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| 3.0 good | Mythodea | January 23rd 20 |
Bookends are the highlight on this album, despite their sparking differencies. Price's debut is decent not only because it shows a great ability to craft RnB atmosphere, but also because it's the product of a single person and it doesn't sound like it. While the album loses steam towards the end, So Blue is actually an attention grabber due to its bass riff.
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| 2.5 average | Robbit | April 28th 16 |
Prince's 1978 debut was an ambitious undertaking that found him playing all 23 instruments heard
on this album! At just 19 years of age, he was also the youngest Warner Brothers producer to
date. While this album has received fairly dismissive reviews in general, it is worth exploring
just to hear this budding genius at work. It is quite an accomplishment that he created such
atmosphere on tracks such as "Just As Long As We're Together" that do sound like a multi-person
band grooving together. Also notable are the a capella vocals on the opener "For You" and the
guitar playing on "I'm Yours". It's true that this songwriting skills needed sharpening, as the
single "Soft And Wet" was not really a memorable standout.
FOR YOU is worth exploring and isn't as a bad record as some reviews might have you believe. It's
an immature, but well executed blend of R&B and rock styles, not unlike his 70s contemporaries The
Brothers Johnson. Start with this album and listen to the growth in his songwriting and
performances with each consecutive release. This is the beginning of that journey.
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| 2.5 average | Noakesy | October 28th 23 |
| 3.0 good | Zakusz | January 13th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Adol | June 29th 20 |
| 3.5 great | degina | February 29th 20 |
| 2.5 average | xgausez | October 22nd 19 |
| 2.5 average | solrage | September 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Wilfy | May 16th 17 |
| 3.5 great | Jakor | July 5th 16 |
| 3.0 good | azim | April 29th 16 |
| 3.0 good | FunkyR | September 17th 14 |
| 2.0 poor | t67 | September 21st 12 |
| 2.5 average | Peevy | March 11th 12 |
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