1999

Holy greatness!! If it was the top 10 albums only, this one makes it.

Great album full of classics.

fabulous

I heard maybe 20 different artists and albums in this one project. Prince is so influential, and his sound, vocals, and lyrical freedom make this a great soundscape. Many relistenable songs, and a great time as well.

Starts of well then fizzles out

Pretty good stuff

This was ok, but gets a bit samey

I wanted to love this album. The very first song has a line that goes "I don't wanna die, I'd rather dance my life away" for cryin out loud! But... I just didn't. The songs were too long. There was too much fake digital computer-sounding stuff and that's not really my jam. I don't know. I really like the Prince songs that I like, so I'll just give this a rating and keep it moving. No need to stay negative.

Okay he told me he wants me to have fun from the outset, and fun I had! Sexy, experimental, raunchy, dreamy, dramatic, breathy - allllll I want and more. I just appreciate weaving together (but also remaining disparate at points): funk, synth pop, rock, jazz - just so cool! Some favorites: - let’s pretend we’re married - there’s something in the water - free - lady cab driver Because there are still some skips for me, I gave a 3

The first half is great, it kinda spills into just horny drum machine love making after a while but it's Prince so he pulls it off (!).

1999 lrc

First 4 tracks are fire. Then it turns tedious with 8 minute songs about fucking that leaves me feeling a bit sticky.

Comes out gun slinging with the start of this album! The rest is also great! 3.8

And so begins listing to the 1001 albums you must listen to before you die! So this is where the expression "party like it's 1999" comes from! Sure, you may love purple, but do you love it as much as Prince? That is quite the sexually charged album. Not really my thing, but the melodies sure are catchy anyway! Song Stuck in my head for the rest of the day: Let's Pretend We're Married

Not my thing. I can recognize the craft and ingenuity, but just not music I deeply enjoy. The long running time of the album and a lot of the songs is probably appreciated by fans, but really starts to drag for me.

У Принца есть хорошие песни, но нет хороших альбомов (с)

Some good, classic Prince here. A bit of blue language from the purple Prince.

This album is definitely an inconsistent one, but beautiful.

More turgid funk from this over-sexed dwarf. A credit to the Jehovah’s Witness movement, a stain on the musical canon 1/5

Comenzamos la semana el martes, analizando el disco de ayer. Yyyy toca nuevamente álbum de un artista del que sólo he escuchado temas sueltos: me encanta este reto que me obliga luego a escuchar sus discografías. Con el primer tema conecto con infancia, con Michael Jackson y con los sonidos de la radio de ése momento. Disco muy arriba, imagino algunas canciones hasta para entrenar (Let's Pretend We're Married, por goleada), con sonidos precursores a todo el pop indie que vino después: pienso en mi país y pienso en Bándalos Chinos. Artista dancero por excelencia. Todo muy bien.

I thought I'd like it more, it was solid. Interesting. I'll listen again sometime, but for now, it was kinda OK and kinda not my thing. 2 stars. If I put in effort, I think it would be more, but I'm not really inclined to do so right now.

The hits are catchy but most of the latter half of the album just blends in together.

It’s good, some songs go on forecer

As a Minnesotan who wasn't aged out of Prince's music when it came out I feel like I'm kind of obligated to be a Prince fan but I've never been more than ambivalent about him. (I don't own a single one of his recordings.) I recognize that he was a great talent but there were a lot of times I found it difficult to take him seriously. This album was hot and not so hot but it was OK overall.

A classic.

Realy good album!

3 amazing and excellent songs. The rest of the album is fine...

Some truly great songs but the back half of this album kind of meanders with odds and ends.

Not my Genere but it's definitely giving!

funk, cool~

Lol, go to horny jail

Sex and camp. My favorite combination.

An exhibition of pure creativity! So many great songs!

I don't get the hype.

Big pop album. Not my thing, but hard to escape hearing it in the day. Prince was a pretty special talent, but just not to my taste, then and now. Known now for joining the long list of dead musicians who drugged just a little too hard.

Some people see Prince as some sort of musical genius. I however think he is a dude that wrote some good tunes and this album obviously has some of the really good ones.. the title track, little red corvette and Free but then there is others that just don’t click with me, like Automatic. Overall it’s enjoyable but I do think there are more Prince albums with more good tracks on…

What an album. Did this guy ever have any doubts? Doubt it. It's all sexuap energy and cool. I'll echo some other reviews, some of these songs were way too long. But man, Prince and his band kill it.

Like most of Princes album, nails a few songs out of the park but then the rest is just filler.

I’m not a Prince fan although I appreciate his talent and why others like him. A couple songs are fun or good to listen to.

The first 4 songs were pretty great. My interest went downhill after that to just wanting it to be done by the end. Not really sure how to rate this.

This started off as the best Prince album we've listened to. The first 3 or 4 songs are really good. But the second half is not really good, or at least, not what I like in music.

Another artist leaving my waiting list today! Not to lie, I heard Purple Rain a few years ago and I remember being ecstatic and euphoric with this record. For this reason, I already knew that Prince was this eccentric, extravagant and powerful artist. So I went to listen to 1999 with great expectations and was honored with the satisfaction of all of them. This is probably the sexiest album I've ever heard in my life (it competes very well with Marvin Gaye's Let's Get It On), it even gets pornographic at times. The sound quality is impeccable and, once again, Prince's vocals left me entranced and breathless. I'm not a person who likes to dance, but there's no way I can sit still and listen to this. The album suffers a little from the excessive length of the tracks. I think some of the 7 minute songs could be more compact. Apart from that, the album is perfect and was a pleasant surprise!

Like all Prince albums this album has good bits, bad bits and is also very long. I enjoyed the hits on this one so it gets 4.

