1999

I know it's an iconic album and, while I can appreciate that, it wasn't my thing back in high school when it came out and it's still not my thing now. There are a lot of things I like about the album, but there are a few things I can't get past: 1. Why do the songs have to be so long? 2. Prince is such a great guitar player, why can't he play a bit more guitar and a bit less on the synths? 3. I hate fake sounding drum machines. I know I'm in the minority on this one, but 3 stars.

How is Little Red Corvette the only song with an explicit flag?

Better as a live act

I do like Prince - he's got some fun and funky beats. I love that I can nearly see his face through the way that he sings. He's so entertaining! Only thing is it's a little too repetitive for my taste these days. Fun to go through these throwbacks though.

Oh well. *1999*. Released in 1982. If through this title, Prince wanted to predict music as it would sound seventeen years later, that's not exactly how everything turned out, is it? That minor grudge aside, it's hard to miss the carpe diem *concept* behind the album. *1999* is a record that wants you to have sex, because, hey, that's one of the best thing our short lives have to offer, is it not? It is also speaking from a cold war vantage point, hence the criticism of "politicians" found in some lyrics here and there, even if such quick statements might just be useful pretexts for more fucking (up, around, and well, just good old straight-up fucking itself). If the end of the world is coming soon, whether at the turn of the millenium or earlier, we'd better enjoy what's left of our lives and party *hard*, after all. This here is the bulk of Prince's *D.M.S.R* program (a track from the album that reads *Dance, Music, Sex, Romance*), an overall theme also nicely introduced in opener and legendary single "1999", where the Minneapolis sex-crazed, short-statured genius reminds us that anyone is "carrying a bomb' these days, nuclear or not, and that as a result, anyone can die in the next hour or the next minute. When U say it this way, Mr. Nelson, it indeed sounds like a good idea to take your sweet time and wallow in all those hedonistic long tracks celebrating love, lust, sex, romance and everything in between. The thing is, *long* does not necessarily equate *good*. At least when it comes to music, if you take my meaning. Wink, wink. And *this* here is exactly where *1999* falls short, ironically. Because as groundbreaking as the record was, both for Prince and for pop music at large (with all those dry synth-driven hits, Afrika-Bambatta-inspired dirges, lustful torch songs, rock digressions and moist-yet-minimalistic hard-funk forays), yes, in spite (or because) of all of *that*, there's a also a streak of self-indulgence running through *1999* which might possibly make it a difficult listen in 2022, no matter what critics or hardcore fans are raving about when they're mentionning the album today. "Let's Pretend We're Married" is a nice track, with a soundtrack it's easy to picture St Vincent writing a few decades later. But did it need to last for 7 minutes or so, no matter what crazy antics Prince is doing during the performance? Besides, cuts like "Automatic", "DMSR", "Lady Cab Driver", or "All the Critics Love U In New York" are not *that* good musically speaking in the first place. And most of them still run even far longer than 7 minutes. Or if they don't, they sound *as if they do*. Never a good sign when you're watching the clock while "doing it". The only exceptions to that overall issue are the first two tracks, and the fact that they are opening the album is not so much a blessing in disguise as it is a curse for the record's overall balance. "1999" is a bouncy masterpiece, and if you can't shake your rump to it, it means you're probably dead already. And "Little Red Corvette", Prince's first crossover hit to rock and mainstream charts in a long list of many, has *that* stellar chorus going for it. But after that early point, in terms of obvious hits and nudges to a casual listener's ears, zilch, zero, nada. For certain genres, this is not necessarily a problem. But when you claim to be writing and playing grand pop statements, it kind of becomes one. The jump from "Little Red Corvette" to "Delirious" is just jarring, for example. What is that ridiculous happy-go-lucky pseudo-mock-rockabilly synth riff? And, er... wait... What? Was that *thing* a single, too? Really??? There are indeed a few "endearing" curios in *1999*, which probably triggered Prince's fans to unabashadly label it as a masterpiece because they thought those intriguing yet somewhat half-baked compositions had something "different" in them compared to other more famous cuts. Chiefly among those weird songs is the interestingly ambient and ambiguous "Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)", sounding as if Kraftwerk mated with Otis Redding under Devo's voyeuristic leer, not so bad if you like such kinky set-ups in your sex life. To which you might also add "Free", a Motown-like ballad with a nice piano part but not much else in terms of memorable stuff. A change of pace, a missionary-position sort of statement, if you will. Of course, those flaws are sometimes amplified by appalling lyrics here and there. Prince, being the piece of work that he was, often considers his romantic conquests (real or fantasized) as so many inerchangeable objects for his own narcissitic lust. No, women are not "beautifully complex", they're just different one from the other, just as men are. And if they don't always cater to your every need, it's not because of "something in their water", you prick. They're not bonzai trees, for chrissake. However, as ludicrous as those immature ditherings are, such paranoid rants can sometimes spawn striking poetic images once in a while. In "Lady Cab Driver", for instance, just as the singer is fantasizing about 'doing it' with the titular character, he starts to *dedicate* each thrust of his hips to everything life has for us (yes, you read that correctly), both the good and the not-so-good. The list goes from politicians dooming our world to greedy billionaires, from God to nature, and finally, from his lover to himself and his own shortcomings (with a surprisingly candid admission he wishes he was "as tall and handsome" as his brother on one particular thrust--quite the precious psychological nugget for all wannabe shrinks out there). Sublimation of our instinctual death drives through sex has never been better depicted. Too bad the music (all that lazy funk set on "automatic' mode behind) is just... so-so. This is not exactly the case of finale "International Lover", where Prince pictures himself as a pilot of his own private Sex Airlines company. The singer won a Grammy for his impressive performance on this slow extravaganza, as tongue-in-cheek corny as it is tongue-in-your-mouth exhilarating. Honestly, Prince deserved that trophy, so good he is when he whispers and taunts his lady prey to get on board with him, moaning, howling and orgasming at the very end, just as their plane is reaching its pleasurable destination at last. A place called "Satisfaction", by the way--yeah, that same tropical island Mick Jagger kept yearning and yelling after, to no avail... Yet, as good as that destination is, once you've just spinned that track, you don't necessarily want to come back to it for your next holidays. It's a fun listen the first time around, we'll grant you that. But it's also *another* long-winded proposition coming at the end of an album almost exclusively filled with other such long jams and whatnot. As you and I know, promising trysts often end up being nothing but one-night-stands, even when the sex was good on that night. That's where hedonism soon starts to lose its edge, as is the case here. Fortunately, Prince was too eager to please to repeat the same mistakes twice, no matter how commercially successful *1999* turned out to be. "Sign 'O" The Times" had a similar concept, but it was so varied, so adventurous stylistically speaking, that its also admittedly long songs fare better today in comparison. "Parade" was a mixed affair, but it proved the funky midget was able to pen far shorter tracks that could still be impressive, whether in their sonic experimentations or their display of pop instincts. And *Purple Rain* was the best those two worlds had to offer, the exact balance Prince needed to reach right after *1999*. We won't go further after this eighties period, though. Even when a music review forces you to elaborate on sex and other earthly pleasures, there's still some minimum decency to preserve. It's not how long and how often you're doing it that counts. It's how much you can genuinely enjoy the whole thing. [Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 990 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 3 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 5 (including this one for its "historical" importance, even if I doubt it will make the final cut...) Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (as I think many others are more important): 3]

Viihdyttävää, kuten Prince tuppaa aina oleen. Kuitenkin jää sellanen ”pakko kuunnella uudestaan ja uudestaan”-fiilis pois.

