Sign 'O' The Times

I’m not the biggest fan in the world. I think maybe I want funk to be dance music, where as this is definitely funky but kinda sit down funk? Maybe because he seems like a bit of a wanker? Dunno, but I like it but don’t love it.

Very groovy, house quake was amazing song

8/10, good prince album, quite long though

8/10. Pretty good, but certainly not my favorite Prince album. Had good variety which helped mitigate the length, but not much of it stood out to me.

September 27, 2021 This is fun - I enjoyed "Housequake", "Strange Relationship", "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man". Not as epic as I expected given what everyone says about Prince.

Sexy

a good album by prince. Though this probably havsn't stood the test of time like purple rain has.

a pretty good pop album. 4.4/5 stars

Prince is underrated in a ton of ways. His guitar playing is out of this world... He's an unbelievable innovator... he has a great voice and pretty much everything he does funks. I've not always liked his songs, but I always had a huge appreciation for him. So I'm really glad that I enjoyed this album as much as I did - it's very long, and so there were a few moments that I tuned out, but all in all it was a damn good collection of tunes with a cohesive feel and sound

Non la mia tazza di tè, ma un grande disco.

I love 80s pop, rock and prog, but have somehow never gone out of my way to listen to Prince. Turns out that was a mistake, because this album is fantastic. I'll probably end up listening to a LOT of Prince this month. The alter ego songs are fun, the instrumentation is great and the production is top notch.

Fantastic.

With Sign O' The Times, Prince capitalized on the success of Purple Rain, bringing us another strong album of creative sounds, catchy hooks and stirring soul/funk. The title track, while of it's time on the surface, is sadly still relevant today. The rhythms in Housequake are divine. I Could Never Take The Place... is a fun pop confection, but also a great jam session. A couple of tracks might be on the racy side (If I Was Your Girlfriend, e.g.) for average listeners and therefore a little off-putting, but there's still no denying his musicality. The Cross brings in so many kitchen-sink elements - pop ballad, raspy rock guitar, the slow-build, Eastern/raga instrumentation, gospel choir - that it shouldn't work, but somehow still does. This is a solid 4 for me, with moments that a clearly higher than that.

Not my favourite Prince, but still good nevertheless. The random vocals support the whole vibe of the album, but sometimes they get annoying.

4/5. Not totally my vibe, but I can appreciate the artistry behind it. Good music to do homework to if I’m looking for something more low-key.

Some of my favorite songs by Prince are on here! Absolute classic.

great funk/pop sound, better on repeated plays, would probably rate a 4.5.

Sounds very 80s,very synthey. Good tunes. As a whole album it didn't feel as much of a masterpiece as Purple Rain, but I actually enjoyed the tunes. The last song The Cross was an absolute genius tune. Replayed it a few times. 4/5 overall just cos that last tune was so good.

love it - some of it isnt great, but when it is good it is amazing.

yeah buddy, prince is jamming on this one!

classic Prince 4.5

Variado, versatil, buen ritmo y buenas vibras (?). No lo sé en realidad, porque rara vez le pongo atención a las letras de las canciones, pero bueno... suena alegre. Agradezco los solos de guitarra en varias canciones y hasta los breves momentos protagónicos para el bajo que no me esperaba. Personalmente, me desagrada la música que suena muy positiva u optimista (sobre todo en la primera mitad del disco percibo esa vibra), pero aun así disfrute el álbum y estuve haciendo un ligero bailecito en mi silla y soprendido del rock psicodélico en medio de las baladas en y el pop de la segunda parte del disco. Varias son buen material para los memeros del future funk y a la mitad del disco, me dio risa en hot thing un gritito digno de Cradle of Filth, LOL. Track favorito: The Ballad of Dorothy Parker porque el bajo y los beats me tuvieron moviendo la cabeza como una gallina comiendo sus granos en un suelo vertical invisible. Mood: no sé, tenido personalidad múltiple en Nueva York ochentero

Couldn’t listen to whole album on Spotify but I enjoy

A classic album

Bon album tres funky mais avec une bonne touche pop. Le drum beat est tres utilise et pour certaines tounes ca fonctionne moins bien pour moi. 4.25*

Love Prince

Great record. Doesn't drag too much for being a double LP. Prince is a favorite.

I like that there's lots of prince that sounds like it's always been on the radio, but i've never actually heard it before. Everything just sounds like prince.

Admittedly I am not a huge Prince fan but I certainly appreciate him, and I feel like this album exemplifies what is so endearing about him.

I've not heard many of these songs from Prince before, but do like a lot of this.

Some banging tracks

Only version was super delux and it was like 8 hours long. Some good songs in there tho

Catchy, cool, and very 80s. Classic Prince.

This rules. I kinda knew going into it that I’d love but ya, it’s great

I appreciate discovering prince since he is such an icon, I like the funky beats too

Bumping it a star because it is Prince...and that dude has talent. But the album and me just don't see eye to eye.

Prince's well-known singles are good and all, but this is the stuff. A massive album in every way. Best track: It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night

This was a lot better than the other record I listened to by Prince. I am getting a clearer understanding of why he is so highly regarded. The songs on here just made me feel happy. 3.5, but I'll give it 4 stars.

Not my type of music, but a good pop album

It's a classic for a reason!

Funk, soul, rock’n’roll it’s got it all!

(6/1089) It was an interesting experience for me. I liked the energy of this album. But some songs are too long for what they have to offer. Also some of the songs feel a bit flat and bland - for instance, "Forever in My Life". Favorite: Slow Love, Hot Thing, U Got the Look Least favorite: Forever in My Life 5/10

3/5

I’m only a fan of Prince’s 1999 and Purple Rain albums. Sign ‘O’ The Times is just okay for me. Not remarkable, but solid background music.

Was looking forward to listening. I never really appreciated prince in his heyday. But man this record did nothing for me. Finally got to a song that interested me with I can never replace your man. Actually three of the last 4 songs were great. Everything else did nothing for me. Fully expected to give this 4 stars but I won’t do it.

Hmmm, Prince still eludes me.

No private session used for Spotify. Prince was unavoidable during the 80's and several of the songs were on steady repeat. Normally I am not a fan of the double albums as it seems there is a lot of filler crammed into it, but not so with this one. With keyboards and the electric drums, it's clearly rooted in the 80's.

I wish I could go 3.5. I’ve heard this album a few times but this was the first time I listened intently. I don’t know if it’s Prince’s best but it’s pretty great. A little all over the place but you get a bit of everything that makes Prince, Prince. “Starfish and Coffee” as well as “The Cross” were my favorite tracks

Not his best work but still highly enjoyable. If anything, Sheila E.

Aight

liked the first song a lot, a couple of not so great songs. In some ways a typical prince album - a few I really like a couple that I don't like. overall a nice album - would definitely listen again

that’s it?