Tout comme pour Sign O' the time, l'essai est transformé pour 1999. Ambiance torride ici, et sans équivoque : que quiconque écoute Lady Cab Driver pour prendre la température de l'album ! Conquise une fois de plus par Prince, contre toute attente.

Nice but not my cup of tea

Too sexy

Not bad but never been a massive fan of Prince 5/10

Amazing

4 stars.

Peak música de los 80, nada que decir. De sus álbumes más piola, tiene algunas canciones memorables en mi opinión, como Lady Cab Driver, International Lover y Little Red Corvette. No tiene ninguna canción mala, de hecho, para mí todas son bastante buenas. Sin embargo, no llegan al nivel de las mencionadas. 4/5.

Prince is one of my favorite artists so I have a bias towards his music. This is an uneven album, but I love many of the songs on it. Some wonderful classic Prince moments. "Automatic" and "Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)" are tracks that were not hits but are maybe my favorites. D.M.S.R. is an all time club standard.

Prince tends to be a bit much for me really. He's got some catchy songs and a couple of them were on this album, but actually I found it was more nostalgia and not that I actually liked them. I thought Little Red Corvette was my fave from this album but it just sounded quite dated. :( I didn't like this album. Fave Track: 1999 Rating: 2

Has some bangers but feels too long. 6/10

Some awesome songs on this album - but also a few that I remember fast forwarding on my cassette player back in the day.

But when I woke up this mornin' Could've sworn it was judgment day The sky was all purple There were people runnin' everywhere Tryin' to run from the destruction You know I didn't even care

I know it’s a masterpiece, I know he’s a genius—but emotionally, I’m blank on it. That’s always been the case with most Prince (solo on “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” excluded).

I found it interesting this was such a synth driven album. Few guitars. You can see the direction coming with The Revolution and it sure is tight and funky. Prince has a way of doing amazing things with simple chords and syncopation. Some of this sounds dated but hard not to appreciate the fundamentals.

Interestingly, this album was released in 1982 - just like the album immediately preceding - Sulk by The Associates. Both albums sound like they came from 1982, but 1999 is welcome in the future, and Sulk is not...at some point I will sit down and think about why.

Not a fan. Thought this was super boring and repetitive. Felt like it was designed for the radio rather than for any artistic pursuit

Not bad... but really carried by the few hits.

Bops

Fabulous! 5/5

Good album with a couple of great songs included

some bangers at the start, quite a lengthy album with a bit too much repetition, nice listen tho

Honestly, Prince albums are pretty much solid 5s for me as a general rule. The front half of this album (the only one from his... Ahem... Purple period I don't own) is an easy 5. The back end is weirder and more uncomfortable and I don't know yet. But I feel like I would grow to love it.

The hits are great, but by the time you reach “Something’s In The Water,”… I don’t know who enjoys that. Just seems cacophonous.

Not for me.

Funky and modern tunes (back then and still today) but every song is a bit too long and repetitive for me.

This feels like it set up pop music for the 80s. The synthesizers, guitar and bass, and drums all sound so stereotypically 80s, but this was the most important first record to do that.

Has some good grooves but it's too long and too repetitive in places

Prince rocks. Lots of bops on here.

2,5

It's Prince.

Man I love Prince, such a talented musician. So many great songs on this album, a lot of funky and sexual jams. I love all of the synth sounds and especially that snare sound he uses on some songs (you know the one). Prince is super underrated as a guitarist, but Lady Cab Driver has a short, but kick-ass solo. 1999 is probably my goto party song. The word "automatic" has been ruined for me, I can't hear it anymore without thinking a-u-t-o-matic All the Critics Love U In New York is the only song I really don't care about on this album, beside that this album is perfect.

Too 80s for me

Prince is one of the greatest all-around musical talents pop music has ever seen. I'd never gone past the voluminous hit singles on this album, and while some tracks seemed to drag on longer than necessary, they routinely paid off in the end. As a very different aside, I, for one, didn't realize how raunchy Prince could get. I did not have Prince singing, "I sincerely want to fu€k the taste out of your mouth" on my lyrical bingo card. You have to really enjoy the more 80s synth elements of Prince to appreciate the lengthy effort of the entire album, but it's an experience well worth having.

Quite interesting. Nothing I'd actively put on so nice that I got to listen to it. .

1999 Lady Cab Driver

Oh yeah, there’s a reason this was a classic. I remember now.

Groovy baby

This is a great album. Not as strong as Purple Rain but a preview of what is to come for sure. The first three are legendary and got all the airtime, but my favorite track was always track 4, “Let’s pretend we’re married.”. Could have been the roller rink , my age at the time, or both.

You can definitely hear the seeds that would eventually become peak Purple Rain. But after the first three tracks which were bangers then and still hold bang status today, the rest of this one is just not quite as strong. Still rounding up to a 4 on innovation and staying power alone. 3.75/4.

At least accurately pessimistic about life in the 21st century and thus the need to rage like it’s the end of the 20th. At least that’s what I think he was saying.

Prince is greatness. Couple of bangers on here but didn’t think it was his most dense compilation. Still enjoyed it. I just want an album of him solo-ing on purple rain.

First three tracks are bangers, but the rest of the album didn’t do it for me. 3.25/5

Starting off strong with the title track. And this album just keeps delivering right until the final track. Funky, soulful, melodic, fun, futuristic and sexy. Prince was in a league of his own.

I liked this album musically, but not lyrically. I feel like this speaks to the high school range of people personally. Musically I really enjoyed it, I think I'll like other prince stuff

This was much worse than I was expecting. Good poppy start but then just becomes annoying.

do you ooh-we-sha-coo-coo-yeah?

