and IMO those standards are pretty high if you consider his entire discography. I prefer it to 'Musicology' as it's tighter and more focused. I preferred 'Musicology' to most of his releases from the past ten years. I'd just like to hear more Maceo in the arrangements and mix.....THAT would make a damned fine album.
The new Prince 3121
I picked this up the other day and man I can say he is still going in the right direction. His last CD MUSICOLOGY served notice that he was through fooling around with his own self interests and was the comeback of the year CD IMO. 3121 is just as good and it's all there. Guitar solos,sax solos percussion galore and the sound is downright halographic painting a huge tapestry between and beyond the speakers. These two CD's are where Diamonds and Pearls left off a real corker with all kinds of genres of music.