...One Nite Alone? I don't think there has been as intimate a recording as this.

Agreed.

"The Truth" could be second...

funkaholic1972 said:

Yep, you could well be right there.

ONA may be the most intimate, but I don't think it's his most personal. There's a difference.

TRON said:

Indeed.

TRON said:

Okay, Tron. So, what is the most personal Prince album and why?

Cloudbuster said:

Anji said:

Hard to say. Probably Lovesexy or The Truth.

"The Truth" is the more personal of the two. The project
was recorded during a time when there was so much going
on in his life at once. On the one hand there was Mayte
and the death of their baby and on the other hadn there
was the 'emancipation' from his contracts. He had just
gotten married, became a father, lost his child, gained
his freedom and was sort of cut adrift and I guess for
the first time in his life really thrown back unto his
own self and being left having to fend for his own mind
and a deep self analysis of what is was he really wanted
from his life, his music, his god, his marriage.

Eventho not all of these are explicitly mentioned on the
album, they are definately there. It's in the subdued &
sparse style and arrangement. The vocal delivery, in the
chords. But it's also more apparant in places where he
does directly touch on the subject matters, in songs like

"Come Back",
"Don't Play Me",
"Welcome 2 The Dawn",
"The Other Side Of The Pillow"
"One Of Ur Tears",
"Fascination".

"The Truth" feels like am effort to redeem himself and a
means of getting a good firm grip on the situation again.

Compare his "accusations" on the album to the ones MJ has
recorded for his "History" album [the new material disc],
and note how Prince doesn't throw a finger or doesn't try
anyone on for size and doesn't ramble on and on about how
he has been wronged.

This album seems intent only on looking inward by mirroring
the outside world onto the self and looking at what doesn't
fit or what seems to have shifted in balance.

It's a record that comes from a very dark and insecure place
which is where Prince hadn't been many times before. One
could argue that "Lovesexy" came from such a place, but I
don't think you can compare those two "situations".

A bad trip and insecurity about your identity or even your
mental health ain't got shit on getting married and losing
your child and all the other stuff he went through at that
time.

That's why the album sounds more real and mature to me than
Lovesexy or any other Prince album for that matter. Because
it doesn't have anything to prove. It's a quest for answers
and a journey through pain and disrepute. It touched on the
wrongs but only seeks a kind of consolence instead of tryin
to blame of persecute.

Even songs like "Animal Kingdom" have their purpose, if you
just stop to think about it for a minute.

I guess in many ways, "One Nite Alone" is also very much an
intimate album since it obviously deals with his divorce &
the death of his father. But still, I don't think this album
even comes close to the personal and honest atmosphere that
was portrayed on "The Truth".

Very well said IstenSzek. :applause:

I always thought that one of his most personally revealing song was..

"The Holy River"

surely emancipation has some very personal moments on it none more than 'lets make a baby' which is just about his saddest song in retrospect.

I think The Holy River is over-rated. Everyone talked about this song before it was released and I left a lot to be desired (it is still a decent song, but not earth shatering).

TRON said:

thank you, thank you, thanyouvewymuch

chickenman said:

Yeah I agree its overrated.. but I think its the most genuine from the sound of his voice and the content of what he was revealing.