Prince Album - Musicology
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Release Date:2004-01-01
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Type:Promotional
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Genre:R&B, Pop, Funk
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Label:Columbia
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Explicit Lyrics:No
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Review - Yahoo! Music - Dan Leroy :
How long has Prince been artistically MIA? If you (generously) date his decline to the years following 1991’s Diamonds And Pearls, he’s been bafflingly mediocre as long as he was unquestionably brilliant. But after embracing symbol-ism, alleging slavery, and following his muse anywhere but toward the pop charts, he’s finally acknowledged that he knows what people want. The title track of Musicology asks pointedly, “Don’t you miss the feeling music gave you back in the day?” before closing with a dial-flipping montage of Prince’s own classics. This album doesn’t try to replicate them, since he’s still too proud to invite charges of pandering; the closest thing to a hit, the soulful, “When You Were Mine”-style power-pop of “Cinnamon Girl,” obscures its hook with jagged guitar intrusions and inscrutable post-9/11 philosophizing. Yet these dozen songs, which swing with the organic, old-school funk Prince began embracing in the late-’80s, also avoid his ‘90s excesses, combining rock and soul as effortlessly and succinctly as he ever has. As personally, too: his perpetual battle between raunch and religion is replaced by fortysomething reflections on married life and love, closing with the wistful admission, “Sometimes I just wanna go sit out on the stoop and play my guitar.” In fact, he was out there by himself for too long. Welcome back, Prince -- your throne is still waiting.
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Musicology (Album Version) |
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