살짝 듣기 거슬리는 음악도 있었지만 전체적으로 평범한 느낌의 앨범이었다. There were some tracks that were slightly grating to the ear, but overall, it was an album that felt ordinary.

I have never really got Prince's music and I think I didn't know a single song of this one. I found some songs quite good but the album is overall not particularly exciting and a bit pointless too. The whole "Camille" thing is also a little ridiculous. Not because of the singing per se but because thousands of people sing falsetto or modify electronically their pitch (not sure what Prince actually did here) without calling the result an "alter ego" (included in the credits) or thinking that that alone makes them androgynous. Not that surprising that the project failed.

Good good but not great the reviews praise the variety it is to me a bit lumpy on parts not as good as stevie

In a rare case for me, I'm really glad the record company exerted their control over an artist. "No tthird disc to listen to" is probably the best part of this album for me. I am ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE Prince is an excellent musician; I've seen it before. Though excellent musicianship does not a good album make. This all felt like album filler to me. Nothing stood out as exceptional, but nothing was bad either. I'm not seeing the "Prince's beat album" here at all. If anything with this overly long round-up of pretty average tracks, it's my least favorite of his. ⭐⭐⭐

I enjoyed this album more than 1999, but I still don't really get into Prince.

Okiiii

need to relisten I couldn't finish cuz Spotify is dumb

I could get behind this. Breath of fresh air after the last album. This is so fun. What is this guy on about. He really is just screeching and screaming. Hooting and hollering. What is this lad on about. O wonder MJ won. He's just kinda saying stuff. Buddy what are you on about. What are these munchkins singing?? Is that the wedding song? What? Oh hold on let him cook. Wait this is so romantic yearning. Prince is so real sometimes I wanna be someone's girlfriend too. Why is there a sitar. Questions questions. His songs just always kinda sound like someone threw a bunch of sounds in a bowl and mixed em around. Idk how to feel about it. Favourite: Slow Love Least favourite: It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night

Its a good album and prince is iconic but its not my kind of music!

Drum machine-heavy funk on the first CD side and more rock on the second. Some tracks on this record seem to have anticipated the later 90s R&B sound. It sounds so varied yet so cohesive too; Prince knew how to stick to a vibe while still keeping it fresh. And this was what made the length of this double album not as bad (3.5).

Same signs, different times. This title track isn't so much ahead of its time as it is timeless, as it seems we never change. Also for some reason I thought this album was before Purple Rain for some reason. Not my favourite but it is Prince so still worth a listen.

Niekedy skvelé, niekedy priemerné. Princa mám veľmi rád, ale tento album mi až tak nesedel.

Really agonized over this score..more than any previous rating. Believe it or not, in nearly 50 years on this planet, this was the first time I had ever heard a Prince album all the way through. And...I am still not sure. It's not really my sort of thing but I could definitely tell the quality in there. The Cross was excellent, I really enjoyed Starfish and Coffee and Hot Thing as well. Realistically, with so much material and very much out of my listening comfort zone, it's probably 2 stars on first listen. But I suspect repeated listens would probably push it up..so that's what I'm going for!

Highlights: Sign O’ the Times, U Got the Look, Hot Thing, The Cross 3.6

sehr gemischt, sehr kreativ, das meiste mag ich gar nicht, aber manches ist ganz cool.

Prince succeeded a seminal record with one that was not your typical disappointing follow up. It’s not overwrought, or a failed experiment. The songs are actually intentionally de-weighted and made more low key, and as a result its 80 minute runtime ends up being pretty ho-hum save for a few good tracks on its second half. Non-committal to a sound, okay instrumentation, and mere glimpses of his boundary-pushing “demisexuality” on only some songs make the record strike a merely average reading.

Man this guy is really horny, isn’t he?

Buen álbum. Un gran artista. Increíble que muchas canciones las haya hecho solo él. Típico músico ídolo de músicos. A mí particularmente no me volvió loco. 7/10

músicas boas mas nada que mude a vida.

Just like 1999, I found this very 80s. After three albums I have come to the conclusion that I am not a Prince fan. I respect what he has done and the songs he has written, but, much like 1999, i found this dated and somewhat ordinary. The opening track was ok. The entirety of second record was significantly better than the first. I could never take the place of your man, and The Cross were by far the standout track. Second records was 4 stars and the first was barely a 3. 3 stars

before this album the only prince i know are this hits. I don’t listen to this type of music much so I don’t know if i’ll like it but I do like the prince I have heard. I also think the cover is really cool. The songs I like I really like there is a lot I can’t imagine i’d ever listen too again.

Prince not at his best but worth a listen

It’s no Purple Rain—nothing else could ever be—and that’s what made me overlook this album. A good Prince album is better than most people’s greatest albums. This is a good Prince album with a few hits to keep the good Times rolling.

Surreal, strange, kind of experimental. (In an enjoyable kind of way, though.)

Always great, but far from his best

To me, Prince was always in the background of my childhood, but I was never one of those people that went crazy over him. I think because I was still a child in the 80's, aside from the radio singles, his music was a bit too mature for me. I enjoy his popular songs, but there aren't any of the ones I like on this album, so I can't say this is the best Prince I've heard. It's ok.

Solid album, not my favorite Prince album, but still has a really good vibe

I liked this and have a soft spot for Prince like most people my age. Knowing his talent with vocals and instruments it’s hard not to appreciate it all! It isn’t my favorite album but liked it alot.

Prince

Too much synth to really work as sexy most of the time. A few real great jams, but underwhelming.

When an undoubtedly great artist gets a little carried away, they do something like this album. Even before reading the details around its release, it is obvious that the whole thing is brimming with ideas and there was nobody to trim it down and put it in an order. That makes the album feel all over the place in a rather jarring way, making the whole experience disengaging and confusing. That's a pity, because this album has some truly magnificent moments, and I'm not even talking about the opener Sign O' The Times, which is apparently considered among Prince's greatest songs. Songs like If I Was Your Girlfriend, Slow Love, Hot Thing, It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night, are all great on their own, but put in the whole are lost. Don't get me wrong, I don't necessarily want a streamlined/boring album that chooses a vibe and sticks with it for 80 minutes. On the contrary, I like music to go places and surprise me. My issue is that the journey here feels like chaos and I'm not enamored with Prince enough to enjoy it as it is. I mean, on top of the multiple characters, you also have some live recordings to add to the variety. All in all, that's a horrible entry to Prince's universe, but I don't regret spinning it a few times.

The artistry and musicianship of Minneapolis-born Prince is always understated in this sort of reviews. This is yet another proof of his talents, but the added runtime makes it feel less exceptional than '1999' or 'Purple Rain'. 8/10 [KEEP]

Has a few good songs (I could Never, U Got the Look, Forever in my Life) but a lot of this is just ok

Interesting album, Prince had some good songs

Prince may not be for me.

