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But whilst 'For You' was an album which Prince spent month after month trying to perfect, 'Prince' is an album that was recorded and over-dubbed in six weeks and cost half as much to produce, resulting in an excellent album that has a sparse, lean sound.
In many ways the songs on the album follow the same blueprint as those on 'For You', what's different though is the melodies...they're stronger than before and instantly recognisable.
The actual range of the music on 'Prince' also stands out; ballads, acoustic numbers, guitar-driven rockers, and Prince's first ever all-out-funk song...Prince goes through alot of styles in one album, as fans would know.
The one song that may stand out most to the majority of people would be 'I Wanna Be Your Lover' , which became Prince's first chart hit, a pop-funk song with a wonderully simple yet catchy guitar hook, the track ends with a nice little instrumental coda which echoes what was soon to be known as the 'Minneapolis Sound'.
'Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?' was the album's second release, it didn't fare as well as 'I Wanna Be Your Lover' on the charts though, which is a shame because it's an excellent track very similar to the opening cut, but the main difference is that the guitar dominates here rather than playing simple fills in the background.
'Sexy Dancer' , as stated above, is Prince's first funk number.
Driven by a terrific bassline and interspersed with everything from handclaps to heavy breathing, the track remains one of the standout songs on the album and what it lacks in lyrical quality it more than makes up for in pure-purple-funkiness.
As impressive is 'Bambi'; a track which has become a fan favourite over the years and is probably Prince's first ever truly great rock song. Opening with a powerful guitar riff the track contains screaming guitar passages and frenzied vocals from Prince.
Of the two conventional ballads on the album, 'When We're Dancing Close & Slow' is by far the most impressive.
A wonderully intimate song, the track is very simple containing little more than nice little piano trickles, and a lovely acoustic guitar hook but it remains one of Prince's most outstanding ballads from his early years.
'With You' (the albums second ballad) is drenched in sweetness and is probably the weakest track on the album, but it does contain a great vocal performance from Prince and it is an undeniably charming song.
'Still Waiting' is one of those Prince songs that you can't help but smile when you hear it. Sung very, very well; the track is a simplistic, mid-tempo ballad and is the catchiest song on the album.
That brings us now to, what I feel to be, the two strongest songs on the album: 'I Feel For You' and 'It's Gonna Be Lonely'.
'I Feel For You' (made famous by Chaka Khan) is a classic pop-funk song filled with some excellent keyboard work from Prince and it's hard to see why it wasn't chosen to be released as a single.
'It's Gonna Be Lonely' starts out as a subdued ballad and eventually builds to a powerful climax through some, again, brilliant vocal work from Prince. The track has a full sound unlike some of the other tracks and is (barring 'Bambi') the punchiest song on the record.
As an album 'Prince' is indefinitly more impressive than ANY other record around at its time and it remains one of Prince's most underrated albums ever. I urge anyone to buy it.
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