Prince: The Gold Experience - Album Review (1995)
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- Prince: The Gold Experience - Album Review (1995). Thought of as one of Prince's masterpieces, The Gold Experience has been a hard-to-find gem for collectors. With hits like The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, We March, Endorphinemachine, and Now, it delivers cutting edge music with all the rebellion and attitude had during the 90s. Come check out this album with me, and learn some stuff you may not have known.
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Songs Reviewed:
P Control
Endorphine Machine
Shhh
We March
The Most Beautiful Girl In the World
Dolphin
Now
319
Shy
Billy Jack Bitch
Eye Hate U
Gold
NPG Operator
All songs used under Fair Use. Copyright Warner Bros/Legacy Recordings.
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Do you know why the gold experience is out of print?
An answer to Lenny Kravitz's Rock And Roll Is Dead
"my favorite Prince wasn't purple, it was gold" holy shit that's a good quote!
Why thank you :)
You are now an official member of the new power generation... I don’t think there has ever been a greater reward upon making it to the end of an album as hearing this affirmation!!!
This was one of the Best Prince Albums and one of the most underrated. This album, in my opinion was near to perfection, not as Purple Rain or Sign's Of The Times but close.
In 1994 and 1995, Prince played new songs from the Gold Experience in concert, but refrained from playing his previous works. The Gold Experience was a radical departure from His Royal Badness stage.
P Control is a very important about how people really SHOULD take more care of their pets, MANY people are allergic to cats.
@Fannie Dixon Its really about a woman getting herself way before she tries to land a man... and i think. That was a no pun intended from the other guy.. lol
Kimberly Smith fabulous message Fabulous track 💜
One of my fave Prince songs of all time! If I ever did a Prince song during karaoke, this would be it!
GOLD is one of the greatest songs ever, alongside Eye Hate U
Yes I agree 👍
THNK YOU 👍
SALUTE!!!!
The song Gold is incredible its got a special power in it, and every time I listen to it, it uplifts me, its great. And talking about rock songs (for your opinion about “endorphin machine”),
I think song “the cross” in Sign of the times” is quite rocky too, 😘😘
My favorite Prince album. I Hate U is one of my all time favorite songs of his.
YES
Awesome! I agree! Phenomenal, underrated and seldom discussed album. Thanks for doing this. This album had a huge influence on both the rock and R&B genres in the 90’s. It’s truly a staple. I Hate U is one of my top 10 favorites. One of the most powerful, heart wrenching guitar solos you’ll ever hear. You could tell he was really hurt. Lol. Thanks!
The Gold Experience has always been my favorite since I first bought it. It has some of my favorite songs by Prince in history and probably has one of the greatest track flows on a Prince album that leaves no skippable tracks and makes you always listen all the way through. Great review, I totally agree it deserves a 6/5!
*I'm surprised there aren't any JoJo comments*
Same
Gold may be Prince's greatest album closer of all time.
it's just a masterpiece.
At long last! An actual in depth review of MY ALL TIME FAVOURITE ALBUM!! I completely agree with you when you talk about joining some form of movement at the end of the album, I remember thinking just that when first finished listening to it. I picked up my copy about 15 years ago and instantly fell in love. It's such a shame this has been has been thrown into some sort of legal battle (dum if you ask me) but it at least its hardly had any press coverage to damage such a monumental album such as this. Thank you for clearing up what Billy Jack Bitch was all about!! My God thats frustrated me for years haha! And how you describe the album version of The Most Beautiful Girl In The World is spot on! That ending is exactly what that experience is, BEAUTIFUL!! I'm so pleased he put the version on the album. Listening to all these tracks on your video makes me what to dust off my vinyl copy and play it again. Did you ever manage to get hold of an edition of The Gold Experience on vinyl? I've got a promo copy thats see through "gold" (yellow) colour, along with the standard vinyl copy, I've heard their both quite hard to come by, so their defiantly two of my prize possessions :)
Vinyl copies might be a good thing to review for this week? I'm really pleased this is getting the attention it deserves. Screw Amazon reviews!! Thanks for the great content! Watching from the U.K.
Keep it up bro!!