I could not honestly give this a 4 🤷‍♂️

One killertrack - only.

It’s so so so long and quite self indulgent, I don’t really get it.

Decent energy but lacks the highs of princes other work

The drum loops are tooooo much sometimes, his voice is timeless beautiful voice and artistry, super emotional, live instrumentals are stunning. If I was your Girlfriend was great. And starfish and coffee is my favourite ever wistful whimsical song. Quite an obsessive album about love and sex and idk if my mood but I wasn’t feeling it today, felt a little overbearing and suffocating in its need. For me a 3 - based on influence it would likely be a 4

I’m not sure I love it all the way through but I get it

Only listened to part of it it but I will come back to it later

While I appreciate this record, and everything it's trying to do it does sound a bit messy and all over the place. They are great songs in there, they are also some duds and some quite dated songs. Probably, with a lot of listening I'd get into it, loved the cross for example, but as a whole it's not my vibe, and I tried it several times.

Didn’t vibe with most of the production or the fact that almost every song was just horny nonsense

I'm only halfway through the album and I'm already tired. Prince's discography might be good, keyword being might. I'm just not the target audience I reckon.

This was very cool. The drum machine makes it all feel a bit too artificial to me, and I also missed traditional choruses on a lot of the songs. I want to like this more than I actually do. 3.5, rounding down.

there are a few serious bangers in here his own lyrics makes him sound like a sex obsessed creep

Feels like this could have been a great album, the double album stretches out some grooves into songs

3/5

This isn't my favorite Prince record (despite containing my favorite Prince tune). It feels unwieldy to me. For me, the second disc works better than the first.

Some individual hits, but overall felt inconsistent. Not sure how I felt about this one,

Very steamy, very slutty

This was a nice break from autotune after the strokes’ and charli’s new albums

It was quirky, horny and fun, but I didn't vibe with it. No memorable moments or songs on repeat for me.

хороший альбом принца, но надо будет потом переслушать что бы точнее оценку поставить

Ei parasta princeä

That live track is a blast. Not bad. Just not my thing, overall.

Listened to it a couple of times but couldn't get into it all that much.

6/10 Best songs: Sign O' The Times, It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night, Adore I have to say, I was excited when I got Prince today - I was hoping for something really interesting or exciting. I soon discovered that the album has a lot of songs about sex and drugs sung against a backdrop of 80s synths and sounds heavily inflected by 70s disco and Motown. It isn't awful by any means, but I found that it started and ended really well, and everything in between ends up being largely forgettable.

Ok, I get it. Something about this was so effortless

It was good/ no Raspberry Beret, but good : ))

I love Prince. Such a talent and powerhouse artist. Strangely, while recognizing all his skills and vision, I don’t connect to this album. It’s ranked as one of his best, but I’ll take Purple Rain any day.

Correcto

This album felt more like a concert than an album. And that’s not like, my favorite thing? It was a good album but I thought I was close to the end and then It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night just kept going forever. This is like, a very high 3 for me. Season: True Summer Favorite Song: Housequake

I hate prince so this could be an endurance test 120 mins of his purple purpleness Now listened and it was alright.knew some of the hits and some other great tracks especially the cross. Listened on car my 30 yr old son liked it

I don’t get these acclaim. The drums on every song is so loud and everything else sounds so buried, there’s some great guitar parts and synths all through this that are just so hard to connect with. And then the songs themself just feel like loops repeating forever with only little licks as variation. I like a lot of prince singles, but I don’t get why this album is so highly acclaimed. Maybe it’s just me?

I don't know. This is the first time I've listened to Prince's album, and I didn't really get it. Maybe I'm just not in the right mood, or maybe this music sounds a bit too old-fashioned for me. Overall, the songs seem like a mishmash of a bunch of genres and styles. I didn't hear anything particularly outstanding in his voice either. I still don't understand the hype and fame surrounding him.

I think Price is pretty cool, even if his music isn't quite my taste, and you have to appreciate his talent for instruments.

It’s not something I would listen to and it’s too long, but it is good music

not my favorite prince album- some okay stuff in here.

I think this was too 80s for me, there were moments I liked, but I think there are other prince albums that I would prefer to listen to over this one. MY house did in fact NOT quake.

I see why Prince was considered a sex symbol. HIs charisma and confidence is off the charts. I enjoyed Starfish and Coffee, Hot Thing, Forever In My Life. U Got the Look is very 80s. If I was Your Girlfriend was CREEPY!

Standouts: Starfish and Coffee, Hot Thing. Strange Relationship makes me want to call the domestic abuse hotline.

Wasn't bowled over, there were a few tracks I didn't enjoy at all, but overall the album is ok.

First time listening to a Prince album, and I was surprised how much I liked it. Such a fun sound.

Prince's magnum opus? More like magnum bloatus, ammirite?!

prince always eats i fear

Prince isn't really for me but I can understand his pop appeal

Prince is incredible

I’ve said in other reviews that I am not crazy about Prince, but totally respect his talent. Having said this, I enjoyed this album more than I expected…but I disagree with the critics, in that I prefer Purple Rain. Regarding this record, I could do without the drumming machine and altered vocal pitch; I find both of these really annoying. Anyway, this one comes in at three stars.

The first part of the album took some building to get to, but when you get to the second side of the album this too he really picks it up. Very strange album to listen to while working at a bar, but Prince definitely shows great vocal performance on this album and you can see why it’s got recommended. I barely knew any song on this album so great first listen maybe we’ll grow on me the more I listen to it, but as of right now, I think I’m gonna give it a 3

Little bit o this, little bit o that ahh album. Honestly, I can understand why this is perhaps one of the most influential albums of the late 80's and early 90's. You can hear an evidently transitory sound in Prince's instrumentation, incorporating more of the artificial "pop-y" sound into it's style. Yes, this was also the case in many 80's songs, but what I heard in this album was the CLEAR shift into the modern music world. Personally, not my cup of tea, some of the songs were rather sporadic and the album as a whole felt more like a compilation of good times in the studio, rather than a cohesive piece of work (which is what I personally enjoy).

Prince: Notable Textzeile: Play in the sunshine Gonna love all our enemies 'Til the gorilla falls off the wall Am Anfang war ich sehr begeistert von der Behauptung des Jams, bei dem trotzdem alles so laid back und cool genau da hin gehört wo es ist und auch von dem Text- und Gesangsgestus des „das fällt mir so zu und gerade ein und wir sliden hier gemeinsam durch“. Das hat bei Housequake schon langsam aufgehört, weil es da so überdreht und ausgewalzt wurde. Nach 80 Minuten muss ich sagen, über die Hälfte der Songs bräuchte ich nicht, aber der Sound ist einfach verdammt gut. Eigentlich brauche ich daher gar nicht so viele und unterschiedliche Princesongs. Gerade auch weil sich mir die Dramaturgie der Alben, falls es eine gibt, nicht so recht erschließen mag. Es wäre voll schön ein Princealbum zu finden, dass man immer wieder anmachen möchte, was kein Best-Off ist. Ich denke dass das hier nicht dieses Prince Album ist. Daher und wg der Längen eine 3. P.S. I‘m back, hoffe dass das so bleibt.

