Track Listing 1. From The Lotus... 2. Boom 3. Crimson And Clover 4. 4ever 5. Colonized Mind 6. Feel Good, Feel Better, Feel Wonderful 7. Love Like Jazz 8. 77 Beverly Park 9. Wall Of Berlin 10. $ 11. Dreamer 12. ...Back 2 The Lotus
DISC 2: MPLSOUND: 1. (There'll Never B) Another Like Me 2. Chocolate Box 3. Dance 4 Me 4. U're Gonna C Me 5. Here 6. Valentina 7. Better With Time 8. Ol'skool Company 9. No More Candy 4 U
DISC 3: ELIXER: 1. Here Eye Come - (with Bria Valente) 2. All This Love - (with Bria Valente) 3. Home - (with Bria Valente) 4. Something U Already Know - (with Bria Valente) 5. Everytime - (with Bria Valente) 6. 2nite - (with Bria Valente) 7. Another Boy - (with Bria Valente) 8. Kept Woman - (with Bria Valente) 9. Immersion - (with Bria Valente) 10. Elixer - (with Bria Valente)
| Details | | Distributor: | (Independently by Label) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Prince has never shied away from ambitious projects, and 2009's LOTUSFLOW3R/MPLSOUND/ELIXER is just the latest in a long, illustrious string. The three-disc package builds on the variety evident throughout Prince's career, mixing up rock, funk, R&B, silky-smooth balladry, and left-field genre influences. The third disc, ELIXER, is devoted to Prince's protégé, Bria Valente, who performs Prince-penned songs in the light, female R&B tradition of Prince-sponsored acts like Vanity 6. But fans will be most interested in the first two discs, which feature the man himself performing new material. LOTUSFLOW3R takes a page from psychedelic rock, and it's a pleasure to hear Prince bring his guitar to the fore and let his Hendrix-influenced playing loom large (right down to the distortion-drenched cover of "Crimson and Clover"). MPLSOUND finds the icon looking back to his funk-fueled earlier work, throwing in some falsetto ballads like "U're Gonna C Me." While the set doesn't prove as consistent as immediate predecessors such as 3121 and PLANET EARTH, it still delivers a monstrous amount of Prince for the price.
Editorial Reviews 3.5 stars out of 5 -- On LOTUSFLOW3R, Prince has a specific mission: showcasing his long-underrated guitar playing....The music kicks into high gear when Prince starts soloing, delivering one epic face melter after another... Rolling Stone
LOTUSFLOW3R has Prince channeling his Hendrix spirit guide on a cover of 'Crimson & Clover' shot through with riffs from 'Wild Thing'... Billboard
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