This is such a good album, it still sounds like it was recorded yesterday, hence I really hope they don't remaster any Prince album after 1994' the dynamics are insane on this album, the drum sound is just amazing, then when you think about the drums' you can't ignore the guitar & bass playing' his best album of the 90's for sure;) ps: much better punchier version of The Most Beautiful Girl in The World
I mentioned that when my mom died she passed down all of her prince things to me including albums. I was lucky enough to grow with his albums in my own time. I was 15 when I got to experience this album it was great for me at that time. The little notes my mom left to explain her experience made it even more beautiful. The artist was purple but prince was definitely gold. Thank you for this review!!!
This is GLORIOUS!! My Purple Rain/Sign ☮️ The Times version of the 1995's The Gold Experience. It's always been my favorite ever since it came out. I'm so excited that you are reviewing it.
This is one of the greatest albums from Prince. I love the title. The songs are cool to listen to, such as “P control” and “Shhh.” They both have great beats and ballads. This album to me, is golden. I would love to buy the album one day, as it looks impossible to find, either because it’s too pricey or almost or not available at all. And cool profile pic, btw. Very nicely made. This is an awesome review. Thanks for sharing!😄👍🏻
Thank you Prince's Friend for reviewing one of my favorite Prince albums. I also think it is one of your favorites also. As for favorite track, wow, how can I pick one, simple I cannot. Shhh, Gold, Most Beautiful Girl In The World, Pussy Control, I love the entire album. Thank you.
Best Prince album of the 90s, best closing song ever (yes, better than Purple Rain), one of the best opening songs and one of his best overall vocal performances. This was the first Prince album I actually bought when it first came out, I was 13 and for the prevoius two years I had been listening every single day to The Hits 1 & 2, Lovesexy, Diamonds and Pearls and the Love Symbol album. But The Gold Experience was the first that I had been really waiting for, and I remember me just being so excited and craving. So I guess it holds a special place in my heart as a Prince's friend. Thank you very much for the review, I totally enjoyed it!
OMGosh!!!!...The album that almost wasn't...The Gold Experience!!! Other than Graffiti Bridge, my other FAVORITE 90's Prince Album! I remember the anticipation, waiting to see if it will actually be released! This album also holds my favorite Prince dance track....Billy Jack B***h!!!
I cannot express my absolute LOVE for this album and it's Deleted tracks!!!!
6 out of 5 LoL, my opinion exactly !!!
Thanks man for THIS review. Worth the wait.
Yay!! One of my favorite ablums! It was realesed on my birthday! I've been waiting for this!
Just wanted to say that I'm enjoying your thorough reviews of all things Prince-related! Like most Prince die-hard fans, I have every album the guy ever released, but unlike most Prince fans, I'm not stuck in the time-warp of the 80s. Yes, I love 1999, Purple Rain and SOTT, but...I tend to think that some of Prince's best songs musically came from the 90s. I love TGE...it's one of my all-time favorite Prince albums and it is SO under-rated...even by most Prince fans. "Gold" is one of the best rock anthem songs to ever be put on an album...period! I bought this album at midnight on September 26, 1995 when it was first released at a Tower Records outlet in Chicago and I listened to it so many times through the years that I literally wore out the CD to the point where it looked like someone had used it for a cup holder on the back. Having been out of print for years, I ended up finding a copy of it, brand new and unwrapped, for $85.00 on Amazon about 2 weeks before Prince actually died back in 2016. I can't even imagine what lingering copies of this album would sell for now that he's gone, but I'm so happy I have it again. Fabulous album and a great review by you, Sir! I look forward to more of your reviews!
Just catching up on my Prince's Friend reviews. Not listened to Gold Experience for some time and I will have to pull it out and play it on my way to work. I love how Prince's Friend reviews Prince's stuff. I use to just listen to Prince's music and I have my favourites, some really spoke to me but Prince's Friend gives you back ground knowledge which I just love, it make me think more about the message Prince was sending. Thanks P Friend.
The Gold Experience is in my top 10 Prince albums. Tracks like Endorphinmachine, Shhh, Now, Eye Hate You and Gold made it worth all the hoopla that followed the album with his whole changing his name and fighting with Warner brothers......ALSO I HATE how they removed The Most Beautiful Girl In The World when they rereleased the 2nd half of his catalogue.