Wieder mal aus der Kategorie "ne halbe Stunde weniger hätte es auch getan". Songs werden dann sehr beliebig obwohl dass alles schon sehr cool groovt. Irgendwie fehlt dann aber auch so ein echter Hit an dem man sich gesthalten kann.

A great album with amazing variety, it just didn’t grab me. Which feels silly to say as I know how iconic and talented prince is. I know it’s a good album it’s just not my favourite

Not the best choice for prince

Good album that maybe deserved more of my undivided attention to appreciate.

Half great. Half not great. For me, like all Prince.

This was a tough one for me. I love his voice, I liked a handful of it but a couldn’t fully get into it. Some of the lyrics gave me the ick but I’ve always struggled to not be totally creeped out by Prince. The back half was definitely more enjoyable, ‘I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man’ was the standout for me.

Another record that really upsets me, becuase at its best points it's phenomenal - but it goes on way too long, and some of that time is wasted on fluff.

Very much the same and completely different from the albums I know much better. It’s ok, but I prefer the other stuff much more.

Widely considered by many to be Prince’s Magnum Opus, his greatest accomplishment, his masterpiece. I don’t really disagree with it but I’m personally way more of a Purple Rain and Dirty Mind fan. 7/10

This album literally made me want to jump up and paint and entire mural. The creative energy pulsing through this album was too good not to hear, and I really liked it. Personally not the album that I would rush to listen to, still an amazing display of artistry from Prince.

Not a big fan, I liked some songs but mostly filler. Not bad either, just indifferent

One of the better Prince albums

It could have been a good album if not for the runtime. You could easily cut half the tracks and it would only get better. As it is, it's typical Prince

I’m not a Prince fan but had the chance to see him live once and he was nothing short of amazing. While a pale version of that live experience, there’s a hint of his brilliance in this album.

Sexy songs, sexy man.

I don’t think I really get Prince. His albums get hyped and ranked amongst the best ever, but I thought this was just alright. It’s 80s pop with Michael Jackson rip off vocals. Some good tracks here, including the opener, but equally some absolute cringe like Housequake, Hot Thing and If I Was Your Girlfriend.

Nice interesting album yet not really for me a bit too theatrical

Prince put out great music for decades before he left this place and his talent is not debatable. His presence on this project does not remotely surprise me. That being said this is not some of his best work and I would put his other compilations well ahead of this one. U Got That Look was the lone star of this collection. The rest of the songs are funky like Prince was known to be, but are all about the same level of musicality.

если честно моментами спать хочется, но пару бэнгеров есть, 3/5

ujdzie tbh nie chce mi sie tego sluchav

A very 80s sound to me. I usually don't love Prince but this time there were a few songs that I enjoyed! A good vibe and nothing more than that.

A pretty safe album - gorgeous voice of course (see Adore). None of the tracks are particularly standout

A long album with only one hit song. It’s not bad, but it’s not very good. Favourite: Sign o’ The Times

Feels like heresy but I really didn’t think this was amazing.. as good as Prince is across the board, this was just a bit too much for me today. And maybe that’s just it - on another day I would appreciate this for what it is/could be and rate it higher. Overall 2.75/5 today

I'm always impressed by the sheer breadth of what Prince was able to do pretty much all on his own, and this album feels like a culmination of it all. There's the funk he made his name on, some of the hard rock that we all knew he was capable of, and the psychedelia he got interested in after Purple Rain. Unfortunately, the songs just aren't as memorable as they were on his previous albums. I could see this one being a big grower some day if I could get past the 80 minute runtime, but as of right now it's easily my least favorite of his albums that I've heard.

I don't know, I am not really a Prince person, but the album was alright for leaving in the background while doing other things. This is a fairly old one, so I assume it would've been pretty cool back in the day.

Disc 1: As a Minnesotan I feel guilty that this cocktail on disc 1 just doesn’t work for me. Most of the tracks remind me of Saturday morning cartoon themes, but if cocaine was in the breakfast cereal (not derogatory). 30 seconds of every song are heavenly, and I can see how the “what the fuck is going on” vibe could be fun at a concert. At worst some of the tracks remind me of the “RZA unironically cooks up a trash beat” (derogatory). Disc 2: Melodies slap harder on this disk. Much more intelligible and focused on this side. ‘It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night’ is fucking awesome. I might need to dig for the best Prince live album to find what I’m looking for from him. Disc 1 is a 2, disc 2 is a 4, so 3 overall.

the first 4 tracks are awfull and boring as shit. Starfish and coffee was the first really good sounding track on the album for me, from now on the album turns listenable, but its not an absolute masterpiece at all. i really thank god and the universe that the artificial drumming is no longer a trending, i really hate that shitty artificial sound of some 80s albums. Its a 3 stars for me

Sadly, I just don't really get the appeal of Prince. Sign o the Times is certainly one of his better albums that I've heard but it still doesn't rise above "sure, that was fine" territory for me. The only album of his I've ever actually liked is Purple Rain and yet I've never been able to explain why his music doesn't hit for me. He's certainly astonishingly talented as a musician and a prolific composer but his songs still rarely do it for me.

Amazing musician. Too much Prince for a double album

Nice. Storytime op school quootten een vriend en ik altijd ironisch "zeester met koffie" van een belgische hertaling. In theorie wist ik dat dat een nummer van Prince was, maar hij pakte me toch ff. "We waren allemaal heel gewoon, behalve cynthia roos. Het ging niet om haar gekke naam, maar om haar boterhammendoos" frfr🙏🙏

oke heb gister al m'n zegje gedaan! maar hij is natuurlijk wel goed enzo!

Preferred the second disc

The music in the background was good, but I didn't really like the singer

Not really for me, but inoffensive enough to be on the fine side of meh.

Prolix

Never was a Prince fan. I see the talent, but just not my cup. Wish he hadn’t offed himself. Such a waste.

Very well produced, some sick ass sax solos in there. Really didn’t speak to me.

muy variado en generos y temas, no me encanta igual

Having never heard this I expected something excellent. Instead I got something just ok and very long

The track ‘Sign O’ The Times’ is such a great track and is difficult to better as an album opener. However, my underlying issue with most Prince albums are the tracks that go too far across the line and are just loose jams. Enjoyable yes, but i dont need an album stacked with them. Toward the end of ‘Play in the Sunshine’ the drums make me expect Bono to start singing’Sunday Bloody Sunday’ After this we enter the aforementioned jam tracks. It all feels like he needed someone to rein in the genius a bit and provide some more focus to it all.