Didn’t mind this at first, but then it became way too sexual. Some tracks were also way too long!

i understand why prince is considered a legend, but his music has just never truly clicked for me. decent album, but far from my favorite of his

Could stand some trimming around the edges, but holy hell, what a funky sexy good time. Points the way to Prince’s musical supremacy.

You blinded me with 80s

it is not awful in the musical sense, but so awful in many others

This just isn't it. The first couple of songs are really good, but the rest of the album is either fine, or not good. The synth/drum machine starts pretty interesting but gets old after a handful of songs. It's got vibes, but I find the music mostly uninteresting. "Lady Cab Driver" breaks up some songs worth skipping, but that's only a brief reprieve. I've never actually listened to Prince before, so this experience is teaching me that his hits are great, that rest is just there. Favorite Song(s): 1999, Lady Cab Driver

Not my style. Super 80s

Pretty good from the artist formally known as!

Its definitely well made, but I think I'm just not a huge Prince fan? I think I just find many of his songs a little long and repetitive. Like I wish they swelled more, and changed tempo. But the synthy rock is fun. 1999 was probably my favorite track on the album

Masterful dynamics, gets a bit boring.

Didn't like it at all, 1.5/5. Had to stop listening ffs.

Pretty good. Not my favorite album from prince

His singles are, for the most part, very well known and liked. So I was really interested to hear this whole album. How disappointing. So many people say what a talented multi-instrumentalist he is, but very few say what a self-obsessed egotistical twat he is. Unfortunately it is the latter description that comes over in the rest of this album and the good work that was done in the famous tracks is completely undone by the rest of the album. Deserves no better than a very disappointing 1

Sounds very dated, but in a good way. A welcome dose of nostalgia. Not my favourite album of his by a mile, but really nice to revisit. Little Red Corvette 👌

Never liked Prince or his music, but he certainly was a clever little man. He knew how to write and perform a hit (whether I like them or not). Obviously I knew the singles, but the rest? Not a lot to grab my attention really, it just drifted on by...

Some amazing songs at the start before descending into nothingness. Typical Prince!

I finally understand the hype around Prince but also get why he doesn’t get many new fans. While his style was likely innovative at the time it feels very dated now. Overall had fun listening to this.

Even though I’m not much of a prince fan this album started off very strong. However after the first three songs this really dropped off and sounded like just another mediocre 80’s synthesizer based album which is definitely not my thing.

199 and Little Red Corvette are certified bangers. The rest of the album was interesting, but no other big hits that stood out for me.

An album full of funk epics. The long runtimes end up working in it's favour, since you just don't want the grooves to end. Prince gets a little too comfortable with the sex stuff on a couple of songs, but it's manageable. Those basslines are crazy, so much fun.

Good album I’ve already heard most of them and I like it

Purple Rain is still my favorite of the Prince albums, but this one is definitely infectious, and Prince will always have an incredible voice.

eh, this is the second Prince album I'm listening to (only listened to Purple Rain before) and they're not even comparable, all he talks about here is sex and sex and sex and sex. Funky grooves all throught but they just got boring to me after a while - 1999 and Little Red Corvette are really good though. I don't think I get Prince tbh. 2.5/5

Okay. Not my type of music.

01) 1999 - 10,0 02) Little Red Corvette - 10,0 03) Delirious - 8,5 04) Let's Pretend We're Married - 8,0 05) D.M.S.R. - 8,5 06) Automatic - 7,5 07) Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) - 8,0 08) Free - 8,5 09) Lady Cab Driver - 7,5 10) All The Critics Love U In New York - 8,5 11) International Lover - 8,0 TOTAL: 8,45 (85/100) Current ranking: 49/217 I can't decide whether "1999" or "Little Red Corvette" is better. The rest of the album is a little weaker than these two songs, which is to be expected, but still very good. Typical funky, sexy Prince.

I started out enjoying it but my rating just kept dropping as it went on. Every song was too long, too same-y, and too horny. A word of advice to all musicians everywhere from now until the end of time: never put actual sex noises in your songs ever. I guarantee your audience who's probably just listening while debugging some code at work is not as horny as you were when you recorded the song.

Classic and amazing

I don't know what to think about this. Some good, some meh. He definitely has done some epic stuff, but this, to me, isn't one.

Classic, diverse maybe a little long

A few great tracks hidden amongst a toddler playing a synth. Overly simple, way too repetitive. The 80s were a bad time for music.

Starting off with 1999 and little red corvette is pretty strong. Hit and miss for me after that, but the hits are pretty fun

3.3 I dont think I was in a mood for Prince when I listed to this. Album was good, but I really don't like Little Red Corvette

It was great.

1999-1982=17 interesting

This was a fun album - especially “1999” - but I wasn’t really matching its energy today. A bit too long and too homogenous. I can see the appeal, though.

Fun pop record. Way dirtier than I thought it would be, but I have never really listened to Prince. Great vocals, synth, percussion. All around super solid.

Firstly it does work as a coherent double album. Secondly the 80s production really sucks (especially the synth sound) Not a fan of this one.

Favorite Tracks: 1999 Little Red Corvette D.M.S.R.

It's Prince

Prince got a little freaky with this one

funky synths. way more explicit than anticipated (but not surprising)

Some great songs but also some fillers.

Some bangers, some not. Weird choices to have preachy songs along with songs about fucking a lot.

This was an again very funky record and as others said some songs are a little too long. This one has no reason to be a double lp. Other than that a really solid album. Not at the leve of Purple Rain

Good stuff

Solid

Doesn't beat Purple Rain. Was thinking this could've/should've ended after "Free" but then I really liked the last three songs! Not planning to check out the 65-song super deluxe edition, unfortunately.

