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PrintableBut if I had to make a single disc of the CD,I would choose these ten songs...
"Emale" "Emale" "Emale" "Emale" "Emale" "Emale" "Emale" "Emale" "Emale" "Emale"  in case you didn't know,I LOVE that song so much...lol | |
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DavidEye said: Some of you are saying that the album should have been trimmed down to a single disc.I think it should have been edited down into a stunning 2-CD set,as there are about 12 tracks that just don't measure up.When you get rid of crap like "We Gets Up","Style",the lame title track and the four remakes,you are left with a kickass double album that (almost) rivals 'SOTT'.
... [This message was edited Wed Sep 10 6:29:00 PDT 2003 by DavidEye] for those of you who say to cut the album down - why do i get the feeling you'd be the first to want to get a bootleg of the stuff he shelved . . . he nipped that in the bud and just put it on the album this time. ultimately what the fans WANTED anyway. just a thought . . . music is its own reward - Sting | |
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Great album. Sleep Around, Joint 2 Joint, My Computer, Soul Sanctuary, White Mansion, In This Bed I Scream, The Love We Make & Dreamin' About U are among my very favourite songs of his. | |
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BorisFishpaw said: ...Emancipation was a let down.
It seemed to be one flavor all the way through... Odd. I don't hear that at all. I think it's one of the most varied albums he's ever done. | |
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On the whole, I like all 3 cd's, however I do agree that there are a few songs that are not so great. I love cd 2 the most, but I hate the first 3 songs on cd 3. Cd 1 is pretty good too except for one or two songs. | |
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Cloudbuster said: BorisFishpaw said: ...Emancipation was a let down.
It seemed to be one flavor all the way through... Odd. I don't hear that at all. I think it's one of the most varied albums he's ever done. Varied in content it might well be but you can't tell me 'Emancipation' is not drenched in the same production values all the way through. . "You don't frighten us, English pig dogs. Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person." | |
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giotto said: Cloudbuster said: BorisFishpaw said: ...Emancipation was a let down.
It seemed to be one flavor all the way through... Odd. I don't hear that at all. I think it's one of the most varied albums he's ever done. Varied in content it might well be but you can't tell me 'Emancipation' is not drenched in the same production values all the way through. As are all of his albums. | |
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Cloudbuster said: giotto said: Cloudbuster said: BorisFishpaw said: ...Emancipation was a let down.
It seemed to be one flavor all the way through... Odd. I don't hear that at all. I think it's one of the most varied albums he's ever done. Varied in content it might well be but you can't tell me 'Emancipation' is not drenched in the same production values all the way through. As are all of his albums. Not all of his albums were left in the capable hands of Kirk Johnson, as was this one. I believe that's what Boris was referring to when he mentioned "one flavour all the way through". . . "You don't frighten us, English pig dogs. Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person." | |
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Of course, I meant capable in the loosest sense of the word 
. "You don't frighten us, English pig dogs. Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person." | |
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giotto said: Not all of his albums were left in the capable hands of Kirk Johnson, as was this one. I believe that's what Boris was referring to when he mentioned "one flavour all the way through".
Granted. But his albums all hang together with the same production values apart from Crystal Ball & The Vault which are compilations. | |
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Cloudbuster said: giotto said: Not all of his albums were left in the capable hands of Kirk Johnson, as was this one. I believe that's what Boris was referring to when he mentioned "one flavour all the way through".
Granted. But his albums all hang together with the same production values apart from Crystal Ball & The Vault which are compilations. Must be why I love those two albums so much... giotto said: Varied in content it might well be but you can't tell me 'Emancipation' is not drenched in the same production values all the way through.
Precisely what's so annoying about the whole set. You can argue that "his albums all hang together with the same production values" but not to the aggravating extent of "Emancipation." The Normal Whores Club | |
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Anxiety said: Oh, and that image of Oprah running on a treadmill singing "Emancipation" ruined that damn song for me forever.
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If the wind blew every petal from your precious red rose 
Would U be afraid of what U'd find inside? 