Even if 1980's rock/pop is the opposite of my taste in music, I can truly see how this is an icon for the lovers of the genre as well as an album that deserves to be in this list. It's well made, catchy, and strong in lyrics, vocals, and instrumentation. Truly a step-up from Bad by Michael Jackson, and made me realize how fucking Bad it actually is.

Great songs… red corvette etc

Åter igen jag gillar!

Very well known album. Solid vocals and mix on almost all songs.

This was definitely better than the last Prince album I listened to for this project. A lot of classic songs that I knew, but didn't necessarily know they were Prince songs. Still not really my thing, but I can respect the art.

It’s fine. It’s very 80s. I don’t get the appeal…

I want to like Prince. But listen to a full album is a bore and a chore. This would maybe have made 4 stars if he could wrap up a tune in 3 and 1/2 minutes, but everything drags out to 7mins and blends into each other - and I lose interest. Protracted and self-indulgent.

This is a generous 3... I love Little Red Corvette and a few other tracks are good, but there are many bloated tracks that I don't care for at all

I feel like I'm watching all of the Godfather movies in one sitting. Not super excited about listening to more Prince since we just reviewed Purple Rain, which was decent. This too is decent but I'm just so tired of looking at Don Corleone. Some decent radio music from my childhood but nothing I'd ever buy or listen to willfully especially after being served so much in such a short span.

This is our third and final Prince album from the generator, generated before the first hit of several groups with more albums on the list. That's random for you, I guess. "Sign O The Times" was very uneven, then "Purple Rain" was a masterpiece, so what about "1999?" After the deservedly popular "1999" (even if it predicted joyful end-of-century partying and not existential Y2K panic), "Little Red Corvette" reached peak 80s, and then "Delirious" followed immediately after with what can only be called trough 80s. That was annoying and made me concerned we were in for another uneven album. Then I spent most of "D.S.M.R." coming up with ASMR jokes, only to be shocked by the cries for help at the end. Prince sings that the R stands for Romance, but that doesn't sound like romance to me. If there's some deeper meaning here I can't find mention of it, but at the very least it served to scramble my plans for ASMR jokes. Luckily there was some very listenable, enjoyable, but unmemorable, funk and soul in the second half of the album. (As long as you let it go in the background and don't pay too much attention to song lengths. There were two moments when I thought "it must be on to the next song now? I didn't notice the transition. Nope, nevermind, this one still has two more minutes.")

This one is hard for me. I like it more than Sign O the Times because it is less all over the place which made Sign O the times probably very exciting for people who were not me. I don't like it quite as much as Purple Rain; however, which means I should be giving this a 3.5 but our stupid rating system doesn't allow it. Fun fact, being in the class of 1999 meant that this song was requested and played at every high school game/function my senior year. However, it was NOT our official class song because the administration thought the line "I've got a lion in my pocket, and baby he's ready to roar" was too inappropriate. Of all the Prince lyrics about sex to get huffy about....

After getting all 3 Prince albums on the list, my conclusion is that I want to like Prince more than I actually do. He was innovative and talented. No doubt. There are some songs I really enjoy, like 1999, Little Red Corvette, and Lady Cab Driver. But there is also shit like Something In The Water, which is bafflingly bad in comparison.

Really enjoyed some of it, other bits just wash by me.

Rating this a 3 just like the other two Prince albums I've listened to. Was probably innovative and modern for it's time. But fails to grab my interest today.

This album is 40 years old! Wow! A couple of fantastic tracks. Prince was an absolute master at his craft. Enjoyable to listen to again.

Pretty varied and adventurous. Lots of different approaches, some work, some not so much. Pretty stellar start to the album, but tapers off a bit and things like something in the water is just a strange detour.

Mir nicht gitarrig genug

Sehr 80er Pop aber auch nicht unlässig

not as good as purple rain

I can respect this album but just wasn’t for me. Songs are long and get repetitive

Gone too soon... Just the first talent of his time

I can respect the quality, the genius, the intent… but this is cheesy af. I guess it was very rebellious back then but no 80’s sound aged very well

The appeal here of Prince is either misunderstood or not understood at all. Synth-heavy beats, but lacking any punch just lets the lyrics go largely ignored. His talent during live performances and grip on his persona does indeed carry him, but that does not equal good music on record.

My sister hates the 80's for all of it's cheesy synth and fake instruments. I'm sure she hates 1999 because Prince has hokey 80's sounds in spades. It's a shame because while it's a fun album, you don't get to understand how talented he is. He is an incredible guitar player (watch his playing of While My Guitar Gently Weeps during George Harrison's R&R HOF induction) but I'm not sure I even heard a guitar on the album. I was bored halfway through Delirious, which wasn't good because it was followed by 3 songs averaging 8min of same old same old. I almost turned it off. Maybe fun if I want to hold an 80's dance party but if I didn't respect his body of work this might be a 2.

Ich steh ja total auf diesen präzise schleppenden, Tonnen von Bass pumpenden Prince-Funk. Hier über weite Strecken im Reinform zu genießen, teilweise schon überstreckt (Let’s Pretend We’re Married), teilweise schon mit Hang ins Abstrakte (Something In The Water …; Lady Cab Driver), und dann noch als programmatische zelebriert als Hymne der großen Heilsversprechen die der kleine Prinz uns immer gemacht hat: Dance, Music, Sex, Romance! Schrammt bei mir trotzdem noch haarscharf an ner 4 vorbei, weil insgesamt bisschen zu skizzenhaft, ich steh noch mehr auf wenn er Opulenz drauf packt!

Prince 1999 Prince was an icon

Up there with MJ for great pop music, not exactly my thing but defo a better listen than regular pop crud

Some great singles. Funky all the way through.

Gladjes en best lekker!

Groot artiest, maar het is nooit helemaal mijn ding gebleken. Ook dit album niet. Zeker niet verkeerd, maar toch een beetje te langdradig allemaal.

Dat 80's Prince geluid is echt geweldig. Ik vind dit album wel wat te langdradig, met nummers van 8, 9 of 10 minuten. Maar de man kon in zijn 80's periode weinig fout doen bij mij :-)

Na het beeldende ‘in deze muziek kan ik wonen’ van Anke, wat storytelling van mijn kant: een half leven terug, ben ik met vriendin Marieken een paar dagen in Gent. Allebei verliefd op de barman van ons hostel, wiens naam ik helaas vergeten ben. Hij draaide ‘little red Corvette’ voor ons 😍. (Rest van de plaat kon me overigens niet helemaal bekoren).

Got a bit boring and weird towards the end, liked most of it though

Okay prince thanks I get it

If you like prince you will love 1999 by prince. When it's good it's good and when it's bad it's sorta fine

Some great songs about shagging. Some very long songs about shagging also.

Good album but I got bored mid way through.

Tecno . Funky

Right off the bat, this albumcover was made by a 9-year old. Ok but the actual music is fucking legendary so far, 1999 and little red corvette got me listening. And then delirious, and let's pretend that we're married which are so silly. Actually this is quite a silly album overall. Something in the water was very special with some great sounds, but some of the long songs bored me to death though. Free is good too. Ok International Lover is so good. Would bump to a 4 if the album cover wasn't so ugly and the two preceding songs weren't so boring. 3/5

Too much sex lol

3.5 stars.

Ровное впечатление. Не знаю как в контексте 1999 года он звучал, наверное классно, но мне разве что пару треков более менее запомнились, остальное все как одна и та же песня

I understand this was a game changing album it just isn't really for me.

99 que foi gravado nos anos 80

Better than I remember it being. Still not a huge Prince fan, but I could definitely listen to 1999 again willingly. And of course, Prince’s instrumentation is great.

