Tag: jelly jam
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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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Just as Long as We’re Together
“Just as Long as We’re Together” is less a pop song in the conventional sense than it is a four-to-six-minute demo reel all its own: an unabashed showpiece for Prince’s abilities as a singer, instrumentalist, and hooksmith.
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My Love is Forever
Pleasant and frothy, if not especially memorable, “My Love is Forever” is Prince at his most self-consciously commercial.
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Soft and Wet
Like most great works of popular music, “Soft and Wet” came into being through a combination of sexual and chemical indulgence and cynical commercial calculus.