Word: sound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SINCE Prince achieved commercial success with the Purple Rain sound-track four years ago, he has been edging steadily away from its rock-like sounds. He has turned out an album every May since 1984, each with very diverse, direction-seeking tracks. Each has had sounds ranging from Minneapolis funk to samba to "house" music to the psychedelic...
...Lovesexy, his latest recording, Prince seems to have found a single direction. What he calls the "New Power Soul" sound is a funk sound which moves the listener right along without being too forceful in the beat. As a result, a highly orchestrated sound plays against Sheila Es drums...
This "New Power Soul" sound can often be a bit taxing on the ears. A multiplicity of sounds--Cat and Boni Boyer's vocals, Eric Leeds and Atlanta Bliss' brass, Levi Seacer Jr's. bass, Miko Weaver and Prince's guitars, and Matt Fink's keyboards--all clamor for the listener's attention...
Sometimes there is so much sound that you have to strain to hear Prince's great electric guitar riffs. The overall effect is reminiscent of the Parade track, "Christopher Tracy's Parade," which was criticized for being too instrumentalized...
...Power Soul" sound is the key to Prince's new overall direction. It totally envelops Lovesexy, making it less experimental, more homogeneous than his other recent efforts...