Not my favourite Prince album my any means (I still have that to look forward to), but obviously this is very polished. I’ve just never understood the fuss about it overall. The title track feels very stripped back, relative to the rest of the album, which allows the lyrics to shine and do exactly what it says on the tin - offering a blistering commentary of the state of the world in the mid-to-late 80s, covering AIDS to nuclear war. Generally speaking, the remainder of the tracks do nothing for me - the exception being “U Got the Look”. I’ve never understood how it came to be that Sheena Easton duets on the track - but it works, and I’ve always loved its catchiness. It, and the title track, are by far the two standouts. I don’t really mind the “Camille” section either - “If I Was Your Girlfriend”, particularly. But, aside from the mentioned tracks, this album is largely a let down for me.

it's fine. If this was put out by some random Britpop group or a random person in the 80s, this would easily be sub-3. But it's Prince so reviewers have inflated the rating.

Not Prince's best work. Nothing will beat Purple Rain for me

Prince is good. He has attitude and charisma bursting out the seams, he has musical talent also bursting out the same seams, I don’t know how he keeps his clothes on with all this overflowing talent. Maybe that explains the assless chaps. Sadly, however, I don’t really love the music itself - maybe it’s just not my genre, maybe I just wasn’t of that generation, but either way, it just doesn’t land for me. I think 3 stars is fair, considering all that.

i have the utmost respect for prince and there was def a song or two that was added to a playlist from this album, I am just generally not a fan of the 80s sound. I respect it a lot cause i understand its significance, but to me it really feels like it’s peak feeling is a “you had to be there” type of thing

Minus points for being a bit overstuffed and having some pretty dated production, but I still enjoyed this more than I expected to. I've never been a huge Prince appreciator, but he was obviously quite talented, and he was trying some stuff here.

Of course I know who Prince is. I have 21 songs already liked by him on Spotify. 9 of those are from Purple Rain - which makes it a perfect album for me. Then some from 1999, Around the World in A Day and Parade. And I have 2 songs already liked on this one - "Sign of the Times" and "The Cross". After listening 3 times ... I had to look up what "Starfish and Coffee" was about. The backstory is really sweet. The groove in "Hot Thing" is great. The extended guitar jam part of "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man" (starting around 4.5 minutes in) makes up for the cheesy 80s synths sounds in the rest of the song. "It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night" - good funky jam. Recording this live was a good idea - it captures the spirit of it really well. Funny that he uses the "Oh Oh, Oh We Oh, Ohhh" - which I believe comes from the Wizard of Oz - it's what the wicked witch's army men sing when they are marching - haha. Also - the speedy rapping part is different for Prince. "Forever In My Life" - great love song I ended up liking 8 "new to me" songs - which includes the 5 mentioned above plus "It", "Slow Love", and "Adore" I forgot how good "The Cross" is. I'm not even religious, but the song has a great vibe - music and vocals. I love how it starts quiet and brooding and then ramps up - starting at the end of the 2nd verse when the drum beat kicks in and then slowly expands and speeds up into an all out jam after the 4th verse (around 2:26). This is the best song on this album. "Sign of the Times" is a very close 2nd. I find the voice he uses in "Housequake", "U Got the Look", "If I Was Your Girlfriend" to be way too annoying. It's wild reading the Wikipedia article. Prince played practically everything on here - with a few extra people playing specific things on specific songs. This guy was gifted for sure. I definitely hear influences on this such as James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and even The Beatles. Liking 10 songs on a single album would usually mean it's a perfect album - but since it's a double album there are too many clunkers mixed in. This album reinforced my general opinion that most (not all) double albums have too many less good songs alongside some great stuff. I think this fact actually turned me off from this album back in the day - the songs I didn't like distracted me from the actual good stuff. But - I'm glad this project got me to re-listen to this all the way through several times - I found a lot of new to me songs. Good job Prince! Liked songs on Spotify: 10/16 Rating: 3/5

I've never really listened to Prince, despite knowing lots of people love his music. This is funky and fun, but did sound like was mixed in the 80s. I'd probably enjoy it more with a heavier focus on the instruments.

Except for 1999, almost every Prince double album needed a 15% haircut, but no one wanted to tell Prince that. Most of this is pretty good though.

I like a few of Princes albums, but this is not one of them. It's pretty middle of the road

Okay.

Again some nice tunes

I thought this was pretty good. Way ahead of its time. I hear hip hop influence and some indications of what came as far as the 2010s with the genre, as well as the R&B sound of those like Frank Ocean. There were some stinkers for sure, but overall a good listen.

Sympa en fond, trop homogène pour moi, j’écouterais pas pour le kiff dans les ecouteurs

I thought this was a pretty good R&B album, but it's not my favorite Prince album. There were a few good songs, but there was also a decent amount of filler. It probably won't be my go to when I want to fire up some Prince.

I was never that much into Prince and giving this the time of day was maybe a confirmation of boundless talent and a knack for showing it off while simultaneously making music that's broadly uninteresting. It's weird to have songs that are clearly crafted and at the same time not finding much joy in them.

There's some decent songs on here but far far too long. He also tries some novel stuff and half of it doesnt work out.

I was expecting more...

I heard nothing here to make me think Prince is the musical genius others claim him to be.

I’m glad this came up because I never got into Prince, although people I knew well were big fans. But maybe it was a train you needed to get on in real time, because although I listened diligently it really doesn’t do anything for me. The drum machine base of many of the songs probably doesn’t help - an innovation of its time that sounds quite dated now.

Did not like this as much as I thought I would

Prince has range. I don’t think I’d ever really listened to any of his discography. Only listened to side a, some songs I liked and some I would not choose to seek out again

it's not bad, but maybe hard to get into. big chaos energy. like with rem, lacking context for what world this album landed it changes things a bit.

Alright

Prince can't seemingly make an entirely cohesive album. He gives you a good song or two and then makes the rest medicore

Third Prince album for me, and I could just cut and paste my notes on "1999". This is another, what I call, kitsch-pop album. I wouldn't call it funky, because I'm missing those driving bass lines and syncopated drums. In fact the drums (or whatever machine the beats come out of) are what really bother me. Book-tchack boom-tchack boom-tchack, pfff, booo-ring... There are a few great songs though. I love Sign O' The Times. The Cross I like musically but not the preaching. Starfish and Coffee is fine. But there is, again, a lot of filler. I guess I'm just not a Prince man, don't get a lot of his music, don't get the whole "sex" aura surrounding him. A three star, for the few good songs, and his talent.