Prince’s production is incredible

Long songs, but decent songs. I enjoyed them. 7/10

80s fetish music. Each song sounded basically the same. Loud overproduced 80s crap that has not aged well. Microplastics in the balls right here. 3/10

Morceaux longs et très monotones ...

Notable tracks: 1999, Let’s Pretend We’re Married, D.M.S.R., Automatic, All The Critics Love U In New York, International Lover

Yes please.

Really tried to like it more

Day 2 - June 3rd, 2024 Prince straight up jorkin it in his peanits (album was fire, highlights were Something in the Water and Lady Cab Driver)

I've always respected Prince, and thus tried repeatedly to connect with his music. I've failed many times. But listening for this list, he's 2 for 3. Sign o' the Times was not my favorite listen, but I'm wondering if I should go back and try again because this and Purple Rain are undeniably good. Maybe there's a proper order to listen to his albums in order to "get it"? I'm not ready to announce my conversion, but I feel more qualified to compliment someone on their Purple Rain t-shirt now. Part of it is that I'm too white to be this funky, but also because of the 80s-ness of it all. That said, he was clearly an incredible guitar player and a fuckin weirdo, but in a much less icky way than MJ was, which is saying something because these lyrics don't leave much to the imagination. Anyway, this is great. Even beyond the hits. Little Red Corvette has always been a favorite of mine. I'm not sure if Around the World In A Day is on this list, but that has my second favorite Prince song: Raspberry Beret.

Awesomely funky stuff from Prince. There are several long songs on here - 7+ minutes, but none of them feel long. Hard to pick highlights, but Something In The Water is great, as is Lady Cab Driver. Delirious is the only track that didn't really work for me.

It's always surprising that this record came so early in Prince's career. It's genuinely amazing, ESPECIALLY for '82, and feels like a 10th release rather than a 5th. It's funky, it's groovy, and it predicts the future. What more could you ask for?

That Prince guy sure knew how to make some funky jams

Prince is like some tiny, colourful hummingbird. Impossible to not be entranced by the brilliance of the wings. But, apart from a couple of songs, I won't be listening again - too long and not all great.

Two decent hit singles followed by an hour I will never get back, an hour when I could have been listening to something great, an hour when I heard 9 songs which are all contenders for the worst song I have EVER heard. Finally 'International Lover' arrived and claimed the prize! I would rather listen to Right Said Fred singing 'I'm too Sexy' on a loop for an hour than listen to this again, and hear Prince going on, and on, and on, and on about how he is so sexy. I can't stand Right Said Fred but at least they were having a laugh, Prince seemed to believe it all and it's so boring!!! He was an incredible musician, he wrote and performed some great stuff, but only when he dropped this egotistical nonsense!

I really love Prince, I think he was one of the best live performers ever and I would’ve loved to see him in concert. However I feel like the magic of that wasn’t quite caught yet with this album, it didn’t fully show his skills as one of the best guitarists/frontmen in the business! Stronger start but tails off toward the end. Favourite track: 1999

Big funky sexy purple album. Some great tracks here and others that lost me a bit. Favourites were 1999, D.M.S.R, Lady Cab Driver. 3.5/5, rounding down.

He understood and performed music so well that he super rested the 80’s sound fonts so frequently used in this amazing album. Strong 4/5

So good. Classic tracks. Starts bonkers strong but remainder is good but not as great. If you’re a person who enjoys museums, and you’re a fan of Prince, then I recommend you visit Paisley Park up in Minnesota. I went a few years ago and I loved it.

I’ve loved all of this, and I’ve loved some of this and found the rest bizarre and indulgent. This listen I loved it all. Much like Stevie Wonder, Prince can let a song coast on a groove for a while and sometimes I’ll be impatient for it to end, and other times I’ll lock in and enjoy the ride. Well over half of this album is unimpeachable classics and the rest are fascinating if not perfect.

It’s 1999. By Prince.

1982 fue el año de Thriller. Pero hubo discos realmente buenos ese año y entre ellos destacan este de Prince (1999) y Avalon, Pornogaphy o Nebraska. También los debuts de Felt, Coucteau Twins, Laurie Anderson o Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Otros realmente buenos también fueron New gold dream, Glassworks, The days of wine and roses, Too Rye Ay, The lexicon of love, The Dreaming, Rit it up... 1999 contiene algunas de las mejores canciones de Prince, lo cual hablando de Prince en los 80 es mucho decir. Sobre todo sus primeros tres singles: 1999 (que se lo digan a Phill Collins y Sussudio), su primer gran éxito: Little Red Corvette (muy del gusto del hombre blanco americano, éxito seguro) y la juguetona Delirious. El disco al final tuvo 10 canciones, pero había más de 35 para publicar. Something in the water anticipa lo que será Aorund the world in a day, Free sirve de pista de despegue a Purple rain... 1999 fue la confirmación de que nos encontrábamos con un enorme artista, capaz de ausmir diversas influencias (Clinton, Wonder, Hendrix...) y crear un universo propio y maravilloso. A partir de este 1999 se mantuvo en estado de gracia publicando algunos de los mejores discos de la década y de la historia.

3.5. Was ok

Solid album.

Not his best work

May 30, 2024 HL: title track, "Little Red Corvette", "Delirious", "Automatic", "Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)", "All The Critics Love U In New York" A small step down from Purple Rain, but comparing any Prince album to Purple Rain is unfair. Comparing any *album* to Purple Rain is unfair. Though some songs move outside the formula, this is a high NRG collection of songs for dancing, and songs for... 👀 👀 👀 fucking. And who wrote those kinds of songs better in the 80's than Prince? 1999 sounds a bit more claustrophobic than his other two albums on this list, due to him recording pretty much every instrument himself. But the illusion of a full soundstage is helped along by the production (He did that too? makes sense). "Little Red Corvette" sounds like it was born in a stadium.

usual music preference towards metal, classical, electronic, and rap. 1. Prince 1999: heard a couple songs from the album before but never really had an interest in Prince outside of watching Purple Rain and digging the pop funk style. 5/10 not bad at all & I wouldn't change the station if I heard it on the radio but doesn't make me want to explore more either.

