This was album number ten for the Princely one and would see the experimental side of Prince coming to the fore, it was one of the least successful album (sales wise) he recorded up until this point. Even so, it’s chock full of groovy goodness and contains one my favourite ever Prince tunes: Alphabet Street.
Compared to a lot of his tunes the sound is quite sparse on this track, but the groove is so cool. In fact, the whole album feels as though it’s an experiment in groove. Dance On is all about that wild fusion drum pattern at the intro. The outro track Positivity has elements of Asian music to add to the feel and vibe of a very percussive focused album.
Not his best work for sure, but I like it and I thought it was cool that he took so many risks.
8/10 from The Grooveman.
