I finally got around to opening and importing my Sony Legacy CDs, and lo and behold Lovesexy is in its original, continuous sequence form with NO SEPARATE TRACKS for each song.

Please note that this is NOT disclosed on the Prince Store website, which actually indicates separate tracks (as of this writing). In fact, there is no disclosure of this until one has opened the jewel case and read the enclosed booklet.

Since this is a re-release and not a remaster, I am now on the hunt for an older, tracked edition. BUYERS BEWARE!

strongoxman1 said:

RODSERLING said:

In Europe since at least 20 years, the album is tracked.

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I can confirm.

I have a different tracked CD, which makes a third version of the CD. My version has a fade at the end of each song. Clearly, it's for radio or DJs, but some songs don't need that fade. But, there's a fade regardless.

The one plus of it being one big track is that Spotify doesn't cut in for an ad mid-way through, or try you shuffle free users out of the album they're listening to. It's just one track and plays as such.

Then again, Spotify is a pain in the ass because of that stuff, so I rarely use them anymore.

jazzz said:

Good that they respected Prince's artistic choice! .

I have no problem with the artistic choice -- my issue is that the Prince Store website advertises it as being separately tracked when it is, in fact, NOT.

They also have the tracklists mixed-up for The Hits 1 and The Hits 2.

strongoxman1 said:

Yeah I prefer and own the tracked version but since I love every song and always listen to the album as a whole it doesn't ever matter.

jazzz said:

LoveGalore said:

jazzz said:

. Good that they respected Prince's artistic choice! .

Prince obviously didn't give a shit that the Euro tracked version existed for decades.

The Euro tracked edition was a re-release; had Lovesexy been more of a hit in the US, the US likely would have seen a tracked re-release in the early 1990s like in Europe.

If you subscribe to Apple Music you can stream and download Lovesexy as a tracked album. Lossless is available for subscribers. I have subscribed to AM since it's inception and plan to keep it as my entire music library plays via AM. I have uploaded (ripped) CD versions that are NOT available to stream/download in the Apple Music in the highest possible formats for uploading to my Mac using Apple coding - m4a (Apple Lossless Audio File), 16 bit sample size, 44.100 kbps. Apple Music offers 24 bit sample sizes on lossless releases, high-resolution audio and spatial audio too.

Ohers prefer to stay away from proprietary formats and walled gardens.

FLAC works beautifully.

Wowugotit said: