As odd as it may seem, Prince's
Planet Earth isn't any different than the one the rest of us live on. It's a musical array of fragmented thoughts and experiences; domineered by love and romance, sex and future baby mamas.
Life is best when the prolific wonder thinks up, or stumbles across, good vocal melodies and works his royal magic around them.
The One U Wanna C is a country of fun and major tourist attraction, while the benevolent title track crescendos with all resonance of a gospel epic.
Things go down-hill when he dabbles in the blue oceans of musical banality; like on that of the
Guitar-driven first single and the bedroom theme of his alter ego,
Mr. Goodnight; but I guess that's to be expected, considering the fact that we haven't had any purple rain in a while.
My Rating = 3 of 5