I've been listening to Prince's 1995 - 2005 releases (sony) on my alexa. Listening while I've been doing a big decorating job in my house. I have to say, it's been so enjoyable to get access to this material after not really having the means to get vinyl/CDs. I've listed to The Gold Experience at least 3 times and I love it. I remember Gold charting in the UK and the songs stuck with me: the keyboard hooks, the epic guitar solos (and yes, I could hear the nod to Purple rain in some of the phrasing) and the general accessibility as a song.
No 'Most beautiful Girl in the World' !!! (no way Prince ripped of the song from those Italian song writers!!!)
I do really like the album and you did a fine job reviewing - then you would: you're Prince's Friend :-)
Today I listened to Come (I think, lot's of live tracks)...
Thanks again for sharing.
x
Tony
Loved your excellent review. So in depth, so analytical, so passionate. This Gold Experience album is the epitome of passion in all it's forms and your analysis reflects the album perfectly. Thanks for this I enjoyed your video blog immensely. Thanks Prince Friend. Superb.
Yes but the real question to be asked is this, will you dress up in some Gold attire ? 💜😂 Go on, put some sparkle in this special event!!! Cheers.(I'm waiting for the gold-rimmed glasses or tie.) Let's funk it up.
This is one Prince album I should have bought way back in the day.
I am so sorry it is not available on iTunes for a while now.
Plus, I was sick and tired of those detractors calling Prince a washed-up old man way back then and now.
Dad had this CD for years and i heard it when i was 5. 20years later and i still say its one of the best albums ive heard
Great review. There’s no guessing how much you love this album and your enthusiasm has rubbed off😄
There are some fab tracks on this album that I’d overlooked previously.
Hi Art Full ! It's so nice talking to you again. I've been giving some though about what we talked about last time. You may not remember, but it was about " The Gold Experience" album.
I think you were absolutely right about Prince being really depressed during the 90s. He was so thin and pale when I look at pictures of him. I guess I just hated thinking of him feeling that way.
I think that makes this album an even more amazing achievement. It's so up beat and full of life despite the miserable state he was in dealing with his record company.
I'm still so jealous that you got to see" The Gold Tour" in person, LOL! Well I'm going to go listen to the review again. Bye 4 Now. 💜
Purple Flowers Yes it’s nice to hear from you to😄
Yes it was a Fab concert, especially Gold..Prince just glowed doing this live. My other fave was I love U in me. There were empty seats at Wembley as fans disappeared during this era.
Yes Prince did look gaunt and pasty 92 to 94 but he bounced back and looked great for the Gold album...he was probably relieved to be leaving WB...they had taken their toll on him for sure.
Great review as always. This is one of my fave Prince albums as well and it's one of the first that I owned when I was only 7 years old (shocking knowing the material on the album but parents approved!). Love 319, Endorphinemachine, Billy Jack Bitch, and P control which are my standouts. You're welcome for the Patreon support and thanx for the shoutout!
My favourite track is “Shy”
I often play this album to my friends and they love it.
Great review 💟
Mine too
Excellent review. I had already forgot how excellent that album is. Time to start listening it again. When Purple Rain was released I was a teen and immediately started collecting Prince music. I have all albums, singles, and lot of unreleased songs. I really hope those yet unreleased songs get officially released - there are real gems among those unreleased tracks.
This is one album I haven't got I like some of it but not all .When Prince passed,, the song that played in my head all week was "GOLD " all that gltters aint gold all day every day . That is the song I love best on this album . Yes I agree with you, some of the amazon reviews are terrible .
This era of Prince with his band NPG in the 1990s was truly inspired. The Gold Experience album is an example of Prince' prolific creativity and artistry during this era. I am always pulled to this album 'Gold Experience', and the album 'Chaos and Disorder', and not forgetting the amazing 'Come' album. I am blown away with the energy of Prince in the NPG era, so much creative energy, so funky, so Unique even Donatella Versace the Italian fashion couture designer loved Prince (For whom he recorded a special compilation remix of Gold Experience album). This era saw Prince produce so many incredible album recordings with his band NPG. As I already mentioned, the 'Chaos and Disorder' album, 'Gold Experience', 'Come', the 'Crystal Ball' album, 'Gold Nigga', 'Exodus', and 'New Power Soul', all produced during this era. Prince' performance output and production of music, including production of music for other artists was relentless. I just love this era, outstanding in all genres, Rock, Funk, Soul, Electronic Rave, Reggae Groove and Jazz. I recently purchased an outstanding 3 Disc album with 57 songs of Prince and the NPG reflecting this incredible era. The bootleg album 'The Dawn' is outstanding. Each disc plays for 77 minutes 7 seconds with 19 songs per disc. This album encapsulates 'The Gold Experience' in total perfection. 'The Dawn' bootleg is a must for any Prince fan who connects with the Gold Experience era. Prince allegedly planned to release the album 'The Dawn', however, songs from it became 4 individual albums, 'Gold Experience', 'Come', 'Chaos and Disorder', 'Crystal Ball'.. Thanks for this fabulous review.
