1999

1999 de prince, lo saco el 1982 prince, clickbait😑😑 m encanto l final del primer tema pero el tema es una pija lo odie buu. Bueno hay temas q me hipnotizan pero no m matan,.ahre q era esa frase d cincuentero, dale dale dale oh yeah 🤟😝😝 . Porq son tan largos los temaw loco m hartan, va con o sin h artan, no se. No es muy atrevido el album, no tiene personalidad creo yoo, onda hay algunas cosas ahi q puede explotarlas pero no lo hace nunca, tipo prince, no es un type beat loco podes hacer cambios sabes no? Igual es lo q pudo hacer en su momento no, hay q ponersnos en su lugar. Bien. Capaz si hubiese sido mi primer acercamiento con la musica en general, m hubiese parecido coherente..😅😅 hay veces q la bateria esta muy buena, hasta q t das cuenta q es casi el mismo loop todo el tema. El ultimo tema esta bueno m gustaa m gusta m guta😋 esos momentos donde calla todo y s queda la bateria sola un poco, m encantan porq yo lo hago eso y nada q m siento identificado viste, m esta tocando el nervio q l voy a hacer. Sii el ultimo es el mejor tema del album m gusto😊😊 un tre

The 10-year old me and one of my sisters made a dance routine for 1999 and knew all the lyrics. All these years later and just the opening chords brings back the lyrics… although I won’t try and remember or replicate the moves… Also pretty sure we didn’t understand all the lyrics, or connotations, at the time. This is the first time I believe I’ve listened to the album the track was on. Apart from 1999 and Little Red Corvette I’m not sure if I’ve heard most of the tracks here. Overall I wasn’t all that impressed. It’s ok but certainly no Purple Rain.

meh

Little to long

siento que es un gran artista que juega mucho con los sintetizadores, hace sonidos increíbles, me lleva mucho a la pelicula volver al futuro no se porque. suena muy bien pero tiene canciones muy largas. me encanta el piano y la batería que cuando aparece esta muy limpia

Did not like this album's start, really liked how it ended. I came around on this one as some good club music that was disco adjacent, and as some nice summer music. Favorite track was Lady Cab Driver for sure, that ones a banger.

its a classic i guess first time heard it prince is insane most of the songs were a miss (not for me) favs: Delirious, Free

Lång skiva med ett bra sound, skön funk. Alldeles för lång och för många sega ointressanta partier. Skulle inte lyssna på hela skivan igen men det finns ett gäng bra låtar. 3:a

I dont know what the big deal is about him. He is alright, but certainly doesnt measure up to the hype, in my estimation

Crazy synths and melodies for that time, love prince. Also love the rhythm. He did a great job on this one

Prince is awesome! This album definitely #Funks it up to a degree unimaginable by 80s minds, but the years haven't been the kindest to it imo. Standouts: Let's Pretend We're Married • D.M.S.R • All The Critics Love U In New York

Maybe Im just not in the mood

I'm not a fan of Prince. I even like synth-pop. The first half of this album is terrible. The second half even holds up. For a long time, I wanted to give it a ★★, but let it have a ★★★

really long but nice

some of the songs were just too long

No me desagradó. Tiene una clara intención bailable, ya que los temas son muy (MUY) largos. Me gusta que en cada tema se pueda distinguir un claro motivo melódico de algún sintetizador o la guitarra eléctrica.

- he wants her bad - horn dog, but I guess fun about it - good background music vibes - I hate the moaning and crying sound effects - calm down

A little too much moaning for a guy like me. Thought it was alright though

Great!

My fav International Lover

Just in the studio doing shit. I dig.

𝟣𝟫𝟫𝟫 highlights Prince’s musicality at its peak, blending funk, pop, and electronic elements into a polished and often infectious sound. The grooves are tight, the arrangements detailed, and there’s a clear sense of creativity running through the album. At the same time, the album feels overly long. Even though the individual tracks are strong, the overall length makes it harder to stay engaged, and I found myself wondering when it would finally end.

Zasto je princ tako horny ??? Hahahahahha legenda. Iskreno svidja mi se album, Princ je legenda sto se tice same njegove pojave kao i njegove muzike. Pre ovog albuma sam samo znao za par njegovih pesama(bas volim par pesama sa njegovog albuma Purple Rain). Produkcija zvuci veoma iznad svog vremena ali takodje sadrze sintisajzere koji su tipicni za 80-te ali su tako dobro uklopnjeni da zvuce unikatno. Realno ovaj album zasluzuje da se naziva klasikom i uzivao sam ga slusajuci, ali ne znam da li bi se toliko vracao na njega samim tim bih mu dao ocenu 3 od 5.

Several great songs but it became a little repetitive and self indulgent by the end

Enjoyable but overlong

Great album, feels like there might be quite a lot more Prince to come…3 lovely stars…

Thought I was listening to mj

Probably my second favorite prince album after purple rain. Feels a little long towards the back half though.

Starts off extremely hot and kinda gets a little softer with every song, still a solid album overall, you don't get to to hear much experimental funk on this list.

Dit album pakt me een stuk minder dan Purple Rain van 2 jaar later. Alleen de titeltrack is echt goed.

Always loved Prince’s songs but never listened to a full album by him! 3/5 Favorites: Little Red Corvette, International Lover

A lot of the songs are rather samey sounding and the subject matter is decidedly not for me

Mid

Agréable à écouter mais pas exactement ce que je préfère

Bit all over the place. There's the hits, there's the garbage, and there's the average songs.

Так вот как звучит это на удивление знакомое мне имя

О своем отношении к Принсу я уже писал. Впрочем, этот альбом чуть не изменил мое мнение. Пара треков из первой половины мне зашли. Но потом началась типичная для него тягомотина с жутко затянутыми и при этом однообразными песнями, без каких-либо фишек и интересностей. Не хватило до конца альбома и до 4.

Я не выкупаю Принца за пределами Purple Rain. Как интересная поп-музыка для меня это не работает из-за музыкальной задроченности, которая вредит мелодичности и запоминаемости песен. Как что-то артовое мне этот синт-фанк просто не близок. В целом то музыка норм, но для себя практически ничего не могу вычленить из прослушивания.

Лучшая песня: DMSR Худшая: Automatic Типичный альбом Принца - 2-3 норм песни и понос

purple rain был поприятнее, это 3

Sounds very dated and too funky for me., but maybe I just don't understand it?

Not exactly my thing, but it's a good and interesting thing.

His early years. He's got it, but it's early and needs germinating before the Purple Rain era. It's not bad though, I like lady taxi driver and little red corvette.

Fun! Not my genre but a classic of funk-pop-soul. Prince was an artist and I respect that. More stars are deserved but cannot go against my gut.