Lyssna inte på hela men komigen, det är prince. Funkar alltid

songs are unncessicasrily long

Ok

Prince rappresenta la mia scoperta del 2021. Non avrei mai pensato di poterlo apprezzare così tanto. Per quanto riguarda quest'album, onestamente sento come che perda il tiro dopo un po', ma forse è solo dovuto al fatto che a un certo punto diventa troppo anni '80, però è un "anni '80" abbastanza digeribile. Comunque rimane un sound moderno, certe cose mi ricordano un sacco di artisti degli anni nostri, tipo gli Ok Go, gli Unknown Mortal Orchestra o Bruno Mars, che non c'entrano un cazzo gli uni con gli altri, però fa capire quanto ricca e variegata fosse la sua vena compositiva. Come anche su Purple Rain, ci sono riferimenti sessuali.. Devo capire se scopava un botto, oppure soffriva di eiaculazione precoce e doveva compensare. A Purple Rain ho dato 4 ed effettivamente mi era piaciuto di più. Comunque questo per me sta poco sotto, ma rimane un album che ho apprezzato e che sicuramente riascolterò.

Interesante que el tema principal es fiesta, sexo, pasarla bien, ser libre. Pero al final de muchas canciones hay pequeños momentos de miedo, dolor, ansiedad. Sería bueno investigar sobre esto y qué quería transmitir

Quinticential 80s and well produced but not something i would sit and listen to

As an album: A few killers but a lot of fillers

Awesome start with 3 classics. The rest is fun to listen to once or twice.

Funky

Ho un pò un problema con Prince che in questo album si rende evidente, apprezzo moltissime delle sue trovate musicali ma raramente riesco a trovare un pezzo che mi conquista completamente. Spesso trova dei groove che sono veramente impressionanti però poi i suoi pezzi spesso li trovo eccessivi e poco centrati.

Each song is interesting and unique and all follow a similar joyful theme. I don't like some of the songs such as Let's Pretend We're Married, D.M.S.R. Some of the songs are kind of weird such as the afore mentioned ones. I would like it more if it had less of said parts.

Revolutionary '80s pop music. 7.9/10 Best Track: "1999"

I liked this album okay- my favorite songs were Automatic and Lady Cab Driver. Some of the songs sounded too choppy, and the singers voice was good but again sometimes I wished it was less choppy sounding. Overall it was a nice sound but not anything extraordinary for me, the songs seemed a little too similar

Good album. I enjoyed the wacky sound design but it’s a little too sexy and dance oriented for me to relate to.

Nicht so ein hit wie purple rain oder kiss aber little red corvette bleibt im ohrwurmgedächtnis. Ist die Ähnlichkeit zu Madonnas Material Girl eigentlich Absicht? 3 Sterne allein dafür dass ich manchmal auch gerne ins Jahr 1999 zurückmöchte

3.5/5 it started well but lost it in the way. I'll have to relisten.

Inte hans bästa album, en del... märkliga... låtar men overall ganska bra ändå 3,5/5 eller 4/5 gillar red Corvette

Some great songs, but listening to the whole album one can get an 80's synth overdose.

D.M.S.R. was an epic song, overall the album has the sexiness of prince's music.

not sure

Really nothing except the first 2 songs stood out to me

I understand the importance of this album, but it's not my kind of music. I prefer Prince covers to actual Prince songs. "1999" is the only great song that I liked very much from the whole album.

Un poco rollo. Está bien, pero no me ha llamado la atención. Están bien 11. International Lover y 1999

knew a few of those...

Decent

Never got into Prince, the mix is not doing him any favors, interestingly I prefer my prince live much better. But I gotta respect the swag, and diverse sound of the band. falseto out of 5

i thought for a long time that i didn't like prince. i'm pretty sure this album was the reason.

Do I not like Prince as much as I thought I did?

Some amazing pop. Some self-indulgent guff.

Feelgood albumpje met helaas maar 1 klassieker erop. Kan er niet helemaal inkomen

Some parts were too... sensual

Enjoyed a blast from the past

Funky, fun, sounds like the birth of both Bowie and Bruno

It feels way more chaotic and less refined than I remember the hits off of this album being. DMSR and Delirious are my favorites, but every track has something to add.

Heh, prince is dope.

I like the start. The rest is meh.

Algumas faixas muito boas.

if i were more cheerful this album would be great, i have to say that the album is contained to a singular style it doesnt go much further than weaker version of 1999 and red corvette

Don't get me wrong. It is a good album, but it is also a long album, with I feel a lot of meandering outros. By the time the album finishes, I am in a bit of a haze. Wish it was 15 minutes shorter.

Pretty catchy 80s pop, everyone knows little red Corvette and the rest is cool as well but it's super dated to hear in 2021. I can't imagine I'd listen to it again. 3/5.

2/5 It was an ok album. I don't know many prince songs but I was surprised that the first 2 songs were by him as they were ones I'd heard before. I liked most of the songs despite my rating, but when a few of them dragged on for 8-9 mins a song it got a bit repetitive .

Just sex, synth & purple. So much synth. It's funky but it's far too synth-heavy for my liking. Then if the song is good or has a good groove, it just goes on way too long. Every song is about sex. I just don't seem to like Prince. I respect him as a musician because dude can shred but he just rarely connects with me. He seems a bit hammy, too. If you like it, more power to you. 2 Also it makes me mad that we never got to see him as Ruby Rudd in The Fifth Element. This man LOVES purple!

Not a big Prince guy

Cool but not for me

Not a prince fan apparently

I didn’t get really into it

What was with the crying in "Automatic"? The songs were way too long and also a lot of the segments in the music were repetitive...ugh! The screaming and vocables in "Something In The Water" were just awful! More screaming in "Free". I've never been a fan of Prince and after listening to this album, I'm still not a fan. Best song for me was "1999" and I liked "Little Red Corvette" but the rest of the album was one I won't need to listen to again.

i do not like this very much. at a dance, sure, on record? not for me

Not a fan

There has been some good songs but the songs are too long and overly eccentric for my taste. I can barely handle MJ's eccentricity. But in the end solid album

meh

I guess I just don’t like Price

ну не складывается у меня с принцем. хотя часто становлюсь зрителем восхищения в его сторону. ну может ещё стерпится, слюбится

Ingen purple rain Inge bra 2/5

Much repetition in the longer songs.

I already had Prince's *Sign o' the Times*—that was actually pretty okay—but this album here wasn't for me.

IMPORTANZA A LIVELLO SOCIALE OKAY, PRODUZIONE INDIPENDENTE OKAY, NON E' BIANCO OKAY... MA OLTRE I DUE SINGOLI MI E' VENUTO DA DORMIRE. SARO' UN GENZ CHE NON PUO' CAPIRE, RESTA CHE LE MIE DUE STELLE SONO QUASI QUASI GENEROSE. 2/5

I don't know what it is with Prince. I understand and respect how talented he is, and I feel like I should really like how he fuses genres together, but for whatever reason I just can't get into his music. I acknowledge it may be personal failing.

Warner Bros. Records 1-23720 (US) vinyl rip: I've heard "Little Red Corvette" for years unintentionally and never knew that's what he was singing. "Delirious" is meant for a stereotypical 80s comedy film. "Let's Pretend We're Married" might as well be by Rick James...or maybe Nine Inch Nails? I think the lyrics were written to be disgusting and shocking to "normal" people, and that's great. All the synth effects make me feel like I'm stuck inside a Sega Genesis.

mhmm

26/07/2026 Have to say I'm quite disappointed with this album. Very cringey and boring in places. Shame. Spotify listeners: 21.1 million

Third prince album we've had and the formula is still going strong. Take a fairly good pop melody that should make a decent 3 minute song and stretch it out for 8 minutes. Make every other song lyrically a bit lechy and unsettling and make the album last an hour minimum. Definitely talented but as with the other albums could really have done with some constructive criticism before release.