This has long been one of my favorite albums since the first time I heard it shortly after release. Thanks for the review.
“We March” also was an ode to the Million Man March
Great addition
" THANK U FOR THIS"!!!" I CAN'T WAIT"! " ONE OF HIS ALL TIME BEST"!!!🎉🎇🎆🎊
Good review! Check the last minute of "We March" on this disc while looking at yourself in the mirror. That beautiful reinvention of your facial features, Prince called the "Funky Face"! It'll get ya' every time.
My favorite Prince album of the 90s. Is a masterpiece. Here's my ranking:
12- Shy
11- The Most Beautiful Girl In The World
10- We March
9- Now
8- Eye Hate U
7- Gold
6- Shhh
5- Billy Jack Bitch
4- 319
3- P. Control
2- Endorphinmachine
1- Dolphin
319
Princes stage set up for the ultimate live tour was ...........a giant endorphin !!!!!
There are sooo many great songs on this album it is difficult to have a favorite. But BJP is a song I absolutely love and can hear over and over. I dance everytime I hear it and play it loud in my car. Also, Gold....classic song! Every time I hear it, I get chills. It is sooo emotional. 319 - great. Endor...LOVE his screams!! Now...a great dance tune. Dolphins...a great message. I also think the album cover design is really outstanding. What can I say? I love the album and play it often.
This and "Come" are hands down his best albums - period.
I want this ‘NOW’ - sorry had to be done 💁🏼♀️😂
30 minutes to go. Maybe I’ll put the next one for 1pm lol
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Prince's Friend Ive received two uploads from your channel in the past two hours..are they different ? they look the same
Vikki Waiting this concert was great at Wembley😃 Like your new avatar😄
The premiere is one and then once the live portion is done it gets added as a Regular video. That may be it.
"Gold" is my favorite song of Prince's of all time. This was very informative. I had no idea it charted so poorly. Good stuff, bro.
I was such in awe when I saw Prince perform, “Dolphin” on the David Letterman Show. Have you found a clear copy of the video?
Seen it on CZcams. It’s not bad quality but not great either.
Great review, thank you PF! I love The Gold Experience - it should have been as big as Diamonds & Pearls, but it was released way too late after The Most Beautiful Girl In The World. Fans had heard a lot of the tracks on The Beautiful Experience video and in concert, so by the time the album came out it was more of a historical document. Another casualty of the Warners wrangle - it meant that what should have been one of Prince's biggest albums became obscure and hard to find. Absolutely love it though!
A 6 out of 5 from me too! 👍😍 You had to buy this album to hear "Billy Jack Bitch" and "Pussy Control" back then our radio stations didn't play them. But, the lit up the rest of The Gold Experience. "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" and "Gold" played in frequent rotation on my stations. Thanks, great review 💜
Thanks for this review it got me to relook into this album. It also got me to review the whole catalog.
I have a sneaky suspicion that U really like this album.
Idk... maybe a little. Lol
This the one where Prince stripped down the Purple Funk hardcore, like this one too, one of my favs
no i came for jojo
17:53- “That Prince, and his ‘Wordsmithery’”! 😂
might make a shirt out of that. lol
I absolutely agree. This is one of my all-time favorite Prince albums. And, oddly, since I’m a fairly conservative older white guy, I think my favorite track is “319.” It’s the dry harmonies he’s using in the chorus that really get me. (In a way, they remind me of his use of harmony in “3121.” Maybe it’s a number thing...)
