Been listening to Lovesexy today.
Though I rate the song as one of his finest ballads , I can't help but think it doesn't fit, musically / lyrically with the rest of the album.
Fact is always skip the track when listening to the Black Album.

What do you think?
What was the man thinking, when he decided to include the song on Lovesexy?

I always skip it on TBA too - I guess that answers the question.

Lovesexy

The Black Album

To me, the song works on both. It's as dark as The Black Album and sweet and romantic as Lovesexy.

NWF said:

I agree. It feels different on both albums somehow, in the context of the rest of the songs.

1p1p1i3 said:

I'll join this chorus and say I concur.

Lovesexy!!

It fits well on both. though it blends in better with the
Lovesexy tracks. Especially since it segues so beautifully
out of the "swwweeet dreamszz" Lovesexy ending.

Then "When 2 R In Love" and "I Wish U Heaven" sounds very
dreamy indeed. Fits well.

i like the fact that it doesnt segue on the black album...but i think it works best on lovesexy...

Lovesexy. Just 'cos.

It does seem slightly awkward on both albums, but I think it fits a bit better on Lovesexy, as that whole album deals with an interplay between sex, love and God.

NOWHERE else on the Black Album does the concept of sex within the confines of real love -- let alone something divine -- raise its head.
[This message was edited Tue Nov 11 10:50:34 PST 2003 by Lammastide]

I generally can do without the song altogether, though. I think it's fairly weak.

With the concept of lovesexy, 2r in love fits.


Of course, it also fits in a sick way on the black album.

Lammastide said:

Now you people are saying "it fits on TBA in a sick way" I kinda get why it's on there, I always skipped it before.

I always imagined what TBA would be like with Dead On It and When 2 R In Love - replaced with two other house/funk stompers - it could have been Prince's coolest dancefloor album

yes ! lovesexy !

no ! black ,w2ril is 2 lightweight and just doesnt fit with that real dark album !

I like it on LoveSexy much better. I always thought it sounded out of place on TBA. TBA is a very dark album and W2RIL is not a dark song. It's very spiritual alot like LoveSexy...

I love it on the black album ... makes it more X-rated instead of spiritual ...
In fact, the track is both, but I like Prince's X-rated side.
On LoveSexy this track seems just another R&B track, with lousy lyrics.
On the Black Album it gets the attention it deserves.

PEJ said:

That's a dreadful look.

i erased it from my black album

wildblueangel said:

really?

do u think the album flows better now without it?

I always thought "When 2 R In Love" was sweet but like cold and darker percussively (the tempo too) than the rest of Lovesexy and fit better on Black Album.

It is certainly the best song on Black Album and so logically deserved some sort of proper release in 1988.

When I got the original black bootleg in early 88, I always thought "When 2 R in Love" did not fit on the album. I was suprised he didn't keep it up tempo, particularly as the album was designed as an answer to those who questioned his funk.

I though that should have replaced it with something like "Rebirth Of the Flesh", or "Fill U Up". Even a reworked "Witness" would have fitted better.

I am currently listening to it on TBA and can say it fits in fine here as well as on Lovesexy.

... Bob George just started...love this.

r1ghteousone said:

sure...i have cloreen bacon skin instead

It always pisses me off on the Black Album because I want to hear "I Wish U Heaven" after it.