45 REVELATIONS
You might be as sick of hearing (and reading about) Prince as I am, but one thing you’ve got to hand him—and it’s one thing he doesn’t always get credit for. He just may be the best producer around. I'm not sold on his sexual/religious messianic ideology, still think “1999” is about as profound and inspiring a message as “Dust In The Wind,” and find many of his songs tedious in the extreme.
45 REVELATIONS
Ken Barnes
You might be as sick of hearing (and reading about) Prince as I am, but one thing you’ve got to hand him—and it’s one thing he doesn’t always get credit for. He just may be the best producer around. I'm not sold on his sexual/religious messianic ideology, still think “1999” is about as profound and inspiring a message as “Dust In The Wind,” and find many of his songs tedious in the extreme. But they sure sound good.
There’s an unmistakable presence in “Little Red Corvette” and even the older hits like “Uptown” and “I Wanna Be Your Lover” (which I prefer to the new stuff in many ways, but has anyone stopped to wonder if one of the reasons Prince broke through to the masses is because he ditched his falsetto for the most part?). “Erotic City” remains naggingly fascinating, and not just because he and Sheila E. sing “fuck” 17 times.