I preferred this to Sign of The Times. The hits are the best for me. I can't imagine many moments when playing International Lover would be appropriate!

This is a great album. It has a lot of great hits on it (Little Red Corvette is my fav). Sexy jams are fun and exciting, and Prince might be the best at it. As a lady it is nice to hear a singer talk about making their partner happy in a way that actually feels like the person knows what they are talking about. He has the swagger to back up what he is laying down, you know what I mean ladies. I wish Prince got my credit and love for his deeper stuff like 1999, Free and All the Critics Love U. Yes there is sex in all of it, but its beyond that, its talking about critical issues (nuclear war, sexuality, insecurity, etc) in a way that is not been done.

The songs are long cuz they are dancing grooves. Or you can fuck to them. You can dance if you want.

I received the Purple Rain cassette for Christmas, 1984. In hindsight it was probably a little brave of my parents to get that for me as a 10 year-old, considering some of the lyrics travel into risqué territory (Darling Nikki), but they surely didn’t know that when they bought it. Purple Rain is a universally regarded brilliant and perfect album, so digging further into Prince is weird because it reveals that there are exactly zero of his other albums that sound anything like it. The closest you’re going to come would be 1999, created the year before in 1983. It has the big pop radio hits but instead of the classic rock all-time great album vibe of Purple Rain, it presents an early 80s dance/club aesthetic that truly rocks a persons world once they get into it. Many of these songs stretch past 6 or 7 minutes and dig their 5” purple velvet heels deeply into the groove. This album is just as important as Purple Rain, and once you get into this as well, you’ll discover that Prince’s catalog is full of mind blowing albums that never repeat themselves, that don’t always take themselves seriously, will get a little (or a lot) nasty, and will reward repeated listens ten-fold.

“Don't you just love Prince?” Yes, yes I do. I’ve never listened to this whole album before. Love the hits on it, and the others are fun and groovy too, though they take kind of a weird turn and go on a bit too long without any obvious purpose for being so long - feels like a little bit of editing could’ve been done. Regardless, he has a way of making his music sound very effortless and cool and sexy. I enjoyed this a lot. And I love how encouraging he is about letting your freak flag fly. RIP you sexy mother fucker.

I didn't think this would be anything but a 5, and if I could give 1999, Little Red Corvette, and Delirious individual ratings they would be off the chart.. but then.. things took a turn. I am not saying the songs are bad .. but there are very few reasons in my mind to have songs that approach the 10 minute mark.. and there are three on this album.. and two in a row! The #1 reason to NOT have a 10 minute song (in my opinion, of course, which is the point of a review) is to refrain from repeating the same lyric over and over 100 times. D.M.S.R and Automatic do just that. They start so good but could have easily been 5-6 minute songs. I appreciate this album for its content but I can't say that I will be listening to the entire album on repeat again soon.

4.5/10 First half ok. Second half terrible and way too long Highlight: Little Red Corvette

M'n derde Prince. Bij Purple Rain heb ik een hele scriptie geschreven, dus ik denk dat ik het deze keer gewoon kort hou. Precies wat je verwacht. Neppe drums, veel echo op de zang, een beetje viezig, goedkoop aanvoelende synths, te lange nummers. Ik geef het 2 sterren. Prince kennen we nu wel.

I like 80’s music but this was a it too much, I guess sadly I’ve grown out of my 80’s obsession. Like the first two and definitely the last track

Wall to wall bops

Solid. The Lady cabdriver went for a ride.

No. 183/1001 1999 4/5 Little Red Corvette 4/5 Delirious 3/5 Let's Pretend We're Married 3/5 D.M.S.R. 3/5 Automatic 3/5 Something In The Water 2/5 Free 4/5 Lady Cab Driver 3/5 All The Critics Love U in New York 2/5 International Lover 3/5 Average: 3,09 This was good. I'm just not that big a of synth-heavy pop music.

Iconic album- Prince in all his pomp. No-one did it quite the same so he gets away with outrageous swagger and corny lyrics. He really was in a class of his own.

Bought it 40 years ago

A funky and fun party and ahead of its time. Prince poured a lot into this album

I love Prince's stuff! He's a musical genius and in the day he was a favorite. I didn't own this album though. I'm not as enamored of it as earlier ones though. It's his signature sound, but a bit monotonous. It's a precurser to house music though, long repetitive songs that get people dancing. Prince's influence goes on and on. Maybe 4 stars instead of 5?

Not as good as I remembered. Purple rain is THE album

Horny the album

Prince is Ƭ̵̬̊. , even its weaker songs are saved by how hilariously raunchy they are

The Album formerly known as "A banger"

Easy 5.

My first Prince album and apparently I don't get Prince. A lot of these tracks far outstay their welcome without evolving in any interesting way and the whole thing feels really self indulgent. Honestly struggle with being able to name a standout track too. A shame.

As talented and entertaining Prince is, his music is not always the most interesting. Obviously there a few mega hits like 1999 and Little Red Corvette that make this album worth a listen, but a number of songs could be cut too. 3.5/5 but rounding this one up.

