Category: Record reviews
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It never gets easier
This dog is guarding the house. We had to put our dog Cleo to sleep yesterday. She had been gradually losing control of her back legs, but her descent had accelerated and she was spending more time just sitting, inspecting the grass around her and taking sensor readings of the…
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It’s you I really wanna drive
Dirty Mind Prince 1980 Chapter 3 of the Prince Project. I really should’ve thought of a better name for this. Here we are with Prince’s third release, Dirty Mind. In just three seconds short of 30 minutes, Prince creates an irresistible dance album and, by my guess, the first sexually…
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Orchestral maneuvers in the hood
A few nights ago, the Seattle Symphony and Seattle homey Sir Mix-A-Lot performed the latter’s 1992 magnum opus , the subtle and insightful “Baby Got Back.” (“My anaconda don’t want none/Unless you got buns, hun.”) How can anything this stupid be this funny? AllMusic.com critic Steve Huey writes: Seldom does a…
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The wild, the innocent, and Prince
Prince Prince 1979 I believe I missed Prince’s second album when it was released, as I was occupied with punk and the theory that it would be easier to initiate sexual relations with punk girls compared with disco girls. (No.) Too bad, because this is a fine disco disc. The…
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Let the Prince project begin
For You Prince 1978 Prince Rogers Nelson had already consolidated his name to Prince by the time he released his debut in 1978. The only reason to listen to this album is that Prince was only 19 when he recorded it in 1977. Much of it sounds like second-string disco;…
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