Prince does not know when to end a song. Average track length is 6.5 minutes. Loads of fades in, hundreds of bars as warm-up. I ended up really annoyed listening to this - takes a good idea and ruins it. No mega standouts.

Well, this list has taught me that I don't like Prince! This was not as good as purple rain, but better than sign o the times, but I don't really like any of it particularly. 1.5

two stars for the song tears also come on a twenty minute song is way to much

It's not me, I don't typically listen to groovy music about party and sex, especially with these long durations. And the beats all sounds same? Idk I personally don't get Prince other than Purple Rain.

It was okay. 2.5/5

Upbeat long 2

Not that good

I unfortunately still can’t appreciate Prince’s sound in music so I didn’t like this album. I’m stoked the album was released on my birthday though that’s pretty neat

I’ve never been much of a Prince fan, and this album didn’t change that for me. 2/5.

5/10 - It's alright but can get grating with the same sound

I just can't seem to get into Prince. This isn't the first time I listen to him, but each time I'm somewhat bored and disengaged.

Meh

Prince is natuurlijk een legende, maar over het algemeen is zijn sound niet helemaal mijn ding. Vind vooral z’n gitaarsolo op while my guitar gently weeps geweldig. Dit album vond ik mwah paar leuke nummers maar voor de rest te poppy voor mij.

I just don’t really like prince or understand the hype Every song here could (should) be over half the length Title track is good though 2

He was original to say the least. His music was not my thing but it wasn't terrible either

Saved? ✅ Would listen again? 🤔 Would recommend to anyone? ❌ Would buy on Vinyl? ❌

Not for me

Sorry prince, it's me not you

"1999" is widely regarded as the first masterpiece of the great Prince. The album, which was released in 1982, marked his commercial breakthrough — it was actually the first Prince album I ever heard. In 2019, a Super Deluxe Edition comprising a total of five CDs with 65 tracks (instead of the original eleven) was released. While the synth-and-drum-machine sound certainly shaped Prince’s work in the years that followed and defined the sound of the era, it is also the main issue I have with the album from today’s perspective. Prince recorded the album almost single-handedly, as he usually did, only occasionally enlisting the help of other musicians, mostly backing singers. The list of instruments used reads like a synth fan's wet dream from the early '80s: ARP Omni, Oberheim OB-SX, OB-X, OB-Xa and OB-8, Linn LM-1, Pearl SY-1 Syncussion, and so on. – in short, everything that sounds like the '80s today, including handclaps, plus guitar, bass, piano and vocals. The album hasn’t aged well. Many of the musically brilliant moments suffer from this 'plastic sound', compounded by a few of Prince's cringe-worthy, sexist lyrics. For me, revisiting this supposed classic was disappointing. There are other Prince albums that work much better today.

Album #192 Prince: 1999 Honestly, I’ve never really been into Prince; growing up, he was always just one of those artists that everyone knew, yet I don’t think I even listened to a song by his in its entirety until recently. But amidst my ignorance, I still held him in high regard, purely based on the plaudits I would hear about him; people talk about Prince as if he was the second coming, and that his songs were so good you would either orgasm or cry, or maybe even both. So finally, I listened to his album Purple Rain, and well, it was good, but kind of disappointing. I liked the ballads; I mean, who doesn’t love that title track, but the funky, squealy, sexual songs were just a little too weird for me. I always associate Prince and Michael Jackson in my head as eccentric androgynous 80s pop stars, and I wasn’t around at the time, but I’ve never understood why people just accepted them for who they were. Prince just comes across to me as weird; I don’t understand how music this strange was so mainstream and beloved. Listening to 1999 felt like being come onto by a scrawny tweaker on the subway; it doesn’t feel erotic, it feels perverse. The songs are also far too long; I mean, we get through ‘1999’ and ‘Little Red Corvette’ in the first ten minutes, then we have an hour of Prince seducing us to look forward to. Also, though the first two tracks are easily the best songs here, I really don’t get that generational feel from them that others have claimed; with Purple Rain I feel it, but here it’s mostly just good dance music, not a timeless anthem. Look, Prince is definitely talented, and overall it’s not the worst album, but I think the guy is really an acquired taste; but according to his popularity, I’m the only one who doesn’t have the taste for him, the cilantro of music. I think if he had the reputation of a Zappa, he would make more sense in my head, but I suppose he is really just an enigma Best Songs: Little Red Corvette, 1999, Free Worst Song: Automatic Score out of 10: 5

Meh

I once thought I liked Prince and Michael equally. I don't I don't I don't oh my god I can't STAND this mans energy it's so jittery and muted at the same time. Minus a Million points

Opens with a few decent tracks, but quickly descends into a slog of tracks almost indistinguishable from each other. I'm certainly not the target audience for this kind of 80s sensuality, and so found the whole project a bit off putting. At least the theme of hedonism fits the masturbatory idea to stretch out Automatic to 9 and a half minutes long.

I do not understand this one bit. What exactly do people adore about this music? This feels vaguely like sexual harassment. Or maybe assault. I guess on some level the ultimate-liberation-sex-party thing could be fun, but it just does not jive with me. And the music feels so...canned, and unimpressive? Fave tracks: - Little Red Corvette - Delirious - Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)

Pretty disappointed after the first two radio friendly tracks. Most of them sounded like Casio beats with some extra random flavor. Also I do not feel or get any of the sexuality people describe. This music leaves me limp.

This was just not enjoyable. Very much a let down. I guess we need to keep in mind that the 80s was the height of the cocaine crisis...

Some funky fun songs. Overall not really for me

Never really listened to any Prince. Don’t feel like I’ve missed out on anything. 2/5

I've come to learn something about myself and that is that I do not enjoy Prince. I appreciate and respect Prince, I can see why people love him. I just don't love the style.

I can’t express enough how boring it was to listen

A...expansive collection of songs. It was probably innovative in its time, but this isn't really for me

no

Every time that I think I discovered a Primce album I actually like, he decides 2 bangers is enough and proceeds to fill the rest of the album with horrendeous 10-minute experimental jams.

enjoyed "lets get married" but otherwise this album left me pretty indifferent. fab cover art though!

J'aime pas du tout... très répétitif

unbiased 2.5

An entirely overrated album.

honestly? it's fine 1999 thru d.m.s.r. (the first half)--it's '80s thru and thru. and if i were a rebellious '80s teen with repressive parents, sure, this would be life changing. it's experimental, it's edgy, it's got all the things that probably appeal to rebellious '80s teens with repressive parents. however, i am none of those things, so it's just fine. it does have a good disco beat, i'll give it that; i could get down on the dance floor to this (if i was a better dancer) automatic--sounds like the soundtrack to a magnum p.i. montage or something free--prince could've sung for the eagles lol lady cab driver--scuse me what? oh joy eight minutes international lover--i'm glad most albums don't have moaning like that. we were going solid 3/5 in the first half. after the second half, i stand by my assessment that this is exactly what a rebellious '80s teen is into. unfortunately, *experimental moaning noises* are not on my list of things i look for in good music. 2/5.

