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Track Listings
| 1. Planet Earth |
| 2. Guitar |
| 3. Somewhere Here On Earth |
| 4. The One U Wanna C |
| 5. Future Baby Mama |
| 6. Mr. Goodnight |
| 7. All The Midnights In The World |
| 8. Chelsea Rodgers |
| 9. Lion Of Judah |
| 10. Revelation |
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The things you do for a buck...Controversially given away with the Mail On Sunday; this latest slab of funky, pop-flavoured pop prog from the diminutive purple one meant that your reviewer had to quit his cosy Sunday morning bed to get a copy with his pint of milk. Good job I hadn't been drinking the night before, as Prince's output has always been heady stuff for the Lord's Day.
Strangely enough the link may not be so tenuous. Prince's work still draws on the church though he's no longer in thrall to the psycho-sexual, God vs. naughty little devil act. It's now a milder mixture of righteous, groovy morality ('Planet Earth', 'Lion Of Judah') and his irrepressible desire to get down. This is a return of sorts to the sunshine pop end of the artist's output. He's back from the outer badlands of dirty funk that he roamed for so long. That's not to say that 'Chelsea Rodgers' (the name of the impish one's latest protégé and 'role model') doesn't avoid getting on the good foot. But overall Planet Earth is light in tone.
As always there are a few slow 'making-out' numbers: 'Mister Goodnight' is a slinky return to the wicked purpleness we love him for whereas 'Somewhere Here On Earth' is less successful; being rather too generic in its jazzy, R'nB loved-upness.
The rest of the album is a tasty melange of psycheledic Californian harmonies ('The One U Wanna C'), and wigged-out guitar pop ('Planet Earth', 'Resolution') all buoyed up by popping basslines. The real clunker is, unfortunately, the first single. 'Guitar', which is as unimaginative enough to veer close to sounding like pretenders to the throne, such as Lenny Kravitz. It's still got an ace guitar solo at the end though...
In fact, not since Purple Rain has he got out the axe so much (this album even sees the return of old cohorts such as Wendy, Lisa and Sheila E). It's probably a nod to a stadium career that's kept him in pesos since his recorded output became overtaken by everyone from Outkast to Timbaland, each one of whom worships at his altar. Who cares? He's still Prince, and he's still a little bit funky. --Chris Jones
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I recently updated on the little mysterious artist's music buying 3121, musicology and controversially - getting this album for free in the Mail on Sunday! If you missed it, don't worry as amazon aren't asking for too much for it. I was curious to see how he has gone about reinventing himself - we know he can from the gold experience which was made when critics were starting to think he was out of touch and then just wowed them all.
The first track on 'planet earth' is a soulful call to arms about the plight of the world which America is finally waking up to. Nice but who cares? We like Prince because he invented funk. Skip to track two to see him coming back with a bang, 'guitar' has all the excitement and thrill of his most famous tracks from the past and great lyrics - 'I love you baby, but not like I love my guitar!' *cue amazing guitar solo*. Many of the other tracks are slow jazzy numbers that remind me of his earlier work, in particular the ballads from the batman soundtrack. Not to worry though, by the time you get to track 8, Chelsea Rodgers will wake you up in style. Its not just the best song on the album in my opinion, its one of his best tracks ever. A funky, exciting number sure to put a smile on your face and a bounce in your step.
Enjoy
The first track on 'planet earth' is a soulful call to arms about the plight of the world which America is finally waking up to. Nice but who cares? We like Prince because he invented funk. Skip to track two to see him coming back with a bang, 'guitar' has all the excitement and thrill of his most famous tracks from the past and great lyrics - 'I love you baby, but not like I love my guitar!' *cue amazing guitar solo*. Many of the other tracks are slow jazzy numbers that remind me of his earlier work, in particular the ballads from the batman soundtrack. Not to worry though, by the time you get to track 8, Chelsea Rodgers will wake you up in style. Its not just the best song on the album in my opinion, its one of his best tracks ever. A funky, exciting number sure to put a smile on your face and a bounce in your step.
Enjoy
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Before I begin I must confess that I'm a big Prince fan and have been since I first heard "When Doves Cry" back in 1984. However, over the last fifteen years or so his albums have been, shall we say, a mixed bag. There have been some fantastic tracks but also an awful lot of dross, and his last album "3121" was pretty dire in my opinion. His last truly worthwhile collection was 1995's "The Gold Experience" ("The Rainbow Children" was impressive, but not exactly commercial or easy to listen to) and before then his last decent album was probably "Lovesexy".
