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54 out of 100

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8.1 out of 10

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  • Summary: This religion-themed concept album is the artist's first official release in 10 years under the Prince name.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 2 out of 10
  1. Q Magazine
    80
    His most consistent work since 1991's Diamonds And Pearls, although you'll need to ignore the peculiar narrative episodes in order to fully enjoy it. [Jan 2002, p.106]
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  2. Mojo
    60
    A sprawling, instrumentally dazzling work which all but spurns pop songwriting. [Jan 2002, p.99]
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  3. The A.V. Club
    30
    The Rainbow Children contains one good song, a ballad called "She Loves Me 4 Me," buried beneath layers of spiritual horseshittery.

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  1. Positive: 22 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 27
  3. Negative: 4 out of 27
  1. shawshank01337
    10
    I have not bought much music in a while as there is not much out there worth buying. I love this disk. I love the music, and the creativity of lyrics. It's not like most disks where all of the songs sound alike. Give credit where credit is due. An just because you are not spiritual that does not diminish his creativity. Funky, jazzy, and worth buying.....… Expand
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  2. WinstonJ
    5
    Hmmm....insteresting jazz/funk/r&b fusion but not groundbreaking or anything. Might have given it a 6 or 7 without the warped preaching bullshit. No real songs here, just jams that fans have heard millions of times in his live shows anyway. Hopefully this is the last in a string of pointless albums. Hard to believe this is the same guy who gave us the 1999 and Sign o'the times albums. I think he was right when he put "1958-1993" on the cover of Come...he's been dead since then.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. CindyC.
    0
    My girlfriend gave me this as a present, knowing i was a big Prince fan, and over the years i have tried to like this, but cant, i hate this thing for so many reasons, mostly because it just sounds like lame rehashes of his previous wok with goofy spiritual overtones. Yes it features la live band sound with great musicianship, i just wish they were playing some other songs.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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