AvocadosMax said:

Vannormal said:

It's a mediocre song for a first release.

I've never been a fan of the demo. The final (?) version is a bit better IMO, but still a completely average song, indeed.

And they should've left 'With This Tear' out of this release too.

They could've released a 45 rpm single with With This Tear as a b-side.

Why? Songs should always have a "home", i.e. an album they belong to. That's why I'm such a fan of the "Same Page, Different Book" compilation.

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ShellyMcG said:

hopefully this will be the start of a more regular cadence of releases so we won't have to wait another 3 or 4 years for more music.

That's the real, open question for me. Are they finally going to release stuff more often now?

This release has Londell's touch/face all over it.

Only 9 random studio tracks after a 3 years long wait so... even less than the bare minimum we could hope for. Where are all the Celebration tracks they played the previous years that we were supposed to hear ?

it looks like this thief in the temple has once again found a way to punish the fams...

Can we still have some hope he could leave/be ousted from the Prince Estate before we die ?

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I don't actually know this song too well, it must have passed me by, but sounds like a newer version.

Less raw, more overproduced than the bootleg.

Also, why choose a song not written by Prince to release!?

happyshopper said:

So, does this count as Originals II ?

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Anyway, how many unreleased Prince albums are there?

How many unreleased 'not finished' prince projects are there? Even that would've been better...

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But before we shoot the messenger,

let's wait and listen to the whole album.

Maybe they play it for the Celebration-goers as the announced unreleased music.

Then we'll know more via reports.

Only 'Maybe'... of course

olb99 said:

Vannormal said:

So, does this count as Originals II ?

These aren't all Prince versions of songs that he gave to other artists, so no

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Actually feels more like a sampler set for future proper releases (That won't happen)

I don't think this release is so bad, at least it will introduce some new songs to the public, it's not the boring bunch of retreads we feared.

But the cover art looks very AI to me, and that is incredibly shit considering how many thousands of stunning photos there are of Prince.

ShellyMcG said:

On the one hand, it's nice to have a new Prince album to look forward to. But on the other hand, it's only 9 songs (I don't count the live version of a song that's already available). And of those 9 songs, I've already heard a few of them and I don't like them. So yeah, it's a bit of a disappointing announcement but it's better than nothing. And like I said in another thread, hopefully this will be the start of a more regular cadence of releases so we won't have to wait another 3 or 4 years for more music.

Of all the routes they could take (Bruce Springsteen, Frank Zappa, Bob Dylan or any othgwer artist who make good to great archival releases) the choose the '90s bootleg route
40 minutes on a CD because there focus is on the shitty low quality vinyl medium is also embarassing.
Prince's 10th year of being gone and all they can come up with a is 40 minutes of music in the same format as an average 90s bootleg.

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mattosgood said:

Not doubting the source and maybe I’ve missed a post somewhere from The Estate or the record companies (it’s still early for me, the morning after the night before and all that) but just to flag that all that was announced on stage last might at 1st Avenue was a single would be available to preorder today - I say this more in hope that the actual tracklist will be more inspiring, longer and have a cohesive flow… 🤞

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It is in preorder everywhere

mattosgood said:

Not doubting the source and maybe I’ve missed a post somewhere from The Estate or the record companies (it’s still early for me, the morning after the night before and all that) but just to flag that all that was announced on stage last might at 1st Avenue was a single would be available to preorder today - I say this more in hope that the actual tracklist will be more inspiring, longer and have a cohesive flow… 🤞

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LOL. A tracklist so bad that you cannot believe it, and thus pretend it isn't true and that the estate will provide more and better.

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My dude, this is from the official YouTube channel + the SDE site has confirmed it. This is it, all of it.

bizzie said:

themanfromneptune said:

In this meeting Londell had with a few fans just after the release of With This Tear, he said the previous team released too much music so there you go. 10 tracks (one of them being a live track) just to fit that on one shitty Vinyl.

Imagine someone having the balls to make such a utterly stupid comment like this in front of fans and expect them to agree with him

I miss so much the previous guys in charge : Troy Carter, Michael Howe, Duane Tudhal, Trevor Guy... They made mistakes but they were all commited to the hard task of honoring Prince legacy and they were all dedicating to serving his music.

After Bolas' mistakes/experiments on Originals, they listened to us and tried to release the original mixes when available and as time went by they tried to offer bigger SDEs so we can hear more music, etc...

Honestly, I miss the time they were in charge, it was so much more exciting to be a Prince fan than it is now.

fredmagnus said:

Missed opportunity for a more suitable title: "Stateless"

Horrendous

It's a real mess isn't it? No theme, no cohesion, we've waited thirty odd years for a pristine version of Heaven and they cut it in half and give us an edited version, could go on and on and on.....

and the most annoying thing is no one at the Celebration will dare call them out on it........

...they deleted Stone from youtube? "Video unavailable This video is not available"