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| | Prince |
 | | It's stripped-down funk, and fun to listen to, but it's easy to see why Prince didn't want to release it with his name on it: mostly party songs, recorded quickly, more characteristic of a Time album than of the intelligence and emotional range usually found on a Prince album. |
 | | The only good points are the softly funky "Barcelona," which belonged on a Madhouse album, and some arranging details on "Promise/Broken" and the finale "Eternal Embrace." Even his die-hard fans will probably find this slow going, and everyone else should stay miles away. |
 | | Mae plays some lovely stuff ("Xcogitate") and the rhythm section has an admirable light touch, but as with Prince's work with Madhouse and Eric Leeds, the compositions tend to be very simple and overly repetitive (title track, where a multi-tracked Dulfer keeps stating the same theme with increasing volume). |
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