What do Amazon.com customers think?
A flawlessly performed masterpieceThose of you expecting the old Prince will be disappointed. While I agree this album marks the end of innovation we came to expect from him in the 80's and the beginning of a familiar mixture of funk, rock and R & B, this is nonetheless a masterpiece. Prince would not elect to put out a 3 record set unless he was dropping a bomb on us, and it is. This album is produced, performed and mixed flawlessly, a nasty stew here. The first disc consists mainly of funk and rock with a few surprises jabbed …
Those of you expecting the old Prince will be disappointed. While I agree this album marks the end of innovation we came to expect from him in the 80's and the beginning of a familiar mixture of funk, rock and R & B, this is nonetheless a masterpiece. Prince would not elect to put out a 3 record set unless he was dropping a bomb on us, and it is. This album is produced, performed and mixed flawlessly, a nasty stew here. The first disc consists mainly of funk and rock with a few surprises jabbed in. Disc 2 is mostly ballads and disc III is a mixture of dance, techno, rap, hip-hop and more funk! Perfection must have been on his mind when he made this. Beautiful ballads and freaky funk; the Beauty and the Beast. Best tracks are "Jam Of The Year," "White Mansion," "Emale," "Dreamin' About U," "Style," and "Sleep Around." Get this if you like traveling in the constellations he creates....
Written by MilesAndTrane
Disc two is the best of 3Over the approx. 3 years since this album's release, I have grown to like it less and less. Initially, I was simply overwhelmed by the quantity of music (three hours worth). Some of the songs rank among his best work ("Holy River", "Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother, Wife"), but the biggest problem for me lies with the album's overall "sound." The production sounds very sterile, cold, and antiseptic. Only on the two tracks performed by the NPG do I get the feel that a group of warm-blooded human bei…
Over the approx. 3 years since this album's release, I have grown to like it less and less. Initially, I was simply overwhelmed by the quantity of music (three hours worth). Some of the songs rank among his best work ("Holy River", "Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother, Wife"), but the biggest problem for me lies with the album's overall "sound." The production sounds very sterile, cold, and antiseptic. Only on the two tracks performed by the NPG do I get the feel that a group of warm-blooded human beings played on this album. Much of the rest sounds like a bunch of cheesy, dated drum machines and synths (I think this album sounds far more dated already than early '80s albums like "1999").When I saw him in concert three times in '97, "Face Down" was a highlight-- funky like doo-doo. On the album, it sounds so thin and tinny you'd hardly know it was the same song. Ditto "Get your Groove on" and "Jam of the Year", which sounded great live with the band members soloing-- but on the album they are just soooo lifeless.On top of these complaints, I must also say the album is woefully OVER-produced in parts (case in point, the cover version of "One of Us" which just sounds cluttered). Even on the sparse "Let's have a Baby" (GREAT vocal), he didn't even play a real bass. For as brilliant an instrumentalist Prince is, the musicianship on this album is almost non-existant.
Written by TheBandit
Track listing Edit
-
CD 1 : Emancipation
format: number: title: number name artist hh:mm:ss 1Jam of the Year?:??2Right Back Here in My Arms?:??3Somebody's Somebody - Prince, Eager, Brenda Lee?:??4Get Yo Groove On?:??5Courtin' Time?:??6Betcha by Golly, Wow - Prince, Bell, Thom?:??7We Gets Up?:??8White Mansion?:??9Damned If I Do?:??10I Can't Make U Love Me?:??11Mr. Happy - Prince, Ice Cube?:??12In This Bed I Scream?:?? -
unknown format 2 : Emancipation
format: number: title: number name artist hh:mm:ss 1Sex in the Summer?:??2One Kiss at a Time?:??3Soul Sanctuary?:??4Emale?:??5Curious Child?:??6Dreamin' About U?:??7Joint 2 Joint?:??8The Holy River?:??9Let's Have a Baby?:??10Saviour?:??11The Plan?:??12Friend, Lover, Sister, Mother/Wife?:?? -
unknown format 3 : Emancipation
format: number: title: number name artist hh:mm:ss 1Slave?:??2New World?:??3The Human Body?:??4Face Down?:??5La-La (Means I Love You) - Prince, Bell, Thom?:??6Style - Prince, Clinton, George [1]?:??7Sleep Around?:??8Da, Da, Da?:??9My Computer?:??10One of Us - Prince, Bazilian, Eric?:??11The Love We Make?:??12Emancipation?:??
Credits Edit
Surely someone is credited on this release!
Add a credit?
