Dangerous VS Diamonds & Pearls

Which album do you prefer and why?

Dangerous *ducks*

Diamondz and Pearlz-cuz I'm a Prince fam.

dangerous by far!!!!

D&P. No question. It has Gett Off, one of my fave Prince songs ever. But also, I think this one gets a lot of undue flack because of Jughead. But the good tunes outweight the crappines of JH...Thunder, Willing & Able, Cream, Walk Don't Walk, Money Don't Matter, Instatiable.

MJ lost me after Bad...

Oddly enough the only 2 tracks on Dangerous I dislike are the 2 biggest chart hits: Black or White and Heal The World. Otherwise it's one of my all time fav albums and it's just really special to me.

Diamonds & Pearls - it's great when it's good, but I find it a bit patchy. It's not one of my favourite Prince albums.

D&P-Everybody knows why


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diamonds and pearls, that's why i joined this site.Prince, Prince and more Prince

D&P because I am a hardcore Prince fan and only a casual MJ fan.

If you skip (or remove from the playlist) Jughead and Push then every other track is excellent!

Dangerous Diamonds & Dangerous Pearls

Dangerous Diamonds & Pearls

I'm a Gay man who's PROUD to also be a Prince fan

can't say I ever heard Dangerous all the way through.

In retrospect, D&P is probably Prince's first "meh" album for its very conservative approach to production and by-the-number's arrangements. It forshadowed alot of what came afterwards.

Both are good albums.

I'd have to go with Diamonds And Pearls. Thunder,Pop Daddy, Diamonds And Pearls, Cream, Willing And Able, Gett Off, Walk Don't Walk, Push are all great. I even don't mind Jughead.

The deciding factor would be Dangerous has the horrible Heal The World on it.

I actually think Heal The World is one of the worst songs I've ever heard. I hate it. I hate the horrible into the whole thing is sickening.

The rest of Dangerous is really pretty good, I love Jam, Why U Wanna Trip on Me, Remeber The Time, I can't let her get away, In The Closet. In fact the first half of the album is tremendous.

d&p

although dangerous is good, its just tooo long

Ellie said:

dangerous

Instead of whole albums, I will compare each song.

1: Jam < Thunder
2: Why You Wanna Trip on Me < Daddy Pop
3: In the Closet > Diamonds & Pearls
4: She Drives Me Wild < Cream
5: Remember the Time > Strollin'
6: Can't Let Her Get Away < Willing & Able
7: Heal the World < Get Off
8: Black or White > Walk Don't Walk
9: Who Is It > Jughead
10: Give in to Me > Money Don't Matter 2Night
11: Will You Be There > Push
12: Keep the Faith < Insatiable
13: Gone too Soon < Live 4 Love
14: Dangerous!

wish U were here baby, on me--
Stuck like glue!

nurseV said:

D&P-Everybody knows why


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raveun2thejoyfantastic said:

Instead of whole albums, I will compare each song.

1: Jam < Thunder
2: Why You Wanna Trip on Me < Daddy Pop
3: In the Closet > Diamonds & Pearls
4: She Drives Me Wild < Cream
5: Remember the Time > Strollin'
6: Can't Let Her Get Away < Willing & Able
7: Heal the World < Get Off
8: Black or White > Walk Don't Walk
9: Who Is It > Jughead
10: Give in to Me > Money Don't Matter 2Night
11: Will You Be There > Push
12: Keep the Faith < Insatiable
13: Gone too Soon < Live 4 Love
14: Dangerous!

I have 2 pick Dangerous for "Remember The Time" alone. That song is one of my top favs of all time.

D&P is not my favorite P album, but it is good....especially since it was the follow-up to Graffiti Bridge (which I thought was HORRIBLE overall).

Why 'should' Prince be compared so often to Michael Jackson?

I know, there are quite a lot of people here who love both artists, but IMO Michael is an entertainer in the first place, and Prince foremost a musician.

And, yes, i admit i am prejudiced about it, but I place the artist Prince higher then Michael the entertainer.

Its like comparing apples to pears.

IMO it would be better to compare, for instance:

The White album from the Beatles VS Sign of the Times by Prince (both sprawling, very diverse double albums).

Computer Games from George Clinton VS 1999 or The Black album by Prince (all three 'hard', semi-electronic funk-albums)

Vespertine by Bjork VS Parade by Prince and the Revolution (both very original, hard to pinpoint, creative albums using orchestral arrangements and avantgarde elements)
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dseann said:

raveun2thejoyfantastic said:

Instead of whole albums, I will compare each song.

1: Jam < Thunder
2: Why You Wanna Trip on Me < Daddy Pop
3: In the Closet > Diamonds & Pearls
4: She Drives Me Wild < Cream
5: Remember the Time > Strollin'
6: Can't Let Her Get Away < Willing & Able
7: Heal the World < Get Off
8: Black or White > Walk Don't Walk
9: Who Is It > Jughead
10: Give in to Me > Money Don't Matter 2Night
11: Will You Be There > Push
12: Keep the Faith < Insatiable
13: Gone too Soon < Live 4 Love
14: Dangerous!

in the closet over diamonds and pearls?
remember the time over strollin'?
give in to me over money don't matter tonight?

r u fucking shittin' me?
what planet are you from?


... but seriously ... what planet are you from?

wish U were here baby, on me--
Stuck like glue!

I didn't buy Dangerous but I bought D&P the day it was released. D&P is far superior. I picked up Dangerous years later in a used bin for $3. Teddy Riley did a good job but all his songs had the same beat and the long songs got repetitious. Will You Be There is a masterpiece but the rest of the album is boring

Dangerous by far, i really detest most of D&P, though i thought it was brilliant when it first came out. Tony M's ramblings get on my nerves to this day.

youre comparing dangerous with d&P's????



why do we keep getting these jacko comparisons on here?

You cant compare the two, they are totally different

One sings other peeps stuff and doesnt play an instrument and the other plays ALL the instruments and writes his own stuff -

People comparing Dangerous with Diamonds and Pearls, have lost the essence.

Michael Jackson is a pop-star, a shallow, insecure guy trying to please with his music.

Prince is a bit weird too, but on a creative, musical level he is so much further then some child-abuse victim like Michael, putting on an ugly, plastic face to hide behind.....

To put it straight: shallow people linking Prince to 'musicians' like Michael Jackson, George Michael, Janet Jackson or Kylie Minogue, havent got the slightest clue....

Prince, in essence, learns from Sly's and George's music, grasps the music of The Beatles and Frank Zappa, is way deeper and more honest then the chilmolestor called Michael Jackson, or the superficial followers of George Michael (way too easy and slick) or Kyle Minoque (only shortminded gays, stubborn ones, being affraid of opening up) defend nobodies.

Riverpoet31 said:

"Dangerous" by a landslide.

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Riverpoet31 said:

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Interesting,both pandered to the top-40. Neither album shows the artist at his best. That said, I preferred Dangerous more at the time it was out, but tracks from D&P are much more likely to be in my playlist nowadays.

So, D&P for the longevity.