Oh lord. The more things change the more they stay the same People rating a Prince album after a only a few days! It's 1986 all over again. And it seems all the same jokers who wrote off Parade, Rainbow Children, SOTT, and Gold only to claim they are stone cold classics that they were always down with years later are back. Maybe you wan't to live with the record for a bit before writing it off? P albums are complex and tend to grow on you. DIgest it and get back to us.

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2,5 for the first day in terms of this rating. I am really glad to have the release even if it isn't a four star one. I purposely didn't listen to any of the songs released prior to the album release, so it actually was better than I expected given the disdain for most of those early releases here on the org. It plays well as an album though it doesn't have any singles. For me on the first two listens, the 2nd half of the album is better than the first half.

**

I'd give it 3,5 stars. IMO, it's a very solid album with several great moments. My favorite tracks are Born 2 Die, Stand & B Strong, Check The Record & One Day We Will All B Free.

The gospel ending alone (last minute of ODWABF) is worth the buy of W2A.

2/5

> For my tastes.....very boring.....it will not be often played in the future like a lot of his 2000's /end 90's era Albums!!!

i already post my review on the Welcome 2 America previous thread :

I think the album overall is excellent,

1000 light years from here is superb, maybe the best song on the album

Check the record is also very good but lack of guitar work, a guitar solo should have been added (the singing here reminds me of the singing of Jack Bruce on some of his songs)

Running Game sounds also very good (it sounds like a lost Outkast track)

Born 2 Die is one of the best song on the album but would have been better with more guitar or horns in order to fill the last two minutes of the song which are a little 'empty' in terms of musicianship

those four songs are the highlight of the album for me

Welcome 2 America - the song - is a good introduction for the album

i will add here, as it is the subject, my rating : 3.5 stars

One day we will all b free, and Stand up and b strong, sound too usual and don't add, in my opinion, anything fresh and new, to Prince's discography

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3, much better than expected - they really released the worst tracks first.

3 after a few lsitens

3 after a few lsitens

2.5/5 - cohesive and polished, but just a bit dull to my ears. Not my kind of Prince. Still glad to have it, though.

'Welcome 2 America' is a very good album. 12 tracks and less than a hour. Unlike some of Prince's other albums (Rave un2 for example), this isn't an overblown affair. It's a very good project that seems to have something for everyone. Definitely a nice addition to the collection. Three stars!

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approximate score 2.75

2 stars. First Prince album I haven't purchased. I do like 1KLYFH though. Bring on the D&P, Parade, or Black Album/LoveSexy SDE's.

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***1/2

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<3

TruthBomb said:

Prog5000 said:

chrisslope9 said:

Oh lord. The more things change the more they stay the same People rating a Prince album after a only a few days! It's 1986 all over again. And it seems all the same jokers who wrote off Parade, Rainbow Children, SOTT, and Gold only to claim they are stone cold classics that they were always down with years later are back. Maybe you wan't to live with the record for a bit before writing it off? P albums are complex and tend to grow on you. DIgest it and get back to us.

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So on point!

OperatingThetan said:

3 stars. I didn't walk away from listening to this feeling that it was incredible or groundbreaking, however, it's a great album with lots of songs that I won't skip. As a 25 year old music fan who never had the experience of listening to a brand new Prince album for the first time, I'm impressed. This is a great collection of music from someone who was over 30 years into their career when he recorded it.

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SantanaMaitreya said:

TheEnglishGent said: Maybe you should care about the people who work for low wages. Because the way you become a billionaire is by being cheap. That's capitalism for ya. I never spent a cent at Amazon and I can also always buy whatever I want. But I admit we're getting a little off topic here & it's my fault...

Yes, Amazon took products that had previously been super expensive and luxury items and made them affordable and accessible to the masses... in doing so, reducing the difference in standards of living between the rich and poor... benefiting consumers in the lower income brackets... Total evil.

You mean like whole foods prices (AKA wholepaycheck). If Costco carries the same toys as Amazon-it cost 3 times as much on Amazon. Clothes are overpriced on Amazon too. I rarely see a good price. I rarely use them, because 9 out of 10 times it's cheaper elsewhere.

Not to mention part of Amazon will have to be sold off because of monopoly concerns.

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