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Dec 18, 2015The album is a call to the kind of funk that closes over your head like too much champagne. Undulating, fizzy, and almost light-headed, this is music to induce a euphoria that lifts skirts and spirits.
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Dec 16, 2015A proudly organic companion to the EDM-inflected "Phase One," Prince's latest album shows that he hasn't lost his interest in (or his knack for) the creeping funk and lush R&B balladry he was making in the early 1990s.
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Dec 16, 2015Where all this fits in the mesh of the Prince pantheon is anyone's guess, but it's in the good part, and after nearly 40 albums that's an achievement.
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Dec 14, 2015Overall, it’s an unexpected triumph: bright, sexy, smart and full of life, HITnRUN Phase Two is like the blind date from heaven.
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Jan 14, 2016It adds up to his most consistently engaging album in years, blending in echoes of the ghosts of Prince past (à la “Sexy MF” and “Come”) while still sounding refreshingly modern.
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Dec 14, 2015Phase Two hangs together remarkably well as a cohesive listening experience that is as exhilarating as it is unexpected.
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Q MagazineFeb 4, 2016And so, yet again, Prince remains an artist in sore need of an outside editor. Still, if your attention span as a Prince fan has been sorely tested, HITnRUN Phase Two is a good point to reconnect with him. [Mar 2016, p.113]
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Jan 11, 2016While patchy, the good news is that Phase Two is much better than its predecessor.
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Dec 21, 2015Like its companion album, it’s wildly inconsistent but when Prince hits form, it’s difficult to argue with the man’s genius.
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Jan 8, 2016The redeeming moments are ones which make some unpredictable moves--any shocks are welcome on a record as polite and poised as this.
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Jan 8, 2016The redeeming moments are ones which make some unpredictable moves--any shocks are welcome on a record as polite and poised as this.
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Dec 18, 2015While Prince is raging against the dying of the light, there exists no graceful innovation on HITNRUN Phase Two. Instead, Prince presents only an aped version of his one-time vitality.
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The WireFeb 18, 2016Even in the midst of the fairly wretched Phase Two there are gems but you sure have to dig for them. [Feb 2016, p.54]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 32
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Mixed: 2 out of 32
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Negative: 8 out of 32
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