milesb said:

Emancipation was the first Prince album that disappointed me.

I was expecting utter brilliance after all the hype and his new new found freedom.

I thought he'd save his best for that album.

Don't get me wrong, there are some gems on it. But for me it marked the end of the run for his great albums. I suppose there was a lot going on for him at that tumulteous time. It mustve had a profound effect on him. His albums never found the lofty heights again after that.

Man, I will never understand this. Emancipation is my favourite and actually does demonstrate his creative freedom, just like SOTT does.

Cinny said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

fortuneandserendipity said:

Are there any people here who don't like Kamasutra but love instrumental music in general?

Yes

Aye, me too. I love good ambient electronic music, but Kamasutra is muzak of the worst kind. I skipped through it once and never touched that CD again.

automatic said:

lurker316 said:

I know yours is an unpopular opinion, but I agree.

Granted, when it first came out I aboslutely loved the Gold Experience. Back then I thought it was a return to his '80s form.

But over the years I've gradually grown to dislike it. I don't think it's aged well. The title track itself may be my least favorite. It's such a blatant attempt at making formulaic anthem rock, to the point of being partonizing. And the lyrcis? "All that glitters and gold." How cliche is that?

The lyrics are actually "All that glitters ain't gold.

That's even more cliché!

Vannormal said:

fortuneandserendipity said:

Are there any people here who don't like Kamasutra but love instrumental music in general?

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Absolutely.

Big big fan of artists like Nils Frahm, Glass, Reich, Sakamoto, Dupree, Alva Noto, Sylvian, Beuvinck, Max Richter, Gonzalez, Johannsson, Cage, etc...

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WHat Prince concerns; all Madhouse albums are stunning (to me), N.E.W.S. is good and Xpectation is fair atleast to me.

Kamasutra is pretty impossible to listen to, not even understand what he tried with that, as if he completely lost it, IMHO of course.

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I believe I once read it was composed as background music for making love. I personally can't imagine having sex with that album playing in the background: total boner killer, LOL!

Cindy said:

Poplife88 said:

Old Friends 4 Sale is THE most underrated Prince album out there imo. It's become one of my absolute faves of the 90s. When the Lights Go Down 5 Women, She Spoke 2 Me, and Extraordinary are all top tunes. The title track loses some of its umph with the new lyrics, but is still great.

Underrated indeed! I also really like There is Lonely.

I like Old Friends 4 Sale a lot too, I agree it is one of his very best 90's albums.

26ten said:

alphastreet said:

I had musicology, I couldn’t get into it aside from the title track and pimp, coma, circumstance

What about Dear Mr Man? That track is absolutely the high point for me, and the first few listens I was similar and didn't even remember the track until recently.

I love me some Dear Mr Man. I like Prince's jazzy funky midtempo grooves.

funkaholic1972 said:

ChickenMcNuggets said:

alphastreet said:

I had musicology, I couldn’t get into it aside from the title track and pimp, coma, circumstance

Same here. The only songs I liked on that album were the title track, Pimp Coma Circumstance, and Reflection.

Not all of Emancipation was great or even good but I was just so happy to get so much music in one shot. It was like a buffet where I could just take what I wanted. Everyone has their own One CD mix of it and probably not two are the same so it's hard for me to hate on it.

Even though the consistency suffered as he put more material out, I always preferred to get more stuff released since, a lot of times, I liked stuff everyone else hated and I simply had more to choose from.