Like many others I bought and binned The Mail on Sunday today but kept the CD, and with some trepidation I put it into the player. You know what? It's actually pretty good! Sure, there are a couple of fairly bland ballads and a pretty tragic stab at rap, but there are also some great songs here. The title track sounds not unlike his unreleased classic "Empty Room", and "Chelsea Rodgers" is an uptempo stomper of a track which will sound tremendous played live or outside on a warm summer day (remember what they were like?) It is also great to hear Wendy & Lisa popping up on two or three tracks as well, and the great man is clearly having a lot of fun with this set of songs.
Are there any classics on here? Not at the first listen, but there are some really enjoyable songs here. If you're looking for a fun album with some solid songs, great guitar work in places, and a return to form from Prince, then buy this one without any worries. After years of duds he's produced something worthwhile at last. Somehow I knew he would.
Like many others I bought and binned The Mail on Sunday today but kept the CD, and with some trepidation I put it into the player. You know what? It's actually pretty good! Sure, there are a couple of fairly bland ballads and a pretty tragic stab at rap, but there are also some great songs here. The title track sounds not unlike his unreleased classic "Empty Room", and "Chelsea Rodgers" is an uptempo stomper of a track which will sound tremendous played live or outside on a warm summer day (remember what they were like?) It is also great to hear Wendy & Lisa popping up on two or three tracks as well, and the great man is clearly having a lot of fun with this set of songs.
Are there any classics on here? Not at the first listen, but there are some really enjoyable songs here. If you're looking for a fun album with some solid songs, great guitar work in places, and a return to form from Prince, then buy this one without any worries. After years of duds he's produced something worthwhile at last. Somehow I knew he would.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The last "goodness knows how many" Prince albums have been hailed as a return to form. But let's face it even though some of them are okayish you still know that the next album he releases will be hailed as "the return to form". That's the case here too. This is a fairly decent album and the track "Guitar" is one of the better singles to have been released in recent years, but Sign O The Times this ain't.
I still like Prince but seriously, when will that long awaited "return to form" actually happen?
I still like Prince but seriously, when will that long awaited "return to form" actually happen?
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The purple paisley prince of prog pop puts in a pristine performance.
Put the record into an intelligent playing device (that's a PC to you , thicky) and notice what genre it says it is: funk. Hold that thought. Now look at the album cover. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Alister King
A Triumph Of Self Promotion!
Prince's 24th album will ultimately be remembered for the controversy surrounding the UK distribution of the CD and the subsequent 21 Nights in London gigs at the 02. Read more
Published on 15 May 2009 by Simon J. Hill
I love this album
If you want to listen to the same stuff over and over then put the brilliant Purple Rain on. This is another album from Prince and it is fantastic (we don't want him to put the... Read more
Published on 18 Nov 2008 by Fifi La Bond
It is good but.........
It all depends on what "YOUR" Prince/Symbol/NPG/Christopher catalogue looks like. Essentially the reason so many people get upset with this and other works by the Purple one is... Read more
Published on 8 Aug 2008 by Blackmale
Planet Earth
An unavoidable fact is that Prince will never again have planet earth in the palm of his hand like he did circa 84 but since the religious jazz odyssey that is The Rainbow Children... Read more
Published on 2 Mar 2008 by Ted Maul
New Fan
I like other reviewers still havent come down after seeing Prince live at the 02 last week. I'd always liked his music but wouldnt say I was a 'fan' when I went to see him. Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2007 by EG
Not a bad album
Just writing my riposte here, this isn't a bad album, washed over me really, by the way Prince isn't a genre - James Brown is.
Published on 11 Sep 2007 by Graham Simons
Actually very good
OK I'll admit I'm probably still a bit dizzy from seeing Prince live the other night but this is a good album. Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2007 by Wall boy
its a grower - on the whole I really like it
there are a couple of 'turkey' tracks but it funks out and rocks with the best of Prince albums. At first when I got the freebie with the Mail on Sunday I was disappointed but on... Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2007 by M. Johnson-brown
without soul...
Prince, The Artist, Squiggle - whatever you want to call him (or whatever he choses to allow people to call him) has released yet another album to maintain the 1 per year average... Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2007 by K. Marshall
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