If i say dirty mind is better will i be stoned in the town square

Fun but not particularly engaging 2.5/5

Funky funky tracks, but just too long-winded and meandering for me to get excited about. Fave track: D.M.S.R.

another album that kicks off with the title track, this one follows that up with Little Red Corvette and other bangers like DMSR & Automatic though (I'm looking at you Al Green). solid 4

Not for me YNN

So good and fun to dance to i bet, but very repetitive just listening to it by itself

I feel like I just had sex with Prince.

Some tracks a bit too long but great overall. Gonna party like it is 1999.

Overall liked it. Didn't know where party like it's 1999 is from. Will I listen to again: 50%

Prince is like no other figure in modern music - a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist that produced critically and commercially successful work over decades, and who may be one of the coolest people to ever live. 1999 was Prince's fifth studio album, and this was the release that made him in to a star. His pop-infused version of R&B and funk was well polished by this album, and some of his big, early hits were the result: "Little Red Corvette," "Delirious," and "1999." This was Prince's first album recorded with the Revolution, the band that he worked with for most of the 80's. This is an incredible collection of songs, and one of the masterpieces in Prince's catalog.

Damn, first two tracks are killer. Delirious is catchy too in a goofy way. I can’t handle the drums in Let’s Pretend to be Married.

Alright

I haven’t really liked the other Prince albums I’ve listened to thus far, but I can’t deny how fun this album is. A very strong 4…just kinda lost me on the last few songs and how LONG many of them are.

Spectacular. Some albums get better with time and this is one of them.

The opening 3 tracks are really good. Unfortunately the rest of the album is a bit of a slog. The remaining songs are just self indulgent and far too long. Only one of them is under 5 mins. Down-marked accordingly. 2+ Stars.

What more needs to be said!? Not my favourite prince album and it’s not as good as Purple Rain, Controversy or Sign o the Times in my opinion but it does have maybe his greatest song - little red corvette. The whole album is a delight and the only song i wasn’t particularly keen on was delirious. Shout out to DMSR, automatic and all the critics love you in New York for being great underrated cuts. Anyone else find it unusual that I’ve got two prince albums so far though out of the 1001 I’ve only listened to 10 and 2 have been prince

80s Prince through and through. Enjoyed this one but not aching to get back to it. Four stars.

I want to like Prince, and I'm still holding out for that to happen. But this record didn't do it for me. Entirely too 80s with a serious lack of any of the guitar intricacies that I hear about often when it comes to Prince's music. Lots of the tracks on here border on annoying. Looking forward to Prince redeeming himself because this wasn't it.

Very funky 80s pop. little red corvette was my favorite song from the album

I never knew this was a double album! The first three songs of course are fire! What a way to start (and of course turned out to be the hit singles). From there it seemed like it was extended electronic funk jam filler for me. Had problems listening to the rest of it in one sitting after the first three songs since it seemed to peak too soon and steadily lost interest in the rest of the album. Not horrible but not great either.

Could be his best of

Prince is ultra talented and the first two songs of this album are mega popular. That being said, the songs were all too long and at certain points it felt like I was on a bad trip.

cant be bothered to listen to the whole thing 2/5

Amazing

Is there a better song than Little Red Corvette?

This is a pretty good album if you’re into Prince. Not sure if it’s a must listen especially for people who aren’t fans.

Loves: 1999 Little Red Corvette Delirious D.M.S.R Automatic All the Critics Love you in New York Notes: I’m going into this having listened to a handful of popular Prince songs a lot and some deeper cuts a few times. Little Red Corvette is one of my all time favorite songs. I like “1999” (song), but it is at the bottom of the Prince songs I know well.

ONCE AGAIN ITS TOO GOOD TO CRITIQUE Anyway Prince. Fun fact: my ex husband bought the last ticket to the last show he ever played in Atlanta. The hits are thee fuckin HITS here. You immediately get punched in the face with 1999. Then it’s Little Red Corvette. Then Delirious?? Look it’s Prince here so you know you’re gonna fuckin party regardless of if you want to or not. Even the lesser known songs are jamz. You literally can’t fuck with this album. Did you also know that if someone doesn’t like Prince you can legally beat them up with a roll of nickels in a sock? I’m not a lawyer tho so use discretion there. If you really listen you can hear how masterful of a composer the guy is. There’s layers in there that you can really tell have an effect on the overall sound of the tune. Even the album cover has lots of cool details and shit. Purple Rain aside, this is Prince and the Revolution at their finest. Just a solid record start to finish and hot as heck. If you don’t like Prince after hearing this then you should jump in the nearest ocean immediately.

I need a 6 Star option for this. Non-stop party. I don't care that I'm partying like 35 years ago, I don't party but this is the one exception.

So different from Purple Rain. So much synth and so little guitar. I thought that was going to influence things badly for me, but once again Prince shows that his particular brand of pop is something I actually like. Felt a few little nods to electro throughout this one which also rocked.

Should be 45 minutes 3/5

So So Good. Starts strong and fast with 1999, Little Red Corvette, and Delirious. 5 stars for the start. The rest of the album is good, off pace, but artistic. 3 stars because of the lag for me. Average of 4 stars.

Mood: Friday afternoon Setting: Finishing up the work day I enjoyed it decently. I never have really listened to Prince other than a couple hits but I felt a little hard-done by listening to a Prince album and not getting to hear Purple Rain? That seems unfair. I neither loved nor hated this album, so solid 3 but closer to 4 than to 2.

Let's Pretend We're Married goes hard. So does D.M.S.R. So does Little Red Corvette. So does Delirious. This was my first Prince album and I really liked it. Almost all of the songs were jams, with a few slower songs like International Lover to mix it up. You can feel his charisma coming through in all the songs. Listening to him sing is like listening to Jeff Goldblum talk. It feels like he's trying to fuck the song as he's singing it. I look forward to hearing more Prince 8/10.