I wanted to buy this on vinyl until i found out its +$600 rip
This is another great review. It took me a minute to get into the Gold Experience. But once I did, I listened to Billy Jack Bitch over and over for a thousand times. I like how you have it a 6 out of 5!!!! The later we get into his discography, the better your reviews are. You have definitely found your stride and you're doing it!!!! Let's hope we constantly get my Prince albums so you never run out of reviews for us. I'm telling you now, there's a strong build up to the Rainbow Children and Art Official Age!!!
Hear hear!
I heard a few songs from The Gold Experience: P Control, Endorphinmachine - I really love this song - I 💜 the hard edge! Shh, “You got to beak it on down!” is so smooth and soulful. The Most Beautiful Girl - love this song!! I Hate U is really good and I love his falsetto! I never heard of We March & Dolphin - thank you for playing the sound bites for theses songs, as well as the other songs. Great review!! I have The Gold Experience on my shopping list’💜💛💜💛
Yes yes yes to this review!!!! This album is absolutely amazing definitely top 3 material and as I plan to listen more and more I’m sure it will go higher! My fav songs are The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, Billy Jack Bitch, Shhh, and Eye Hate U. I would argue each of those are all time best songs from Prince in general, not just on this album! Excellent review!!
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Very nice review..as longtime follower of his creations, they are all special and better than 90 percent of the flaccid disposition out there. One of his best of 90's. Interesting also, whenever I listen to his version of God is Alive ...I hear Billy Jack. Only he could have the genius to do such things. Great channel.
I love Dolphin
19:17 This where we get the last segue with the NPG Operator such a chord with a few guitar notes here and there, plus loops of the NPG Operator saying something about the Beautiful Experience, then says something about the Gold experience, and tells us to press "GOLD" to begin. A key-click sound comes on and it brings us to "Gold".
Gold has to be about my favorite song of his. I have 2 promo cd's and a sealed cd copy from Japan of this album and the cd promo single of Gold, and a couple of cassettes of the album and song.
I heard this album was one of his best! Then I heard it and production was probably definitely one of his best! But I'd trade all this for a high quality production version of "In This Bed Eye Scream"
Awesome album. I bought the CD when it first came out. And still have it. "Gold" is an underrated song by Prince. Disagree with you on "The most beautiful girl in the world" album version ending. The single version ending is better. Great video review.
I really did enjoy this album Endorphin Machine, Dolphin, and BJB are classics. I'm more of 80's Prince fan. Nothing will ever top Sign 0 Times.
Dolphin..one of my all time favourite songs. Finally you explained exactly what it’s about..! Bravo 💜
" A really great and thorough review of this great CD"!!! You didn't disappoint. Am I the only one who thinks that with the song " P. Control" Prince incredibly combined two great sounds you don't often hear together. The lyrics are very adult oriented and the music could easily fit into a cartoon, lol! " I Love That"!!! 💜💖💜 I just wish they would release the video for "P. Control". 💜📼💜
Love you review! Now that Im older and taking more time to really study the songs in this album I love it more and more. The Most Beautiful caught my heart first but Dolphin is just magical in so many ways. Picking this mammal in particular was no accident since they are the most intelligent mammals in the sea ( and land in my opinion). Prince does a masterful job at this song enticing us to figure out what he is talking about. We know its more than the dolphin or his legal fight w/Warner, its also for us to be our own person and not allow anyone to control who we are. Blessings 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Prior to this album there was a Prince video game on CD. The "Computer Voice" and "Endorphin Machine" was on that game (maybe a few other songs too; I don't recall exactly). In the "Experience", you were supposed to move about the Paisley Park building looking for "Hidden" rooms. Like I said, I don't recall exactly the details.
It made me wonder if the actual Paisley Park building had any hidden rooms in it.
This was 1 of P's best in my opinion. I know it was widely reported that he didn't want to make another Purple Rain, but the song Gold gives me the same 'feel' as Purple Rain. Billy Jack Bitch, 319, and Endorpinmachine are 3 of favorite all time tracks. P Control and ssh go without saying. Anyway, can't wait for the rest of the week!
Thanks for reviewing this record. It's one of my favorites from him. The Gold Experience is a hair raising, tear busting song if you are a person that cries from joy. 88 on the charts isn't bad, but it deserved better IMO. Absolute classic.
Woot! Agreed
Yes, you could not get this CD on Amazon for 17 years. However there was a "Used" CD that periodically appeared on Amazon for $500 during that time.