Previously biased against Prince, but I would love to be proven wrong so we'll give it another shot. 1999 - Fine. Heard it countless times. Reminds me of an inside joke, so that's nice I guess. Little Red Corvette - More of a jam than expected. Could be enjoying myself a lot less. Delirious - That's Prince for sure. Standard minimal production - to be expected. Vaguely irritated by the extended instrumental outro that doesn't really change or do anything interesting, but not overly offended. Let's Pretend We're Married - Reminded of early Depeche Mode. The silly synth stabs at the end of phrases during the pre-chorus made me chuckle. Unhinged vibes won me over in the middle, though he's hitting me with another extended instrumental outro that just repeats the same riff we've been listening to the whole time. Four for four at this point with that. D.M.S.R. - John Lennon vocals? With Grace Jones instrumental. I can dig overall. Not blown away, but sure. Ending kind of scary. Automatic - Fun weird vocal effects in the middle, but I did check to see if we were near the end and we sure are not. Vibing considerably less to this one, but we'll see if he can't stick the landing.... in another two and a half minutes. Good lord, things are happening in this extended instrumental outro. Consider my expectations subverted. Oh just kidding that was the end. Well alright. Something in the Water (Does Not Compute) - Quite like the energy of this track so far. Great frenetic drum loop and strange sounding synth hit. Kind of giving Meredith Monk x Michael Jackson. Really dug that one. My favorite so far by far. Free - Not sure I'm in the mood for a doo-wop ballad after that last one, but we'll see what happens. Yeah, not about that one so much. Kind of fizzles out at the end too, which is definitely the point, but I feel sort of let down by it. Lady Cab Drive - Funky. Some ear-pleasing keyboard solos going on. Quite liking this half rap second verse with the lady moaning/distressed in the background. Don't feel like the entire song lives up to its own potential, but I don't half mind while it's on. All the Critics Love U in New York - Full on Grace Jones going on here. Really fucking with this instrumental on this. And the swirly hypnotic texture that happens in this second chorus line, that's awesome. Quite like this one. Wonder if Prince ever listened to Ms. Jones? ... International Lover - Got more of the falsetto Prince vocals going on with this one, which I'm enjoying more now than I usually do. Nice contrast. Jazzy business. An enjoyable closer. Still not blown away but nice. Can't fault this thing for being what it is. It sure is funky, but I'm just not wowed by the musicality or the composition of these songs. The band kills it, but it sort of feels like any decent band could have killed this material. All that said, I could definitely see myself reading back on all this and disappointedly shaking my head. It's definitely the kind of album that I bet I would grow to enjoy after continued listens. But will I continue to listen?

11 songs total on this album, really started to lose me around song 7. everything before that, peak. after that it was downhill. the use of women moaning and crying in his songs is um. disturbing? mostly the crying. something in the water was just. bad. LOL

Quintessential 80’s. Very danceable and “groovy”.

Some catchy songs but didn't love some of the weird vocals.

prince is good at his job!!!

Another technically amazing record that just doesn't tickle my fancy. Prince's joyous future-funk is all just a bit camp for my taste, and the sounds just haven't aged well to my ears. I always like his songs better when done by someone else...

Objectively good but really wasn't to my tastes today. Full of that 80s flair and synth. Reminds me of Bowie although I'm sure someone more knowledgeable than I probably just got triggered by that statement

A few fun songs, but a bit inconsistent and I kind of got tired of listening to it before the end.

I didn't realise how much of Prince's music I knew. High energy, fun music. Love partying like it's 1999. Not quite my vibe for ongoing listening though.

Very solid album

This was interesting but not my favorite.

es magistral

Listening session: march 6th, while getting ready in the morning Listened to before: heard a few songs before Thoughts: I would give this a 4/5 because of the funkiness but I found the majority of the songs too long so that’s why I have to give a 3/5 Favourite tracks: 1999 & D.M.S.R.

Few big tracks in here but jesus the mans horned to the teeth

An hour of Prince making love to your ears. Not too sure if I consented to it.

its mystery is only exceeded by its power

Too much sex

Starts strong and fades into meh.

Princess Sona hehehe

this is a fun pop album, especially the intros ! very funky and lots of sexual energy.

🎧Some killer, mostly filler. Favorite track: D.M.S.R.

Using modes of transportation as metaphor when explaining one's sex life gets old real fast. The music is great though.

Took Motown and said the quiet part out loud "Let's pretend we're married" is so quaint Literal banger album (aka sintetizzami sto cazzo) Ok but Something in the Water is something else entirely, holy shit

Album starts well but is too long and quite dull after that. 3 stars or C.

1999 song is a classic, the rest are too long

Muy groovy, funk y disco, literal un álbum de los 80'. Me gustó bastante la primera mitad del álbum, hay algunas canciones de la segunda mitad que no disfruté tanto. Favoritas: 1999, Little Red Corvette y D.M.S.R

Funny jijijiji

Did not enjoy this as much as I thought I would. I’ve only heard amazing things about prince but this felt like funky unfinished jam sessions than something cohesive. First two songs really started great and free has some replay ability.

Lots of talent here, but damn, Prince *really* needed to get laid at this point in his career...

3/5. Songs were longer than I am used to. Favorite song is Little Red Corvette.

How am I just finding out Prince is horny as hell? Clearly, my first experience with Prince and that's definitely my bad. Most of these songs are undeniably too long, but only like one stinker among them (looking at you Automatic). Funky as fuck throughout.

Started out promising but it fizzled out towards the end. The tracks are too long, a lot of the speaking segments are just pure cringe, some of the songs feel like they shouldn't even be on the album they're just too different.

FUN!!! Charisma, i guess 🤷‍♀️ Player. Life of the party. Persuation. Free is my favourite. Sexy... Romantic 3/5

Sehr funky und spaßig, bezeiten etwas experimentell Lady Cab Driver war gut

I dont really like Minneapolis Sound 3.59

It's really a pity than a man of such incredible talent makes albums with mostly crappy kitsch-pop songs (in line with the cover art). The hits are OK, the rest is mostly filler. It doesn't groove. Drums (are they even real drums) are mostly simplistic book-shack-boom-shack. The synths haven't aged well. Prince has a few great songs but not so much on this album. I know I'm supposed to rave about Prince but I just don't get his music. His talent and the fact that he can play 25 or so instruments, and that he's dead, are all irrelevant. I'll still give it a three just because I definitely hear he has lots of talent.

Not my favorite. Ok to listen to, but I may have been in the wrong headspace for it.

A classic Prince album. A little funky. I like it but probably not a record I would buy.

C'est pas que c'est nul, mais c'est fucking LONG.

I don’t know if I’ll ever truly “get” Prince. A couple of good songs and a bunch of shit I’d rather not listen to.

mmmm overrated

I really wanted to like this more than I did. This kind of stripped back funk doesn't do it for me, it doesn't feel like the music is going anywhere when you're just getting the same two-bar guitar riff over static bass and drums for 99% of a song. Hadn't realised quite how old this album is, always though it was late 80s.

legal, mas so gostei de algumas

A couple of nice songs, the rest of it flows but nothing exciting about it. The album is long and you get tired of it. 2.5

Started strong. I like Prince a ton but these songs are so long

Great

Great album. "Little Red Corvette" is one of my favorites.

This album doesn’t really seem to know what it’s doing. It starts out really strong and then gets a bit samey at the end. Disappointing.

Started off great with first 2 songs then all got a bit samey as the album went on

an extremely horny man weaves some tightly-knit but sometimes goofy jazz synth pop madness. inconsistent overall, but it has the unmistakable sound of the 80s. 3.5/5

Couple of big hits and some very funky tunes. 3.5

Solid... not my favorite (it's no "Purple Rain").

