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Planet Earth marks a slight improvement on that one ["3121"], which is progress of a sort, but incremental advances like this almost guarantee that the marketing hoo-hah will get more attention anyway.
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Planet Earth is the sound of a working musician working, which makes it a bit of a passing pleasure, yet there's no denying that it is indeed a pleasure having him turn out solid records like this that build upon his legacy, no matter how modestly.
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Planet Earth is one of those albums he makes when he's trying a little harder than usual, if not hard enough to alienate his core audience, which loves him for indulging himself.
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Planet Earth is one of the more varied albums Prince has done, yet all the same it's probably his most straight-forward release in a long, long while.
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While the album doesn't break new ground, there's plenty to like about its mix of pumping rock and old-school soul.
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There's an elegance to it that Prince fans, no strangers to pop music that's truly sublime, won't fail to appreciate.
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Somehow these songs don't beg for a repeat listen.
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On the song 'Planet Earth,' but also throughout much of the album ('All the Midnights of the World,' 'Resolution'), he hits sincere, haunting notes, his voice fluctuating between his lower and higher registers like a small plane being batted around by turbulence.
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With only the faintest hint of retracing his past successes, Prince is still on top of his game.
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A sound as sharp and renewable as anyone's in pop history.
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It's unquestionably a fun record, but the pleasures are modest and superficial. The lack of ambition, surprises, and plain old weirdness means Planet Earth is conspicuously un-Prince-like where it matters most.
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SpinPlanet Earth is a consistent, exhilarating winner from our reigning genius. [Sep 2007, p.121]
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Entertainment WeeklyThough we'll never get another "Purple Rain," it feels right, in a lavender drought, to settle for something at least approaching another "Parade." [27 Jul 2007, p. 64]
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VibeA resurgent Prince unleashes his strangest yet most alluring rock project since 1988's astonishing "Lovesexy." [Sep 2007, p.137]
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Planet Earth has its moments--he is Prince, after all--but instead of muscling their way forward, most of these songs seem content to stay where they are: firmly in the middle of the pack.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 41 out of 60
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Mixed: 6 out of 60
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Negative: 13 out of 60
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Oct 12, 2010
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JamieS.Sep 27, 2007
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GaryCSep 1, 2007Fantastic album. Well arranged and well composed.