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Prince - Black Album - 19-Aug-09 10:46 AM
From 'Q' Magazine, Dec 1994:
"This is complicated. Attempting to follow Sign 'O' The Times, Prince recorded two LPs, one by his angelic side - Camille - the other by his diabolic alter-ego, Spooky Electric. The former produced Lovesexy, the latter The Black Album; Then he dropped the darker record. Its reappearance now, seven years later, is, presumeably, part of His Symbolness's attempt to work his ticket off WEA. Its a marvellous Prince album, alarmingly ahead of its time. Here is the basis of much of his recent Prince/New Power Generation/Symbol oeuvre; Rockhard In A Funky Place and Supercalifragicsexy are basic pneumatic funk workouts, while LeGrind and Nigs United 4 West Compton are sweary/grunty sheet-wetters. But the standout track - until now, the great missing Prince song - is the claustrophobic, sadistic, bleakly humorous Bob George. Of all the things he's done, Prince has rarely scared; Bob George changes that. For anyone who's ever had any interest in the strange little fellow, The Black Album is a near essential requisite. 4 out of 5 stars"