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Thread started 06/19/08 3:13pm

oldmanjohnson

Entertainment Weekly Names Purple Rain the #1 Classic Album of the Past 25 Years

I just perused my EW which is celebrating its 1000th issue by naming the top 100 movies, TV shows, albums, books, etc of the past 25 years and PR was the #1 album.
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Reply #1 posted 06/19/08 3:18pm

sexxydancer

Congratz 2 Prince! woot!
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Reply #2 posted 06/19/08 3:26pm

Anxiety

here's a link:

http://www.ew.com/ew/arti...37,00.html

they don't have the whole list posted yet, but they're gonna have it all available soon.
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Reply #3 posted 06/19/08 3:31pm

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Whoa!

They lovin' him.
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Reply #4 posted 06/19/08 4:07pm

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Right on!!!

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Reply #5 posted 06/19/08 4:18pm

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Nice smile Princey & the Gang kiss

heart number 1!~ heart
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Reply #6 posted 06/19/08 4:18pm

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Reply #7 posted 06/19/08 4:42pm

suomynona

Well, if Entertainment Weekly says it's #1, then I guess I'll finally have to cave and buy the CD. It better be good.
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Reply #8 posted 06/19/08 5:04pm

ReginaCarman

Congratulations Prince, i'm MORE THAN HAPPY FOR u smile heart hug kisses i heart u Prince
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Reply #9 posted 06/19/08 5:16pm

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suomynona said:

Well, if Entertainment Weekly says it's #1, then I guess I'll finally have to cave and buy the CD. It better be good.


lol

very cool mention tho
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Reply #10 posted 06/19/08 5:36pm

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suomynona said:

Well, if Entertainment Weekly says it's #1, then I guess I'll finally have to cave and buy the CD. It better be good.


Don't rush to judgment. I'll loan you my 8-track copy. nod
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Reply #11 posted 06/19/08 5:44pm

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"Purple Rain." A Classic musical that is very sentimental, 4 a Prince music lover. prince rose
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight...
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Reply #12 posted 06/19/08 5:46pm

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cool
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Reply #13 posted 06/19/08 5:51pm

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rose Prince king
Congratulations
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dancing jig for Prince razz
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Reply #15 posted 06/19/08 6:06pm

horatio

PUUURRPLE RAIN...PUUURRPLE RAIN...PURPLE RAIN..
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Reply #16 posted 06/19/08 6:11pm

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AWESOME!!!! biggrin
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Reply #17 posted 06/19/08 6:15pm

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awesome congrats to Prince woot!
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Reply #19 posted 06/19/08 6:30pm

violetblues

Here is their top 10 list
ALBUMS
1. Purple Rain, Prince and the Revolution
2. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill
3. Achtung Baby, U2
4. The College Dropout, Kanye West
5. Madonna, Madonna
6. American Idiot, Green Day
7. The Blueprint, Jay-Z
8. Graceland, Paul Simon
9. Back to Black, Amy Winehouse
10. In Rainbows, Radiohead

I'm glad "Graceland" made the 10, one of my favorite albums,
I've been listening to "In Rainbows" a lot lately, great album but there is no way i would put it in the best of the last 25 years! much less Kanye West!
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Reply #20 posted 06/19/08 6:38pm

ejnbmore

oldmanjohnson said:

I just perused my EW which is celebrating its 1000th issue by naming the top 100 movies, TV shows, albums, books, etc of the past 25 years and PR was the #1 album.
[Edited 6/19/08 15:18pm]

Who's on the front of this edition or which week is it?
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Reply #21 posted 06/19/08 6:41pm

Anxiety

violetblues said:

Here is their top 10 list
ALBUMS
1. Purple Rain, Prince and the Revolution
2. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill
3. Achtung Baby, U2
4. The College Dropout, Kanye West
5. Madonna, Madonna
6. American Idiot, Green Day
7. The Blueprint, Jay-Z
8. Graceland, Paul Simon
9. Back to Black, Amy Winehouse
10. In Rainbows, Radiohead

