4 ME , THIS is an essential album, one of his best , almost 20 YEARS OLD ! playing all instruments.. i just love his music.....

WINNERS?? all winners!!!!!

1. I WANNA BE YOU LOVER - ESSENTIAL R&b club hit , essential production, timeless

2. Why u wanna treat me so bad - essential, classic prince song, the guitar playing is amazing!

3. Sexy dancer - it works 4 me, but not my first choice on the album

4. When we´re dancing close and slow - essential song , amazing production, great lyrics

5. With you - nice song , great music, that´s it...

6. Bambi - Essential production , amazing guitar playing,

7. Still waiting - 4 me, not his best, but still great song

8. I feel 4 you - nice song , great production, great keyboard playing,

9 . It´s gonna be lonely - essential song, amazing production, great lyrics...


My friends, this Album it´s one of my favourites Prince album.....

It´s amazing that Prince produced,arranged and written this songs at 20 years old

this album "PRINCE/ PRINCE" is AMAZING , ESSENTIAL , TIMELESS.....

it's almost 25 years old.

other n'that, yeah the album is still hot after all this time.

sexy dancer

It is unique and great - an album almost entirely of slow songs that doesnt get boring

Very good album that I got into way too late. But it is always nice to have an album like this waiting for you after all these years of being a Prince fan!

i shall be writing up a testimonial about the prince album here later on tonight...it ain't october 19th yet, but what the hey.

stay tuned.

My anuntie got it me for christmas one year...took her bloody ages because she kept asking the stores for an album called Prince Prince instead of Prince by Prince...mind you,you'd think the stores would have clicked!!!!

grab somethin to drink, you'll be occupied for a bit.

Prince (1979)

© Jurgen Reisch

the way i see it, prince has gotta be like one of the most underrated albums in the cat's whole catalogue of work. yes, every once in a while you'll see somebody mention about "i wanna be your lover" or "i feel for you"--but they won't mention shit else on the album! shame, too, because this entire album is teh mega-hottness. this album was like the musical equivalent of prince poppin his head outta the freak closet, because the album was a helluva lot more sexually trumped-up than anything on for you. folks have said that dirty mind was p's first foray into the whole sexually explicit thing, but it ain't really so. this album here was the true foundation to all of that stuff, and most folks overlook this.

i remember the day when i first heard this album in full--i was about 18 or so, and i had special-ordered the album out at the mall cuz there wasn't a record store anywhere in my hometown that had this album on their shelves. i had thought that i'd never be able to hear anything else off of the album other than "i wanna be your lover", "why you wanna treat me so bad?" and "i feel for you", which i had heard on my copy of the hits/the b-sides that i had at home. anyway, i got out to the mall and picked up the album, paid for it, took it home and popped it into my tape player (i didn't have a cd player yet, so the shit was on tape)...gave it a listen...by the time it all ended i was all like "wooooo!" the two songs that kicked my lil' ass upon the very first listen were "sexy dancer" and "bambi" (more on these in a sec).

the album, song by song: side one

i wanna be your lover: this is like the ultimate happy song for me--if any prince song conjures up images of ridin around in a car on a sunny day, this is it. the whole song is class, man...and the opening line of the damn thing is so on-point to me because it sorta stood out from all the other "baby i got a cadillac, a penthouse and a bearskin rug"-type luv (that's right, i said "luv", dammit) songs: i ain't got no money/i ain't like those other guys you hang around...if THAT don't signify truth in a cut, i dunno what does. seriously. that, and the instrumental coda on the tail-end of the song is the shit, too.

why you wanna treat me so bad?: to me, the bestest part of this cut is the little geetar solo at the end. it's just...it just is, alright?

sexy dancer: when i first heard the prince album i remember readin the track list on the cover and thinkin, "'sexy dancer'? what's this?"...then that two-note intro popped up...and the song started goin...then i got a hold of that bassline, and it was just OVER. i was like "oh hell yeah!!!!" i loved-ded "sd" from the very first time i heard it, and to this day it's one of my all-time fave songs. thing of it is, it got whittled down to 4 minutes so it'd fit on the album, which is a pity cuz it woulda been hot if they had it in its full 8 minutes of funk glory...but, it was 1979 and cds n'shit wasn't around yet, sooooo...anyway, "sd" is the ultra-shit!! everything about it is hawt--plus, it had prince's first killa bassline in it. it's simplistic, but it sure as fuck gets the job done. most of my female friends love this cut cuz of one thing and one thing only: the breathing.

y'know that old coca-cola commercial, "i'd like to buy the world a coke" or sumfin like that? me, i'd like to tape copies of the full-length version of "sexy dancer", so the world can shake its collective ass in perfect harmony. for those of you who have either dissed or slept on "sd" and haven't heard the 12" version, believe me...you'd love it after you heard it in full. the album version don't do it justice.

when we're dancing close and slow: this cut is more or less p's first "baby-maker". the sexiness of this cut cannot be denied. never never ever. ladies, ya'll can probably testify to this...



stay tuned for side two, folks! gonna take a break from typing for a sec....