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I agree that there are a lot of songs on the compliation that I just don't like. However, the majority of it is exceptional.
Especially CD 2. I've had to buy Emancipation at least three times to replace disc 2 and one time, because my husband stole disc 3 and he doesn't even like Prince. All I can say is, this set has something for everyone. **************************************************
If the wind blew every petal from your precious red rose
Would U be afraid of what U'd find inside?
Prince - Dreamin' About U | |
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Emanicipation is easily his weakest title song ever. http://elmadartista.tumblr.com/ http://twitter.com/madartista | |
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Prince on autopilot. Most of the songs start with the title, which annoys the hell out of me.
30% of it is great though. |
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This topic is done to death (along with "Edit Emancipation down to one CD"), nobody ever agrees on which are the good/bad songs so just as well we got them all to choose from. | |
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Cloudbuster said: BorisFishpaw said: ...Emancipation was a let down.
It seemed to be one flavor all the way through... Odd. I don't hear that at all. I think it's one of the most varied albums he's ever done. I'm not saying there is no variation on Emancipation. I'm saying that it is one of his least varied albums. It just lacks extremes, and because it's a 3cd set, it really ought to to have been more eclectic musically. The Gold Experience was much more varied than Emancipation and that was only 1 disc. Nothing on Emancipation rocks as hard as Endorphinmachine, nothing funks as hard as Now, none of the ballads on it are quite as good as I Hate U or Shy, and one of my favorite tracks on Emancipation (Somebody's Somebody) is actually a left over from the Gold Experience era. I do actually like most of the tracks on Emancipation, it's just as an album, it doesn't hold my attention half as much as most of Prince's others. | |
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BorisFishpaw said: I'm not saying there is no variation on Emancipation. I'm saying
that it is one of his least varied albums. It just lacks extremes, and because it's a 3cd set, it really ought to to have been more eclectic musically. The Gold Experience was much more varied than Emancipation and that was only 1 disc. Nothing on Emancipation rocks as hard as Endorphinmachine, nothing funks as hard as Now, none of the ballads on it are quite as good as I Hate U or Shy, and one of my favorite tracks on Emancipation (Somebody's Somebody) is actually a left over from the Gold Experience era. I do actually like most of the tracks on Emancipation, it's just as an album, it doesn't hold my attention half as much as most of Prince's others. 
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FunkMistress said: BorisFishpaw said: I'm not saying there is no variation on Emancipation. I'm saying
that it is one of his least varied albums. It just lacks extremes, and because it's a 3cd set, it really ought to to have been more eclectic musically. The Gold Experience was much more varied than Emancipation and that was only 1 disc. Nothing on Emancipation rocks as hard as Endorphinmachine, nothing funks as hard as Now, none of the ballads on it are quite as good as I Hate U or Shy, and one of my favorite tracks on Emancipation (Somebody's Somebody) is actually a left over from the Gold Experience era. I do actually like most of the tracks on Emancipation, it's just as an album, it doesn't hold my attention half as much as most of Prince's others.
Hear, hear.
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Anxiety said: Oh, and that image of Oprah running on a treadmill singing "Emancipation" ruined that damn song for me forever.
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We can all argue and say how we could have edited Emancipation, but the bottom line is we're just fans!
All I know is that my favorite Artist gave me 3 cd's of new music and I'm thankful. Emancipation the album rates fair but, Emancipation the ACT is worth all the glory.Ask Prince how he feels about being free to record and release whatever he wants. Prince has paid dues for his artistic freedom which he gets no credit for from the Industry AND THAT SAYS WHAT? Long live PRINCE the KING is dead. Peace, Carmy | |
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If you go to the Liberty Fair Mall in Martinsville Va, the 3cds are on sale in the record store for $9.99!!! I think I spent three times that amount on it. | |
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enjoyniki said: If you go to the Liberty Fair Mall in Martinsville Va, the 3cds are on sale in the record store for $9.99!!! I think I spent three times that amount on it.
It's a pity but Emancipation is in bargain bins the world over. | |
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I totally dig disk 2!!!  | |
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"Lets go down to the Holy River" | |
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