Sheila E: Romance 1600 (Paisley Park/Warner Bros.)
Davitt Sigerson, Rolling Stone, 21 November 1985
IT'S A PITY that Sheila E., Prince's only independently creative female artist, needs a twelve-minute collaboration with the Small One to make her second LP worth purchasing. 'A Love Bizarre' is a simple funk singalong in which Sly Stone horns and wah-wahs are expanded and liquefied in homage to Marvin Gaye's 'Got to Give It Up'. Prince's bass and guitar are also the most inspired performances on Romance 1600, a competently executed record with nothing to say.
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