Prince - Emancipation [PA] (CD 1996)

BOUGHT ON A WHIM ALONG WITH OTHER PRINCE CDS,OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE ARE SELLING THIER CDS JUST LIKE VINYL,THE QUALITY OF MP3 IS INFERIOR,SO IF YOU HAVE THE SPACE AND THE PRICE IS RIGHT AS IT WAS IN THIS INSTANCE THEN ILL GO FOR IT I MEAN A TRIPLE CD FOR £1.50 BE SILLY NOT TO!THATS MY REVIEW HOPE IT HELPS.

This apart from last years dreadful Planet Earth is the worst Prince album ever. Full of r&b slush and not a true pop gem in sight. I was, and still am, a huge Prince fan but 'Sign O The Times' this aint. Avoid.

I can't help but sing at the top of my voice to each and everyone of the fantastic songs. My Fav is Jam of the year!!
This is a must for any Prince fan or even someone new listening to The Symbol for the first time. Prince you are a Quiet and Powerful God!!!!

I ordered a great item which was sent to me very quickly and when I recieved the item I was very pleased.

Another album to add to my Prince collection once again as my original one got played out... or stolen can't remember!
Nevertheless, this 3-disc album - his first official album without Warner Bros. is in effect, a celebration of his marriage to his first wife Mayte and the birth of their late son, let alone getting out of his former record contract.
The album seems to tell a story which extends his search for The Most Beautiful girl in the world, wanting to be Somebody's somebody, finding his friend/lover/sister/mother/wife and wanting a baby (biolgical clock and baby's heartbeat inclusive).
Now before you think it becomes a mushy love album, there are some serious party grooves (sic. "joint 2 joint", "Style", "Jam Of The Year") that keep momentum flowing, early references to the Internet ("emale", AOL on "My Computer") that keep the momentum going and a (another) rip on his former record company and declaring himself "Free - don't think I ain't"!

Unlike his last remaining efforts for Warner Bros. (The Titulous is on EMI), this doesn't feel like a rushed album of out-takes although at the same time he did release ANOTHER 3-disc album of Greatest Misses thus, "Crystal Ball". The problem here though is, releasing the equivalent of 7 CD's ("Crystal Ball is a 3-disc compilation with a bonus album), the eventual sales of both albums were relatvely lukewarm. A shame for what is a milestone and obviously, a very personal album apropos to Emancipation.

Throw all this in with a few well considered Stylistics covers and a Bonnie Raitt classic and guest appearances from Chante Moore, Kate Bush and some enigmatic character called "Azifwekare" and you've got the makings of an album of a man who's achieved his goal - to be free. Purple Rain this is not and although he refused to be called Prince around this time, it definitely has Prince written all over it.

'dre

www.thedrezone.com

NOT AMNY COPIES AROUND MAN, THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF HIS BEST CDS TO DATE RIDING HIS CONTRACT WITH WARNER BROTHERS AS HE WAS A SELF CONFESSED "SLAVE" AND WANTED TO BE FREE! AND LIKE MOST THINGS PRINCE PUTS HIS MIND TO, HE SUCCEED'S. PEACE, LOVE, RESPECT TO PEOPLE WHO BELEIVE IN A NEW POWER SOUL.

TRUE FUNK SOULJA O{-I-> "love god"