1999 (studio album) by Prince

This album is definitely an inconsistent one. I will start with things that I liked about it, 1999 and especially Little Red Corvette are excellent opening tracks with immaculate production and lyrics more tasteful than any other ones on the record. Not much worse is D.M.S.R. which is one of the rare examples here where length is not dragging a track down and works pretty well, the beat is great and funky too. Delirious and Let's Pretend We're Married are examples of tracks with great energy ruined by either irritating synth or cringy lyrics. Lady Cab Driver would be great if it was trimmed to 4 minutes. The rest is not outstanding or clearly bad - Something In The Water, International Love.

Great record

thumpy, bumpy to excess. vulgar nonsense. "dance" rock

It's a solid album for me - 1999, Little Red Corvette, DMSR and Automatic stand out for me. The rest is good with nothing falling below good.

Great start with the first two songs. The rest of the album not so special imo.

From Brad1770 04/01/2021 10:05

Let’s be honest the lyrical content on this album is extremely cheesy even by early 80’s cheesy standards which sets the bar rather high in this regard. Not convinced ? Try “1999” with its lets party through the apocalypse mantra or “Lady Cab Driver” being every teenagers wet dream or the simply awful “International Lover” with its “thank you for flying Prince airlines its going to be a bumpy ride”

Regardless this is all inconsequential as ‘1999’ ultimately sold by the truck load, made Prince a household name and would set the scene for what would be the main course ‘Purple Rain’ which would propel the Love Symbol into the mega stratosphere of super stardom alongside the likes of Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen and The Rolling Stones

An extremely solid album, but some of the songs need to be trimmed

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From planetneutral 11/22/2020 16:23

On the long side and the peaks aren't quite as high as on Purple Rain, nor are they as well distributed.

From teague 04/12/2020 06:40

This album is pretty damn good. Every song is solid and great in it's own right. Obviously 1999 and Little Red Corvette take the cake, but that does not diminish my admiration for tracks like Lady Cab Driver, D.M.S.R., and Let's Pretend We're Married. I think I prefer 1999 to Purple Rain, just because there's more to listen to on this one, and more of any Prince (at least the 80s stuff) is pretty amazing in my book.