Category: For You, 1978
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My Life with You I Share: An Alternate Timeline Review of For You
The reclusive multi-instrumentalist known only as “Prince” may not be as much of a household name as, say, Shuggie Otis; but to aficionados of 1970s funk and soul, he inspires the kind of reverence normally reserved for the likes of Stevie Wonder.
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Roundup: For You, 1978
Well, it took a little longer than planned, but we’ve officially finished Prince’s first album! For You was a lot of fun for me to revisit, because like many who got into Prince through his ’80s work, I never really listened to it all that much. It’s still far from my favorite Prince album, but looking at…
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I’m Yours
“I’m Yours” is one of the few moments of For You when Prince’s genre-bending later persona comes into sharp focus.
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Crazy You
“Crazy You” is straight-up pop-bossa nova; one could imagine Antônio Carlos Jobim singing it.