Emancipation

ErlewineEmancipation was a critical moment for Prince, one that he designed as an artistic rebirth and, optimistically, as a commercial comeback. In a typically perverse fashion, Prince decided to make the album a triple-disc set running exactly three hours, easily making it the longest album of all-new original material ever released by a popular artist. As the first album he released since leaving Warner Brothers, Emancipation was supposed to dazzle, proving that he had not lost any of his creative skills or power. And it does dazzle, but it's hard to digest a full three discs of music, even if it is almost all of high quality. Fortunately, Prince made each disc into a distinct entity in its own right, with the first being the most pop, the second being a song cycle devoted to his new marriage, and the third being a dance/funk extravaganza. Throughout all three discs, Prince tries on a variety of styles, from jazz to R&B, but he doesn't break any new ground; instead, the album is simply reaffirmation of his strengths as a composer and a musician. Emancipation doesn't have the bristling, colorful eclecticism of Sign 'o' the Times nor does it have the wildness of early one-man projects like 1999 or Dirty Mind, but with its gentle ballads and complex jams, it signals that Prince has evolved into middle-age gracefully. It's a mature effort, to be certain, but in this case that doesn't mean that it's an album bankrupt of ideas -- it means that Prince's craft continues to grow. 

如果要打算下载开始听王子的全集的话，这张是不推荐放到一堆专辑里按年份来听的。容量太大了 不过这些 还真的 都是好听的流行

我觉得这张如果要全专听，一定是合适的。disc1我觉得是用来热场的，但是到disc2完全都是前卫到爆炸同时超级好听的歌，每一首都好听，disc3的Prince完全玩起来了，太随性太吊，这三张就完成了专辑名Emancipation的含义，这就是一个世界上最才华横溢的人几乎一己之力做出来的最棒的音乐。

不管别人怎么评价，在我看来，如果仔细听的话，这张的旋律性和耐听性都达到了一个巅峰，只不过3cd的容量太难以快速消化了而已

1996年 Prince与华纳唱片结束18年的合作关系，96年11月推出获得创作自由后的第19张大碟──3CD的［Emancipation］ 由他的唱片公司NPG及EMI唱片出版，词曲由王子主要创作, 个人制作，但是用一个无法发行的爱之符号挂名，卖出60万套以上，因是三片，认证三倍算， 取得双白金唱片，登上美国榜＃11.

在这张专辑里 王子的实验性和流行性的融贯水准达到了登峰造极的程度 如果说前面专辑还有“奇怪的音色” “怪异的旋律” 这一张则完全是以其扎实的爵士乐天赋随心所欲制造出的流行乐打印机 像把自己头脑里如星河般无穷无尽的才华轻松打印出来

从王子第一张听到这里 我最不报期望的就是这张 现在庞大的单曲量已经不是垃圾曲的暗示 听完轻松，流畅而从心所欲的disc1 就兴奋于这个令人幸福而有安全感的单曲数 更不必提disc2爆炸令人目不暇接的华丽而梦幻的超级狂想曲

更难以预料到disc 3时髦得让人浑身颤栗的冰冷姿态 如果disc1是华丽秀的后台换装 disc 2是精彩绝伦的表演 disc3就是表演结束后开始了真正的私密的隐秘的无休无止的狂欢

US副榜－R&B专辑榜＃６ 英国榜＃１８ 法国＃９ 白金德国＃２１ 白金 瑞士＃１ 澳大利亚＃８ 比利时荷语区＃８　 荷兰＃１３ 奥地利＃１３ 丹麦＃１５ 纽西兰＃２２ 瑞典＃２２ 比利时法语区＃２２　　 加拿大＃２４ 白金（10万张＋） 挪威＃２７ 西班牙＃４２ 　 日本金唱片（10万张＋）

能够制作出这么一张史诗级的3CD也是我的梦想，在此立誓。向老P致敬，向老P学习！

第一张是主题是JOY, 第二张主题是PURE, 第三张主题是FUTURE.

prince最好的专辑 要么都是紫色1999紫雨 要么都是橙色时代标志黄金体验