It's hard to believe my last Amoeba run was four months ago, but perhaps reports of the death of the compact disc have not been greatly exaggerated. I mean, if I've stopped going to record stores and switched to downloading album after album from eMusic, surely the CD is not long for this world....
But today's impromptu excursion was triggered by a sudden uncontrollable urge to buy as many Prince albums as I could carry on my arm—probably due to listening to A Case of U about ten times a day, every day, for two months straight. Two decades of royalty were acquired in less than 10 minutes: Parade ('86, with a quaint note that says, "For best results, you should apply the same care in handling the compact disc as you would with conventional records"), Lovesexy ('88), Graffiti Bridge ('90, totally forgot Mavis Staples is on this), Diamonds and Pearls ('91, remember when people were fascinated by holograms?), Emancipation ('96, had to skip over those questionable early '90s), Rave un2 the Joy Fantastic ('99), musicology ('04), and 3121 ('06).
However, an otherwise successful and gratifying visit was capped with this inexplicable sight:
I'm sorry: someone actually SOLD their copy? What the hell's wrong with people?!?
Bonus discs: Cornelius' Sensuous, Tracey Thorn's Out of the Woods, Rufus's Release the Stars ('bout time, I know)
had to skip over those questionable early '90s
Symbol is actually a great, great Prince album. Worth it for "7" and "Sexy M.F." alone, but there are tons of killing tracks. If you like Diamonds and Pearls, I can't see why you wouldn't be down with the followup.
Posted by: DJA | Jul 13, 2007 at 01:54 AM
Agreed, O(+> is a FANTASTIC album! Sorry to be misleading; that one's already in the collection. I suppose what I really meant was mid-90s...
Posted by: M. C- | Jul 13, 2007 at 07:39 AM
Chaos & Disorder bites, but I find Come plenty worthwhile, some decent tracks on that one. "Let It Go" is especially good, "Space" and "Dark" nice too.
Posted by: Vincent Kargatis | Jul 14, 2007 at 11:57 AM
Since he would probably too modest to point it out himself, DSJ has noted a yet another lacuna in your selection of Prince albums...
Posted by: Greg | Jul 17, 2007 at 12:08 PM
That IS an inexplicable site.
How much was it? Maybe I can run and snatch it up before it's gone...
Posted by: wow | Jul 18, 2007 at 01:03 AM
ok ok, fair enough, i had only enough room on my arm for so many albums at once and had to make some choices. gold experience & come will be added to the 16.5 hrs of prince I already have on the ipod on the next amoeba run. lacunae pointing is always appreciated!
Posted by: M. C- | Jul 19, 2007 at 11:45 PM