Lo intentaré en un futuro.

This album won a Grammy, who knew. I didn't like every song but liked most of them. I look forward to hearing more Prince albums on this site.

Pretty good but not nearly his best. Love the atmosphere and production

I was expecting a banger, but honestly I wasn't that impressed by this album. Sorry, Prince.

Cute

pretty good album, did enjoy it. Didn't have any huge hits for me.

I only knew 2 of the songs, but I liked listening to all of the others because … Prince!!

It would be a 5 star album if it was just Sign ‘O’ The Times for every track

tranquilo

It's Prince. It's good.

I love Prince's voice and he always puts his entire soul into his performances. This album just... fell flat. Not a single standout song.

180 albums in and I finally get my first Prince album and an interesting one at that. Even though this album is more stripped down instrumentally than other albums I'm impressed that Prince manages to make a drum machine groove harder than most human drummers. I think that just speaks to his talent as a musician. However, even though I think there are some bright spots on the album, this album feels more like a collection of songs rather than a cohesive album. At the end of the day while I enjoy the different styles that Prince showcases the album shows, once again, just how hard it is to make a good double album. 3/5

Disc 1 - 3/5 Sign O'The Times - 3.5/5 Play In The Sunshine - 4.5/5 Housequake - 4/5 The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker - 3/5 It - 2.5/5 Starfish And Coffee - 4/5 Slow Love - 3/5 Hot Thing - 2.5/5 Forever In My Life - 3/5 Disc 2 - 3/5 U Got The Look - 3.5/5 If I Was You Girlfriend - 3/5 Strange Relationship - 3/5 I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man - 3.5/5 The Cross - 4/5 It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night - 4/5 Adore - 2.5/5

Bon, honnêtement, album incroyablement mid. Je m'abstiens tout de même de parler de déception étant donné le peu d'attentes que j'avais placé dans le projet, mais lire à son sujet qu'il est "l'apogée" de la carrière de Prince, ça place d'hors et déjà un cadre assez exigeant. Pour ma part, j'ai trouvé que l'album avait tout de même quelques points forts, notamment dans la variété de sonorités, alternant entre New-Wave sur des morceaux comme "Housequake", avec des passages plus calmes comme sur "The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker" ou "The Cross" avec un travail sur l'ambiance et la guitare acoustique. A l'opposé, on retrouve des morceaux comme "Play in Sunshine" ou "U got the Look", bien plus énergique, avec des morceaux de guitare électrique beaucoup plus denses. L'album possède donc un plutôt large panelle de sonorités radicalement différentes entre elles. Néanmoins, ce choix artistique a une répercussion à mon sens très conséquente sur le projet, le rendant très hétérogène et composé de sons hétéroclites, en plus d'un très mauvais sequencing, rendant le tout au final assez brouillon, comme un amas de différentes inspirations allant de Phil Collins à Eddie Van Halen. De plus, je trouve que certains éléments récurrents dans l'album lui donnent une ambiance complètement dépassée notamment le coté "électro" de certains titres comme "Sign O' Time", "Housequake" ou "It" qui donne au projet un coté extrêmement dépassé et vieillie. En résumé l'album n'est pas mauvais, mais vraiment pas très marquant, assez dépassé, à mon sens beaucoup trop long, et oh mon dieu bordel de merde la page Wikipédia de l'album est l'une des pires que j'ai lu de toute ma vie, l'écriture était incompréhensible.

its my least favourite prince album cuz its so long and inconsistent and i dont like the way every song quite sound the same not gonna lie great project still

This was ok. I was listening to it while resting/sleeping, and so didn’t take all of it in. 6.5/10

like better than purler rain

Some grating tracks but overall an enjoyable listen

3,5 to me. It is missing something to be a 4 album in my view, but its a good one.

Tja, det er Prince, men det fangede ikke min opmærksomhed.

good stuff. two discs. sounded a bit the same after a while.

I knew the title track, which describes the tragedy of that time (and not much has changed); but the rest of the album did little for me.

5/10 Very hit or miss for me, I liked disc 1 a lot better than disc 2.

This was a originally supposed to be a three-LP album that Warner Brothers mercifully cut to two, earning the Purple One's enmity until his eventual departure from the label a decade later, but I wouldn't have minded if they had trimmed it even more. The first LP (or CD) is has very little to recommend it. "Starfish and Coffee" is a nice little song, but that's where the highlights end for me. The title track is a morose stab at social commentary and everything else is forgettable, and a lot of it feels surprisingly unpolished compared to Prince's usual work. Things pick up immensely on the second CD with "U Got The Look" thanks to Sheila E.'s punchy percussion and Sheena Easton's energetic vocals. I also enjoyed the distinctively funky "If I Was Your Girlfriend," the bouncy "Strange Relationship", and the pacy "I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man" (my favorite song on the album). "The Cross" has some guitars and drums high in the mix, but unfortunately it's Serious Music and just thuds along rather than rocking out. A live performance of "It's Gonna Be A Beautiful Night" feels out of place on this album but it's fine. Energetic and funky, and it passes it's nine minutes amiably enough. "Adore" is a highly-polished slow jam R&B number that isn't my kind of music, but I can appreciate the craft here. Prince's vocals really shine and the arrangement is impressive. In summary, take the first CD and use it a coaster. The second one is where it's at. If the second CD were a single album, I'd give it four stars, so we'll just dock it a star for wasting my time with the first CD and call it done.

Las partes buenas muy buenas pero el resto medio aburrido. Puntaje: 6/10

445/1089 - I only liked "The Ballad of Dorothy Parker" which apparently had faulty recording due to little high-end frequencies. I respect Prince for his musicality and multi-instrumental mastery but I am not a fan.

prince n é pra mim mas n me importaria se ouvisse tocando numa festa a primeira música me deixou esperançosa mas só caiu a partir dela ⭐sign o the times barely 21? ok

Prince is great. For some reason, the album just wasn't giving me that electricity that I usually associate with him.

not bad, some of the songs are kind of a miss but overall pretty good

Prince is an artist that’s never clicked fully for me. I don’t know what it is, maybe it’s his voice not matching what I think it should ride like on some of these dancy/poppy songs, it’s a similar problem I had with the Janet record on here. My dude can shred on a guitar I’m hoping I can hear more of that and less of this squealing. I saw the deluxe had 92 tracks and that was enough of a jumpscare for me today. I guess my takeaway here is I can at least respect Prince for doing everything his way for better or worse, you can clearly tell there’s suit and ties forcing a direction here. Favs: slow Slow Love, U got the look, if I was your girlfriend

7/10- it’s a strong 3 for me. I love the sound of the album and it’s easy to see that he is often used as a source of inspiration for other artists, but this album is too long and I find more than a few songs to be not going anywhere. Not my favorite prince album but not a bad album by any stretch of the imagination.

