prince

:-/

should have been parade (35th anniversary!), but im guessing its the 30th anniversary of D&P too so that wins out. one of his biggest albums after all. cant say im on the edge of my seat to hear outtakes from this period, BUT i really want to see/hear an interview with tony m to see what he makes of this period and prince's incorporation of hip hop.

Going by sales, it makes sense - IIRC it's 3x platinum, higher than even Batman, and the only albums that sold more already had a super deluxe reissue. But I agree, Parade would've been preferable.

“I sincerely want to shimmy the taste out of your mouth... can you relate?”

Xposts

Tina Turner released that as a b-side twice and it was on the 2nd disc of the comp she put out in 1994 (which also contains covers of "Ball of Confusion", "Whole Lotta Love", and "Legs")

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collected_Recordings_%E2%80%93_Sixties_to_Nineties

I heard her Whole Lotta Love and Legs, but never LPWM

Damn that comp looks righteous, I’m going to go find that

Will be curious to see how D&P deluxe sells. I know it was a big hit but I don’t know that it has aged well at all. Is it Prince’s New Jersey?

bummed that Parade is pushed back for this, that's the one I'm most excited for

Prince has had multiple New Jerseys: Batman, Love Symbol, Musicology, arguably Emancipation

its also the 40th anniversary of the controversy album. but i guess i will have to make do with a CD of multiple house mixes of gett off and cream :( as its the 5th anniversary of his death, they could have released three deluxe editions (in my mind at least) but im guessing they are drip feeding us.

D&P was his big 90s album. nothing else sold as much after the 80s. its kind of like his lets dance.

imo Love Symbol is his New Jersey zenith purely in commercial terms when looking over his career in terms of before and after

(allowing for relative commercial dips and resurgences 1985-1991)

What is Come then?

fucking great iirc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicology_(album)

^^^ went platinum

With roughly 95% of those copies (if not more) having been given away to concertgoers.

was that the newspaper giveaway?

He debuted two albums as free newspaper giveaways in the UK; Musicology was just given away on the seats for that year's tour.

^ Planet Earth (2007) and 20Ten.

musicology had "call my name" on it so i'm sure plenty of ppl actually bought it rather than a concert ticket lol

Reflection on musicology (with wendy on guitar as it happens) was the best thing on there.

Batman is too weird and good to qualify as a NJ

I feel like Lovesexy is his New Jersey

it had a huge hit in Alphabet Street, still felt like a new Prince album was an event, but also felt like the end of the classic era, he'd have hits after that but it always felt like a legacy artist having hits

at the time Love Symbol almost felt like a comeback

some of this is "how old were you when you first watched SNL"

Lovesexy was my first Prince LP and is often still my favourite

i'm not saying it's bad, it's a good album

but it's the end of the era

hmm tho diamonds and pearls is messing up my theory..i forget how big that album was just because i think it pretty much stinks

It does stink

Eric Weisbard got it right re Lovesexy: "more okay God pop."

D&P remains an excrescence

Lovesexy is the end of the imperial run; even if it is overused, “1980-88” will probably be a part of Prince conversation til the end of time

Releasing it as one long track was easily one of the biggest mistakes he ever made.

At least on vinyl you can drop the needle

There's actually quite a bit I like on D&P when looking at the tracklist again. But yes, the overall impression is that it's very ungood.

Diamonds and Pearls is high school to me so i don't get the hate. I still unreservedly love most of the album, particularly Money Don't Matter 2 Night, Strollin, Thunder, Insatiable, Get Off, Willing and Able...

High school for me too, and I still l thought it sucked aprt from the second and fourth singles and "Walk Don't Walk." Prince wanted R&B hits again, he got them.

Walk Don't Walk is good too! Cream ain't bad either! It's just a handful of zonkers on there imo.

I think you all are underestimating exactly how bad "Jughead" is

Ranking the singles:

Money Don't Matter 2 Night
Cream
Insatiable
Gett Off
Thunder
Diamonds and Pearls

Gett Off is embarrassing. Otherwise otm

Songs i will not readily rep for on D+P: the title cut, jughead, push.
Live 4 Love is sprawling but has some good batman energy and Daddy Pop is totally a too-long b-side but I have some nostalgic love.
Three bad tracks out of 13 on a prince album is to be expected!

My main memory of the album will always be this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-h4UK2G8B0

This was the first "maxi-single" i ever bought and it kinda blew my little teen age mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-CHzzvJTMg

@DJP - MN only reference but the title track always had a Lorie Line vibe

what’s that link, forks?

"Violet the Organ Grinder" off the Gett Off maxi-single

merci

love the title track, it sounds like it was mixed/mastered for those crappy stereos at gas pumps

We got a new album in July:
https://store.prince.com/product/5QCDPR047/welcome-2-america-cd

I hope it's good. I didn't like 20Ten from the same year but it had a pair of keepers that I put on a personal compilation of Prince's later work.