that's how it was.As Prince fans,we are open-minded about stuff like this,but the mainstream is not.

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Well, look what Prince achieved with 'us' prince fans;

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leecaldon said:

herb4 said:

What were the sales figures on the Pet SHop Boys album? Also, their audience was almost exlusively a gay following - to the point of being considered a "gay band" like Frankie, Dead or Alive, Sylvester, etc.

And a few of my friends HAVE changed since that time, myself included. I can't speak for everyone who passed on Lovesexy over the cover or who was otherwise homosphobic but I know a few who have definitely evolved.

...

Also, it probably won't get mentioned but Batman may be among Prince's most iconic album covers at least. That god damned bat symbol was everywhere in the summer of 89.

Pet Shop Boys certainly didn't have 'an almost exclusively' gay following. They were/are very much mainstream.

Maybe that was bad wording on my part and I know they went mainstream but I think it's fair to say that a large part of their core fan base was in the gay community and that they were strongly associated with that.

On topic: 1999 is my favorite album of all time but I never found myself able to dig that cover

herb4 said:

herb4 said:

SoulAlive said:

herb4 said:

1999 is my favorite album of all time but I never found myself able to dig that cover

I feel the same way.It’s my favorite Prince album but I’m not in love with the album cover.It’s OK,but it’s not one of his best covers,imo.

Really? 1999 is one of my favorite covers (and favorite albums).

Best = Sign o the Times, 1999, Around the World in a Day

Worst = Lovesexy, Come

Best: Controversy

Worst: Musicology (HATE the embossed gradient effects that his designers always used on the type and the twigs are just pointless!) 20TEN, HNRP1, NPGMC Releases

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Best (in order): The Rainbow Children, Controversy, 1999, SOTT, PR, ATWIAD, Dirty Mind, Musicology, Lotusflower, Parade, Emancipation

Worst (in order): Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic, Hit 'n Run 1 & 2, 20Ten, Diamonds and Pearls, Batman, Prince, 3121, Planet Earth, ArtOfficialAge, Graffiti Bridge, The Chocolate Invasion