20Ten
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20Ten
20Ten is the thirty-fifth studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on July 10, 2010 by NPG Records as a free covermount with the Daily Mirror and Daily Record in the UK and Ireland, and Het Nieuwsblad and De Gentenaar in Belgium. It was also released on July 22, 2010, with Rolling Stonemagazine in Germany, and Courrier International in France.-Wikipedia
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NME
You can only hear this by buying a copy of The Mirror. Don't bother
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Music OMH
In fact it’s one of the slightest albums the man has ever recorded; fluffy, anti-climatic, and utterly boring.
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All Music
Everything on 20Ten exists on the surface: hooks don’t sink in, funk jams are stuck in low gear, sensuality only simmers, the rhythms are somewhat stiff
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Ride the Tempo
20Ten reminds us of some of his best work in the past few decades
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Beats per Minute
When he breaks it down on numerous songs he doesn’t do much more than play safely inside the same key. Hell I can’t even recall a single guitar solo. Not one.
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The New Yorker
But the rest of the album is easily Prince’s most coherent and satisfying record in more than a decade.
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nessymon.com
this sees Prince back on top of his game
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Goldie's Parade
a not totally exciting but competent 20Ten
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The Real Musician
Prince has got his production mojo back
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The beat Patrol
With 20Ten however, Prince has given friends, fans and critics alike a reason to not only celebrate his music once again, but also a reason to stop arguing about if and when he’d return to prominence.
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New Black Man (in Exile)
It’s fun, topical, I can dance to the hot songs and might wanna fuck to the slow ones if I had someone to hook up with
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
a collection of tunes that are unmistakably Prince and just as unmistakably third-rate
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Adventures in High Fidelity Audio
while it is a nice album, it hardly sets new standards and in my opinion falls short of ... Musicology
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Klavs.net
It is fresh and it is catchy and it is funky and it has close to no weak tracks, a problem many of his recent releases have suffered from.
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OBscene Arts & Ents
Funky, Soulful, and Solid.
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Something Esle Reviews
track upon track of soul-lifting, almost mythical dance-floor grooves
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Pop Matters
has the cheapening, if probably largely false, air of a record created specifically to be given away for nothing with a low-brow tabloid
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Adrian's Album Reviews
'20Ten' contains 3 or 4 tracks of genuine quality, 2 or 3 tracks that are merely good and then a couple of forgettable numbers that may as well not be here.
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Just William's Luck
It aint that great. It isn't totally awful, there are even some hints at a genuine return to form, but there are also some moments, usually lyrical rather than musical, that made me want to curl up and die for him.
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Emma Lee's Blog
“20TEN” is classic Prince, but not a classic.
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Back Beat Seattle
Every other song on this record sounds exactly the same. Most of the time it’s repetitive and boring and makes you wonder what the hell happened to Prince.
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Scott Topics
it feels good to hear a Prince pop record that seems to just wanna make you sing along with the choruses and dance the end of the world (or just the workday) away
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Totally Dublin
The main problem with 20Ten is that it rarely excites, instead offering just fleeting glimpses of its creator’s indisputable talent. The effect is like going on a disappointing first date
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Rock NYC
20Ten doesn’t even have that terrific guitar to spur it forward. It is as bad as Prince gets and still not terrible.
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Dolphinstreet
The more times I listen to it, the better it gets. At 52 years old, Prince is still going very strong.
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