Prince

 

    Prince's second album follows in the footsteps of his first and is almost as good as it. The self titled Prince continues Prince's mixing of pop, funk, and various other genres for his unique sound that's still great. The overall sound and feel remains largely the same, but maybe a little less acoustic and a little more 'electric' than For You was, although it's not a very noticeable shift. His singing and performances are still top notch, and his near solo production of the entire album is still exceptionally impressive given how great its quality is. An odd thing here is that the more up tempo songs that were my favorite part of For You aren't as good here as they were there (they're still great, just overall not as much as they were previously) and the slower more sentimental songs are much better here and engaged me a lot more. I think that For You had a better mix of  songs and was structured better, but this is another strong showing from Prince. 

    Highlights: I Wanna Be Your Lover, Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?, Sexy Dancer, Still Waiting, I Feel for You.

Rating: 5/6