Prince loves you.

...just not as much as that guitar of his.

Sorry.

With a new single Guitar of his upcoming album Planet Earth, Prince returns to the music game a little of a year after his previous release 3121, with yet another catchy love song. This time he's brought a bit of a twist along. Instead of proclaiming his love to [yet another] lovely lady, he's decided to chose a different subject to receive his affection. His guitar.

With an opening riff that sounds like it should belong to the Edge, rather than the King of Platform Shoes, this song brings out Prince's more rocking side. And yet, even with its catchy choruses, and pretty sweet guitar solos, this song seems to lack as a whole. The substance that is apparent in his more "epic" songs, (Purple Rain, Sign O' The Times, Black Sweat, Kiss) are unfortunately, absent in this tune. Another degrading factor is the fact that the guitar riff (which is prevalent through out the entire song) becomes quite annoying after only a few listens.

All-in-all, this is a decent song, but it in no way, lives up to the standard that is expected this super-short genius named Prince.

Try the track out for yourself:
Prince - Guitar

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Buy Planet Earth (from Amazon) when it's released on July 24.