I downloaded and listened to the Musicolgy album today and its great! For the first time in years since i could listen to a prince album once and love it. There is not one bad song on the entire cd....really not one. I made several threads about the single Musicolgy that it would not become a hit and maybe it wont. But, in my eyes now, its a hit. Musicolgy has the right ingredients. Music for the die hard fans, the pop and r&b fans (those sexy ballets). Those kick ass guitar riffs. This album has everything. All it took was one listen to know that this album is definetly a 10!.

Prince is a creative genius and i must remember that because his music is just that. And it consist of real instruments and not machines.

i'd give it an 8.


it started at 7. i put it on par with the Vault. not a classic. nothing revolutionary for popular music or even Prince's career, but a good solid listen that sounds good at any time.

3NineteeN04 said:

co-co-sign I love it

keep playing it over and over again

Agreed!

The album is just a collection of perfectly produced tight songs! No filler! I love it!!!!

I think that maybe there is a reason why Prince has made a relatively short album with all hit-sensitive songs... just maybe he wants to recreate the success of PR by turning every song into a single or B-side.

Maybe, this will become clear when a second and third single are being released, but I think that the first single is an indication of that. Musicology has On The Couch as a B-side... It's just a theory ofcourse, but I think it's very plausible.

BELL6983 said:

This album with real instruments and not Machines > WASH your EARS my friend!!

This album is Rave part 2 for me!!>>Don't like it so much!!

I Like only somes songs!
A million days
What do u want me 2 do
The marrying Kind+If i was the man in your life(Great songs)
Dear Mr Man(Very great)
Reflection!!
On the couch

Hate these ONES(Awful) >>Illusion,Pimp&Circunstance+Life o the party (Worst songs in years)


Don't like so much(Where is the innovation with these ones)
>>Call my name(Scandalous>Adore>ManOwar Bis)
>>Cinnamon Girl (I like it there Bis)
>>Musicology(The work part 2 for me)

....i prefer 2 forget this one & i'm waiting 4 the Next One!
[This message was edited Sat Apr 3 4:06:49 2004 by love2thenines2003]

First off rave was not in no way a bad album. but, if i have to compare this album it will be diamonds and pearls. Had rave been promoted right it would have sold at lease 5million copys. This album i predict it will.

BELL6983 said:

Man, I hope you are right, this album sooo deserves it.

I'm listening to the whole album for the 2nd time right now, and I have to say that all in all this is an excellent outing.

And it just brings one question to my mind:

Wtf were you people whining?!

No, the album doesn't have an overt hip-hop influence, nor does it sound like NPS or Rave. It's his most stylistically and production-wise even record since... who remembers? There's not a bad track on the album, and even if I personally hated Musicology as a single (and still don't think it was the wisest of choices) I can see how it fits well with the rest of the record. It's hard to say how this will fare at the counters all across the world's HMVs but there's nothing that even a pathetic musical elitist like me would dislike about it. It's just all in all, genuinely appealing.

Good work. He has apparently learnt his lesson. Let's just hope that they'd even get the album cover right too this time.

antoon said:

- It´s being well promoted so far. Lots of newspapers here in Brasil talk about it. When TRC and NEWS were released I couldnt see nothing on the papers. I wonder if it will be a hit or not...

love2thenines2003 said:

dude you like 7 out of 12 tracks... sounds to me like you like it a lot more than you're telling us.

prince is eclectic.. its rare for a fan to be as openminded as he is and enjoy EVERY song on an album...
[This message was edited Sat Apr 3 6:48:41 2004 by manonearth]

3NineteeN04 said:

Yup, I'm with ya'll. I"m bumpin' this album 24/7! Right this minute, I'm playin' Marrying Kind/ If I Could Be The Man In Ur Life. The two songs have a nice transition between them.

Prince did it this time baby!

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