Kuulosti epäilyttävästi Princeltä. Melko laidasta laitaan sekä musiikillisesti, että volyymitasolla. Mielenkiintosia Prince-juttuja ja myös vähän kulmakarvaa nostattavia lyriikoita ja muita, mut ei sillai hyvällä tavalla.

2.5 rounded up

Sometimes I was like huh... I would like to just listen to Michael Jackson and might have a more fun, less f-boy/harassed-to-be-a-woman time??

Prince whines and cries at you about how sex will make this better. And he's right.

Prince is prone. Not the most gripping.

muy bueno, un rock pop muy de los 80's, muy Prince para mi gusto... muy pop. A veces no distiguis si el albun es rock and roll o Michael Jackson. Increíble el tema con que arranca el álbum, sin saber que dice la letra ya te transmite que está haciendo una crítica. Y todo el tiempo es cómo que está generando suspenso la melodía, lo que le da como un toque de epicidad constante. Tremendo para arrancar el álbum, alegre, épico... al pie. Después el resto de los temas, vários del estilo ochentoso que da ganas de bailarlos o golpear la mesa al ritmo de la percu, con esos mini solos de guitarra/trompeta en medio que te hacen sentir en volver al futuro y otros un toque más lentos o oscuros (el bajista en algunos de esos temas le pasa el trapo a Prince y al resto de la banda junta)

One of Prince’s weaker albums, but there’s still moments of genius on this. Doesn’t really have an A-Tier song, but it’s Prince so it was always going to be decent. Some tracks verge on being close to skits which I’m not into.

First listen

I totally understand Prince it talented and loved by everyone but the majority of his music just doesn't sit well with me. It just feels disjointed and unorganized. Like all the pieces are there, but the sound mixer just did not understand that you are supposed to like music. I am just now getting to the song "Slow Love" and this is a perfect example to me of how good he could sound - the song "Starfish and Coffee" is the perfect example of a song that barely sounds like music to me - it feels like a child with an audio sample board. It's a LOW 3 for me, only because Prince carries so much weight - it could just never be a 2.

Prince, ook deze keer vind ik er niet veel aan. Misschien was het vernieuwend, misschien gooide de man zijn ziel en zaligheid erin, ik hoor vooral een boel goedkope beatjes en een mummelend stemmetje. Het pakt me gewoon niet, mag ik dat zeggen? Ja, dat mag ik zeggen. Okee, het werkt me ook niet op de zenuwen, en voor een dubbelaar blijft het afwisselend genoeg. En daarmee zwaaien we de man uit, want na drie platen uit de jaren tachtig vonden de samenstellers van dit boek het wel welletjes met zijne slechtheid.

Het album start met de titel-track. Heel erg '80's. Maar ik krijg wel zin in het album. Het ligt erg makkelijk in het gehoor. Luister ik verder dan is het album vooral niet zo interessant. Misschien is dat voor Prince wel goed. Want dat geschreeuw op Purple Rain hoef ik echt niet nog een keer te horen. Laten we het voor het album van vandaag maar positief duiden als meer balans. Maar met zo'n signatuur hoor je natuurlijk geen dubbelaar te leveren.

De derde en gelukkig laatste keer Prince in deze lijst. Om het af te leren is het wel weer een dubbelaar, dus een lange zit in het vooruitzicht met bombast en aanstellerij. Wat mij betreft is Prince zwaar overschat, misschien niet eens als artiest, want de man beheerst zijn instrument uitstekend en heeft ook voor andere artiesten wereldhits geschreven, maar het gaat mij met name om zijn eigen muziek. Het is zogezegd veelal bombast en aanstellerij en dan met die veel te drabberige jaren 80 sound eroverheen. Mijn eerdere ratings waren dan ook een 2 en een 3. Ik moet zeggen dat de bombast meevalt, het zijn meer iets rustigere en soulvolle liedjes. Er zit uiteraard wel voldoende aanstellerij bij, zoals bij If I Was Your Girlfriend krijgen we classic gilletjes en kreuntjes. Het geheel is zoals verwacht wel iets te lang, al stoor ik me er niet bijzonder aan. Het kabbelt op de achtergrond wat voort. Ik vind het een 2,5 en ik twijfel zoals gewoonlijk of ik het naar boven of naar beneden afrond. Aan de ene kant is het soms te aanstellerig, maar aan de andere kant zit er wel degelijk kwaliteit in.

Not my favorite prince, almost a 4 though

Love him not my fave of his work

I enjoyed the album. There are some good songs, nice guitar solos and interesting lyrics but it was quite long and by the last couple of songs I was counting down to the finish.

Funky, a good listen

Don't think I knew a single song on here but they were all good... A little better than a 3 but that's what it gets.

omg im dreading this prince songs are all like 8 minutes long 😫😫😫 housequake genuinely just pissed me off. i saw a review mentioning how bad it is but i genuinely couldnt even expect this this + past albums just have been making me think abt how wildly overrated old music and people are blinded by nostalgia and the popular (especially 80s) songs and they talk down on modern music when in reality so much fucking old music is genuinely SO bad 😭 theres way more good modern music than there is old music on average the ballad of dorothy parker is good. lyrics are still sooo weird starfish and coffee is alright too slow love is good too! strange relationship prob my fave i actually really like it and i could never take the place of your man though i genuinely don’t know why its stretched for an extra 2 whole minutes of nothing the album has good songs but it also has like REALLY really terrible inexcusable ones 😭😭 hard to rate this one

not amazing

Some great songs. Some terrible songs.

I really wanted to like it but actually just didn’t? Just too heavy on the drum machines for me. Still I appreciate its pioneering and the influence of Prince and new concepts with gender etc.

this was just ok

It didn’t blow me away, but I have been meaning to actually listen to Prince and after listening I’m sure I can find some more of his work that I’ll like a lot

Ok

Not his best but still better than the rest

good

Wide-ranging, funky, a new musical style

As a songwriter, Prince is maddeningly inconsistent. I wanted to like this album, but there are just a lot of clunkers in here. The high points like I Could Never and The Cross are great nonetheless.

Pretty good, enjoyed the second half a bit more

This album has forced me to ask a question that I'm surprised to be faced with: "Is Prince overrated?" His hits are fantastic, but he may be one of the most extreme cases from this list where an artist (and therefore his albums) was carried by his hits. It's surprising, and borderline shocking, that the Wikipedia page not only states this is widely regarded as his best album, but highly acclaimed in pop music as a whole.

Good

I expected a bit more tbh

I was excited to get a Prince Album, but this was very mid.

Yep, that's Prince. But I'd take Bat Dance over this.

Good

Listening to Prince albums is a bit like going on a night out when you don’t really want to. There are some highlights but you can’t wait til it’s over.

