When I was 12 years old, there was this music show I used to watch every Saturday morning called “Video Smash Hits.” During one particular episode, one of the hosts reviewed “The Beautiful Experience” and said something along the lines of how brilliant it was, and that it included “a whole bunch of other songs [...]
Archive for May, 2007
The Beautiful Experience – Prince
Posted in Prince, Reviews on May 20, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Jesus Wept – P.M. Dawn
Posted in P.M. Dawn, Reviews on May 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is PM Dawn’s third album, and…as much as I know about it is that first of all, there’s absolutely no rapping on it at all except for the second last track, “Sometimes I Miss You So Much.” Apparently this was done because the rap industry told Prince Be not to rap….let’s not forget how [...]
Embrya – Maxwell
Posted in Maxwell, Reviews on May 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Remember back in 1985 when Prince released “Around The World In A Day”? Were you caught off guard because it was so different to “Purple Rain”? Did you even go as far to actually leave Prince’s music behind for good? How ’bout when Terence Trent D’Arby put out “Neither Fish Nor Flesh” in 1989?
Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite – Maxwell
Posted in Maxwell, Reviews on May 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
When this album first came out in 1996, I had no idea that it had even been released, or even who the heck this “Maxwell” character was. But exactly one year after “Urban Hang Suite” was released, I picked up a copy of “Interview” magazine which featured Max on the front cover, and in this [...]
Controversy – Prince
Posted in Prince, Reviews on May 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The fourth Prince album was originally released in 1981 on Warner Brothers Records, and as far as I can see, it was pretty much the first time where he really started playing around with instruments such as the Linn drum machine & the Fairlight (?) synthesizer. Both of these devices would feature very heavily [...]
The Rainbow Children – Prince
Posted in Prince, Reviews on May 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Prince first released this album exclusively in October 2001 on his website, The NPG Music Club, as a digital download, to Premium Members who paid US$100 to join. Prior to its availability, listening sessions were held during the second installment of his festival, “Prince – A Celebration,” which was first held at Paisley Park in [...]
The Black Album – Prince
Posted in Prince, Reviews on May 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This album was originally scheduled for release in late 1987/early ‘88, which of course would’ve made it the follow-up to his legendary “Sign “O” The Times” album. It was to be issued in a plain black sleeve with no artist credited & no additional information other than the catalogue number printed on its spine in [...]
The Truth – Prince
Posted in Prince, Reviews on May 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This was Prince’s first ever acoustic album, which was given away as a freebie to all the fans who purchased his 3 CD set “Crystal Ball” through the Internet back in 1998. Let’s take a look at what this album has to offer:
The Symbol Album – Prince
Posted in Prince, Reviews on May 6, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This album was first released in 1992. Prior to its release, Prince toured Australia for the first time ever in his career and promoted “The Symbol Album” (specifically the song “Sexy Mothereffer”), just as the “Diamonds & Pearls” promotion was coming to a close.
Of course I was not permitted to see Prince in concert at [...]
What Time Is It? – The Time
Posted in Prince, Reviews, The Time on May 6, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This album was released back in 1982, and although it was credited to “The Time,” it is generally well known among his fanbase that Prince actually made this entire record all by himself. Morris Day would later go into the studio and record his vocals with Prince’s guide vocals playing in the background. In fact, [...]
