The entire SOTT/Crystal Ball project was pure genius until it gets to Adore. I played it once when I bought the album March 1987 and never played it again. The lyrics are too over the top and he just keeps going on and on until it ends. IMO if he toned down the lyrics and ad libbed the outro and added maybe a guitar or organ solo it could have been a hit single. Am I the only one who doesn't like this song? BE HONEST!

i like it but always thought the SOTT album should end on a high, like IGBABN does in the film.

i like princes ballads, but idk, he sounds too 'happy' or too exuberant than a song like this needs. id have liked more sincerity in the vocal, like on do me baby.

its still great, obv, but that always bugged me about it.

i never thought it was too OTT though... my fave version of it is the lovesexy tour version, even though thats truncated.

my unpopular adore opinion is that as far as SOTT, slow love is actually better! also, some of the emancipation ballads are better - e.g. lets have a baby.

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If I owned this website I'd give out week-long temp bans for posts like these.

TheNumber23 said:

TheNumber23 said:

RJOrion said:

TheNumber23 said:

If I owned this website I'd give out week-long temp bans for posts like these.

30 day ban minimum..."Adore" is one of the greatest slow jams in R&B/Soul history

1 year ban

PsychoCowboy said:

Adore is one of my top Prince songs ever (top 30-40 maybe). I love it. Love the vocal and screams, love the vibe of the song. PS. What the hell is igbabn?

its gonna be a beautiful night

It's fantastic, featured on the sound trak of my childhood, but you have to be in the mood for it, not so much of a required mood like Insatiable (original version) requires, but still a mood.

His music is so diverse that there is room for people to not like great songs. Some people hate songs I ADORE (Temptation and Free) what do I care?

I like to say Pick any of the 4 sides from SOTT ... thoes few songs cover more musical gound that most acts cover in 40 years!

Lieberum: Hot take: I like “Forever in My Life” even more (than “Adore”). I think that’s the sweetest song he ever wrote.

Rudolph: 150 percent.

I don't always agree with the concensus, but in this case I do. Adore is one of the greatest songs ever written. The OP is correct that the song goes on and on, but the more it goes on the better it gets. The last few minutes are the best part.

But with all of that said, the first time I heard it I didn't think much of it either. I was a teenage boy, not prone to immediately take to slow songs. It was only after listening to it repeatedly the the hook sunk in. Also, the more you listen to it, especially with good headphones, the more you hear going on. You could listen to it a dozen times and still find new detail.

RJOrion said:

im a man of exquisite taste

this is one of those lines that make me wonder how the time could have done this song

morris couldnt have done those vocal runs ofc, but the humour is quite morris (well, very prince, like how he would write for morris at least)

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

SanDiegoFunkDaddy said:

I played it once when I bought the album March 1987 and never played it again. BE HONEST!

Maybe take your own advice.

SanDiegoFunkDaddy said:

The entire SOTT/Crystal Ball project was pure genius until it gets to Adore. I played it once when I bought the album March 1987 and never played it again. The lyrics are too over the top and he just keeps going on and on until it ends. IMO if he toned down the lyrics and ad libbed the outro and added maybe a guitar or organ solo it could have been a hit single. Am I the only one who doesn't like this song? BE HONEST!

Who hurt you?

SanDiegoFunkDaddy said:

I prefer Crucial.

TheNumber23 said:

If I owned this website I'd give out week-long temp bans for posts like these.

+2, me and my cat.

But hey, everyone his own ears, right?

You won't find many, indeed. "Adore" is an excellent song on an excellent album. I'm not a fan of slow songs / ballads in general, but it's just... genius. ("Slow Love", on the other hand.... )

I'm not going to agree - I think it's a great song. But I also think Prince's ballads got better and better over the years. Some of the tracks on Emancipation, Shhh, The One etc - I think these are even more brilliant.

I actually agree with the OP. To me, Crucial (the Sax version ONLY) is 100x better. I also listened to Adore once.

But then, I dislike Temptation and Insatiable, so what do I know...

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