Great review for a great album from one of my favourite eras of Prince's career. One correction though, Days of Wild wasn't replaced by Shy. Both tracks were originally included on the album right up to the last minute. It was originally sequenced in between We March and The Most Beautiful Girl in the World, with an additional NPG Operator segue beforehand. But then Prince removed it just before the album was released.
I was going by info found on Prince vault on the switcharoo. Glad you liked the review! Peace!
This album was the best!!! Underappreciated.
Great review! I go back-and-forth with this and Emancipation as my favorite Prince albums. These two are also his two best of the '90s. I loved your breakdown of the album and never paid close attention to us going into these different experiences (I will now!). My two absolute favorite songs off the album are "Endorphinemachine" and "Dolphin," but also love "P Control," "The Most Beautiful Girl...," "We March," and the killer trio to end the album. Also, "Shh" has one of the best drums intros to any song. More people need to access the Gold Experience.
When Come was released, I felt a little disappointed, because I thought it was kinda weak. And then, a year later, The Gold Experience got released, and I thought ; wow Prince is back ! His best production of the 90's for sure. Not my favorite of all his work, but in my Top 5.
Great review as always. My favorite track is Dolphin. How better to begin a song than asking, "How beautiful do the words have to be to conquer every heart?" Lyrics for days and funk forever. This album is definitely a banger. I Hate U, TMBGITW, 319 is simply electro-funky. Gold Experience is definitely a 5 star album.
Banger indeed!
❤One of the Best!!! I'm so glad I still have it. My song: I Hate U. Prince's voice & his guitar. The extended version...wow!
Prince ONLY operated in EXCELLENCE!
PRINCELUV4EVER!!!❤🎸❤🎶❤🎤❤
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Gold was the album that brought me back to Prince after a sabbatical to raunch like 2 Live Cruise. Yicks! What was I thinking in the early 90’s?
Gold is truly an epic collection of music. 💜
It is Amazing!!!
The Gold Experience was 1 of Prince's great CDS of the 90s, the others being Graffiti Bridge and Diamonds and Pearls and Emancipation and Crystal Ball.
as a huge prince fan I have to say either the gold experience or lovesexy is prince's most underrated album
Your score matches mine. Defin8 12/10 album. Superb album that easily makes it in2 my 🔝 5 of Prince's albums. Not 1 weak or mediocre track. Up until this album I was more of an MJ dude, but this album really turned the tide. Absolutely slays History, which (apart from Scream, 2Bad, Come Together & They Don't Care About Us) I thought was a sprawling, overlong mess.
Michael Prescott, Jr. Over long mess? You know Gold Experience was a longer album then History, if you don't count the re-release songs? Personally i think both albums are great and underrated. It's kinda hard trying to compare the two albums, since they are different.
@@willthomas2310 Yes, The Gold Experience is longer, but doesn't feel as long when listening 2 it. The Gold Experience also ends in stunning fashion (👁🗨 Hate U & Gold) whereas History (& by that I mean the new material disc only) whimpers out with Little Suzie & Smile. The flow of The Gold Experience is far superior & feels like a complete work. History is more like a compilation. My friends & I have been arguing about this 4 23 years. This 4 me was 1 of the 2 times that Prince had a superior album out when compared 2 MJ. The other............... The Rainbow Children.
I have heard some of the songs from this album The Gold Experience on the radio in the 1990's but I've never heard it in its entirety. Thanks for explaining the Dolphin song. How many songs are on this album?
Awesome review. One of my favorite albums. So much creativity! I am actually staying in room 319 in Luxembourg as I watch this video!! Freaky synchronicity!
Clearly remember pleading with Prince to release this album (telepathically, obviously). The version of Endorphin Machine is not the best one with all the added plinky plinky superfluous bits mixed in with the main guitar riff, and the version of Dolphin was equally over-produced, but yes it is for sure a classic.
You are not in the chat chatting with me. I just recently streamed the Gold album. It doesn’t have the most beautiful girl in the world. My favorite tracks are dolphin and shhh. Both of those songs really get me. I’m going to listen to the album right now. Btw I really enjoy your podcast.
Heheheh. I was when it premiered, silly lol
Prince had a number of great albums.. This is and should be in any Prince fans top 5 Prince albums... But, grading Prince’s songs, is way too hard... I would need at least 8 albums of songs to put my absolute best Prince compilation together...