Pas ouf j’accroche pas

This score reflects the one song I enjoyed on this album.

buen disco, en su mayoria tiene sonidos extraños y mas para su epoca 1982’. Pero me gustaron varios temas en especial como international lover o 1999

Jesus Christ Prince, not every song on this album needs to be so fucking long. The first two songs on this are the only two I liked and have heard previously. The rest was Prince going on about sex in songs that were just stupidly long.

fue un álbum que se queda en su época

Naslovnica je huda, naslov je confusing. Mislim, da poznam en komad s tega albuma samo, pa še to samo po naslovu. In valjda spet na dan, ko sm a busy bee, dobim 70 minut dolg album, ugh. Zanimiv začetek, kr nek robotic glas. Ampak hm, dejansko kul komad ("1999"). Dated, obviously, se sliši, da je iz early 80s, sploh zarad bobnov, ampak je dated in a good way, bi rekla. Mal me spomne na "Magic Dance" iz Labyrinth, k je pa itak iz 1986. Edin negative je, da je komad predolg, se ponavlja. Kar bo I guess večina komadov kle gor, ker jih je 11, album pa 70 minut dolg. "Little Red Corvette" - to je ta, k poznam naslov, kot da je znan Prince komad, ampak ga prvič poslušam. "Delirious" je kinda horrible? "Let's Pretend We're Married" - hmmm. Spet, dolžina, besedila se hit začnejo ponavljat & očitno je bil Prince že od začetka a horny little beast. "D.M.S.R." je čist kul, ampak fakin preeeedoooolg. Zj sm skor na polovici, pri štirih minutah & komot bi blo konc. Nič novga ne bom slišala v naslednih minutah. Naslednji, "Automatic" isto. 9 minut in pol?! "Free" mi je musically še najboljši do zdaj. Pa me sam še trije komadi čakajo (k so somehow skupi 21 minut). "All the Critics Love U in New York" je spet a repeating nightmare. Mal mam upanja za zadnji komad, "International Lover", ki je Princeu prinesel prvo Grammy nominacijo. Besedila so sicer še vedno highly sexual, ampak vsaj manj ponavljajoča se, kot večino albuma. Jap, ta je dejansko kul. Unlike večino albuma.

Tried several times but listening to a whole album of prince does nothing for me, this time was no exception

It sounds like Prince took every cutting edge piece of studio technology and packaged it up into this album. Maybe you had to grow up with this music to appreciate it? The whole thing has the feel of a Fruity Loops sample song. It had a few moments but as always, I don't understand the fuss about Prince.

Apart from '1999' and 'Little Red Corvette', I hadn't heard the other tracks. Listening to the album in full, I can't say that anything else stayed with me although I suppose 'All the Critics Love U in New York' was alright. Very 80s instrumentation, which isn't a particularly good thing. Nothing to suggest an all time great album at all.

Moments of greatness combined with a lot of weird/homogenous sound and not enough of his amazing guitar work.

The vibe is interesting but not my cup of tea. Cele care mi-au captat atenția: “All the critics love you in ny” “Lady Cab driver” “Let’s pretend we’re married” “International lover”

Don’t think I fuck with prince after all

Not a big Prince fan. 1999 is decent. The album isn't inherently terrible, it just goes on and on and on. Automatic is just the same annoying sound for 9 and a half minutes. D.M.S.R was fun, but also too long. Skipped the last few songs, got bored.

Okish, seems like they copied the music style of the era. Doesnt feel original.

There are some great moments in this record. Little red corvette is an early Hootenanny favourite of mine… but there are large swaths of this record that I dislike a lot. I don’t enjoy the 80s lame synth production on most of the middle section songs. Free is solid. There are some pretty wild and astonishing vocal performances.

I don’t understand what the hoopla is about. From the cover design through the length and into the songs. I don’t get it and I doubt I ever will.

yes

normal pero me senti gay

chill 80s background music. None of the songs were exiting imo.

Las canciones son muy largas y muy chill.

no se si tendria q escuchar de vuelta este album pero me parecio una puta mierdaaa, es muy olvidable. tiene el tipico sonido cliche y aburrido de los 80, con baterias chotisimas q parecen las mas comunes sacadas de una caja de ritmos o a veces medio bizarras q ni suenan bien. ahh y lo peor son los putos sintes q tienen un sonido espantoso con melodias aun peores en la mayoria de los temas, tipo temas como "Delirious", "Lets pretend we are married", "Automatic" o los sintes de la putisima intro de "D.M.S.R." q parece algo q haria xqc en flstudio tipo no entiendo q mierda pasa con los teclados en este tema, mi teoria es q prince pelaba la pija y la dejaba caer sobre las teclas y lo que sonaba lo dejaba. lo q si destaco musicalmente son el bajo y la guitarra, q ta suenan bien objetivamente y ta, entonces es un alivio dentro del album pero despues no son nada del otro mundo. tipo si, muchos temas son catchy por eso y porq tienen ritmo, pero despues se sienten vacios y hasta molestos a veces porq hay algunos temas q son innecesariamente largos tipo "Automatic" q posiblemente es el peor del album y el q fue mas complicado de escuchar tipo dura nueve minutos y medio y es horrible :"v lo q siento es q prince trata de ser medio experimental poniendo sonidos random de la nada o esas melodias pija y lo unico q termina logrando es sonar a puta mierda. igual hay temas medio experimentales q tienen cosas interesantes como "something in the water", pero se queda en interesante y ta. es un album q capaz se podria poner de fondo en algun lado onda un bar o algo pero mentira no, ni siquiera, porq hay momentos incomodisimos de prince gimiendo o hablando muy cerca de la forma mas sexosa y diciendo cosas como "i wanna fuck you", tipo entiendo q estes horny pero me estas incomodando. aparte eso, la voz de prince es interesante y muy reconocible y en algunos momentos hace juegos q son divertidos, pero a veces es molesta y grita mucho de la nada y es algo q no viene a cuento sabes. despues las letras me parecen q no estan tan mal para ser sobre cosas muy superficiales como salir de fiesta o minas q estan buenas, tipo algunas me parecen originales, pero no les di mucha bola la verdad. tampoco conozco el contexto del album y las letras, pero no me interesa como para analizarlo a profundidad. los únicos temas q destaco por si mismos son los dos primeros (q son los mas conocidos) y "Lady Cab Driver" q diría q fue mi favorito, porq básicamente es una jam así onda funky q esta buena ahr y es catchy así q ta. aparte creo es el único tema q la batería se siente q tiene algo mas de vida, prince no canta de forma molesta, me gustan casi todas las boludeces q pone de fondo (hasta los gemidos de mujer) y la parte hablada me gusto mucho. igual mas allá de q ponele q destaco esos temas y los disfruté, no me parecen ninguna locura ni nada q escucharía yo por mi cuenta. en conclusiónnnnn... este álbum del pequeño prince no me gustó y fue un alivió cuando terminó la verdad.

My main problem with 1999 is that while I really like a lot of the melodies, they're completely marred by the "futuristic" synth and crappy drum machines. I really dislike the dated 80s drum machine sound and clap tracks so a lot of the songs fell flat for me. Standout tracks on this listen were "1999" "Let's Pretend We're Married" and "Automatic" I dont think Prince is my thing. I respect the hell out of what he did and he was an incredible guitarist, but this album fell a bit out of my taste profile. Overall 1999 made me more angry than not, so its gotta be a 2 from me. There are glimpses of greatness, but a lot of this album is just really annoying. It's quite long too, which didn't help it out. Bummer.

benlik degil çok eski bir sound. r&b nin atasıymış ama

I respect Party Like it’s 1999 and Little Red Corvette but this is just not my vibe.

not my fav icl … michael bodies

I just don’t get the popularity of Prince sorry. Might be one of those things where I had to be there at that time to appreciate this specific album because while many people in the reviews mention it being what they thought the future would be like, it just sounds incredibly dated to me

No es mi tipo de música, pero me parece un albúm valioso desde lo cultural. Tinte político, pero con frescura. Algo de miedo con respuesta irreverente. La que más me gustó: D.M.R.S.

