Not including Kamasutra, just because, Rave is Prince's worst album IMO.

It represents the absolute rock bottom in the second half of the 90s downturn, and it was the first album that just made my heart sink when I first gave it a spin.

What would come after Rave - Musicology and 3121, for the same reasons, they sound like Prince chasing trends and playing catch up with the crop of teenybop and popular chart R&B acts at the time. *ick*

All the usual suspects in this thread (Come, C&D, NPS, etc) contain way more interesting ideas, songs and concepts than these tree pieces of transparent tripe put together.

shortnsweet said:

I assume u mean The Vault?
only cos we share B-days

herrherr said:

I'm glad he "sold out". It's a dumb ass term to begin with. When you're making a movie, and BARELY getting it done (ie: financing, etc), you have to make something people across the board are going to hear and want to listen to. He couldn't have had the success with Purple Rain and it been a bunch of funk songs like 1999 or Controversy. And he didn't sell out to pop either. "Little Red Corvette" was a ROCK song, and that got 80% of the WHITE people in the audience.

Most of Purple Rain is a rock album, not a pop album. WDC is pop, as is IWD4U and BIAS, but the other songs are rock oriented songs. Doesn't mean they sound like Motley Crue or Bon Jovi, but aren't all R&B either.

When you consider an artists success, you have to consider ALL of it. PR was Prince's Thriller. Almost every really good artist has THAT album in the discography. It could be a debut album, or one further down the line. But to dismiss a great album for the sake of keepin' it old school or whatever is ridiculous. It'd be like cutting Thriller from MJ's discography, or Jagged Little Pill from Alanis' set. Or how about the janet. album from Janet's past? Or Like A Prayer from Madonna's past. It just doesn't make sense.

I honestly can't think of an album where I haven't even liked a single track on it. If I had to choose I'd say "Graffiti Bridge." "The Ladder" is awesome but for me, the rest of the album is forgettable.

I honestly can't think of an album where I haven't even liked a single track on it. If I had to choose I'd say "Graffiti Bridge." "The Ladder" is awesome but for me, the rest of the album is forgettable.

The two albums I have never heard keep on appearing on the worst list; Karmasutra and Chaos and Disorder. People talk about them so much I just want to hear them to see how bad they really are. I can't find even used versions in my local f.y.e. stores. I don't know if that means there weren't many put out in the first place or that alot of people disagree with you all.

For me so much of Emancipation is littered with sub-par material...songs that sounded dated even when the cd was released. Most of Rave,too with it's saving grace being ILUBEDTUA. But my least favorite cd has to be MPLSound. It makes New Power Soul sound like a funky masterpiece. I do love Lotusflow3r though.

thanks2joniandu said:

I'm a big defender of Emancipation so I would be curious to know which songs, in your opinion, sounded dated when it was released.

New Power Soul.
total shite

rialb said:

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For me songs like Mr. Happy,We Gets Up,Right Back Here,Da Da Da...and the title track represents sounds that sound plastic and hollow. I also feel the cover songs are overdone. Many other songs are just average to me.

There are only a handful of songs from disc 1 and 3 that I enjoy though several songs from disc 2 do appeal to me.

thanks2joniandu said:

In these hard economic times world wide at present, Da Da Da is fits right in right now. Mr. Happy and We Gets Up should have been kept in his vault.

I'm holding my nose as I watch the steam rise off Graffiti Bridge.

TyphoonTip said:

So wrong. The Question of You, Joy In Repetition and Thieves in the Temple headline an amazing soundtrack there.

What is the worst Prince album according to you ???