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Diamonds š & Pearls: Vault tracks best of - 12 track single disc edition! Ok having listened to this, itās clearly not as stellar as the 1999 or Sign ā®ļø The Times Super Deluxe editionsā¦so have pulled together my favourite tracks from the Vault material. Feel free to debate, agree or disagree. T 1. Something Funky (This House Comes) 2. Schoolyard 3. Pain 4. Streetwalker 5. Insatiable (Early Mix) 6. Open Book 7. Get Blue 8. Skip 2 U My Darling 9. Diamonds & Pearls (Long Version) 10. Daddy Pop (12ā Mix) 11. Martikaās Kitchen 12. The Voice | |
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I actually am not all that crazy about this whole SDE release. But I like it how they organised the order of the tracks on disk 3, 4 and 5. I've been listening to them in that exact order. They sound well as albums on their own imho. Sure, I could skip a track here and there... - But again, most songs are mediocre when it comes to song craftmanship, the writing quality. Prince started to write verse-chorus-verse songs, the easiest solution. Where was his creativity in arrangements and sound? Now I start to understand how he was influenced by New Jack Swing... "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts." (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
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Live 4 Love (Early Version)
My Tender Heart Get Blue Insatiable (Early Mix) Alice Through The Looking Glass Letter 4 Miles Hey U Standing At The Altar Diamonds & Pearls (Long Version) Lauriann Daddy Pop (12" Mix) Open Book [Edited 10/27/23 20:54pm] | |
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- If these are the best ones, I am not that excited . I mean, some of them I already know (in bad quality). Honestly, I am not expecting absolutely great stuff there, but I hope there are some moments where the NPG shines. I really love that band. | |
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sorry, I am loving a lot of these.... | |
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I just wanted the dvd, I already knew this was mid prince and alas canāt afford the boxset, waay too much for this material imo. They really should make the blu ray a stand alone release x10.
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Not sure there are 12 tracks on it that I would listen to more than once. | |
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One thing I should add is that I think the live set that was included is stellar. Really brings a smile to my face. Love the Cream/Well Done/I Want Youā¦ medley (a lot). The Vault tracks just donāt compare to the 1999 or Sign releasesā¦but the released music clearly had a high standard applied to it. Vault tracks just feel like a really mixed bag. | |
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Open Book Spirit Alice Pain
and that's all I got
oh and Violet | |
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I agree ... here are my 12 favorites
Alice through the looking glass Hey U I pledge Allegiance to your love My Tender Heart Pain ( it's longer and awesome ) Skip to my you my darling Standing at the altar Street Walker Tip O my Tongue Trouble The Last Dance (bang pow zoom and the whole nine) open book | |
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Skip 2 My U My Darling - Best vault track in the set IMO!
The Last Dance (I hate Jughead, so this surprises me!) The Voice Open Book Letter 4 Miles Standing at the Altar I Pledge Allegiance 2 Your Love Hey Alice Through the Looking Glass [Edited 10/27/23 11:36am] | |
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[Edited 10/27/23 13:53pm] U are now an official member of the New Power Generation
Welcome 2 The Dawn Free the SDE now! | |
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actually have no idea really, but in fairness, i need to listen quite a few more times. prince tracks often get better the more you hear them. the first listen is often a bit 'huh' but so far, my impression is that a lot of the vault tracks are nice, solid, but remarkable? not sure. would i replace any of the album tracks with the vault tracks? i dont think so. if anything, what the vault songs made me realise is that for all the complaining about the original album being trend chasing, too poppy, too clean, not adventurous, the vault tracks (except blood on the sheets) dial those things up to 10. at least on the album, all the songs are well constructed, and even if the production is very bright, at least the songs are doing some cool stuff (eg willing and able). the outtakes are quite generic really. yeah, the npg could be shit hot technically, but were they 'interesting', or did they have any quirks? not really. theyre kind of anonymous really, even if theyre tight. or maybe prince changed his target, now he wanted his band to be 100% slick and tight, nothing too odd. last dance is better than jughead though. and work that fat is pretty funny. blood on the sheets is obv an early hint of what theyd do on the undertaker sessions. some great playing on that one. alice... is good too just cos it sounds rougher and not so perfect like almost everything else.
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The ballads are the highlight here. | |
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The ballads are top tier. | |
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I was sleepin on Lauriann...thats a great song | |
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my 12 picks from the Vault Tracks:
My Tender Heart Pain Streetwalker Spirit Open Book Something Funky (This house comes) Hold Me Don't say you love me Get Blue The Voice Trouble Alice Through the Looking Glass [Edited 10/28/23 9:34am] | |
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My Tender Heart Pain Streetwalker Lauriann Open book Tip O'My Tongue The Voice Trouble Alice Through The Looking Glass Standing At The Altar Hey U I Pledge Allegiance To Your Love Something BIG Is Coming. | |
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As I wrote in the "review", I like this short tracklist as "late '80 standard pop/rnb Mtv album plastic production":
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Open Book Get Blue Something Funky (This House Comes) The Last Dance Work That Fat Lauriann Standing At The Altar Hey U Letter 4 Miles Insatiable (early mix) I Pledge Allegiance To Your Love My Tender Heart | |
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im now more certain than ever that D&P is actually the best 90s album he did. | |
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I find it interesting that generally 50% or more than 50% of everyone's fav. material on this is stuff he gave away and has been available already on official releases for decades. [Edited 10/29/23 20:29pm] [Edited 10/29/23 20:30pm] | |
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. Actually I listen Prince because I like (also) the Prince voice. | |
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Theyre not unreleased songs, strictly speaking, but his demos are still unreleased versions. So id say they still count, even if it means we get less new unreleased songs. But originals was poorly executed so im fine with these tracks being on sdes. | |
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Most people are just freshly happy there is new stuff after such a long time. We'll see how much listens this set will get in a few weeks of time. "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts." (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972) | |
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it has taken a while to get used to prince sounding well, so NORMAL. but hey, if i had to make an album from these tracks, id pick these (id prob think of a few more, but im still finding time to work through them all):
my tender heart streetwalker lauriann skip 2 u my darling open book dont say u love me alice thru the looking glass hey u i pledge allegiance... Pain Blood on the sheets
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Easy
01 - Something Funky This House Comes 02 - Hey U 03 - Open Book 04 - Spirit 05 - Don't Say U Love Me 06 - Martikas Kitchen 07 - Tip O My Tongue 08 - Glam Slam 91 09 - Schoolyard 10 - Work That Fat 11 - Standing At The Altar 12 - The Last Dance (Bang Pow Zoom and the Whole Nine)
If I can add 2 more as B-sides
Streetwalker & Skip to My You My Darling Hard to believe I've been on the org for over 25 years now! | |
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This would be mine, except 8 and 9. I'd replace them with Lauriann and Get Blue | |
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I made my own version of Diamonds & Pearls which Iām particularly enjoying! . 1. Diamonds & Pearls 2. Cream 3. Alice Through the Looking Glass 4. Strollinā 5. Willing & Able 6. Gett Off (Damn Near 10 minutes) 7. Walk Donāt Walk 8. The Last Dance 9. Money Donāt Matter Tonight 10. Skip 2 My U My Darling 11. I Pledge Allegiance 2 Your Love 12. Something Funky This House Comes 13. Blood on the Sheets | |
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