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Thread started 07/19/21 7:04am

leecaldon

The Sunday Times (London) - Prince is back! The album he didn't dare release

The lead article in this week's Culture section of The Sunday Times. (There is a companion article on the 'nine greatest albums from beyond the grave')

Prince's Welcome 2 America - the pop genius's lost album

The virtuoso's lost album is coming out at last - Tom Jones and the people who made it reveal all

by Jonathan Dean

https://www.thetimes.co.u...d42b31e7da

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Reply #1 posted 07/19/21 7:25am

OperatingTheta
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With a horrendous opening paragraph reducing Prince's entire output to 'sex'. No thanks.
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Reply #2 posted 07/19/21 9:28am

Phase3

Tom Jones? That guy who made that horrendous version of Kiss
No thank you
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Reply #3 posted 07/19/21 9:33am

LILpoundCAKE

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can you tell us what the article says about the album, any details or a review?

most of us can't read it because you have to sign up for a membership to do so.


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May U Live 2 See The Release of Parade SDE
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Reply #4 posted 07/19/21 11:49am

nayroo2002

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LILpoundCAKE said:

can you tell us what the article says about the album, any details or a review?

most of us can't read it because you have to sign up for a membership to do so.


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Most of us can't read it because most of us don't speak british.

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we all need 2 b friends"
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Reply #5 posted 07/19/21 12:03pm

Strive

Here's the article.

https://archive.is/YiAbU

It's trash smile

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Reply #6 posted 07/19/21 12:39pm

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Strive said:

Here's the article.



https://archive.is/YiAbU



It's trash smile



It is indeed a bag of shite, written by an excuse of a journalist.

With the pointless and redundant addition of Tom f'ing Jones.
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Reply #7 posted 07/19/21 1:32pm

Graycap23

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Waste of time.

FOOLS multiply when WISE Men & Women are silent.
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Reply #8 posted 07/19/21 2:01pm

LILpoundCAKE

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well it's not a complete waste of time or a piece of shit. it just doesn't have much information on the album at all.

it's pretty obvious they haven't heard the album.

there were a few little bits and pieces I found interesting or nice, that I haven't read anywhere else yet, like prince playing "twinkle twinkle little star" on guitar for elisa's young daughter.

so not a complete waste of time for me.


May U Live 2 See The Release of Parade SDE
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Reply #9 posted 07/19/21 3:24pm

antonb

Its just a strange article, What has Tom jones got to do with Welcome To America. Its like they didnt have enough material for the article so lets give Tom jones a ring. We know him.

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Reply #10 posted 07/19/21 5:03pm

bukowski

Good full page review in new record collector magazine...7/10 in uncut magazine...
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Reply #11 posted 07/20/21 2:43am

leecaldon

Good to see so much positivty in the below-the-line comments on this article.

What's the rule on posting the text from an article that's behind a paywall?

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Reply #12 posted 07/20/21 2:50am

leecaldon

It's also worth reading the below the line comments, as the journalist is responding to reader comments and also adding extra info from interviews that he couldn't fit into the article.

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Reply #13 posted 07/20/21 3:13am

antonb

has anyone asked if he or she has heard the album?

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Reply #14 posted 07/20/21 6:30am

leecaldon

antonb said:

has anyone asked if he or she has heard the album?

Jonathan Dean, the journalist wrote in the comments, "I didn’t have space to go into more of the songs on the new album sadly, but one warrants a mention here - When She Comes is classic filthy Prince soul balladry. As Morris said to me, ‘His falsetto is on point!’"

I have asked whether it is the same as the version already released but haven't had a response yet.

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Reply #15 posted 07/20/21 7:25am

antonb

Maybe it would have been better to go into the album more than talking to Tom Jones!

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Reply #16 posted 07/22/21 6:19am

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LILpoundCAKE said:

well it's not a complete waste of time or a piece of shit. it just doesn't have much information on the album at all.

it's pretty obvious they haven't heard the album.

there were a few little bits and pieces I found interesting or nice, that I haven't read anywhere else yet, like prince playing "twinkle twinkle little star" on guitar for elisa's young daughter.

so not a complete waste of time for me.


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I hope she recorded it. biggrin

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