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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.
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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