1999
by Prince

From joedec 01/13/2013 06:35 | #61301 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

When people think of Prince's best album, usually people point to either Purple Rain or Sign O' The Times. For me personally, I point to 1999 as his best album. It includes 3 classic hits (1999, Little Red Corvette, Delirious) and it includes hands down the best fusion of rock, funk, R&B, & new wave. The definite Prince album

A great sprawling epic experiment. Obviously the first two tracks are the most well known but the rest of the album is just as good. The only problem with this and other Prince albums on CD, is that they badly need a re-mastering. They sound really thin and, little red corvette, sounds awful here. Still, great album, which could be even greater with a decent sound.

From Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/01/2021 10:05 | #268049 | TOP COMMENT Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.

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 (Edited)

Album hit big I remember it like it was yesterday. How time flies. Not as good as Dirty Mind, Sign O times or Purple Rain but still solid. It does fade a bit the 2nd half... MEZ

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. (Edited)