7.5/10

Every time I learn something about Prince I gain more respect for him. Although his style of music is not something I ever acquired the taste for or really understood, I am a fan of his craft and authentic expression. He no doubt deserves the long lasting notoriety. I appreciate the uniqueness of his sound, the authenticity oozing out of every song, and the fact that things would go wrong during recordings and he would keep those mistakes in anyways. It’s so human and timeless. With all that said, I’m still yet to find a Prince song I enjoy the sound of. I want to like his songs so bad but I don’t. If this wasn’t Prince we’re dealing with here and I didn’t care for the artist behind the music, I would give this one star just because none of the songs appealed to me. But I’ll give it a 3 because of all the other elements that I appreciate.

Some good beats hiding here

My first (of 3 on this list) Prince album. Not my favourite, my last Prince album that I bought back then was Parade. Still, the title track is iconic, and the rest of the album is quite good, although it drags a bit to the end.

I wouldn't call myself a Prince fan but he was an interesting character and incredible musician, both are in display here in what in what I understand was a departure from what he'd been doing previously. And it started very well, the title track is a socially conscious pop banger and the psychedelic gospel-funk of Play in the Sunshine. Housequake is pure P-Funk George Clinton worship, followed by the late-night groove of The Ballad of Dorothy Parker . I wouldn't say it's bad from this point but fatigue set in and the songs largely started to sound a bit samey; picking up only briefly towards the end. Perhaps it's one that needs more time, one day it may get it.

Preferable to Purple Rain, which drags a bit. This album has a lot more oomph, being propelled by the drum machine high up in the mix. And the title track is an all-time banger. Has my approval.

Need to probably re listen because I found it somewhat boring

забавный альбом, интересное звучание порой, но некоторые песни казались слишком резкими для меня. возможно просто определенный настрой нужно, чтобы слушать его. sing ‘o’ the times - довольно часто переслушиваю, очень нравится. the ballad of dorothy parker - хорошая, нравится драм машина, забавный текст. добавила даже. slow love - прям сахарная, такая мелодичная нежная. красивая, но вряд ли такое слушать буду… hot thing - нравится инструментал, разнообразие инструментов и звуков разной текстуры, но абсолютно страннейший текст. в целом тексты … не сильная сторона этого альбома. еще понравилась starfish and coffee, звучит как песня из передачи про доброе утро. 2.5/5

It’s ambitious but I’m not sure it’s a good as purple rain. It’s probably more consistent but that consistency isn’t as good quality at times and I left it feeling more uninspired by it than expected. The 80s drums also haven’t aged brilliantly despite likely being cutting edge at the time.

I appreciate that Prince was immensely talented musician and artist. That is undeniable. I just wish I could like his music more. As I listened to this one in the background it started to grow on me and by the end I was not minding it so much. I definitely liked this album more than 1999 and this music clicked more for me more than other Prince music. Not a bad album.

Great album that starts off strong, I feel like it faded away on the second half but overall a great listen

3.5 When put on the spot after consuming a spicy potato chip à la Hot Ones, my dad once named this his favorite album from his favorite artist, and if that’s not the most honest, authentic commendation, I don’t know what is. Given that, his review of this album is likely to be much more insightful than my own, so if I’m able, I’ll try to link it below. Anyway, here are my thoughts as someone who has heard a lot of Prince in his life, but somehow, never this full album: It’s pretty good, but I don’t think it’s his best. Coming off a streak of his more popular works, this feels like Prince’s “mature” album in a lot of ways, in substance and songwriting especially, and I think it shines in that regard a lot of the time, particularly on songs like the title track and The Cross, the latter of which I’m pretty sure is my dad’s favorite from this. Or, at least, it’s the one I’ve heard the most. Truth be told, it was actually my favorite across my listenings here as well, despite how Jesus freak-y it is. There’s a fantastic buildup, and it’s really elevated to musical highs when the sitar (or at least what sounds like one) kicks in - for some reason it reminded me of Luna by The Smashing Pumpkins in that way. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Prince album without a little bit of horniness, and that’s certainly here as well in the form of songs like It (sadly not about the Stephen King novel) and If I Was Your Girlfriend, which feel much more like classic Prince fare. I was kind of expecting some form of subtle dirty messaging behind my second favorite song here, Starfish and Coffee, but I guess it’s based on an amusing quote he overheard from a child, so it’s just an innocent, enjoyable little pop tune. Outside of everything mentioned so far, the only other tracks I really thought were standouts were Play in the Sunshine and I Could Never Take the Place of Your Lover. I hate to say it, but the rest of this kind of blended together, or in the case of Housequake, annoyed me with its cheerleader structure. I do think this album could have been cut down just a bit, especially being 80 minutes long, or at the very least, they should have expanded upon the ending of The Cross and capped things there - I didn’t really need nine minutes of the Wizard of Oz guard chant or a six-and-a-half minute ballad to close things out. Overall, I would say this was pretty good and added to my appreciation of Prince in some ways, but it also felt a bit bloated - in my opinion, Purple Rain is a bit more focused, compact, and overall enjoyable. I’m not the Prince expert though - I’ll leave it to my dad. Edit: https://1001albumsgenerator.com/groups/luke-and-wills-1001-albums/albums/5f34ee8bf0857e55ed5ebe48

Fine

przyjemny kilka fajnych utworow

nehany kiemelkedo banger pl housequake de eleg uncsi lesz a vegere

Wycieczka międzygatunkowa, która mnie nie porwała

Needs less filler and more guitar

Psychedelic at times Happycore at times Weirdstep at times no stunners sadly "It's gonna be a beautiful night" - Rapping is SICK

Not as good as 1999

The title track is funky. Some others were ok

This was the first time I'd heard a Prince album in full, but of course I knew several of his songs. I knew going into it that he liked to experiment, so I wasn't really sure what I was getting into with this. It was alright. I liked Disc 2 significantly more than Disc 1.

Starfish and Coffee and If I was your girlfriend kinda go hard

Ah ah that man. Not that perfect.

A fine prince album

To me, Prince is all show and very little substance. This album absolutely did not have to be double sided.

Funky, sexy, clever. It's Prince. It's fine.

It's Prince. Beautiful songs.

Funky and quite strange. Some great tracks in here but not very cohesive or consistently enjoyable.

Reminds me of albums like "All Things Must Pass" or "Sadinista". Many ideas, some great tracks, but in total too overambitious…

Not really an album I would seek out or listen to a second time. Decent songs, well produced, but lacking sorely the energy and appeal of Purple Rain or earlier recordings from the early 1980s. Do not recall hearing any of these songs back in the late 80s era. I can appreciate Prince and his genius this just doesn't land for me. Mid.

Better and more interesting than purple rain but still not really my bag. Lengthy, boring