Today is Rave's 4 year anniversary of release. Now, I know a lot of you like to poopoo this album at every opportunity but I have to ask, how could you hate the album that has "Prettyman", "Man O War", and "The Sun, The Moon, And Stars" on it? So for today let's just show our love for 'Rave' even if it's only for just 1 song.

Let's hear it for track 4, a bit short at 4 seconds, but at least the music and lyrics compliment each other perfectly.

Happy Birthday 'Rave'

langebleu said:

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Well, it's difficult to me. I think Rave is a failed experiment, and it's not one of my fav albums (if I think about Rave, Everyday is a..., So far so pleased, Baby knows...), but when I hear Pretty man (so funky), the lyrics of Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do, Strange But True, and other things, I recognize is a very interesting album, not as bad as many people say.

As with 'Emancipation' the good outweighs the bad on 'Rave'

The Good:
I Love u But I don't Trust U Anymore
Strange But True
The Greatest Romance Ever Sold
Prettyman
Man O' War
The Sun, The Moon, And Stars
Tangerine
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic
So Far, So Pleased

The Bad
Everyday Is A Winding Road

The 'I'm not quite sure':
Baby Knows
Wherever U Go, Whatever U Do
Undisputed
Silly Game

'the sun, the moon & stars' is cute...but that's where it all ends for me.

I really like Rave, sure it's no Lovesexy but if went by that my Prince cd collection would half the size it is. I'll bet if Prince showed up at your house (which isn't impossible anymore these days) and asked you to bust out Rave most the people on here would be praising the shit out of it.

I'm gonna review this album now
[This message was edited Sun Nov 9 9:34:14 PST 2003 by IstenSzek]

maybe some of the songs r good, but i never feel like listening 2 them besides TGRES.

pretty man is nothing new and its ok 4 an aftershow but not 4 an album

...and baby knows is a big fart, stupid song.

I love Baby Knows, it sounds like a cross between Kenny Loggins' "Footloose" and your typical Rolling Stones rock song. A little cheesy, but pure musical candy.

"Man o' War" and "I Love U But I Don't Trust U Anymore" are modern day Prince masterpieces.

For those three reasons, and a few more, Rave is a pretty good album (at least by other artists' standards).

It's one of my least favorite Prince albums but it's okay.
Here's how I see it:
Rave-- his voice annoys me on that one
Undisputed-- just not a good song
TGRES-- too slick, boring R&B
Hot Wit U-- it's okay
Tangerine-- short but sweet
Sun,Moon, and Stars-- aside from the terrible wannabe Carribean/reggae flavor it's okay
Everyday's A Winding Road-- I like it.
Man O' War-- it's okay but something's missing
I Love U but I don't Trust U anymore-- that's what's missing. A little more Ani wouldn't have hurt though.
Strange But True/Beautiful Strange-- best track on the record in either case.
Silly Game-- pathetic, whiny waste of disc space
Baby Knows-- kinda reminds me of Shy in that I am quite indifferent to it. Filler is what I call it.
Wherever you go, Whatever you do-- I like it. It's not great and isn't a strong way to close your so-called comeback album but it's listenable
Prettyman-- a cool song, nothing to get excited about though.

All in all I like the album but it doesn't get a lot of spins because I have many cds that I prefer to this one.

i loved this album when it 1st came out, but i got bored with it very quickly,very,very quickly in fact.its the only p album i can say that about !

there r some great tracks=
tgrtebs
the sun the moon and stars
man o war
baby knows
wherever u go ...
the rest is ok,apart from "rave" i'm not 2 keen on this 1 !

everyday is a winding road , like the album 1 minute i love it 1 minute i'm not sure !

STRANGE BUT TRUE !!!

I can't stand listening to:

TGRES
Everyday is a Winding Road
Man 'O' War


Bearable to listen to are:

Rave Un2...
Undisputed
Hot Wit U
Wherever U go...


Just good:

The Sun the Moon and Stars
Baby Knows


Tracks that make the album worthwhile:

Tangerine
So Far So Pleased
I Love U
Silly Game
Strange But True
Prettyman

I've been waiting for this cd to turn up in the cheap bins, but it is just gone. No shops I've been to have it any more. I don't want to pay full price for this but it's the only album missing from my collection. My ISP (thru work) filters out e-bay, otherwise I imagine I could still buy it there?

I like the Album Rave un2 the joy fantastic. I was so proud of it, when I buy it ... I like it sooo much !!!

This album is sllloowwwly growing on me, thanks mostly to the Rave IN2 remix disc, which I think is WAY superior to Rave UN2. Some songs still bug the crap out of me - the Cheryl Crow song is horrendous, TGRES bores the crap outta me, Silly Game gives me a migrane...but there's something under the surface of that album that's very interesting, I'll grantcha that...

Still one of my faves...even after all the haters

This is Prince album that got me back into his music. I just bought the remix disk at www.musictoday.com

Great stuff