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Intricate Subtlety

Piotr Papaj | Warsaw, Poland | 12/21/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It is almost two years since Prince released Musicology - his last "proper" album. Now the time has come for 3121, which is planned for release early next year. Te Amo Corazon heralds the coming of the latest installment of Prince's genius. Covered with lush strings, mellow, Latin-inspired drum work, bizarre guitar licks, and touching piano chords, Te Amo Corazon unveils as one of the most focused, accessible, easy-listening, but nonetheless complex and deep songs Prince has ever written. The song oozes atmosphere of love and passion and makes you wonder what it takes for the artist inspiration-wise to come up with such a gem."

To easy to dismiss on the first few listens...

awwfrack the third | london | 01/05/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"After hearing the lushness of the first 20 seconds you'll feel you're in for a future Prince classic....and then you get lost..confused...bored..and finally disappointed.

After several more listens it grows on you like when doves cry, sign o the times etc did all those years ago. In fact the reason it takes so long to appreciate is that it challenges the listener to break from the mould of verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus which has infested the pop world for the past 25 years (including prince's music). Instead Prince has constructed this song with beautiful elements that need time to recognise - the sweet guitar solo accompanied with the melodic mumblings, the insatiable groans that infuse more erotic passion than the shamelessly explicit lyrics currently dominating the r&b world (which ironically Prince had mastered himself) as well as the latin horn which is only heard in the last few seconds of the song. Romantic, sweet and lush - the purple one continues to shock, frustrate, challenge and mesmerise his audience - but isn't that what makes him so great??"

"Slow Seduction"

Synergy | Motown, MI USA | 12/21/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

""Te Amo Corazon" is another musical masterpiece conceived, nurtured and birthed from the very soul of its creator, Prince. Yes, it is a LOVE song, but certainly not an ordinary one by any stretch of the imagination. This ballad is a lush, seductive orchestration filled with passionate vocals and brilliant lyrics. At first, your ears deceive you into believing the sentiments expressed are delivered in a somewhat and unsually subdued manner for Prince, but listen closely and you realize the true intensity of the emotions conveyed.





"Te Amo Corazon" is a LOVE song that only the likes of an artist and true musician of Prince's caliber could bring to fruition so enchantingly, so that with every subsequent listen you are drawn further and deeper into the harmonies and melodies of this creation.





Prince uses his incomparable voice to paint a picture that appears to be so simple, but in truth, is so beautifully complex: richly inlaid undertones of desire and need... comfort and security... sexuality and spirituality... purity and ecstasy, all the things that make LOVE, giving and receiving it, so wonderful and so risky. Through Prince's eloquent vocals, you are enveloped in this sense of peace and sanctuary, passion and deliverance. It conveys a sense of forever... love that will never die, even if it is never realized.





"Te Amo Corazon" has definite heat and like a moth to a flame, you cannot help but feel it. Prince evokes and punctuates these feelings through his guitar work, playing the strings as an expert lover always does. It is here you feel the irresistible aching that sets one on fire, allowing you to experience the true core of this magnificent song. Pulled into the slow seduction of the fantasy that Prince is trying to weave, it is almost like a daydream, you can see it: Two souls, ONE in Love - dancing under the stars of a moonlit Moroccan night to the music that plays in their minds set to the beat of each other's hearts.





It is simply amazing - as enigmatic and intoxicating as Prince himself is."