Track Listing

1. Can't Stop This Feeling I Got
2. Question Of U
3. Round And Round - Campbell, Tevin
4. Joy In Repetition
5. Tick Tick Bang
6. Thieves In The Temple
7. Melody Cool
8. Graffiti Bridge
9. Release It - Time (1)
10. Elephants And Flowers
11. We Can Funk
12. Love Machine
13. Shake - Time (1)
14. Latest Fashion
15. Still Would Stand All Time
16. New Power Generation

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #54522 in Music
• Released on: 1990-08-20
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Explicit Lyrics, Soundtrack
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .22 pounds
• Running time: 95 minutes

CD Description
It's easy to dismiss this album as an unfocused mess--and many have. On GRAFFITI BRIDGE, Prince writes songs for colleagues to play; nine of the 17 cuts feature other artists suchas The Time, Mavis Staples, Tevin Campbell and George Clinton. And it is indeed messy. But the record's merits must be acknowledged too. At the top of this list is the song "Joy in Repetition", a slight narrative idea clung to, wrapped in dreamy bluesiness, and beautifully delivered. Also notable is "We Can Funk". Many have tried to reclaim George Clinton'sP-Funk contributions to butt-shaking music, but few have managed it without losing their own identity. Prince pulls it off.
Even some of Prince's missteps can be classified as brilliant mistakes, beautiful failures. The overtly Christian "Elephants and Flowers" is as preposterously rich and frothy as its title. "Thieves in the Temple's" sonic frou-frou has earned it fans, despite its greasy aftertaste. GRAFFITI BRIDGE is a funk experiment from a man who never rests on hislaurels.

Customer Reviews

Graffiti Bridge
Although the film is absolutely dreadful,the soundtrack to Graffiti Bridge is a actually pretty good-elephants & Flowers,Question Of U,We Can Funk,Can't Stop This Feeling I Got,New Power Generation and The Time's Release It are all great,and if the other tracks aren't as good half a good Prince album is better than what most other people can achieve.

Joy in repetition - is it only me?
I think this is a very mixed album, but some of the tracks are great - Melody Cool, Love Machine and most of all Joy in Repetition. This track has my favourite ever guitar solo - IT IS BRILLIANT! Am I the only one who think this?

Jane is completely right
I agree completely with Jane's review, specially regarding the "Joy in Repetition" track. It's amazing. Really, if you know someone who owns this CD, listen to it.

Overall the CD is a bit of a letdown, although for me these two or three outstanding songs make for the rest no so good ones. What I really think is that "Joy in Repetition" should be included in a future Prince compilation CD... along with some other tracks in this one.