I knew Prince was a sex symbol in his heyday, but this album was auditory imtercourse. Really good though. 3.5/5

Just seeing the album pop up in my feed put a smile on my face. This one is a six.

Couldn't relate much, doesn't align with my taste.

Not my favourite album. Weird music, will probably give it a relisten sometime halfway through the entire thing.

i just cannot get behind this except for a couple songs

Never listened to it but Prince outlived Mike Jack

Solid, close to a 5 for me

I liked this more than another Prince album I got, it's fun to listen to and the first few songs are cool. however, for me, it gets old fast (around 3 songs in, to be precise) – drug-fueled hedonistic sex music is just not really the genre I find myself drawn to or can connect with, so it just becomes repetitive. maybe it's creative and interesting, but it's difficult to judge from today's perspective. obligatory note: I'm not a conservative; I absolutely support sex positivity, and I think talking about safe and consensual sex between any and all genders in public spaces is not just okay but necessary – that's not the reason I don't vibe with the album.

Long grooves and very sexual. Prefer purple rain but Prince is still at a peak.

Achei paia

Ok album, 1/2 songs that stood out but nothing I would come back to. High 2.

Good. 80s synth all over the place. I've heard the hypersexual stuff was a put on - gets to be a bit much. Undeniable genius and all but this one didn't excite me too much. 4 for the prince airlines and lady cab driver, and hippy call outs.

Not a fan of 80s music. I just can't bring myself to enjoy it.

Fun, funky, keyboard driven and fancy!!!

i suppose he liked sex

Prince’s 1999 might be one of the smoothest, funkiest, and grooviest albums I’ve ever heard. To be frank, I had no clue what this album is, so I had no preexisting knowledge of the genre or direction Prince was taking. It was a pleasant surprise. Starting with 1999, the celebratory feeling really got me hyped, and then with Little Red Corvette, the flow was too good, and Prince sounded amazing. This continued for the entire album, with every song sounding unique, but equally hella funky. My favorites are Little Red Corvette, Something In The Water (Does Not Compute), and Lady Cab Driver. This, in my opinion, rivals Purple Rain, if not being better. All in all, 1999 is a perfect album. Best Song: Lady Cab Driver Worst Song: All The Critics Love U In New York

pretty damn good

This is such a great album. Starts and ends strong.

Best song: little red Corvette Vibes: funk Themes: end of the world, robots, sluts

Dá pra ver a influência do Prince na música pop, mas não é meu favorito

For many, mention of the year in question triggers a mental playing of this album's title track, so that counts for something. The music throughout is pretty good though, showcasing Prince's astounding versatility across multiple genres. Not sure it all stands up 40+ years on. Also, I don't need constant reminders that he likes (liked) to shag. The 4 is 3.5 rounded-up.

The hits still pop. Dance, music, sex, romance kinda sums it up. It would make a good album for background at a party. 3*

Title track is my favourite Prince song, but there also some filler tracks. Overall this has lasted time well

I don’t know what prince thought he was doing with this one. This guy just has no shame Favorite: 1999 Least favorite: D.M.S.R 3.5/5

Prince brings it. Good album, and still very listenable.

Prince klingt wie Prince - auch in diesem Album. „1999“ ist prägend für seinen Sound und „Little Red Corvette“ ist sehr gelungen. Der Rest des Album entspricht zwar seinem Sound ist aber über weite Strecken langweilig und teils auch sehr einfach arrangiert … ein bisschen so wie der MusicMaker auf dem Commodore C64. Kein weiteres Stück (vielleicht „Free“) ist nennenswert.

thank goodness the world never ended in '99. this is a very funky early synth pop album, absolutely fabulous vocals, an almost poetic and SEXY atmosphere and one-of-a-kind drum machine experiments make prince's songs really stand out among the rest. so good.

Album starts of fantastically with those first two tracks, but after that theres a bunch of tracks that feel a bit to long, causing the album to drag on a bit. Still a pretty good offering from Prince.

💜💜💜💜💜

I like Prince a lot, and this is a really solid album. The main reason it's not getting 5 stars from me is that some of the songs really meander for way longer than they should. The musicality and production are top notch throughout, but this album just loses me at some points. It's not bad by any means, though. My favorite songs are probably "Little Red Corvette" and "Free" but they all have high points.

Prince arrived to the mainstream with this album. A beast of an album.

I grew up in a family that loves Prince. This is actually the first full album I have heard from Prince. I recognized a few songs that I have heard before such as Little Red Corvette, and 1999. Though those songs are good, my favorites from this album are Free, All the Critics Love U in New York, and 1999. Although I like songs on this album, I only like 3/11. That’s the reason I’m giving this album a rating of 3/5. The album is okay, but not the best. I would listen to it again though.

I'm not as versed in Prince as I would like, so i was nervous about this one. I gotta say I was pleasantly surprised. While I don't crave that synth sound so synonymous with the 80's, I did appreciate the era-defining quality and influence of it. If I'm in the mood, I could find myself coming back to this.

One of my favorite albums now

Not really my vibe but glad i hear it

Some funky songs, not really my style

Enjoyed this a lot, : )

1999 - Mix is not my favorite, feels a bit too close and quiet. Very groovy, funky guitar riffs add a lot. Overall very solid opening track. Little Red Corvette - I think this melody is much more catchy

Probably one of the best party albums of the 80s. Not really where I'm at now, and fails to connect, but amazingly produced and pinnacle of the style.

I wanted to seriously listen to this before rating it. So silly. I know this album throughly. I'd never give it anything less than a 5

Fun album, but nothing special to me. It was nice to have in the background or for a car ride. Favorite song was delirious. Did not add to my Spotify playlist.