It's like okay. I lost concentration like halfway through most of the songs. Definitely a good album but not my favorite.

I'd not listened to this album before but my preconception was that it was a short pop funk album with a couple of hits (1999, Little Red Corvette) on it. I thought it was only around the time of Sign o' the Times that he started getting into double album, sprawling 8 minute track territory. It's a good album with excellent musicianship but some of the songs were just too self-indulgent and could have done with some pruning.

1999 and Little Red Corvette is such a strong way to open an album and sets the mood for an upbeat groove of an album. I absolutely love the guitar on 1999, it’s such a great song that i dont think you should trust anyone who doesn’t like it. D.M.S.R delivers on the funk and has such an infectious groove to it which makes it difficult to dislike….but at over 8 monutes it pushes its luck. I guess this has always been my issue with Prince, he is an unquestionable genius but he is so prolific that it feels he needed reigning in a bit more at times. This feeling isnt helped by the appearance of automatic, which isnt as enjoyable and is even longer in duration. The last 3 and a half minutes would be unnecessary on the 12” remix let alone as an album track. Something in the water finally provides a shorter length track, but unfortunately fails to deliver on the song front. The funk laden backing is replaced by musical equivalents of a builders yard and doesn’t make for an enjoyable listen. Lady cab driver brings back the overblown pointlessly long track length. Overall as with most Prince, there is much to enjoy but it is held back by the tendency to be overblown. Someone just needed to tell him no occasionally.

There are a lot of superlatives you can use to describe Prince and, honestly, I expected the use of them for this album too. But actually, this album hasn’t aged well at all. It was too long. There were too many of those spoken fade-outs at the end of songs, and far too many of those were questionable - I knew they would be overtly sexual, but less is more. You also have the problem of front loading the album with two bonafide classics. “1999” was the first Prince song I ever heard (guess when that was!) - it still sounds just as incredible as it did the first time I ever heard it. “Little Red Corvette” is my favourite of Prince. It’s smooth, and I love the backing vocals too. It’s perfect. I waited for everything after that came after to be as good as those opening two tracks, but I was left disappointed. You can’t doubt Prince and his abilities as a talented musician on the album though.

2.5

1999 - 3.5/5 Little Red Corvette - 3.5/5 Delirious - 4.5/5 Let's Pretend We're Married - 4/5 D.M.S.R. - 4/5 Automatic - 3/5 Something in the Water (Does Not Compute) - 3/5 Free -2.5/5 Lady Cab Driver - 2/5 All the Critics Love U in New York - 3/5 International Lover - 3/5

I love Purple Rain but I've surprisingly never heard any other Prince albums aside from that one. This definitely *feels* like the precursor to Purple Rain but I can definitely tell it's situated in the 1980s. There are definitely parts of this album that made me uh; feel certain ways. I didn't necessarily care for all of on the nose sex stuff. Like nothing against it, but Purple Rain does it SO MUCH BETTER. It was a nice '80s listen but I doubt I'll be revisiting this anytime soon.

2-3 songs are good, the rest is completely out of my taste

I think I simply don’t get the hype with Prince. This album was fine, pretty funky and danceable, but the lyrics are very cringey, it goes on far too long, and it’s just nothing to get that excited about. It’s also very dated to my ears.

best: all the critics love u in new york

eh. not something i personally enjoy, but i can see how his music influenced artists and helped evolve modern music

The beginning of the album is excellent. After that, I don’t know what exactly is going on.

Rigtig gode sange generelt, men jeg keder mig også lidt. Måske bliver jeg bare aldrig all in på Prince, selvom han ved gud har lavet nogle store sange.

Quintessential

Hadn't realised how much it used programmed drums, or how really horny it is.

An 80s Prince album, exciting! First thought after finishing the album is that Prince must be one of the thirstiest artists we've had on this list. Maybe it's his singing style, or some of his lyrics ('Let's Pretend We're Married'), or both that makes me feel that way. Overall the album feels very poppy and has some ups and downs, but feels a bit front-loaded with '1999', 'Little Red Corvette', and 'Delirious' being my favourite songs on the album. Despite having fairly few tracks, the album feels quite long with its 1 hour and 10 minutes runtime. It overextends itself a bit, where some songs just keep on trucking without really becoming more or less interesting over time. I think it could have been much more enjoyable if it was tightened and cut down a bit.

Love the title song and a couple of others, but in general the album lacks songwriting - more sensuality-driven one

Prince is so gifted, but this album and its experimentation misses for me. The synths too often stand out as harsh against the smoothness of the funk and r&b that grounds the sound. Others are just too long without a significant structural change. There are definitely some tracks I wasn't familiar with that I'll be adding to my personal roster. And something tells me that this album will likely grow on me with repeated listens. 1999 Litte Red Corvette

Quite a sexy record, though I'm not sure if it's in a good or bad way. Favourite Track(s): Lady Cab Driver Least Favourite Track(s): Free

I love Prince. He's a tiny, horny genius in the top three guitar players of all time. There are some god tier songs here, but much like a very rich dessert, too much becomes cloying and unpalatable. A whole album was fine, but i stopped enjoying it after a while. Im glad the world has a Prince, but im not going back to this album again.

Love the long version of 1999 on here, brings back gooood memories, I can see why prince was so popular too.

0/11 bekannt 6/10 Beste Songs: Automatic, delirious, international lover Erinnert mich an manchen Stellen an „Toad sings chandelier“

Prince might be a genius but this album really only has two songs that were popular... 1999 and Little Red Corvette. There seemed to be a lot of synth on this album. I did enjoy the song "Free". Many of the songs were very long. 6 of the 11 songs are over 6 minutes. The entire album is 70 minutes long. I expected to find a bunch of hidden gems and instead was left wondering what was all the hype about.

I've already listened to his album (45).

Ita like michael Jackson, but a litlle bit worse. I never heard Prince before, this was my first experience with his music. Well its good, just some old pop and kind blues vibe.

Niet het hele album afgeluisterd. Wel van plan nog te doen.

Bonk

I never realized I knew so many prince songs!! Very fun to listen to, but the pop isnt really my vibe

Geht so

Not my favorite Prince album but definitely vibed with some of the tracks. Got to listen to it as I drove past Paisley Park which is pretty cool to think about

I think i like late 80s Prince more. I al rating this a 3 because of the last 2 or 3 songs that pull this up for me.

Prince – 1999 – 3 STARS Prince, one of those artists where I like the hits but would not bother to investigate all his albums. That kind of changed with Purple Rain: after I saw the film my mind was blown with the uniqueness and complexity of his work. I was looking forward to this therefore, but its brought me back down to my preconceived idea of Prince just being about sexy funk. My brother tells me this is not his best album, that I should try Sign O’ the Times so really hoping for some different albums of his on the generator to give me another go to find some love for him.

something went wrong in the 80s

fun listen, but not for me personally

quite interesting, but its overrated. The fact is, this album sounds like any pop slop from its era. Nothing special

Not really my preference, but a solid old school album.