Prince solidifies his reputation as the horniest human in all of history, just ahead of Genghis Khan. Some fun and funky instrumentals that run long, but only a couple overstay their welcome. Highlights: "Delirious"

I've never considered myself a fan of Prince despite liking a few of his hits. But I try to be fair and open to changing my opinions, so I went into this album thinking that even if I didn't end up liking Prince, a full album might at least help me appreciate what he does. It did not. By the end, I felt even less inclined to listen to his music. Notes: Little Red Corvette is objectively a great song, most likely due to the melody of the verse and the way it builds tension. Free isn't terrible, but I highly doubt I'll come back to it. International Lover isn't bad either. It's far more tender and emotive than most of the album. Though even that gets undercut by the weird flight attendant roleplay outro, which makes the whole thing feel a bit ridiculous. The rest I either did not like or they didn't stand out enough for me to remember what I'd listened to as soon as the song ended. One of the few redeeming qualities of the album is Prince's penchant for sharp, throaty screaming, which at least injects some energy into what is otherwise a boring-as-hell album. A lot of the album relies on repeating grooves without a payoff, which is likely why I felt bored.

Had somewhat high hopes for this after hearing lots of good stuff about Prince and also being familiar with the title song '1999'. However about halfway through i honestly had enough with the album(still listened all the way through). It felt like every song just had some random moaning and grunting, most of the lyrics were all just very sexual and it became kinda creepy and also repetitive towards the end. I will give it some merit because of some interesting intrumentals but still had a very heavy 80s electric effect sound to it, which i personally think doesnt always age too well this, being one of them. There were some underlying political themes apart from all the sex stuff which did grab my attention but then was thrown back into some random moaning. I dont know if its just me with this opinion on it all but yeah honestly i went into this thinking i would like it as '1999' is a tune and was let down. Sidenote i really dont like the album cover, i cant describe why but i think it looks awful.

For years, I’ve heard many people, some of whom I respect, continue to praise Prince for his genius and amazing songwriting. Of course, I’ve heard the radio hits and never quite understood all of the reverence. Well, I’ve finally listened to a prince album front to back and I still don’t understand the reverence. I will admit that he writes some decent hooks and some of the synth work is interesting, but I find his singing to be obnoxious and the songs are repetitive. If you want funk listen to parliament, if you want pop listen to MJ

Didn't enjoy this. Too 80s. Most songs went on for too long.

Not as good as purple rain

It's not awful music, though I do not care about Prince and his music. Also, the tracks drag on too long

oh hey i know prince. i like prince. i’ve heard this album. i went on a huge prince deep dive a couple years back, listened to every prince album. bad idea, give them space. hated the guy once i was done. this one was a highlight though, im excited to jump back into this. dammit. i love this album but i don’t think im gonna be in the mood for this today. sucks. never mind absolutely in the mood for this. generational opening two songs. that being said, each song goes on slightly too long 😭 dammit i’m not really feeling this after delirious. great three track run. these songs just take forever to end. usually that’s not a problem for me, but it’s weird in a pop song. feels like it’s going for an extended gospel ending thing, i just don’t think it’s landing for me. and you can’t do that for EVERY SONG, PRINCE. oh god this next song is nine minutes long. thought the song was ending so i checked and there’s three minutes left. this isn’t an attention span thing, this is just genuinely too long for what these songs are. and shoot me but these later songs aren’t nearly good enough to be this long. well 1999 is a FANTASTIC song and even then i thought it was overstaying its welcome just a bit. i’m on lady cab driver. i haven’t fully liked a song since delirious. i’m worried bc this song is also eight minutes and by the sound of it so far has no reason to be. still on lady cab driver. this album is getting a two. yea i liked very disparate parts of this. mainly at the starts of songs. but i really didn’t care for this as an album. that surprised me a lot.

I really want to like Prince more than I actually do. For pop music, it’s pretty great, but I’m just not that into pop music. I know this is sacrilege to so many, and I appreciate Prince for what he was, but it’s just not my jam. Maybe if I were a dancer I would like it more?

wobbly wiggly freaky ahh music cuh

Very sexual. Too much.

This is Prince's breakout album and has the hits 1999, Delirious and Little Red Corvette.....which are also the best songs on the album. Prince has so much going on that I want to enjoy his music........I just don't. I like his mysterious nature, and he's incredibly talented as a singer and guitar player, his persona is so weird that I want to like him....but his music lets me down each time. So 1999, Little Red Corvette and Delirious are great songs. After that, it's......it's not great for me. I know he's weird, but the overly sexualized nature of the album, with things he's saying behind travels just make me uncomfortable. Maybe some people think that's sexy, it just feels slimy and gross to me. It feels like some guy on the subway coming up to you and seriously saying "I sincerely want to fuck the taste out of your mouth....can you relate?" Actual part of Let's Pretend We're Married.....which let's not pretend isn't an incredibly weird song in the first place. Maybe it's just his singles? It's hard to deny how great the singles are and the music component of the other songs is great, but the constant hypersexual nature of the album doesn't feel sexy to me, it just feels gross.

This was my first experience with Prince and I didn’t love the electric guitar mixed with pop sounds. Also too long!

was into the first few tunes then lost interest

I just could not be arsed with Prince. Too many girls screaming in this aswell for some reason.

While I don’t doubt that Prince is an immensely talented and popular musician, I did not enjoy the vast majority of this album. 1999 was too poppy, little red corvette was a bit annoying, and none of the other tracks really stood out other than they were way too long. 4.5/10

This album is... well... Prince making long and repetitive yet very uninteresting songs. It's insufferable to get to the end. And to think this album is one hour ten minutes long is surprising. Am I missing something or the songs are actually bad? Because I get Prince's reputation, and that he "may" be interesting as an artist, but I just don't end up liking his music (at all). And maybe I should, but his music is at times so insipid for me that I can't get to like it. And more than an hour for the album is too much. I think I have just ("kind of") liked one song and a bit of a few others. But... only one single song! The rest was a bit of funk, a bit of 80's, a bit of electronic, a bit of new wave, some moaning and let's see what happens. Well, nothing good, actually. Just a very bland album.

First and foremost: I've never been a big fan of Prince's music. Charisma is off the charts, respect him as a musician, and he is clearly insanely talented. Guy can make a guitar sing. But sonically, I just don't enjoy this type of music. (Exception made for Raspberry Beret, I adore that track--but it isn't on this album). I gave a try, honest, but the whole time I wished I could be listening to something else. The synths are just so unpleasant sounding. The drums like some cheap Casio keyboard. At times it sounded like something off a 16-bit SEGA Genesis beat-em-uo, for better and worse. I dunno. This really isn't for me. At all. There are moments of the album I can appreciate, but again, I just found it all so unpleasant.

No thanks!

Overall good and his pioneering and quite accurate predictions are what makes this album special. Granted I just don’t love the style

Continuing the Prince album trend of opening with a banger, before rapidly becoming irksome, although I made it deeper through this than I envisaged I might have when the album popped up earlier this morning. 70 minutes of his bombast and wankiness is just way too much to bear repeating though.

My opinion is that it’s an album with good songs and good ideas, but I feel it lacks a stronger funk sound. If it had melodies and a bass line with more groove, I think it would be a more powerful and engaging album.

An hour and ten minutes I won't be getting back. Outside of the singles it's just long meandering nonsense and I can't stand the mix or production. I've always thought 1999 sounded really thin and boxy and cheesy and the rest of the album is the same unfortunately. All there performances are great, it's just not something I connected with on any level.

I just don't understand the hype. His voice is screechy and annoying, the music itself is bland and repetitive. Not for me.

I appreciate that if I heard it in 82 it would have felt.....less dated? But today, to me, it just feels like what you'd get if a 14yr old kid opened up garage band and said what's a key-tar. Nothing really interesting or exciting about it. Sorry.

