Funky in a twin pack: Prince brings albums with old “slave driver” out – STAR

P urple Rain “, its probably the biggest album and a pop milestones of the Eighties, is now 30 years old. His last hit single” The Most Beautiful Girl In The World “also is back already two decades. Nevertheless Prince His two now appears simultaneously with new applies not only to continue as one of the world’s top touring musicians, but also as an erratic genius, the one epochal disk is still be trusted. Although albums have their qualities of masterpieces they are but a piece removed

“Art Official Age” and “Plectrumelectrum” come out with the record company Warner Prince and Warner -.. was there but ? something right, in protest against his alleged gag Contracting with this U.S. label, the then hugely successful artist painted in the 90′s the word “slave” (slave) on the cheek and put temporarily its name from – from Prince was ” TAFKAP “, or” The Artist “. Thereafter, the increasingly erratic acting singer and guitarist fell into a confusing publication policy with some obscure distribution channels -., and mostly modest commercial return

So now to make a comeback the now 56-year-old Americans lead to new heights at the Warner Group. “Prince is one of a handful of artists who have modern music and culture really changed and redefined,” said Warner boss Cameron strand according to “Rolling Stone” two “extraordinary albums that explore the incredible breadth and depth of his talent” . Much advance bay from the old and new employer so that justify these plates though only partially.

The one typical, the other interesting

“Art Official Age” is the more typical Prince album, if one assumes his music the golden eighties. At that time the small eccentrics from Minneapolis with fantastic vocals, innovative sounds and a bold, yet stadium suitable mixture of black and white pop music of the third mega-star of the decade alongside Michael Jackson and Madonna. On his bedroom-soul songs of that time remember new tearjerker like “Breakdown” or “Time”. Ever dominate in this largely rehearsed solo work quiet tones. Conclusion: Solid, but seldom really exciting (except perhaps in a negative sense, the opener “Art Official Cage” with a wild mishmash of techno, hard rock guitars, Rap and Soul bombast)

More interesting is the second album that Prince has recorded with the woman band 3rd Eye Girl. Here he sounds so funky and rocking as long gone, not without reason that one of the songs “Radio Roll”. The crossover models Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone are cited, and the Soul-Säulenheilige James Brown, in weaker moments, this record is also thinking about the almost forgotten band Mother’s Finest.

“I’m already a legend . “

About his three young ladies studio and stage – the US-American drummer Hannah Ford, the Canadian guitarist and bassist Ida Donna Grantis Nielsen from Denmark – says the master in the highest tones (and also forgets non-self). “I’m already a legend now it is time for them to be a legend,” Prince said of 3rd Eye Girl in a rare interview to the local newspaper “Star Tribune”. In “Rolling Stone” he praised: “No one can play like this band.”

Big words from the mouth of a musician with The Revolution and New Power Generation already had virtuoso band behind him. Recent Live-impressions seem to confirm the high estimate of 3rd Eye Girl. Let’s hope that Prince is said to have sold around 100 million records (most of which, however, some time ago)., Now with his plates again gets its act The double “Art Official Age” and “Plectrumelectrum” is only used one – quite promising – taste

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