Prince will always hold a special place in my heart. he influenced some of my favorite bands like Ween and Phish so I appreciate him. Fun Prince Album.

Not many artists can release not one but 2 essential double albums with all killer, no filler, but we're talking Prince here. If you dont understand how amazing this is life is wasted on you

It's good, but it feels kinda... uninspired?

I never realized Prince wrote these songs… I feel dumb. Also, this man fucks. 3.4

Not my favorite Prince record, but still lovely. Hoping for Aroubd The World In A Day.

I’m a Prince guy. Love his sound and his eccentricities. This is great beginning to end. Good grooves and catchy hooks. Will be listening forever. 5/5

Very lengthy songs. Gets a little too weird for me, but you can hear the talent. "Free" was the standout to me.

Loved the album

This is a classic! Need to be in the mood for this album

Amazing album. Prince was a musical genius

A master musician and excellent artist. One of the best of its' era.

I didn't like it as much as Purple Rain, and that's a "sometimes" album for me. He's talented, but I like what he put out in the album after 1999.

Just listened and am now pregnant.

great album, i just had sex with prince, i love the 80's

Classic from a master

Good! Some filler!

mehhhhhhhhh

Good funk and R&B tunes. The title track absolutely rips but the songs on the rest of the album are hard to distinguish.

Lo mismo que el álbum anterior, apartir de un momento se empieza a volver monótono, pero necesito volver a escuchar este álbum a futuro pq creo que mi opinión podria cambiar 4/10

Slightly funky, cool grooves, great vocals and great sound, but sounds very dated to my ear. Three stars.

ok ich ha da album nur bitzli gern. liiiebs 1999 rieeese banger why does everybody habe a bomb?? LIIIITTLE RED COORVETTE delirious au son insane banger. wie macht er en blues wi so 80er isch mit de goofigste synth melodie.? lets pretend were married meeeega horn dog shit. snare so geil. wie d synth stavs inechömed aaaah. UUH WEE SHA SHA CUCU YEAAAH. indeed uuhweeshashacucuyeah. boooah s bass fill. öppe bi 2:20. irgendwenn machtses afoch no instrumental und ich finds gnau so geil. "i wanna fuck you so bad it hurts". brudi prince insano horny DMSR isch vlt min lieblings prince track. soooo fucking funky. work your body like a whore ok. aber fuuck d gitarre mit de synths zeme. brudi de siech cha tschuuuuute ich ha fast vergesse. hahaha all the white people clap your hands on the 4 now. stimmt nocher chunter no mit de toms. automatic au cool aber deefinitiv z lang. something in the water sehr moody und so. mega weird eigentli. free chli musical time? aber huere schön. lady cab driver mega low key funk i like. nocher afoch hert sex grüüsch. prince so fucking horny. boah aber synths und gitarresolo hiiiitted. all the critics love u in new york checki nöd ganz? international lover huuuere geil. mues micher no how come u dont call me anymore lose. ghört wie zu dem album dezue. und isch öppis womer so all 2 wuche mol mues lose für de pallet cleanser. find s album huuere guet aber z lang. het nöd möse es doppelalbum sii. die erste zwei siite sind klar besser als de schluss. isch immerno sicher e starchs vieri oder e füfi.

S HET ALLES GLÖSCHT also s het riese banger druff aber für min gschmack mengisch chli z langi lieder und de synthi isch mier amigs eifach chli zu goofy free isch nöd oke geil

This album is even greater than I remember it. I have listened to a lot of Prince, including this album and Purple Rain, but I mostly go back to Hits I & II if I'm going to just get a little hit of Prince. However, it must have been longer than I thought it had been since I listened to "1999" all the way through, because I was very impressed by all the quirks and the flow of the songs and the length of many of them that went far beyond just his normal pop hooks. I definitely am going to be listening to this one again soon.

An album that I've listened to more than 1,999 times! I paid closer attention to the lesser played tracks this time. Does anyone else hear \"Neutron Dance\" elements in \"Let's Pretend We're Married?\" The former came out 2 years after this album, so probably was an influence. This album is truly seminal. Pun intended.

I was psyched to see another Prince album come up but… ehhhh? Do they allllll have to be so long? A lot of repetition and very “bleep bloop” sounding. Maybe I’m in the wrong headspace but I definitely wasn’t grooving like Prince intended.

1999 Cool synths and drum machines throughout. One of the more electronic and dancey Prince albums. Things are kind of stretched out and there’s some cool space. I like to stay on a groove for a while. Favorites: DMSR, 1999 Free was a welcome change of pace Love the “ this is your pilot, prince” bit in international lover.

Not my fav prince album but totally iconic and pretty groundbreaking when it came out I think. Little red corvette slaps

Sometimes it’s like he’s a parody of himself. The songs get repetitive for me especially in the top half of the album.

I'm not a Prince fan but I'm open to discover him under a new light. This album won't make it, however. It failed to keep my attention all the way though.

Nope. I didn't find anything moving on this album.

The exploded synthesizer passages are really interesting and pretty cool. Except for a few songs, I find it to be quite boring pop music. At least, I haven't been able to get attached to it.

A good album from Prince. I really liked 1999 and Little Red Corvette. The rest of the album was good as well, there were no songs I disliked.

Phenomenal album. Would be a 5 without “Something in the Water”. Funky, poppy, pornographic shit. Extremely infectious and catchy. “Lady Cab Driver” goes crazy!!!

C'est bon Prince

Enjoyed this, especially Little Red Corvette

own

Favourite song - 1999

The number of 80s comedies that start with 1999 playing during the opening credits has to be greater than zero. I have never listened to an entire Prince album. The electric drums, claps effects and synths are such a product of the time.

Fabulous!

Genius. 1999 really brought his funky genius to the public.