Een energiek en herkenbaar album dat meteen een goede vibe neerzet. De nummers zijn iconisch en werken perfect als achtergrondmuziek om bij te bewegen, zeker op een koude dag. Tegelijkertijd bleef het voor mij vooral bij dat: prettig, gezellig en vertrouwd, zonder dat het een diepere emotionele laag raakte of mijn beeld van Prince verder verdiepte. Leuk om een keer in zijn geheel te luisteren, maar het voelt niet als een album dat ik bewust vaker zal opzetten.

Two great songs.

The album contains some certifiable bangers for sure. However, the album as a whole gets a little stale and boring.

LOVE IT

Nice one

First half of the album was great then I felt like it got more & more chaotic.

The album by the artist formerly known as Prince back when he was currently known as Prince might have formerly sounded quite fresh and maybe even groundbreaking, but currently sounds quite dated.

5/10

not the vibe for today but is a vibe of course lady cab driver is not my favorite favorite song: delirious

🥇all the critics love u in new york 🥈delirious 🥉little red corvette HM: 1999, free

Long repetitive songs, first two ok but meh. 4-5/10

Was a fun listen. So very synthy and princy, some great classic tunes like 1999, a few I could do without. Enjoyed it from a historical perspective as I’ve never listened through a Prince album before, but it wasn’t love.

Quintessentially 80’s. Prince, in his debut track, set the standard of being the horniest man in the world against a barrage of synths, with a few classics sprinkled in here and there. 3 Stars (6/10) Favourites: 1999, Little Red Corvette, Lady Cab Driver

Erg leuk, al klonken de liedjes heel erg hetzelfde was het gewoon erg lekker om op de achtergrond te hebben.

Feels "of its time" / "of times to come". It feels difficult to evaluate it from a modern perspective; the techniques it uses seem overly simple, but that is with decades of retrospect.

this shouldve been my thing since i'm born in 1999 (U. U)

two prince days in a row. what are the dhances?

This starts off hot with 1999 and Little Red Corvette, but tails off as the album goes on

It's just so overproduced. The underlying music is solid, but it's buried under a mountain of synth, 80s clap beats, and sound effects.

3/5 stars. I was excited to listen to this album and off to a promising start with the 1999, I felt as thought it fell incredibly short with my expectations. There were great hits such as D.M.S.R and little red corvette but delirious was one of my most disliked songs. I admire the usage of synths all throughout the album, perfect for it's time of release and definitely think it could be an easy listening album, but wouldn't be something I'd go out of my way to listen to

Not a fan of double records per se, this one is unfortunally no difference. Yes, it is really well put together and has almost no filler, but in this case, the lyrical content especially towards the end is too much for me.

3/5. A remarkable album that starts off dubiously with the title track, has four excellent songs, and then has a rocky descent down from there. I don't think this album is terribly accessible — ironically the song I like the least is probably its easiest to get into — but it has some real genius tucked away here. I'll start with saying I didn't really get why Prince is so beloved before I started the album. Every past encounter has left me grossly underwhelmed at best to outright repulsed at worst. Which is why I did my damnedest to keep an open mind as I listen. The song '1999"'s popularity is bizarre to me. You have this mind-numbingly boring riff being synthed out on repeat throughout the entirety of the song and an uninspired vocal melody calling over it, the only relief from the monotony being some bog-standard funk guitar fills and obnoxious "oohs!" It's just awful. Maybe you *NEED* to be high on Quaaludes on the dancefloor to enjoy it. "Little Red Corvette" was a really welcome change, what a great song. "Delirious" is a tad less exciting than the prior songs, but it's fun and the standout squeaking hypnotic riff that plays throughout is charming. "Let's Pretend We're Married" is nuts. I love the unison of chime and voice, the unapologetic corniness of the lyrics and the weirdly mystic feel of the melody. It's bizarre and I get the feeling that it'd an awesome song to jam on. "D.M.S.R" is remarkably tame for a song compared to "Let's Pretend ..." both in terms of subject matter and composition. This song feels the most straightforward 80's funk song melodically, harmonically, arrangement, etc., but it does it well. On the other hand, "Automatic" is a little boring and drones on for about twice as long as it ought to. There's some decent stuff here, but there's not enough to keep it interesting. "Something in the Water" is a strange mirror of "Automatic." It's interesting but borders on unlistenable at moments. It's a cool song, and it seems like it's aim was capturing the (Does Not Compute) piece in every aspect, from the rhythm to the dissonant digital runs. "Free" is alright. For me it's weaker than most other songs on the album despite its epic build up and chorus. "Lady Cab Driver" ends up bringing back some rising action to the album, replete with the Prince's absurd interjections. The final two songs, however, sorta reverse the reversal. Both "All the Critics ..." and "International" lack the oomph that characterized the first half of 1999. They're, again, not bad, but cause the album to overstay its welcome.

6.5/10

sex

Pretty good

A lot of disco influence in the album. Maybe too many women crying and/or moaning on some of the tracks. I had only heard 1999 and Little Red Corvette before. I really enjoyed D.M.S.R as a dance track. His vocals and the beats are great throughout the album. Overall a good album, but I don't think I'll be revisiting in full any time soon.

Fine.

Decent

Alku on hyvä, lopussa alkaa vähän puuduttaa, niin paljon keskitempoisia ja hitaita biisejä

Fun, iconic, though longer than I would have preferred. While this record is a bit before my time, hitting play brought my Millennial self right back to middle school, New Year's Eve 1999, and counting down to the namesake of my generation. I'll never have a pinky-full of Prince's charisma, but this music makes me feel it for a while.

Prince is funky

Was Prince interested in sex? Yikes. Lots of misses among the hits.

First few songs are solid, the rest of the album is pretty mediocre.

I was only 82 years old then.

When Prince works they work in all ways, but there is a lot of meandering on some songs that don't really accomplish much. Good album, some real 10/10 hits, and worth being on the list, but a bunch of this could go.

I still haven't figured out Prince. So much going on production wise. Again, I like the songs with less going on like Lady Cab Driver. It is so long tho for what it is. Too many of the songs hang around longer than needed.

These songs are too long and 80s. Not 80s in a nostalgic way, but in a faintly annoying and off-putting way. Like an old uncle being a bit too silly at the family reunion. I am not part of the cult of Prince.

Hea freaked out Really funky Stuff Like the guitar and fuzzy synths on dmsr And the baseline so funky Def my favourite off this so far Automatic has some nice pads and a solo to learn Scream on something In the water is crazy Free guitar solo mmmm beautiful with the scream Learn about prince guitar tones You can hear how dijons influenced on international lover the singing and vocal inflections 3.5 for me

Increíble para ser de esos años

Well, it sounds like 80s music. Maybe some songs could have been shorter....

👍🏼

Energetic, provocative, and funky. Gets repetitive a bit too quickly, but it is enjoyable.

Appreciate what he did with the Linn LM-1 that created the revolutionary sound.

Funky and danceable. The album is quite long, but I never get tired of it. But it’s not something I like. I’ll never listen to it again. I don’t really get Prince, even if I can appreciate the talent. Of all the songs on here, I think I prefer Free

Very good!

I think I’d only ever heard the radio edit of 1999 prior to listening to this album. While it started strong with the two singles I already knew, I was unfamiliar with the rest and the album didn’t really grab me as a whole.

