If we're talking about what is almost implicit - biggest drop in quality after a culture-conquering 1985 Grammy nod record - then perhaps that underscores why the Prince is such a disappointment. I mean, I'm not sure what could have followed "Purple Rain," but this is the only record of the above bunch that willfully, erratically flouts expectations.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, February 24, 2012 11:32 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i kinda feel like EVERY prince record, at least when he mattered, is erratic and flouts expectations, even the good ones. when i finally heard Around The World after seeing it kicked around for years i was like damn, this may not be top tier but it's totally of a piece with his output of that era.
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
If you can access this link, Billboard ran a front page story a week after ATWIAD's release about the frustration from programmers who didn't get a single and record store owners who weren't selling as many copies because Prince refused to release a single.
He relented the following week, hence "Raspberry Beret."
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
in the Twin Cities they just played the song "Paisley Park" on repeat until "Raspberry Beret" came out
― robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
it's so surreal to think about a major artist dropping an album without an advance single, which i guess was a little more common back then, living in the era of yearlong singles campaigns before the release date
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
Oh hai, remember me? I'm The King of Limbs.
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 February 2012 18:24 (twelve years ago) link
i mean like an artist whose singles people actually care about and play on the radio
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
Just realized now this is for albums, not songs--my post way above referred only to songs.
― clemenza, Friday, 24 February 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
Was "Raspberry Beret" a video before it was a single?
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago) link
xps dance around it all you want, but Radiohead is still a major artist despite having no radio presence. I think something like that happens about as often now as it did in the 80s (which is, to say, rarely).
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 24 February 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
i know it's always been somewhat rare. i just mean that pre-SoundScan first week sales weren't everything so not having a blitz of advance singles wasn't necessarily a Radiohead-style act of defiance. even something as deliberately engineered to be a blockbuster as Born In The U.S.A. just had its first single released exactly a month before the album.
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
05. James Brown - “Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine” 517 votes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdyf8SuoGI0
was this the first time the word "sex" was used in a hit song title?
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:49 (twelve years ago) link
man if this single had appeared on Dancing on the Ceiling...
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:52 (twelve years ago) link
haha oops
― Artful Dodderer (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:53 (twelve years ago) link
Cyndi would have fun with that track
― DNRIYHM NATION 1814 (some dude), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:54 (twelve years ago) link
not to mention Tina.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 February 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
I don't hear songs like "Rosalita" and "Hungry Heart" as being beige. They're kind of shiny.
― timellison, Friday, 24 February 2012 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
We would not have "Tambourine" had it not been for “Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine”
― robbery by sudden snatching (DJP), Friday, 24 February 2012 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
Around The World in a Day by a wide margin
― cool teach-in bro (buzza), Saturday, 25 February 2012 06:56 (twelve years ago) link
I don't know anyone born in California who gives a shit about Bruce.
Hello there
― all the other twinks with their fucked up dicks (billy), Saturday, 25 February 2012 07:11 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 1 March 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
poor Lionel
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 March 2012 00:27 (twelve years ago) link