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Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL - Plectrumelectrum
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AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
A companion record to the solo effort Art Official Age, PlectrumElectrum finds
Prince backed by 3rdEyeGirl, the all-female power trio that is a band for the
2010s. If Art Official Age veered toward revamped soul, PlectrumElectrum, as
its convoluted title suggests, celebrates guitar freakouts: it's heavy on fuzz
tones and pummeling backbeats, taking digressions into spacious jazz fusion
and clean funk. Prince doesn't take the lead all that often -- he steps to the
mike for the hardest rockers, the exception being "Anotherlove" -- letting
Donna Grantis or Ida Nielsen front the softer, quirkier numbers. The carousel
of lead vocalists suits the carnivalesque tone of PlectrumElectrum, which feels
casually virtuosic as it slides from thick rockers into slow jams before jolting
itself to life with a shot of distortion. There are distinct differences from Art
Official Age -- there's an elasticity to the rhythms that contrasts with the
precision of the beats, 3rdEyeGirl seize any opportunity to blast away the
confines of the song so they can simply jam -- but take away the reliance on
guitar rock and this album draws from a similar source of slow smooth soul,
pop, and hammy rap that feels deliberately divorced from hip-hop. Perhaps
you could call this celebration of traditional musicianship old-school, but more
than anything PlectrumElectrum feels like it belongs to its own little universe, a
place that not only celebrates all of Prince's favorite sounds but his own kinks
and eccentricities. If those eccentricities don't feel as strange or startling as
they once did, blame that on the curse of being a veteran: he's not exploring
new territory but building upon the ground he's already claimed for himself.
And if the songs on PlectrumElectrum don't stick the way those on Art Official
Age do, it's nevertheless a quiet thrill to hear Prince spar with worthy
partners, as he does throughout this record.
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Artist...............: Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL
Album................: Plectrumelectrum
Genre................: Rock, Funk / Soul
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2014
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.82
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: http://www.allmusic.com/album/plectrumelectrum-mw0002731806
Ripped by............: Grad58 on 9/29/2016
Posted by............: Grad58 on 9/29/2016
Included.............: NFO
Covers...............: Front Back
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Tracklisting
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1. Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL - Aintturninround [02:59]
2. Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL - Anotherlove [04:13]
3. Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL - Boytrouble [03:51]
4. Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL - Fixurlifeup [03:10]
5. Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL - Funknroll [04:07]
6. Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL - Marz [01:46]
7. Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL - Plectrumelectrum [04:49]
8. Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL - Pretzelbodylogic [03:24]
9. Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL - Stopthistrain [03:38]
10. Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL - Tictactoe [03:36]
11. Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL - Whitecaps [03:40]
12. Prince & 3RDEYEGIRL - Wow [04:25]
Playing Time.........: 43:45
Total Size...........: 101.99 MB
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