Cool style, International lover is definitely a hit.

6.5/10 it definitely has some classics on it

idk man Prince is alright but not really for me, also heard he was a bit of a prick. Side note: apparently knew a few Prince songs from Girl Talk

Jus a blast

Some of the songs are way too long

first listen wanted this to sell me on prince but idk if it did. rlly liked some of them, the rest meh! fav: 1999, automatic, all the critics love u in new york, international lover

Prince gonna Prince.

Prince is a classic!

surprisingly good

Good stuff but I feel like some of the songs are unnecessarily long. Very VERY 80s.

Some really nice tracks that just have too much art-pop accoutrements. Didn't need that much moaning ta.

Prince is a genre unto himself... but I thought this album would hold up better than it did for me. Love the first two songs (1999 and Little Red Corvette) but couldn't really get into any others.

самое стерильное что я слышал

The singles on this album are undeniable classics. Full stop. Much of the rest of the record consists of overtly horny and unnecessarily lengthy and repetitive and funky jams. Price is a legend without question. A category of one... but this album was not as enjoyable as I wanted it to be.

Nous y voilà, encore une fois on remet le couvert avec Sa Majesté Pourpre, le Kid de Minneapolis, le génie incontesté, l’homme qui savait jouer de vingt-sept instruments avant même d'avoir appris à lacer ses chaussures à talons. On avait déjà eu cette discussion, il n’y a pas si longtemps, quand je me suis tapé "Sign O' The Times". J'avais d'ailleurs fini par lâcher un 3/5 poli, un peu comme on laisse un pourboire dans un resto étoilé où la bouffe était techniquement parfaite mais où le serveur nous avait regardé de haut toute la soirée. Et aujourd'hui, le hasard du tirage (ou le sadisme de cette liste des 1001 albums) nous ramène à Prince, mais quelques années en arrière, en 1982 avec l’album "1999". C'est étrange, le rapport qu'on peut entretenir avec Prince quand on a été biberonné au post-punk, à la cold-wave et à l'indus. Sur le papier, on devrait détester... c'est flashy, c'est sexuel de manière ostentatoire, c'est virtuose jusqu'à l'écœurement. Et pourtant, impossible de nier qu'il se passe quelque chose sur ce disque, même si ça me laisse souvent aussi froid qu'un radiateur en panne au mois de novembre. Donc en 1982, pendant que Robert Smith hurlait son désespoir existentiel sur "Pornography" (un chef-d'œuvre, un vrai, celui-là), Prince, lui, décidait que si la fin du monde était proche, autant la passer en string léopard à se frotter contre des enceintes. C'est une approche du nihilisme comme une autre, je suppose. L'hédonisme désespéré face à la menace nucléaire de la Guerre Froide. "Mommy, why does everybody have a bomb?". C'est une bonne question, Roger, mais est-ce une raison pour nous infliger des synthés aussi clinquants ? Ce qui frappe d'entrée avec "1999", c'est la machine. C'est l'album qui consacre la domination de la Linn LM-1, cette boîte à rythmes qui claque sec. Pour un amateur de rythmiques martiales façon Godflesh ou de la précision chirurgicale de New Order, il y a là un terrain d'entente possible. Prince n'utilise pas la machine pour imiter un batteur humain, il l'utilise pour ce qu'elle est : un robot. C'est froid, c'est mécanique, c'est répétitif, c'est le fameux "Minneapolis Sound" : des nappes de synthés Oberheim bien grasses et cette rythmique qui tape dur. Le morceau titre, "1999", est une machine de guerre et il faut vraiment être de mauvaise foi pour ne pas hocher la tête. C'est l'hymne ultime de la fête de fin du monde et il y a une efficacité redoutable dans cette manière de transformer l'angoisse atomique en invitation à la débauche. "War is all around us, my mind says prepare to fight / So if I gotta die I'm gonna listen to my body tonight". Ok, Roger, là je te suis, c'est mieux que les paroles cryptiques ou mystiques qu'il nous servira plus tard. Là, c'est direct... On va crever, alors autant baiser, c'est simple et efficace. Puis arrive "Little Red Corvette", c'est la perfection pop, c’est lisse comme une carrosserie neuve. C’est une métaphore sexuelle automobile tellement éculée qu'elle en deviendrait presque touchante si elle n'était pas chantée par un type qui se prend autant au sérieux. Mais musicalement, c'est imparable, ça glisse tout seul. C'est le genre de titre qu'on tolérait à la radio parce que la mélodie est accrocheuse, même si on ne l'aurait jamais acheté en vinyle de peur de se faire excommunier par ses potes gothiques. Mais le problème de cet album, c'est la longueur. Putain, que c'est long. C'est un double album à l'origine et comme souvent avec les doubles albums, il y a du gras, il y a du remplissage. Prince a ce défaut majeur de ne pas savoir s'arrêter, il jamme, il s'écoute jammer, il kiffe ses propres grooves. "D.M.S.R." dure plus de huit minutes. "Automatic" dure plus de neuf minutes. Neuf minutes !!! Bon ok c'est vrai, pour un fan de Godspeed You! Black Emperor (que je suis), neuf minutes c'est l'intro. Mais chez GYBE, il y a une montée en puissance, une atmosphère, une apocalypse sonore. Chez Prince, c'est souvent le même plan funk qui tourne en boucle avec lui qui pousse des petits cris et gémit des trucs cochons au micro. C'est techniquement bluffant, certes. Le mec joue de tout, produit tout, arrange tout, c'est un control freak absolu mais au bout de quatre minutes l'ennui s'installe. Et c'est là toute la barrière infranchissable avec son œuvre. Je reconnais le génie, je reconnais l'influence colossale. Sans ce disque, pas de pop des années 80 telle qu'on la connaît, pas de Janet Jackson, pas de Phil Collins période "Sussudio". Il a ouvert la voie à une fusion des genres (rock, funk, new wave) qui a permis de briser les barrières raciales sur MTV. Historiquement, c'est un monument. Mais émotionnellement ? Ça passe à côté, ça vole à dix mille pieds au-dessus de ma tête. En réécoutant l'album pour cette chronique, j'ai tout de même trouvé l'ensemble plus cohérent que "Sign O' The Times". Il y a une unité de son, une direction claire : faire danser les robots. Des titres comme "Let’s Pretend We’re Married" ont ce côté provocateur un peu facile ("I sincerely want to fuck the taste out of your mouth", quelle élégance...) qui a dû choquer l'Amérique puritaine de l'époque, mais qui aujourd'hui sonne presque comme une blague de collégien. Alors voilà 3/5 parce que je ne peut pas mettre moins, ce serait de la mauvaise foi. Et surtout il faudrait être un vrai con pour ne pas reconnaître que l'influence de cet album est colossale. Cependant, je ne peut pas mettre plus non plus, pas moi, pas avec mon ADN musical. "1999" est un grand album de fête, un grand album de funk, un monument des années 80. Mieux construit que "Sign O' The Times", plus direct, plus "dans ta face". Mais une fois que la fête est finie, que les confettis sont retombés et que la Linn LM-1 a fini de claquer, qu'est-ce qu'il nous reste ? Pas grand-chose...