I don't get Prince

Not really my cup of tea. Like it's fine but just a type of disco upbeat or whatever it is that is not for me.

2 good songs and a bunch of noise

My least favourite of the three Prince albums we have had. Songs drag on for me.

not my vibe

I never was a big fan of Prince, but I know plenty of people who are. I always thought that maybe there was something I was missing out on, but nope, everything I've heard by him sucks. Two stars, mainly for the first two tracks, as the rest is one star filler material.

Some good songs and clearly influential. Prefer over purple rain too. A bit too creepy at times. But Something In The Water may be one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard

its not bad

Didn't really like this one very much. 2 stars

Look. The guy spat out massive pop tunes for fun. I get it. I just find everything about it deeply irritating.

Too sensual and doesnt fit my vibe

1999 (the song) is fantastic, although once again during one if these 1001 album listens, it gave me a new appreciation for the single version (though for the first time because the single version doesn't have a creepy childlike voice saying "Mommy, why does everybody have a bomb?" at the end). The album as a whole though? I was disappointed. It's a bit samey. It's very long. It's could have been half the length and been more enjoyable for me. Prince might end up another one of those artists where a greatest hits would do me just fine. I would want a 2.5 but I'm not in a generous mood so: 2/5

Don't get the hype.

Like obviously he is a legend but just not for meeeee sorry

Starts strong, trails off rapidly.

Did you know this guy likes SEX? Like, SEXY SEX?! Intercourse!

Sounded much like the previous album we had of his. Funky, but not my jam.

Typical Prince, occasionally awesome, often on another page

I honestly only know like two songs of Prince and I’m not a big fan of them. Still I’m vaguely aware Prince was/is a big deal, I just never cared. Listening to this album, my feelings haven’t really cared. I found all tracks to go on for way to long, the album goes on for too long too. It’s just generic 80s pop with no real hooks. Some disco and RnB thrown in there for good measure. The lyrics can’t be meant to be taken seriously? Right? International Lover sounds like a B-side to Rocky Horror Picture Show. 2 star.

There are a ton of popular artists I wanted to give a listen to, but either never got the chance or forgot about. Prince is one of them. I’m glad I wasn’t missing out on much, since sometimes I get really mad at myself for not listening to something sooner. This just isn’t for me. Each song drags on and sounds the same throughout its entirety. Like what you like. If this is for you, I’m glad you can enjoy it, but I really cannot, sorry. This is doing nothing for me. It’s kind of groovy, but so boring. I could never listen to any of these songs again.

I only liked one or two songs; the ladies moans were a bit too much at some point. Also, I felt some songs were excessively long. Just not my cup of tea.

Prince has some great songs, unfortunately not so much on this album. Way too heavy on the cheesy 80s synths, and too many tracks drag on way too long. Very dated sound that unfortunately doesnt hold up well.

1999 - released in 1982! Little Red Corvette and 1999 are the highlights for sure, and the rest can be a little tedious to work through

ouais

Not for me unfortunately :(

Mommy, why DOES everybody have a bomb??

boring the album is made only of 80 love songs that last to long definitely a chore to listen to

plink plonk music international lover kinda makes my skin crawl

Fine but did often question if I liked it. Drags on. Sounds like the culminated project of a classroom of children making music out of household objects. Wailing child, squeaky balloon, children discovering keyboards for the first time, bashing metal bins, etc. Hate the moaning in Lady Cab Driver (skipped, halfway through) 2/5

my first generated Album and I already had to learn not to beginn by looking at other reviews. Overall this piece seems to be very funky. I have to say it lacks musical variety and bores me a bit. It should be clear though, even if I prefer a different type of music, funk is not a problem here. Considering it was released in 1982 this must have stricken like a lightning due to that experimental sound. I don't feel the need to add any song to my playlists. I mentioned not to start with other reviews, that is because when I got this album on screen and started listening to it, I expected a funky peace of music. I glimpsed at the other reviews and they mentioned the connections to sexual activities. That grosed the frick out of me and I immediatly got a negative bias. I don't feel the need to add any song to my playlists. I would not want to buy this Album in physical form. I like to rate things 0-10 because I can say that 5 is average. And I will rate 1999 by Prince a 4/10!

Not a big prince fan

Not a big fan. Listened to the first four songs. Couldn’t make myself finish it.

Thought I'd like it more because I felt obligated to like it as Prince is a highly regarded artist but unfortunately I didn't. Enjoyed Free.

didnt really like it was ok

I really don't like Prince very much, turns out.

Funky, sexy, but didn't age well

2.5/10

Not a fan

No creo que un día me despierte queriendo escuchar esto de nuevo, la verdad. Largo y repetitivo

Liked it less than I thought I would.

Some okay songs but not really my jam

i just don’t think this was for me. songs are too long. i feel like i got very intimate with prince and i didn’t like it

A couple of 80's radio all-star classics combined with a several 10minute long 80's synth songs which feel like they belong in B-grade cop movie chase sequence. Not sure why we had a chick orgasming for half of one of the songs too. 2 star

We get it, you want to have sex. Why not sing about something else, too, like the Franco-Prussian war of 1870? The songs are so long you could certainly fit it in.

Meh

I cannot relate to the critical acclaim this album achieved. Sound and production was cold and repetitive and very dated, even by early 80s standards. Songs felt bloated and the album longer than necessary at 1hr10m. The theme of apocalyptic partying and sex fantasy is less interesting than intended, coming across as self indulgent. Some songs like Lady Cab Driver I find distasteful and poorly aged. Giving 2 stars instead of 1 because the album is ambitious, and performed and produced entirely by Prince.

4/10 Best: Little Red Corvette Worst: Lady Cab Driver (Don’t think I managed to finish this one) Overall, I did not particularly enjoy the sound of this album and really struggled to finish it. Although the entire play through was only 1hr 10mins, it felt like the songs were way too long for me to enjoy and even the ones I liked initially, I found wore thin. I hated the constant repetition and the pace of the album felt way too slow, there was so much going on with the instruments and it hit my ears odiously. At first I thought the album was written to ironically mock the Y2K panic before realising it was released in 1982! This, bumps it up in my opinion, as lyrically it feels very avant-garde, in terms of sexuality and physicality. (See album cover for one example lol) I also really appreciate the fact that Prince wrote, arranged and produced the entire album, you do get the feeling that he’s just a guy having fun in the studio, which honestly I love. The message that this album conveys is really great and it’s probably just unfortunate that I didn’t particularly enjoy the music, the sounds clashed so much for me and it felt like there were so many random patches in odd places. Maybe if I had been around for the release I would have a greater appreciation of just how progressive it was.

Meh, Purple Rain is better.

So the lead single is amazing but the rest is too light and scattered for me. Thrown together, not hard enough, a bit squelchy and the guitar sounds apologetic. Nowhere near sign o the times. I got bored.

So much sex

Cheesier than Tillamook dairy, and a double album because every track is twice as long as it needs to be. Prince is one of those artists I've had to learn to put up with because so many other people like him, but I wouldn't ever choose to listen on my own.

Very 90s and had a lot of synth. I don’t listen to a lot of Prince, but there are probably better albums out there than this one.

Some Prince I don't mind, this is ass. Probably in the running for most over rated all time

Very 80s. Not my favourite album. Only song I liked was 1999. Would need to give it a few more listens.

Kinda painful

This album is way too long. Almost every song is nearly ten minutes when they could all benefit from being four. So many of the songs were just moans and synth lines over a repetitive groove. I did like the funky grooves, but again, they just went on and on. My favorite songs were short and had great standout vocal performances, Standout Tracks: Little Red Corvette, Free

The overtly sexual nature of every song was pretty funny. The general sound of every song did start to get repetitive.

