Comments on: Prince’s Big-Box Deal: Minneapolis Represent

By: 甲狀腺癌

甲狀腺癌 — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 16:33:42 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:21:25 +0000

I have to agree with most of your assessments eriq78. “The Gold Experience” is probably his most underrated album. And “3121″ did have 4 pretty good jams on it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 12:10:07 +0000

there was a time when i would hope in anticipation with each new prince album that it might be a return to greatness. that time has passed…

Prince’s last great album – the Gold Experience (1995 – so underrated!!)

after that:
Chaos and Disorder – 2/3rds fun, ends bitterly.
Emancipation – too much, too slow, with too little.
Crystal Ball – a mixed up mess of 3rd rate funk and smaltzy showtunes, with a few killer jams.
New Power Soul – boring vamps with audience shouts that go nowhere.
Rave un2 the joy fantastic – the Santana model with pointless guest musicians and more flaccid drum machines!
Rainbow Children – Sounds more alive than anything in ages but ruined by retarded religious wankery.
N.E.W.S – i listened to this twice. i think.
Musicology – nope. overrated hype. 2 or 3 passable songs, if that. only one i can remember bits it’s title from neil young.
3121 – hey look at that, 4 pretty good jams! an improvement, maybe the next one will…
Planet Earth – sucks. still hasn’t learned how to rap.

there’s a couple i missed, cuz i was never enough of a sucker to shell out $100+ for NPGmusic club crap. anyway, what the world needs now, is not another prince protege.

By: thumper

thumper — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:56:13 +0000

!!!!! those live sets “…since purple rain.” *dies*

By: Lucas Jensen

Lucas Jensen — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:26:44 +0000

@eriq78: I forgot N.E.W.S. even came out.

By: Thierry

Thierry — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 02:05:35 +0000

@eriq78: The Gold Experience is a classic, despite those awkward messages from the operator/hostess. As an album, it's by far the best thing he's released in 20 years, but it rarely receives the accolades it deserves. And has been out of print for ages.

$77 might be a steal if it includes recordings from classic shows and afterparties - but I suspect we'll have pay $20-30 per show or unreleased cd.

By: Jay Smooth

Jay Smooth — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:49:14 +0000

Yeah nobody loves P more than me (I'll take you on any day Matos!) but I can't get excited about his studio releases anymore, especially after hearing the leaks from this set.

The archive thing MIGHT be super mind-blowingly awesome, but I'm gonna wait for the details before I plotz. "Unreleased music" could mean Camille outtakes, or it could mean Tamar outtakes..

...who am I kidding, I'm totally signing up on the first day!

By: Ned Raggett

Ned Raggett — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:40:09 +0000

My hesitation about this otherwise wonderful news is that Prince tends to equate ‘unreleased’ with ‘unreleased and recorded somewhere after 1992 or so’ — and it could be worse but you know.

By: Chris N.

Chris N. — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:32:43 +0000

‘Crystal Ball’ was initially released only through Minneapolis-based Best Buy, oddly enough. Or not.

By: Cos

Cos — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 11:17:11 +0000

$11.98 for 3 discs of new material is a nice deal, but I’d be willing to pay $25 or more (depending on the DVD options) for a decently mixed recording of Prince’s Coachella set last year. I was in attendance and I’ve got a bootleg sound board clip, but it’d be really nice to have a quality version of it.