Boring, sounds old. Doesn't really have the same pizazz it did back in the 90s.

I get it, I’m supposed to like prince.

What I love about Prince is the way he fuses R&B and funk with that 80s sound. This album has a couple of huge hits and some good grooves. I was quite surprised by how long the songs are, the average track is around 5–6 minutes, and some even hit 8–9 minutes, which can feel a bit too long and repetitive at times. The opening 3 songs are amazingm 1999, Little Red Corvette, and Delirious. This is the moment where Prince fully pushed his funk and disco into the digitised, computer age sound. I really appreciate the blend of synth-heavy, robotic electronics with his soul, funk, and pop, almost like Kraftwerk + early hip-hop + Funkadelic + catchy pop all fused together. People always say he’s the King of 80s Pop Rock and Synth-Funk, the King of the 80s in general especially when competing with MJ during the Purple Rain era. This album is completely different from Purple Rain, which I personally prefer, but I still admire what he did here. Lyrically and thematically this album is a bit too erotic for my taste, but I can still appreciate how bold, innovative, and influential it is. Standout tracks: 1999, Little Red Corvette, Delirious, D.M.S.R., Something in the Water (Does Not Compute), Lady Cab Driver, International Lover.

I like Prince, but the crying and moaning women irritated me :(

Another Prince album I just can’t appreciate as I think I should.

I've never listened to Prince on purpose before, and I actually thought I would enjoy this because I like the dance style music of this era. But this album was pretty boring.

Low-key bops but I don't think I'll be searching it out again. Maybe background bops

Love Prince! This dragged on a bit as an album (so many 7-9 minute tracks), though it has some amazing songs.

I didn't love this as much as I wanted to. There were some songs that I loved (Little Red Corvette, Free, International Lover), but too many of the others just felt weird or out there.

Prince is an iconic artist. The big tracks on this album are catchy (1999 and Little Red Corvette). The rest is just OK. I already had a sense that Prince had somewhat scandalous/sexy lyrics, but listening to this album through made me realize this even more (some groans would definitely be not safe for work if played out loud).

Some songs were great! But for some reason I couldn’t make it through, it was just a bit dull. Maybe my mood.

Two bangers and a lot of filler.

Guess I’m outing myself, but Prince just doesn’t do it for me. This album started strong, but just went on for too long.

Classic album, I remember listening to the first three tracks of the radio!

Prince is at it again

This is a weird one for sure. Prince seem like one of those artists who is absolutely brilliant, yeah at the same time cover versions of his songs hit better than his. This album simply starts and quickly descends into sex maniac territory with songs that could easily be two thirds the length of what they are. The synths, the funk, the craftsmanship and charm all raise this up beyond the 1 or 2 it could have been.

later

Similar background beat made a lot of the songs sound the same but it was a fun album. Didn’t finish - missed the last 2 songs.

Some really cool songs. Blows my mind that a few are 8 mins long of the same thing over and over again. And over.

It felt like 70 minutes of Prince was a bit much but I did like the album

Enkelte låter blir litt kjedelige og mangler dynamikk. Er heller ikke så glad i lydbildet. Oppleves som lite luft og «grumsete»

it was good

Never really understood the Prince mania, nope that hasn't changed, I mean it's okay for what it is ⭐⭐⭐

The first two tracks are brilliant, but the rest are just ok 3/5

first prince album to be honest never really felt the need and again not really sure of this one. seems to like to repeat a small riff and make a song from it

felt like a video game, kinda fun but probably not going to listen to very often.

this is so 80s it is scary! I am not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing. I honestly thought 1999 came out much later (after a quick google I discovered that he did redo it, in 1999). The album starts with the 2 biggest hits on the album, but then it delves into cheesy 80s synths littered with sexual innuendo and a few hints of Prince's guitar prowess. I mean.... come on..."Dance, Music, Sex. Romance...everybody clap your hands now" sweet jesus. Yes, its Funky, but still cheesy. Free and Lady Cab driver were ok. It ends well with International Lover .Yeah there is a bit of funk, but for the most part its monotonous. 3.5 stars

It feels like the lead track, 1999, has been played to death so I approached it expecting to be instantly bored. Good though, innit? It's almost impossible to believe it came out in 1982. This song, and the track that follows it, Little Red Corvette, are like pop music masterclasses, and both feel almost timeless. Then came Delirious, which sounds exactly like something that came out in 1982 - that chirpy little synth sound quickly became irritating and I had to skip the track. The rest of the album drifted into similar synth-funk territory that all sounds quite dated now, to me at least. I enjoyed listening to it though. I get the appeal of Prince - he was highly prolific, and seemingly consistently good, as well as being an extraordinary live performer who gave his fans 100%. I've just never really surrendered myself to it all - there are other Prince records I know I like more than this one (Parade springs immediately to mind), but I can see myself returning to this and maybe digging deeper into his back catalogue.

With this list I'm discovering that I find it hard to enjoy albums that focus on expressing the male singer's sexuality. Some examples I'm thinking of are the Tim Buckley's 'Greetings From L.A.' and "Sing 'O' The Times" by Prince. Don't think it is a bad thing, just something that I cannot connect to, and the same happens with this record. So, if my lack of my ability to resonate with it was already a problem, then it adds the fact that this album is super long. It last 1 hour and 10 minutes, and some songs surpass the 8 minute mark, which made it way harder to enjoy it. Thankfully, Prince's remarkable creativity and expressive performances are some traits that make me appreciate the album. Thus, I don't think it is a bad experience, but certainly not made for me. Maybe if it was shorter, I could enjoy it way more.

Turns out that Little Red Corvette didn’t have enough gas to get much past turn two. Coasted to a stop before turn three. Never saw the finish.

I think I liked this better than Purple Rain. Is that a hot take? The only problem is that the songs are too long, gets a bit boring sometimes.

Two Prince albums in as many months have made me realize that he is just not my thing. Respect to him as an artist, though. (If you haven't seen his guitar solo from George Harrison's Hall of Fame induction performance, I definitely recommend you look it up. It's equal parts miraculous and hilarious.) So . . .

Starts off on a heater but loses steam after the first 3 tracks. I’m a bigger fan of two other Prince albums at a minimum.

3/5 - I definitely prefer Purple Rain to 1999. The front half of this has the 3 hits, and I love it. I lose the thread in the back half, and the tracks are entirely too aimless and long. I think a 3 feels right, because I have no desire to listen to this front-to-back again.

Not my favorite

Never a fan of Prince when I was young but have come to appreciate him as an excellent songwriter, virtuosic guitarist and general musical maverick. Let's be honest, at 70 mins, this is a bit long. I'm not sure I need to hear 7, 8 or 9 minute Prince songs but here we are. That said, it's decent, I certainly don't mind it, but I'm not sure I'd purposefully revisit. For me he;s best when he leans into the funk which is does heavily in my fave track: D.S.M.R.