This started strong but quickly started to make me feel very uncomfortable. I appreciate Prince's sound and the fun songs but not enough to listen again.

eu aqui na expectativa por esse desde que eu ouvi o "sign o' the times" e parece que bati de frente para um muro... que álbum chato, repetitivo e meio mal remixado. gostei não

3.0/10 Surprised by this one... the songs were way too long!

Not my favorite era of his music.

Prince is an artist I somehow always overlooked, especially given his stature in the music industry. Listening to this album tells me why- he simply, to me, isn't very good. I can respect his artistry but I found this album boring and overlong- so 80s it makes Cabbage Patch Kids puke up Troll dolls onto Ronald Reagan. Best song: ¨1999¨

Starts well with the two singles that continue to get airtime as they are great funky tunes. Thereafter I lose interest fairly rapidly - 80's funk not my bag especially slap bass and the quality of the tunes gets weaker as album progresses.

call me crazy but i can’t get behind prince. except for his appearance on new girl

Over the years I've tried to like Prince's music, but the adolescent sex obsession always puts me off.

This was crap

Tar jo aldri slutt. Mye jokking, alle låtene varer for lenge.

Kind of a weird album, mixed genres and all over the place. For some reason I can’t stop thinking about Kong about the movie Revenge of the Nerds II - the concert scene…IYKYK. Some songs are pure 80’s synth pop, most are funk based, a couple have that 80’s nostalgia for the 50’s. Lyrically pretty trite for the most part. I’d never listened to a Prince album before and this doesn’t excite me for the inevitable next one on this list. Also, a lot of the songs overstay their welcome - of the were 4 minutes instead of 8 I might be ok. Notable tracks include Little Red Corvette, Let’s Pretend We’re Married.

First three songs are pretty good. The first half of the album is much much better than the second half.

doof

I'm right in the middle. Good tracks, but prince is having sex instead of ripping a guitar solo; lame 5/10

This is very 80s cheese to me.

Not my jam. It was really weird and almost like softcore porn.

Prince is a musical genius; there is no disputing that. But he also comes across as an absolute tool. Another pretentious narcissist that people fall over themselves to wank on about. That's right, I'm looking at you Morrissey). Awesome music technically.

Prince bangs on about sex and sexiness - it makes him sound like a virgin overcompensating. I couldn't be drier. A very unsexy 2 stars from me.

Kinda boring I'm so sorry I find Prince's music just really boring outside of the big hits

Svo leiðinlegt, nennti ekki að klára

This did not age very well. The long instrumental parts, songs are very long, sound boring nowadays. Fav: Little red corvette

Ei oo kyllä prince kolahtanut hirveästi ikinä muutamaa biisiä ja live esiintymistä lukuunottamatta. Omaan korvaan tosi tasapaksua soitantaa

No ei kovin hyvä levy. Kasarimusa kyllä yleensä maistuu, mutta tämä oli jotenkin heikohko suoritus Princeltä. Muutama ihan hyvä biisi levyltä löytyy, mutta nekin oli pilattu liian pitkällä kestolla. Levy on muutenkin aivan järkyttävän pitkä verrattuna siihen, että kokonaisuuteen kuuluu "vain" 11 kappaletta. Olikohan tämä itselleni nyt sitten se "liian taiteellinen" levy.

Luulin, et mulla olis laaja musamaku. Mut ei tää toiminut minulle oikein ollenkaan. Tietyllä tavalla ymmärsin musiikillista kauneutta, mut ei ollut mun juttuni.

Tää levy tuntus olevan yhtä pitkää esileikkiä koko matkalta paria poikkeusta lukuunottamatta kun lipsahdetaan penetraation puolelle. Eli ainakin likaisuusaspekti on 1000%. Musiikillisesti sellaista rinssiä, että ei itselle oikein lähde. Sinänsä varmasti mullistavaa tavaraa ja oivallisia ratkaisuja. Sovitukset ja saundimaailma ei vain jotenkin iske. Voi olla, että tarkoituksella levylle haettu EROOTTINEN lataus on saanut aikaan sen, että kaikki on liian pehmoista. Biisit ovat liian junnaavia ja todennäköisesti vaatisivat oikeanlaisen mielentilan, jotta pääsisi levyn hakemaan sexizoneen. Levyllä olevat ikivihreätkään eivät ole koskaan iskeneet, joten sekään ei riitä lisäämään pisteitä. Tykkään kyllä yleisesti monestakin monarkin tekeleestä ja voi hyvin olla, että ne saisivat suopeamman vastaanoton. Jännityksellä jäämme seuraamaan onko listalla levyistä jotka kaikkien pitäisi kuulla ennen veivin heittoa lisää kruunupäätä tarjolla.

Prinssin tuotanto ei legendastatuksesta huolimatta ollut ennalta tuttua, joten mielenkiinnolla täytti tämänkin aukon sivistyksessä. Ei tämän kuuntelu aktiivisesti sattunut, mutta omaan musiikkihermoon ei iskenyt, ja useampikin biisi olisi hyvin voinut olla 2-3 minuuttia lyhyempiä menettämättä mitään

Prince jättää kyllä nyt aika kylmäksi. Ehkä liian 80-lukua omaan makuuni. Mikään kappale ei oikein jäänyt erityisesti mieleen.

Princeä on tullut jonkin verran kyllä kuunneltua, mutta ei kyllä tätä levyä (poislukien Little Red Corvette). Lieköhän ollut Prinssillä vielä tuo levyn nimiraita mielessä, kun on Manic Mondayta alkanut kirjoittamaan muutama vuosi sen jälkeen. Tässä on vähän sama homma kun Princellä muutenkin urallaan. Hemmetin hyviä biisejä, mutta seassa myös ihan täyttä kikkelijatsia ja jopa vähän sietämättömiä biisejä. Let's pretend we're married sekä Free tulevat kyllä omille soittolistoille tältä levyltä. En muuta tämän albumin perusteella mielipidettäni Princestä: hemmetin kova Greatest Hits -artisti, mutta levyjä ei kyllä jaksa kuunnella.

This was very disco. I guess I don't really like it. To be fair me listening with headphones on the balcony might not be the intended experience.

Thought it would be better

The classic Prince songs were great. The more unknown ones were not great at all. Going with 2.5. Sorry Prince fans.

A lot of boring filler with two hits

Neither Kiss, Purple Rain, Sinéad O'Connor's cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U" nor his solo on that "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" performance have ever given me any desire to really find out whatever else this Prince guy was up to. Almost as if I have always suspected I would find: this turgid nonsense here. Pornsounds. I'm probably (hopefully!?) missing an aspect or two about what this album meant and was in 1982 - only thing that prevents a heartfelt 1 -, but to my today's ears and mind, this, along with its brand of horrid 80s synth funk is pure cringe.

ok

ну опять вообще ничего не отложилось кроме того что иногда он даёт фальцета а большую часть времени не слышно вокала

Didn't mind it, songs went on way too long.

Just don’t like the guy

Dużo o Shreksie a i tak nic ciekawego

Oljud mest

Boy those songs are long! Quite repetitive also. I think the lyrics used to be revolutionary at the time being, now I don't find them so appealing. Rhythms are groovy though, great album if you like soul or funk. I'm not a big fan but didn't hate it. I don't think I will listen to it again, just doesn't seem like my kind of music. I couldn't suffer through song called "Automatic". There was a phrase in this song "I'm going to have to torture you know" which is pretty similar how I felt during the longer songs of this album. Thanks for the heads-up though. Actually, "Lady Cab Driver" sometimes was pretty good. It is still 8 minutes, I liked maybe a half of it.