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

Brilliant!

my fave p album !!!

flips album over to side two...puts needle to record...moving right along. got another drink n'everything? good. here i go:

the album, song by song: side two

with you: if there were a prince song that was so sugary...so sappy...so ultimately saccharine...this would be the one. if this song were a krispy kreme donut, your teeth would immediately rot and fall outta your head upon biting it. it's that damned sweet. the song is beautiful, don't get me wrong...but it makes my stomach ball up into a little marble when i hear it.

bambi: the first time i listened to this album i remember recovering from the sap-fest that was "with you" and lookin at the track list and goin, "now what's this?" then the geetar intro came on, the rest of the shit came in and it just whooped my black ass. HARD. "bambi" rox all the sox, shoes, underwear, hair weaves, contact lenses--no, wait! fuck rockin the sox, it rox the whole wardrobe, okay? although this track kicks ass, i still kinda poke fun at the lyrics--sounded more like the brotha was just sorta burnt n'jealous cuz ol' girl was gettin more pussy than he was.

still waiting: listenin to this song always gets me like, "damn--somebody throw the brotha a sympathy fuck or sumfin..." it paints a perfect picture of just plain ol' pitifulness, pretty much. sorta like p's sittin there next to you, tellin you how it sux that he can't get the hook-up with nobody--then it's like, "as fine as you are, and you're cryin over this chit?!" you feel sorry for 'im, but you still wanna slap 'im so he'll quit blubberin. eheh.

i feel for you: chaka khan did this song justice, but nothin beats the original. i actually prefer the original version to the remake, it sounds a helluva lot warmer.

it's gonna be lonely: i always say "fuck 'adore'!" because of this track. everything about the song is just lovely, and that multi-tracked harmonizing bit towards the end, where everything sorta cascades (ya'll know the one)? that never fails to have me testifying. it makes my heart go "yaaaaay!!!!" a great way to close out the album, for sure.



...and there it is.

pee ess:



did i mention that ol' boy looked absolutely yummy around the time this album came out? that, and he was workin the hell outta that farrah fawcett-esque hairdo....matter of fact, he rocked that shit better than farrah!

why you wanna treat me so bad?: to me, the bestest part of this cut is the little geetar solo at the end. it's just...it just is, alright?

HELLO!! I love this jam so much because IT IS responsible for my Princeaholism. The geetar solo the begins and ends this song still GETT my OFF today. FFUUNKKK YEAH!!!!

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

DAYUM!!!!!

BeautifulOneJem said:

Dude, that chick needs to wax her upper lip and shave her arm pits.

AsianBomb777 said:

if you think that chit's scary, you should see his....nawp, ain't gonna say it.

4. When we´re dancing close and slow - boring song , very dated production, horrible lyrics

5. With you - cheesy as hell song, so-so music, it's pretty shit...


Those two songs really fuck this album up for me. The rest are all excellent though.

mr despues>>>>> when were dancing close and slow - u think that the song is "borring" and "horrible lyrics"?? why on earth do u think like that?

Mynameisspmarc>>> agree with u 100%

Handclapsfinga
snapz > " it's gonna be lonely: i always say "fuck 'adore'!" because of this track. everything about the song is just lovely, and that multi-tracked harmonizing bit towards the end, where everything sorta cascades " agree with you almost, but i can "fuck" adore:)

"the way i see it, prince has gotta be like one of the most underrated albums in the cat's whole catalogue of work. yes, every once in a while you'll see somebody mention about "i wanna be your lover" or "i feel for you"--but they won't mention shit else on the album! shame,"

handclap, i don´t agree with that, maybe it´s his most underrated for the "new fans" and the people that only like "purple rain" "kiss" or the commercial songs by prince,, but 4 me and 4 the others PRINCE fans, this is one of his best albums..... underrated?? never!

danielboon >" my fave p album" yes!!

MrTation> "Brilliant!" i love the album..

BeautifulOneJem >"Definately in my top ten fave P albums!!! I still listen to this album all the time it just never gets old!" yes agree with u

funkaholic1972> never 2 late!

purpledoveuk > "unique" - that´s 4 sure.....

How right you are! The funk on that 12 inch is way ahead of it's time for 1979. That jam sounds more like it belonged on the "1999" album following "Lady Cab Driver". The way it breaks down and the way the synths sound. It sounds kinda like something for The Time.

myloveis4ever said:

I totally agree. It's essential for any Prince fan to have this CD.

This album is the one album that always makes me feel humbled as a songwriter. I love all of his albums. This one just hits me deeper than any others.

bernie10 >"I totally agree. It's essential for any Prince fan to have this CD"

and i agree with u

wdrew> "This album is the one album that always makes me feel humbled as a songwriter. I love all of his albums. This one just hits me deeper than any others."

yes true .... it hits you deeper----- i love the album-----

vainandy said:

I agree with that vainandy. I always thought it could have easily been something The TIme would have done. And it does have that 1999 album vibe 2 it. Good ears.

I'VE PLAYED WHY YOU WANNA TREAT ME SO BAD SO MUCH THAT PART OF THE ALBUM TURNED WHITE! NO MATTER HOW MUCH ALCOHOL I USED TO CLEAN IT! AGAIN HIS FIRST FIVE ALBUMS ARE THE TRUTH!

debbiedean2 said:

dayum! me, i've worn out 3 copies of the album on cd....i've got it on vinyl too, and so far it's holdin out fine...

Handclapsfingasnapz> viny,l yes, a must 4 any prince fan:)!