Listening to Prince's 'Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic' two decades later, there's no doubt that it was woefully underappreciated
1999, Purple Rain. And that royal treatment carried over to early '90s albums and hit singles . But by the end of that decade, new Prince music was receiving a commoner's welcome.20 years ago on Nov. 2, 1999, it was met with anything but raves. Receiving reviews that were mixed at best, the album -- which peaked at a relatively low No. 18 on the Billboard 200 -- was so quickly dismissed by the public that only one official single was released.
A shimmering soul-pop glide, it possesses the kind of quirky beauty that is distinctly Prince. Both the Stefani and Crow collaborations, "So Far, So Pleased" and "Baby Knows," respectively, should have been hit singles. The two tracks hark back to earlier Prince gems: "So Far, So Pleased" recalls the guitar-pop perfection of 1980's "When You Were Mine," while "Baby Knows" struts with the bluesy swag of 1991's "Cream.
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