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Media Type: CD
Artist: PRINCE
Title: LOVESEXY
Street Release Date: 05/10/1988
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP

Track Listing

1. Eye No
2. Alphabet St.
3. Glam Slam
4. Anna Stesia
5. Dance On
6. Love Sexy
7. When 2 R in Love
8. I Wish U Heaven
9. Positivity

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29654 in Music
• Brand: PRINCE
• Released on: 1990-10-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Customer Reviews

Glam Slam, Thank U Ma'am.
I hated "Lovesexy" when it first came out in the spring of 1988. Following the tremendous "Sign O the Times," I thought "Lovesexy" was a big disappointment and was too quirky for my taste. But, as a stand-alone album, this CD is a fine effort that has its strokes of brilliance. Yes, there's the Top Ten "Alphabet St.," but my singles of choice are the severely underrated "Glam Slam" and the beautiful yet underrated "I Wish U Heaven." Other funked-up gems are the title track and "Dance On." Prince never releases the album you'd expect him to make. He's always two steps ahead of the game and continues to challenge us with interesting material. Again, I didn't care for "Lovesexy" when it came out, but over the years it grew on me and it's now become one of my favorite Prince albums.

Prince's spiritual manifesto is a funky, inspiring, great LP
"Welcome to the New Power Generation . . . the reason why my voice is so clear is because there's no smack on my brain."

With those words, Prince kicked off one of the most exhilirating and mesmerizing LP's in recent memory. Armed with funky bass lines, horn riffs, guitar licks, clever lyrics, and supreme confidence and openness, Prince puts out a new message of spirituality and love.

The 9 tracks of Lovesexy are nearly flawless. I could rave about each of them all day, but a few stand out in my mind. The first track, "Eye No" is the perfect marriage of gospel soul and JB's funk, with a clear, terse message of faith ("Eye No there is a heaven/eye no there is hell/listen 2 me people/I've got a story to tell/eye no there was confusion lightnin' all around me/that's when I called His name/don't u know he found me.") "Alphabet St." is a timeless pop ditty infused with sly sexual inunendo. "Dance On" features fierce drumming and some great social commentary on drugs and gangs. The title track is pure joy, with some great synths and horns. "When 2 R in Love," a holdover from the Black Album, is a classic, minimalist Prince "slow jam." As with "Sign," Prince explores a wide variety of topics on these tracks, but the pace and flow of the LP tends to bring them all together into one masterpiece.

I truly believe that, along with "Purple Rain," "Sign O' The Times," and "1999," this is one of Prince's landmark albums. Unlike other LP's, Prince is unequivocal about his views on spirituality, and begs the listener to join in on the fun. He still uses Lovesexy imagery in his current music ("New Power Generation," "NewPowerSoul"). Thematically, the album has endured.

Two years after releasing "Lovesexy," Prince said of the LP, "you either had a mind-blowing experience or you didn't." Well, I did. And while I cannot fathom some of the other reviews on this site (James Brown imitations? "Eye No" being one of the "worst" Prince songs? HUH?), reasonable minds can disagree. Sure, the album cover isn't the best (I think the LP would have gone platinum with another cover), and the 1-track CD is supremely annoying, but I can live with that. Hopefully, you will too. Buy this album.

The White Album
Excellent. This record should have been released as a double album with the Black Album. They both compliment each other and they probably would have been held more highly as a set, particularly after the great 'Sign O the Times'. As usual Prince covers any style he feels like doing with ease.

Both records are inspired by the funk. Lovesexy just focuses more on the divine, as opposed to The Black Album's pre-occupation with Lust. The ongoing theme of the majority of Prince's music since day one.