Which do you prefer?

heckaslammin said:

ALL OF THEM and JILLLLL JONESSSSS!

Vanity 6 is funkier, and I like the new wave element to it. I like Sheila's first record too, but it's more spotty.

I like Vanity 6 better. But Sheila has some cool songs too.

sextonseven said:

Yeah, I agree. The good songs on the glamourous life are good, but the bad ones are pretty bad.

Vanity 6

Vanity 6 but I like Shelia's especially GLAMOUROUS LIFE.

Vanity 6 no doubt.

Vanity 6 overall, but the greatest songs on Sheila's first album are better than Vanity 6, imo.

Sheila E. all the way. There's some fun jams on the Vanity 6 record, to be sure, but no cohesion. Every song on Sheila's record not only slams, the whole record works 2gether beautifully. All the songs on both records r part of the Prince universe, 2 b sure, but Sheila's record is like its own sexy-hermetically sealed world, and I dig it. Oliver's House particularly delights.

heckaslammin said:

BLASPHEMY!!!

The Glamorous Life did not have "bad" songs!

SHAME ON YOU!!!

PurpleJedi said:

You beat me to it! I was gonna call foul myself!

Sheila's is great through and through. Oliver's house and Strawberry Strawcake are under-appreicated funk gems!

Vanity 6 is really only good for Nasty Girls and If A Girl Answers.

GaryMF said:

I completely agree...When I listen to Vanity 6, I only listen to Nasty Girl and If a Girl Answers. But on Sheila's album, Glamourous Life, Shortberry Strawcake and Oliver's House are far superior. Plus, Sheila is a musician.

PurpleJedi said:

The Glamorous Life = great
The Belle Of St. Mark = great
Shortberry Strawcake = good
Oliver's House = okay
Noon Rendezvous = bad
Next Time Wipe That Lipstick Off Your Collar = very bad

dustysgirl said:

Preach it sistah!

GaryMF said:

Prince is a better musician.

sextonseven said:

Are you SERIOUS?!?!?!
That is one of my all-time favorite tunes!!!!
You need to listen to it with a glass of wine (or hot cocoa, your choice) in hand and savor the melancholy feel of it.

PurpleJedi said:

me too!

Noon Rendezous is an incredible song. Sheila may not be the most incredible singer but Prince's songwriting here is beautiful and the track a gem.

Sydney said:

Yeah, noon rendezvous is a very underated song.

Sheila of course tho V did Keep you dancin'

Vanity 6 album happened to be more funkier but that doesn't mean I like some sheila e though.
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Both albums are good. Totally different, but both represent P's state of mind at the time. Late 81-early 82 when P cut Vanity's album, it showed his new wave funk material. With Sheila, same thing, but definately more glitzy. But this is where P was at the time, Hollywood. Mentally. He knew he was doing Purple Rain and that was going to blow him through the roof. Plus, u can't beat P during his early 80's period. 81-88 actually, he was killin'. But 81-84, he was in a serious zone.

blackguitaristz said:

agree 100%

This is unfair. Like asking a father, which of your daughters is your favorite. I like them both. Honestly, I keep changing my mind from minute to minute. So I'll say it's a toss up. Now which album cover did I stare at the longest? V6 without a doubt...

Sheila's by far. Better music, better musicianship, better songs.

Afrolistic said:

Prince plays most of the instruments on both records.

sextonseven said:

And? It's still better musicianship on Sheila's.

Afrolistic said:

And I just wanted to make sure that you knew that you were comparing Prince to Prince and not Sheila to Vanity 6.