У МЕНЯ СЛЕТЕЛИ ВСЕ МОИ МЫСЛИ. Попытаюсь вспомнить 1999 — пятый студийный альбом Принса. Заглавный трек, «1999», является протестом против распространения ядерного оружия и стал первым хитом Принса, попавшим в первую десятку хит-парадов стран за пределами США. Согласно Rolling Stone Album Guide, «1999 может быть самым влиятельным альбомом Принса». В 2003 году телесеть VH1 разместила альбом под #49 в списке величайших альбомов всех времён. Также 1999 попал в список, составленный журналом Slant Magazine «50 самых значимых поп-альбомов», и разместился под #8 в списке, составленном этим же журналом «Лучшие альбомы 1980-х годов». В 2003 году журнал Rolling Stone поместил альбом на 163-ю позицию в списке «500 величайших альбомов всех времён». В 2008 году альбом был включён в Зал славы премии «Грэмми». 1. 1999 - криповое начало и какая же фанковая мелодия! замечательный посыл. Но не вижу смысл так растягивать песню на 6 минут. про некоторые другие песни в альбоме тоже могу так сказать. Длинные песни это хорошо, но я не вижу в этом смысла, если в песне нет развития. 2. Little Red Corvette - заедающая. 3. Delirious - небольшая смена настроения! Мелодия как будто из игры на рпг мейкере. Звучит слегка глуповато в хорошем смысле, особенно учитывая текст. а ещё лол этот сэмпл с детским смехом в конце, я его много где слышала, у Алии в "Are You That Somebody" в частности. 4. Let's Pretend We're Married - не помню, что про неё говорила... Кажется, мне показалось, что она тоже звучит как из какой-то ретро-видеоигры. Последние два куплета, ей богу, какой же он хорни. 5. D.M.S.R. - мне нравится хиппи настроение у его текстов, но что за прикол у исполнителей тогда девушек в песнях шлюхами называть и сексуализировать... Но тут я понимаю посыл. Песня из этих пяти мне больше всех понравилась, даже не заметила, что она такая длинная. 6. Automatic - песни на почти 10 минут нынче звучит как что-то дикое. 7. Something in the Water (Does Not Compute) - у Принса интересные мелодии. Здесь это звучит как что-то инопланетное. 8. Free - красивый текст! Под эту песню как будто должны выходить танцевать медляк на какой-нибудь свадьбе. Мелодия в конце очень красивая, почему-то очень ностальгирующая. 9. Lady Cab Driver - интересная лирика. Но боже, что же он творит с концовками песен... Продолжай 10. All the Critics Love U in New York - какой же плавный переход от предыдущей песни, очень satisfying. Интересно, почему он так часто упоминает пурпурный в своих текстах...? 11. International Lover - забавная метафора. Что я могу сказать... В целом, альбом меня не впечатлил, но его будет приятно поставить на фон. Здесь есть интересные мелодии и мне нравится, как Принс играется со своим голосом. Но внезапные стоны посреди его песен... Ей богу, it did something to me. Почитав отзывы, поняла, что многие думают так же. Звенящая пошлость! Фанки, но некоторые песни длинные без надобности.

3/5 stars (5.5/10) Favourite song: 1999 Least favourite: Automatic

Definitely not his best. Just an ok album...

some very strange sounds every now and then on this album

this man too horny

Not my thing

I do not the music of the artist formerly known as Prince will ever gel with me. I don’t know what it is about it but it cannot get my attention, and I do not enjoy it. I won’t deny that it’s competently made, or that the artist is a talented person, but I just don’t get it.

One of the most front-loaded and horny albums I’ve ever listened to. Side A is GREAT genuinely, 1999 and Little Red Corvette are massive hits but unfortunately this side also ends with a song that legitimately sounds like a high production Wesley Willis song. Go and listen to Delirious and then Rock n Roll McDonalds, trust me. I am disappointed in the rest of the album, Sides B and C left me nonplussed outside of how randy this was. Side D was good and makes me wish that the middle part of the album was removed because this would have been a tight album in that case. Even if that happened, the album would still end with Prince stroking his shit on Seduction 747 for the last track. Seriously man, I swear I just listened to a guy bust a nut on record. Highlights: 1999, Little Red Corvette

The *sound* of this record is unlike anything else that came before, with its blend of synthesizers, trebly guitars and Prince's trusty Linn drum machine; the whole thing still sounds as fresh as the day it was released. Song-wise it's a mixed bag, with the cataclysmic title track and the blush-inducing "Let's Pretend We're Married" as the high points. Everything else would serve perfectly fine as party music but doesn't have the same spark as Prince's best work.

Dancey, sexy, and funky for the most part. Found myself dancing around the house but getting distracted. Not good enough to hold my attention, radical for early 80s. Favorite track was DSMR. 6/10.

That was coo.

Like the other Prince albums in this collection, I've only heard the singles from "1999", and not even the full versions of those tracks it turns out--most of the radio/video versions of his singles are about half the length of the versions on the album. It's a classic Prince album, of course, but I wonder if it might have been even better if the same editorial approach had been taken to all of the tracks? Plus maybe a few more instruments than just drum machine, synth and guitar, or just a bit more variety aside from his electro-funk sound (it felt like the tracks "1999" and "Little red corvette", plus to some degree the ballad "Free", were the only ones that had a different formula than the rest of the album). A good selection for this collection, and impressively more explicit than later albums--I can see why MTV refused to show the video for "Automatic", and I'm not at all sure I understand what all's going on in "Lady cab driver", but it's not a Disney-friendly track. It all makes me wish I was more of a Prince fan.

This was an enjoyable album but I honestly thought I’d like it more given that it’s Prince

Interestingly enough the collabs here brought the record down a notch. Ofc the title track really slaps, but some of the other songs were so generic and very reliant on the outside musicians that I was a bit underwhelmed and felt like Prince was drowned out here

This album was good. Prince in his usual fashion entices the listener with his erotic and indiscriminate nature all throughout the album. The runtime on many of the songs felt too drawn out. This album did not have to be over an 1hr long. Now there weren't any bad songs and the production as usual slapped. I wish the fat on here was trimmed considerably. Still, very good! Top 5: 1999, Little Red Corvette, Delirious, D.M.S.R , and Free no bad songs (maybe Let's Pretend We're Married since it was slightly too vulgar for my taste but calling bad would be dishonest) 3.50/5

It's good and very listenable, but ultimately it's another pop album from the 80s.

My favorite Prince song is Little Red Corvette. It always has been and always will be. I also like 1999. Other than that, I didn’t know any other songs on this album. It was a little long. None of the songs stood out to me, but it was much better than a lot of stuff I’ve had to listen to.

• 3/5 • After the first few singles, it gets pretty repetitive (with the exception of Lady Can Driver)

3.5

chill party vibes. prince is the washing machine, and we're the laundry. feels like every other track we're going from pop to rock, funk, new-wave, or whatever else. with that being said... bro dropped like 3 hits at the start and then made like 8 9 minute long tracks about having sex or smth?? solid 3

Deeply weird, but in like, kind of a good way

Some interesting pop but there is no reason for every song to be 7-8 minutes long.

1999 is a bop, the rest is OK. Lady Cab Driver can eff right off.