This album was a banger, from start to finish. I'd have to say my fav track is Endorphinemachine, but it's hard to choose. Honestly, I think Purple Rain is the only album of Prince I prefer over this and I've heard them all.
👏 Loved this review and your perspective on each song. This is one of the most underrated albums. You were talking about the Spanish interludes what about the whole french monologue and boys and girls haha
Ever since I seen your child you been reminded me of somebody and now I know who Andrew Zimmer on Bizarre Foods hahaha
OMG the live version of dolphins tears
Since I found your page, friend, this is the album review that I've been waiting for most of all. I'm not saying that I'm disappointed because you covered loads of great information including the whole Crystal Ball/Gold thing, but you could've mentioned that the tracks have a pieced together vibe. Brilliantly mixing the computer filler tracks was pure genius, though. I love the whole of this album despite all that. To the listener, it feels as if Prince aptly put it together and packaged it as "The Gold Experience" as a sort of "this is my greatest hits that you've not heard yet." My favorite tracks... Shhh, 319, and Shy - all seem like they don't belong here... but that being said I couldn't imagine "Strays Of The World" being on here either... So, who am I to say what goes where, right? Anyway... despite the disjointedness... one of his all time best albums no question about it.
I never really got my Prince mixtape just exactly as I wanted it... Oh what it must be like to have access to the vault and all the wonderful treasures that are no doubt abundant from this era... Great review man! Enjoyed it as always... ROCK ON!!!
I loved your review, this album is definitely one of the stand-outs in all Prince's career. It was very hard back in 1995 not to be over judgemental about the song choices and the production as we were waiting so long for this release to happen and so much material was leaked. So I think Endorphinmachine could have kept the rock roughness it had on previous versions, and I wish the take of Billy Jack Bitch would have been the one I once heard where at the moment the horns start the rest of the music stops for half a minute or so, and from there it builds progressively into a funkier, more dynamic sound. When it comes to song choices, probably a double or triple album was the right format for music lovers as all the material there was to choose from was so outstanding. Glad prince chose Shy over Days of Wild though. But anyway, the album is incredibly good and your review really does justice to it!
Luv this album! Thanx PF u did a great job as always! U r very appreciated 💜
Thank you for your reviews! I so enjoy your videos my friend. You make everything so interesting. Love The Gold Album!! 💜
Can't wait to hear your thoughts on Chaos and Disorder
Awesome. My fave tracks are Eye Hate U, Shhhh, Endorphins Machine and Billy Jack Bitch. I like the remix of The Most Beautiful Girl In the World better than the original version. He performed it on Soul Train in 1994. Speaking of the song he apparently wrote it for several different women and I heard his sister said he wrote it about their mom. The song is about inner beauty and had different women achieving their dreams in the video. Lol Prince sure had a way to keep us guessing who the real inspirations were for his songs. He said that fans will pretty much interpret it the way they want, something of that nature.
Before the Gold Experience was released there was a Prince CD-ROM game that had the song Interactive as an introduction of the game allow with a video. The day The Gold Experience was in stores I was there to purchase it but when I got home and heard Endorphinemachine it sounded so much like the song Interactive that I was not sure if it wasn't the same song. I had to go back to the CD-ROM and play the Prince game just to make sure that the two songs were different. You could do a whole show on Prince songs that sound the same.
1. Sign O Times 2. 1999 3. Dirty Mind 4. Gold Experience 5. Purple Rain 6. Parade 7. Controversy 8. Around The World In A Day 9. Diamonds And Pearls 10. Prince
Probably my favourite album.. never understood why it got mixed reviews. 90’s era Prince was my favourite. The gold experience album was epic… every track is glorious. In my opinion it’s a masterpiece 💜
Great review! I'm also looking forward to a future review of Tevin Campbell's I'm Ready album. Very solid album.
We need a “Gold Experience Era” Box Set!
With all of the extra songs from the era, while many were released on Crystal Ball, but I’m sure there’s some that weren’t ever released, considering how productive of a period it was.
I’m pretty sure there’s at least a live concert filmed at Paisley Park, to go on a BluRay. Plus, the live awards show performances and official videos.
I’m also pretty sure there’s Prince Vocal versions of everything from the “Exodus” album.