Prince - Art Official Age - 2x LP Vinyl

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SKU:
c0003872
UPC:
093624933274

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Album, Artist, Format,

Specifications

Album:
Art Official Age
Artist:
Prince
Format:
12" Vinyl
UPC:
093624933274

Description

Musically, Art Official Age is all over the map--gloriously so, in fact--as though Prince is trying to cram a triple album into a single disc. Opener "Art Official Cage" cribs directly from Daft Punk's more arena-ready moments, building a post-disco banger on some Nile Rodgers-style rhythm guitar. It sounds perhaps too familiar, but the song mimics its source with aplomb and what sounds like Princely arrogance. Cockiness has always looked better on Prince than assless chaps or satin frocks, and the song has a feisty energy that even a new jack swing rap can't derail. Some of the best songs here are slow jams, like the wishful "This Could Be Us" and "Breakdown", which sounds like one of the most personally revealing tunes Prince has ever recorded: "Waking up in places that you would never believe," he sings with what sounds like deep regret. "Give me back the time, you can keep the memories." As the strings lift the song out of the depths and laserbeams fire at the edges of the music, Prince launches into some vocal contortions that prove his voice has lost none of its wild mutability over the years. It's the rare moment of true gravity on an album that sounds like Prince actually had a lot of fun making.