Today I learned what the Minneapolis sound is. It's hard for me to really enjoy this combination of a very organic bass coupled with machine crisp percussion. It's the sound that comes to mind when I think of the '80s, I've never loved it, and I'm learning that I've never given Prince a thorough listen because that sums the better part of his catalog. I now know what to expect. There's some Kanye level ego here. Hypersexual, dramatic, intense, and very catchy. It's easy to dance to, even if it's not my thing. I actually enjoy the lengthened tracks with the use of the Revolution, I just wish the composition featured alternate instruments. It works real well conceptually from start to finish, cheesy as it may feel. 2.9/5

Some groovy bits but then it lost my attention in the moaning sections.

Prima, maar ook niks aparts

It was ok

Great artistry, but I’m not a fan of this sound.

Ok, good but long.

Sexy, funky, fun. Game, blouses

Не складається в мене зі студійками прінса загалом, але його живі виступи я дуже люблю. На 1999 ще й багато пісень безбожно та невиправдано затягнуті.

Childhood album. Need to reposted

I feel this album is a bit pretentious, it’s way longer than it needs to be, the songs finish and then seem to fade out for 4 minutes, musically it’s great it’s prince what do you expect, but I feel like he tried to hard with this album

More of a lo-fi sound then I had expected

Some fun and very funky tunes in the first half. Too bad the 2nd half is mostly some random jamming and rambling without too much direction. Some songs like Free are even a bit bland. Also what's up with the moaning background vocals on Lady Cab Driver?

Pinja tanssii paljon!! Hyvä biisi svengaa kuin hirvi. I did not pay a lot of attention to it but I started moving involuntary to it so its a good sign!

Only knew "Party like it's 1999" before this which is great. But again I feel this is one of those albums where the title song is doing all the heavy lifting. Rest is forgettable on review.

A scandalous album, it's clear Prince was at peak horndog mode at this point in time. Crazy that the year 1999 probably felt so far into the future when this was written. "Little Red Corvette" is probably my favorite on this album, but it's a fun listen all the way through in it's entirety.

Moro moro :D Olipahan albumi täynnä omaperäistä menoa. Tiettyyn mielentilaan ku pääsin nii upposi ihan hyvin. Hauska kuunneltava.

Prinssin tuotanto on aika tuntematonta itselle ehkä aivan hittibiisejä lukuun ottamatta. Tämä oli vähintäänkin erikoinen setti. Välillä oikein funkahtavia siivuja, välillä tylsää junnausta ja sinne tänne ripoteltu hyvinkin erikoisia musiikillisia valintoja (tämä on posi). Ei tainnut prinssi pelkän kaurapuuron voimin tätä albumia vääntää! Piristävä yllätys, ei kuitenkaan päätynyt soittolistalle.

Very nice vibes, yes

Zuviel Pop, zu wenig Gitarren.

Strong start with some bangers (1999, little red corvette) - some funky stuff in there but I can see why radio edits exist - lots of ad libbing over a looped riff. Strong sexual themes throughout (it is prince after all) with some interesting sound effects to boot. Perhaps not as strong as other prince albums (purple rain) but solid overall.

Weird grooves.

It’s Prince but also, it’s Prince

Maravilloso

1982

Funky. Fun. Dancy. Sexy. Not really my thing, but good stuff nonetheless.

Some catchy melodies and beats here, but my god, the songs go on too long. Shave three or four minutes off some of the songs and it would be far more tolerable. It’s almost like a Prince parody album. The title track is one of the worst songs on the album; overplayed. If you ask AI to create a bland, overly pretentious, self indulgent Prince song, it would create something like “Lady Cab Driver”. That’s over 8 minutes long! I didn’t hate it, in fact, at times I enjoyed it, but it’s too much. After “Dirty Mind” and “Controversy”, this is a disappointment. It’s nowhere near as bad as the awful “Purple Rain”, so it gets 3/5

soulful. classy. out there. music. prince.

Some of the tracks outstay their welcome, but the hits are undeniable

People love Prince. I’m not as enamoured. The two hits to start the album are good, and then it gets less interesting. There are more moments than just that, but there is too much information for me to absorb in one sitting.

God damn Prince was a horny motherfucker! Couple of good jams that everyone knows. The rest was meandering synth pop.

One of the first cassette tapes I owned. The first three songs are iconic. The rest of the album doesn’t really hold up well with the passage of time. When I first saw this was going to be the album for today, I initially thought well this will be a 5 star album, but as the songs progressed the rating kept dropping. The first three songs ensure a 3 star but I could be talked into 2.5 stars.

I think I just prefer singles Prince!

some nice sounds, some with weird sounds

Was ok, not the best, not the worst, listened to it at least. Some songs were enjoyable. 7/10. Won't return.

Good artist, good guitarist, good music. Died way to young.

Yeah, it’s dated. But it’s also fun, fearless, and full of attitude. Not every track hits, and some could’ve used a trim, but 1999 is still a blast to revisit—especially if you’re in the mood to dance!!

Time has not been kind to this album. The hits are still the hits, but the rest of the album felt quite pedestrian.

It's just standard rock/pop, I don't understand the whole Prince cult of personality.

Through the first third I was like, it's not totally for me, but I get why people like this and I'm bobbing my head, but it sure just kept going.

I don't think anyone can say Prince wasn't talented. Dude was a powerhouse, and also had the best Super Bowl half-time show. It's still an impressive album from 1982 - but aside from the bigger hits (1999, Little Red Corvette) it shows that in spite of his technical prowess, it's still banking on his eccentricities over the power of the music.

Although I can understand why this album is culturally significant, it’s not really for me. I did enjoy a few songs greatly, but the misses were too far from my personal taste for me to rate this any higher.

Highlight Song/s: Little Red Corvette My first Prince album. The Minneapolis Sound is definitely quite peculiar sounding. One big thing I don't like about this album is that everything about it is overly long; the song length, the album length and the same synth going over and over again. Making the long album even more tedious than a 70 minute album would normally be. I truly do hope the other albums aren't as egregious. Especially "Sign 'O' The Times." And did they REALLY have to put a woman moaning in "Lady Cab Driver?" It comes off incredibly trashy. Basically I'm nitpicking every little bit and piece, because just I didn't enjoy it. It isn't bad, but it ain't for me.

point7.

Un buen álbum, bastante sonido ochentero. Me gusta todos los detalles que mete en la producción, de los sonidos hasta el como hace los grooves con su forma de combinar la instrumentación. Mis favoritas: Free, Something In The Water y International Lover

Un crack

Prometía tanto que lo había dejado para escucharlo después para darle el tiempo que se merecía, pero al escucharlo se desinfló, y con los gemidos en Lady Cab Driver (creo) ya se convirtió en un... meh?

In this, having put the 70s decisively to bed nine months previously, Prince goes into labour and gives birth to the 80s. There’s coos aplenty reserved for sweetheart jams like “Little Red Corvette” and “Lady Cab Driver”; some awkward glances around the room during “Something in the Water…” and “Free”. For the most part, though, everyone just takes notes. Hard to believe there, standing on the maternity ward, but one day this album would turn 18. It’d be the year 2000 then, and what a time that’ll be: who can predict what strange twists and turns human history will have taken; what exciting new forms art, music and culture will have taken. Oh yeah, Prince. Prince predicted it. All of it. Enjoy it or not, you better start taking notes.

Listened in the truck via YouTube music. Never listened all the way through before. Just the singles. Lots of long jams which was fun.