Gold / Roll & Roll Is Alive [Single]

Prince | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 30, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B00000DEXE
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,949 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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3.0 out of 5 stars A decent B-side (and not much else), July 19, 2010

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This review is from: Gold / Roll & Roll Is Alive (Audio CD)

I was excited to get my hands on this item, for I love Prince's b-sides (anyone who knows Prince knows that his b-sides and album outtakes have nothing to do with lack of musical quality); unfortunately, this particular track, 'Rock And Roll Is Alive', is quite the exception.

It isn't terrible, but gets old incredibly fast. It'd be a great song for a concert (as is obvious from the title); the lyrics are rather bland, and it's definitely not one of his better written/produced pieces. I love all the other Gold Experience-era tracks, outtakes and all, but this one just doesn't work, at least not for too many listens.

One thing I'm never a fan of are guitar solos; well, this one's got a rather ear-splitting one.

So, if you're a completist trying to get every obscure b-side out there, this is a CD for you, but don't get too spendy, you not find it to be worth it.

Also, the edit of Gold is good, I like the song, but out of context of the album it doesn't work nearly as well.