I'm glad "Graceland" made the 10, one of my favorite albums,
I've been listening to "In Rainbows" a lot lately, great album but there is no way i would put it in the best of the last 25 years! much less Kanye West!
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i love 'in rainbows' and i know that doesn't belong in the top 10. 'ok computer'? maybe.

and kanye? wtf?!? if they wanted a crowdpleasing hip-hop album to round out the top ten list, throw in outkast. their most popular albums had more of a lasting effect than 'the college dropout', no?
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Reply #22 posted 06/19/08 6:56pm

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violetblues said:

Here is their top 10 list
ALBUMS
1. Purple Rain, Prince and the Revolution
2. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill
3. Achtung Baby, U2
4. The College Dropout, Kanye West
5. Madonna, Madonna
6. American Idiot, Green Day
7. The Blueprint, Jay-Z
8. Graceland, Paul Simon
9. Back to Black, Amy Winehouse
10. In Rainbows, Radiohead

I'm glad "Graceland" made the 10, one of my favorite albums,
I've been listening to "In Rainbows" a lot lately, great album but there is no way i would put it in the best of the last 25 years! much less Kanye West!
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Hmmm
I have the Top 5 and Amy Winehouse.
I did not like Graceland, although I thought it was well performed and produced.
I don't want you to think like me. I just want you to think.
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Reply #23 posted 06/19/08 6:58pm

SUPRMAN

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I'm sure someone here has or is working on as we speak their own Top 100 of the past twenty five years.
Believe me, NewPowerSoul would be one of them. Haterz, smaterz. "It's a full moon, I'm a werewolf, bitch - kiss my ass!" wink
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Reply #24 posted 06/19/08 6:59pm

Anxiety

SUPRMAN said:

violetblues said:

Here is their top 10 list
ALBUMS
1. Purple Rain, Prince and the Revolution
2. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill
3. Achtung Baby, U2
4. The College Dropout, Kanye West
5. Madonna, Madonna
6. American Idiot, Green Day
7. The Blueprint, Jay-Z
8. Graceland, Paul Simon
9. Back to Black, Amy Winehouse
10. In Rainbows, Radiohead

I'm glad "Graceland" made the 10, one of my favorite albums,
I've been listening to "In Rainbows" a lot lately, great album but there is no way i would put it in the best of the last 25 years! much less Kanye West!
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Hmmm
I have the Top 5 and Amy Winehouse.
I did not like Graceland, although I thought it was well performed and produced.


at least graceland had an impact on music. after that album hit big in the 80s, you had tons of pop artists experimenting with "world music" on their albums. it became the chic thing to do for a while. he was partially responsible for that becoming popular.
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Reply #25 posted 06/19/08 7:03pm

jdcxc

Where are SOTT and Parade. I was gonna mention 1999 but it doesn't make it by one year. Does "classic" mean "best"?

No Bjork, PJ Harvey, Meshell Ndegeocello, Fiona Apple, Public Enemy- just a few of my favorites.
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Reply #26 posted 06/19/08 8:04pm

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excited

Princeys #1, Princeys #1

woot!
seems that i was busy doing something close to nothing, but different than the day before music beret
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Reply #27 posted 06/19/08 8:05pm

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Very nice clapping woot!
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Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture!
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Reply #28 posted 06/19/08 8:14pm

horatio

violetblues said:

Here is their top 10 list
ALBUMS
1. Purple Rain, Prince and the Revolution
2. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Lauryn Hill
3. Achtung Baby, U2
4. The College Dropout, Kanye West
5. Madonna, Madonna
6. American Idiot, Green Day
7. The Blueprint, Jay-Z
8. Graceland, Paul Simon
9. Back to Black, Amy Winehouse
10. In Rainbows, Radiohead

I'm glad "Graceland" made the 10, one of my favorite albums,
I've been listening to "In Rainbows" a lot lately, great album but there is no way i would put it in the best of the last 25 years! much less Kanye West!
[Edited 6/19/08 18:33pm]


well, this list is totally invalid
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Reply #29 posted 06/19/08 8:40pm

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wildgoldenhoney said:

cool

co- cool lol
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