Like Come before it, Chaos and Disorder is a contractual obligation album for Prince, a way to get himself out of his contract with Warner Brothers. Unlike Come, Chaos and Disorder doesn't sound disjointed and pasted together -- it's a fun, offhanded throwaway. For the first time since 1987's Sign 'O' the Times, Prince has made a pop/rock album, complete with squealing guitars and sighing melodies. None of the songs qualify as major songs in Prince's canon, but that's part of the record's charm -- Prince sounds like he's having a good time, and he could really care less what anyone else has to say. Or, as he puts it in one of the album's best and most careening tracks, I Rock, Therefore I Am. Chaos and Disorder sounds immediate, like the songs were recorded the same day they were written. While that might mean there's a handful of throwaways scattered throughout the album, there are wonderful moments like the stuttering jazz-funk of Dig U Better Dead, the scathing Had U, the psychedelic clashes of the title track, the heavy rock of I Like It There, and the beautiful Dinner With Delores, a rough gem that ranks as one of Prince's simplest and most charming singles of the '90s. So, Chaos and Disorder isn't Prince's best or most important work, but it is a really fun listen, especially if you're willing to accept it as what it is -- a record that does nothing more than rock. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

1		Chaos and Disorder
2		I Like It There
3		Dinner with Delores
4		The Same December
5		Right the Wrong
6		Zannalee
7		I Rock, Therefore I Am
8		Into the Light
9		I Will
10		Dig U Better Dead
11		Had U

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