G3000 said:

Their originality showed on the ballads. All of the uptempo songs were built on the same Linn Drum pattern as "Baby, I'm A Star."

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and we bought it!!

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Especially on their first two albums. By the time we got to Ruff-N-Ready (I think it was), they had jumped on the New Jack Swing bandwagon. But I agree on their ballads. That was always where they shined the brightest. They could get funky or even rock out a little in their live shows but those ballads were steller

G3000 said:

. All of the uptempo songs were built on the same Linn Drum pattern as "Baby, I'm A Star."

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and we bought it!!

that's true but the interesting thing is,RFTW were giving listeners that cold,electronic,synth-and-Linn drum machine sound that Prince had abandoned by 1985.Some of their songs would not have sounded out of place on the 1999 album.

To me,their most Prince-sounding songs are "Mary Goes Round","Baby (Let Me Love You)","I'm The One Who Loves You" and "Ceramic Girl".