It actually is a pretty neat album. Weird acid jazz and trippie. Don't like the JW tripe but the music could have been worse.

Even Najee didn't fuck it up.

light up another one dude

Wrong forum?

udo said:

Wrong forum?

How?

Apart from them using a daft name for the album, I"m pretty sure that discussion of Prince albums belongs in Prince Music and More.

This album was a real breath of fresh air after the late 90s. I hadn't loved a Prince album that much since TGE. And I don't pay much attention to lyrics anyway, so that was never an obstacle.

Can't believe it's been 20 years.

eyewishuheaven said:

This album was a real breath of fresh air after the late 90s. I hadn't loved a Prince album that much since TGE. And I don't pay much attention to lyrics anyway, so that was never an obstacle.

Can't believe it's been 20 years.

I felt the same. I was super dissapointed by Emanicaption and Rave. I was losing faith in Prince, But when I heard this album it blew me away. The muisc is amazing. Like you, I dont listen to lyrics so they relgious stuff doesn't bother me.

The Everlasting Now is one of my all time favorite songs. It's so dang funky. I also love Muse 2 the Pharaoh, Mellow, 1+1+1 is 3, and the title track.

I really like Family Name, but wish the intro with the Stephen Hawkings voice was shorter. I don't hate it as much as some people, but I think it goes on too long.

Everywhere is pretty good. I even like Wedding Feast because I take it as an attempt at humor, not a real song. I kind of to like The Work, but think it's a bit derivative.

I used to dislike The Last December, but I recently changed my mind and decided I like it a lot.

The songs I skip are: Digital Garden, The Sensual Everafter, Deconstruction, and She Loves Me 4 Me.

eyewishuheaven said:

This album was a real breath of fresh air after the late 90s. I hadn't loved a Prince album that much since TGE. And I don't pay much attention to lyrics anyway, so that was never an obstacle

Same here.

Yeah it's a great album - I even see how Wedding Feast fits in to the flow of the album - I even find myself singing it!!! Also knowing how he moved away from JW to a more spiritual worldview, we can forgive some of the "contoversial" lyrics.

I appreciate Wedding Feast because it's one of those great moments where P is deliberately fucking with his audience. Kinda like F.U.N.K., but with comedy instead of blistering funk. I like when he does things like that. Push my buttons, Prince!

I can't see the point of "hating" The Wedding Feast, it's obviously an interlude (not a proper song, almost a joke) that serves the purposes of the narration... Isn't that clear?

Personally, I find it musically funny, no more no less...

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NoSwan said:

I can't see the point of "hating" The Wedding Feast, it's obviously an interlude (not a proper song, almost a joke) that serves the purposes of the narration... Isn't that clear?

Personally, I find it musically funny, no more no less...

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Never understood it also. It was meant to be a segue. Different from other songs that I consider bad and dont see many people complaining about

dm3857 said:

I really don’t even mind the preachy aspect… it wasn’t really set in stone as to what is was… went from talking about going door to door to build a new nation to talking about the Akashic Records.. that in itself makes the thing interesting enough to listen too… put it on top of prince’s great musicianship and vocals… I can’t see how U walk away thinking… “Ohh… that was shit…”

I can understand people not liking it, but anyone claiming it's shit, really hasn't listened properly.

TruthBomb said:

The only reason people HATE on this and don’t GET IT is the religious component. It’s EXACTLY the reason I LOVE IT.

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Whaha, true, but you might get flamed when you say people do not `get` Prince....

True. If the lyrics werent religious, it would have been seen as one of his best albums ever by many fans.

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I never paid much attention to lyrics, so I think it´s a brilliant album.