I know it'as an old chestnut, but how do you think things would have gone if he'd released 'The Black Album' instead of 'Lovesexy'?

daned said:

it wouldn't have been released in the 90's

sorry couldnt resist it ...

ps it would have saved me a lot of money

i bought 5 bootlegs 2 on cassette 3 on vinyl all 5 were shite quality. i even used 2 listen 2 a tape which was the wrong speed but still liked it !!!
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I had a boot around the time it was due to be released. It really didn't feel right following up SOTT. MDMA or not, I think it was wise to recall it.

i think that it would have been more exciting/daring to have released the Camille album to see if he could have gotten away with it.

It was the first bootleg I ever purchased...

I do think that by not releasing it, he opened his fans' eyes to the possibilities of buying unreleased material.

I never realised there were other bootlegs out there until I purchased The Black Album on cassette (and then vinyl) back in 1988.

He unwittingly opened the floodgates, I think.

muirdo said:

I agree, and I agree with an earlier statement that it would have sucked to come behind SOTT...

Thank GOD it wasn't released back then!

Moonbeam said:

Why the barfface?

TRON said:

I think it's not worthy of his 80s output at all. It's my third least favorite Prince album. Plus, we would not have gotten "Lovesexy."

Moonbeam said:

It would've been cult like the Dirty Mind/Controversy era.

But I agree. Lovesexy was the album that needed to be released.

TRON said:

I like it more as an ex-post facto kinda deal. It was a nice treat in 1994. I don't listen to it but maybe once every other year, but it's got some decent tracks. "Lovesexy" is timeless, though.