thread spurred me to put art officialage on and the run of 'clouds' through 'this could be us' is really really strong! 'U Know' is a legit pantheon jam.
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 February 2021 15:19 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jve1qf_gANQ
― That's not really my scene (I'm 41) (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 18 February 2021 15:20 (three years ago) link
I think the Hitnrun duo and (especially) Artofficialage are good albums! Seems to me he was in the process of putting out some solid music at the end of his life.
I thought the first Hit n Run was very disappointing even though the last two tracks are really good, but otherwise I agree, Art Official Age and Hit n Run Phase Two were very good albums. If he was still alive, I would've expected his current output to remain pretty uneven. Besides the first Hit n Run, I thought 3rdeyegirl was underwhelming and conventional to a fault, but a middle-aged artist releasing two good new albums out of four within 2-3 years is still impressive.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 18 February 2021 18:56 (three years ago) link
the original alice smith version of another love on plectrum electrum is worth checking out. i really liked princes version of it and thought it was his own, until i heard hers, and actually prefer hers now, mainly as it doesnt have that last 'eye hate u'-ish spoken part that prince put into his one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA4F5P9defI
― candyman, Thursday, 18 February 2021 21:06 (three years ago) link
I definitely ride hard for hit n run II. Have not connected strongly with AOI; something about the soundworld of it bothers me
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Friday, 19 February 2021 04:04 (three years ago) link
*AOA
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Friday, 19 February 2021 04:10 (three years ago) link
Even though AOA went thru the motions for the most part it's the freshest for me of his last albums. The 3rd Eye Girl stuff always seemed to me like Prince letting his rock n roll side run as wild as it could with one of his most mediocre backup bands gumming up the works. AOA was at least a fun listen in spots. But then again I always preferred studio boffin Prince post 1990 ( bar "Rainbow Children" - with possibly his last excellent band )to the Vegas horns and rote arrangements "Musicology" / post- "Musicology" Prince. I saw him twice on the "Musicology" tour and he was a masterful performer but the "essence du Prince" was considerably stifled by then.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Saturday, 20 February 2021 09:08 (three years ago) link
Aoa=prince after listening to janelle monae. Agree though, it does feel like he was trying with that one, compared to PE. Also helps that he had someone else producing.
― candyman, Saturday, 20 February 2021 12:31 (three years ago) link
via our own fact checking cuz, had no idea this existed!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHdE5BVAUDk
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 29 March 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
diamonds and pearls deluxe edition coming out later this year from the looks of it.
― candyman, Monday, 29 March 2021 17:25 (three years ago) link
:-/
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Monday, 29 March 2021 17:25 (three years ago) link
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.
― candyman, Monday, 29 March 2021 17:33 (three years ago) link
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.
― birdistheword, Monday, 29 March 2021 17:40 (three years ago) link
“I sincerely want to shimmy the taste out of your mouth... can you relate?”Xposts
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Monday, 29 March 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link
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
― Dana Jel Pey (DJP), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 14:04 (three years ago) link
I heard her Whole Lotta Love and Legs, but never LPWM
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 15:12 (three years ago) link
Damn that comp looks righteous, I’m going to go find that
― covidsbundlertanze op. 6 (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 15:45 (three years ago) link
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?
― Cow_Art, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
bummed that Parade is pushed back for this, that's the one I'm most excited for
― I like signing up to dead sites (sleeve), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 17:21 (three years ago) link
Prince has had multiple New Jerseys: Batman, Love Symbol, Musicology, arguably Emancipation
― Dana Jel Pey (DJP), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 17:25 (three years ago) link
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.
― candyman, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 19:17 (three years ago) link
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)
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 19:50 (three years ago) link
What is Come then?
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 19:53 (three years ago) link
fucking great iirc
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musicology_(album)
^^^ went platinum
― Dana Jel Pey (DJP), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:08 (three years ago) link
With roughly 95% of those copies (if not more) having been given away to concertgoers.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:12 (three years ago) link
was that the newspaper giveaway?
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
He debuted two albums as free newspaper giveaways in the UK; Musicology was just given away on the seats for that year's tour.
― armoured van, Holden (sic), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:24 (three years ago) link
^ Planet Earth (2007) and 20Ten.
― armoured van, Holden (sic), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:25 (three years ago) link
musicology had "call my name" on it so i'm sure plenty of ppl actually bought it rather than a concert ticket lol
― dyl, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 03:16 (three years ago) link
Reflection on musicology (with wendy on guitar as it happens) was the best thing on there.
― candyman, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 05:37 (three years ago) link
Batman is too weird and good to qualify as a NJ
― lukas, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 05:55 (three years ago) link
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
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 15:35 (three years ago) link
some of this is "how old were you when you first watched SNL"
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 15:40 (three years ago) link
Lovesexy was my first Prince LP and is often still my favourite
― anecdotal certainly but not nothing (stevie), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 16:13 (three years ago) link
i'm not saying it's bad, it's a good album
but it's the end of the era
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 16:32 (three years ago) link
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
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 16:34 (three years ago) link
It does stink
― Dana Jel Pey (DJP), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 16:37 (three years ago) link
Eric Weisbard got it right re Lovesexy: "more okay God pop."
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 16:38 (three years ago) link
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
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 31 March 2021 16:39 (three years ago) link
Releasing it as one long track was easily one of the biggest mistakes he ever made.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 16:43 (three years ago) link
At least on vinyl you can drop the needle
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 16:45 (three years ago) link
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.
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 16:48 (three years ago) link
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...
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 16:56 (three years ago) link
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.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
Walk Don't Walk is good too! Cream ain't bad either! It's just a handful of zonkers on there imo.
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 17:04 (three years ago) link
I think you all are underestimating exactly how bad "Jughead" is
― Dana Jel Pey (DJP), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 17:06 (three years ago) link
Ranking the singles:
Money Don't Matter 2 NightCreamInsatiableGett OffThunderDiamonds and Pearls
― avatar of a kind of respectability homosexual culture (Eric H.), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 17:30 (three years ago) link
Gett Off is embarrassing. Otherwise otm
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 31 March 2021 17:34 (three years ago) link