“1999” by Prince - album review
features in: Album Chart of 1982 → ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1980s → ● 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die  |
Fifth album in five consecutive years from the hard-working entertainer, now aged 24. He's got material galore in store for the fans in this four-sided extravaganza. 70 minutes. Groan. It'd be churlish to deny the brilliant musical accomplishment of the title track in the first six minutes, but by the time of the solos in “Little Red Corvette” my nose is well and truly turned up. This is basically just a Daryl Hall and John Oates record isn't it? And so the whole sorry affair drags on, naff lyrics, annoying falsetto and all, only slightly saved by “All The Critics Love U In New York” which brings a welcome sense of new wave edge. It's too little, too late though. Put me right off purple he has.
The Jukebox Rebel
10–Mar–2019
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [06:15]  Prince - 1999 (Prince Rogers Nelson) Disco / Funk |
| A2 | [05:03]  Prince - Little Red Corvette (Prince Rogers Nelson) Pop |
| A3 | [04:00]  Prince - Delirious (Prince Rogers Nelson) Pop |
| B1 | [07:21]  Prince - Let's Pretend We're Married (Prince Rogers Nelson) Pop |
| B2 | [08:17]  Prince - D.M.S.R. (Prince Rogers Nelson) Disco / Funk |
| C1 | [09:28]  Prince - Automatic (Prince Rogers Nelson) Pop |
| C2 | [04:02]  Prince - Something In The Water (Does Not Compute) (Prince Rogers Nelson) Pop |
| C3 | [05:08]  Prince - Free (Prince Rogers Nelson) Pop Ballad |
| D1 | [08:19]  Prince - Lady Cab Driver (Prince Rogers Nelson) Disco / Funk |
| D2 | [05:59]  Prince - All The Critics Love U In New York (Prince Rogers Nelson) Pop |
| D3 | [06:37]  Prince - International Lover (Prince Rogers Nelson) R n B |
