There are two new Prince albums coming out in a few days (1 Viewer)

[Lili Marlene]

Hurrah! It's been over 4 years since his last album, which has been the biggest gap in his entire career.

HURRAH.

Yeah fuck it I dunno, more threads are good right?

 

[Lili Marlene]

where's @Goodbye when you need him

 

[ann post]

I'm interested in this. but i have come to see you as my filter on prince. I'll wait till you hear it and then decide if I need to hear it or not.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Is Prince still any good?

That track on the Janelle Monae record was a groover

 

[Lili Marlene]

Prince can be good in the studio when he wants to be these days, he has an inability to capture in the studio how good his rock stuff is live though. I'm more interested in his solo album for that reason. If there's one classic on it I'll be happy enough.

I'd make you a spotify playlist of his best stuff over the past decade to prove he can still bring it but sure none of it is on spotify.

 

[ann post]

Prince can be good in the studio when he wants to be these days, he has an inability to capture in the studio how good his rock stuff is live though. I'm more interested in his solo album for that reason. If there's one classic on it I'll be happy enough.

something you tweeted from thirdeyegirl a while back live was amazing, live. i found the studio version and didn't get it.

 

[rettucs]

HURRAH

 

[Lili Marlene]

this is going back a few years (2009) but it's a proper attempt by him at channeling Hendrix

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[Denny Oubidoux]

He should stick to synths

 

[Lili Marlene]

how about this one? From his last album

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[Lili Marlene]

Still can't believe he wrote a song based on this meme

and it's GREAT!

First album is fairly meh so far though

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I listened to the first track on each last night. The rock one was surprisingly good, the other one surprisingly odd. I might listen to two more tracks today

 

[Lili Marlene]

Am liking Plectrum Electrum a lot more on first listen.

Except when the girls sing lead...

Kind of disappointed the song quality on Art Official Age isn't higher than the single song stuff he's been throwing out every other week the past few years, was hoping he'd step up his game a bit for a 'proper' release. Seems decent enough overall though, will take a few more listens before I decide if i should consign it to the same dustbin as The Slaughterhouse or New Power Soul

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

I like Slaughterhouse

 

[Lili Marlene]

Meh. You should be seeking out 80's outtakes, not listening to forgettable plastic funk (Northside is good)

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Maybe I'm mixing it up with that chocolate one

 

[george mcfly]

I rediscovered by tape of Exodus a couple of weeks back. That was his best band of the 90s and there are some great tracks on there. Count The Days is a classic Prince jam and though the rap stuff has dated a bit on tracks like Get Wild, it's still killer

 

[george mcfly]

I was thinking about this at lunchtime, and I started worrying about what if Prince was googling himself and had a read of this thread. So, I take back saying that the rap from Get Wild is dated and instead I'll say that it was of it's time.

Because back in 1995, Versace did have it going on with the black mesh.

 

[Lili Marlene]

I've listened to that album countless times and the only songs I can remember are Return of the Bump Squad and Hallucination Rain. Great songs tho

 

[george mcfly]

@Lili Marlene someday we will perform Prince karaoke together.