[Love Symbol] - Prince (1992)

Ideated from: figured I’d sneak in a favorite album that starts with a symbol.

A favorite album that starts with a symbol. How could it be anything else? Well maybe Zeppelin 4 where the runes are technically the title, but that’s already written up anyway.

I once said that the Black Album was my favorite Prince album, but I was obviously lying. It’s this one. It’s always this one.

Such a perfect summation of everything he was: pop, funk, rap, soul, rock, compassion, libido, vulnerability, and spirituality. There was nothing quite like him, and there’s nothing quite like this record.

Tracks I Liked

My Name Is Prince - anyone else spouting this kind of stuff would sound like ridiculous braggadocio, but when Prince does it you buy it.

Sexy MF - a James Brown-style jam, only dirtier. That sax solo. damn.

The Max - mad Minneapolis funk

The Continental - channeling Sly Stone while adding his own seasoning

7 - one of his last giant radio hits, but every bit as good as the others.