XPECTATION
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XPECTATION
Xpectation (subtitled "New Directions in Music By Prince") is the twenty-sixth studio album by American recording artist Prince. It was released on January 1, 2003 by NPG Records. It is the first instrumental album released under Prince's own name. Previously unannounced, it was released as an MP3 download on New Year's Day, 2003 to members of the NPG Music Club with no formal artwork, only two weeks after the commercial release of his previous album, One Nite Alone... Live!. -Wikipedia
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Rock NYC
There seems to be no reason for it, and it is hard to recommend it
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A Pop Life
The album starts off with the beautiful Xhalation ... The rest of the songs are nice, but not really earth shattering.
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Stereogum
The man's proven good company for a long while, and his elliptical xcursions are just part of the conversation.
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The Guardian
Nine mellow instrumental jazz cuts, all beginning with ‘X’, released as a download in one of Prince’s “actually, I like the internet” moods. Much cooler than it has any right to be.
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Goldie's Parade
For the first time as a fan I felt Prince embark on a musical trajectory I had no wish to accompany him on.
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews
and the project tends to sound better the closer to funk it gets ("Xpand"), but I must admit, I love to hear Prince keep trying to play jazz when so many other forms of music come so much more easily to him: he's not sticking to his comfort zone, and that ought to count for something.
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