I feel like I'm still just learning about SotT. It's been a slow grower. And I've never quite been able to get over the hump of its lackluster first track in the way I can with Song In The Key Of Life.
― Ad Strawmanem (Old Lunch), Thursday, 26 February 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
yes it's great of course. as are many (all !) of the other songs on the album.but, for instance, if you consider the tracklisting of "The very best of Prince" (90s tracks not included) :
1. "I Wanna Be Your Lover" 2. "1999" 3. "Little Red Corvette" 4. "When Doves Cry" 5. "Let's Go Crazy" 6. "Purple Rain" 7. "I Would Die 4 U" 8. "Raspberry Beret" 9. "Kiss" 10. "Sign o' the Times" 11. "U Got the Look" 12. "Alphabet St."
well, for me, the tracks from SotT would rank the lowest.
― AlXTC from Paris, Thursday, 26 February 2015 17:12 (nine years ago) link
I don't know why I always mistakenly think "The Beautiful Ones" was a single. Probably because it effing should've been.
― Ad Strawmanem (Old Lunch), Thursday, 26 February 2015 17:17 (nine years ago) link
"U Got the Look" is a fucking steamroller.
Also, "Girlfriend" is a serious contender for my absolutely #1 favorite Prince single OAT.
― Eric H., Thursday, 26 February 2015 17:24 (nine years ago) link
i thought the sample at the beginning of "lovesexy" was delia? doesn't sound anything like roger limb's stuff to my ears!
― rushomancy, Thursday, 26 February 2015 20:22 (nine years ago) link
ok, nvm, it is roger limb- just mis-credited a lot of places
― rushomancy, Thursday, 26 February 2015 20:25 (nine years ago) link
that's a bbc radiophonic sample? ha cool
― a date with density (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 26 February 2015 22:06 (nine years ago) link
Talking of samples,
There's a bit of a ruckus noise on "Pop Life", near the end then the music comes back in.
The exact same noise is used on Chris Hill's "Rentasanta" from 1975 or so.
Any ideas what it's from?
― Mark G, Thursday, 26 February 2015 23:21 (nine years ago) link