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Thread started 01/15/12 3:36pm

omnithanos

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How many Prince albums qualify as your album of the year?

My choices from 1965-2011

1965 Rubber Soul - The Beatles

1966 Revolver - The Beatles

1967 Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band - The Beatles

1968 The Beatles - The Beatles

1969 Abbey Road - The Beatles

1970 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel

1971 Hunky Dory - David Bowie

1972 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars - David Bowie

1973 Aladdin Sane - David Bowie

1974 Diamond Dogs - David Bowie

1975 Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

1976 Station to Station - David Bowie

1977 Bat out of Hell Meatloaf

1978 Destiny - The Jacksons

1979 Off the Wall - Michael Jackson

1980 The River - Bruce Springsteen

1981 Controversy - Prince

1982 Thriller - Michael Jackson

1983 Eliminator - ZZTop

1984 Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution

1985 Around the World in a Day - Prince and the Revolution

1986 Graceland - Paul Simon

1987 Sign O’ the Times - Prince

1988 New Jersey - Bon Jovi

1989 Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814 - Janet Jackson

1990 Graffiti Bridge - Prince

1991 Diamonds and Pearls - Prince and the New Power Generation

1992 Erotica - Madonna

1993 The Hits/The B-Sides - Prince

1994 Live at the Point - Christy Moore

1995 HIStory Past, Present and Future Book I - Michael Jackson

1996 Girl 6 - Prince

1997 Blood on the Dance Floor: HIStory in the Mix - Michael Jackson

1998 Crystal Ball - Prince

1999 18 Tracks - Bruce Springsteen

2000 The Marshall Mathers LP - Eminem

2001 The Rainbow Children - Prince

2002 The Rising - Bruce Springsteen

2003 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - Outkast

2004 The Ultimate Collection - Michael Jackson

2005 Confessions on a Dance Floor - Madonna

2006 Back to Black - Amy Winehouse

2007 Magic - Bruce Springsteen

2008 Flight of the Conchords - Flight of the Conchords

2009 The Fame Monster - Lady Gaga

2010 The Lady Killer - Cee Lo Green

2011 Bad as Me - Tom Waits

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Reply #1 posted 01/15/12 3:51pm

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I'm not going to make a big long list, but off the top of my head:

1979 Prince

1981 Controversy

1986 Parade

1989 Batman

1990 Graffiti Bridge (Just an awful year for music - I don't really love this album either)

1996 Chaos and Disorder/Emancipation (Not sure which - but they're my two favorite Prince albums)

1998 Crystal Ball/The Truth

2001 The Rainbow Children

2009 Lotusflow3r/MPLSound/Elixer

I put less than 5 minutes thought into this, so there may be other albums from those years that I like better; or there may be other years that I didn't like another artist's album better..

Edit: I thought of a better 2001 album.

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Reply #2 posted 01/15/12 8:34pm

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1979 was such a great year for music, so was 81, I don't see how you guys can pick a Prince project over a lot of other great albums that came out that year. It's not that I don't like those albums, but I would pick a few others over Prince's albums of that year.

I'm not going to make a long list either, but I will pick:

1978: Natalie Cole - Thankful (I know it came out at the end of 77, but I played the hell out it in 78)

1979: Jones Girls - Jones Girls

1980: MJ - OTW

1981: Rick James - Street Songs

1982: Prince - 1999

1983: MJ Thriller

1984: Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain

1985: Luther Vandross - The Night I Fell In Love

1986: Janet Jackson - Control

1987: Prince - SOTT

1988: George Michael - Faith

1989: Babyface - Tender Lover

1990: Janet Jackson - Rhythm Nation

1991: Michael Jackson - Dangerous

1992: Prince and the Revolution - prince

1993: Janet Jackson - Janet

1994: R. Kelly - 12 Play

1995: prince - The Gold Experience

1996: Waiting to Exhale Soundtrack

1997: prince - Crystal Ball

1998: Brandy - Never Say Never

1999: Prince - Rave

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Reply #3 posted 01/15/12 8:44pm

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daPrettyman said:

1979 was such a great year for music, so was 81, I don't see how you guys can pick a Prince project over a lot of other great albums that came out that year. It's not that I don't like those albums, but I would pick a few others over Prince's albums of that year.

Probably because Prince and Controversy are two of my favorite Prince albums.

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Reply #4 posted 01/15/12 8:50pm

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CrabalockerFishwife said:

I'm not going to make a big long list, but off the top of my head:

1979 Prince

1981 Controversy

1986 Parade

1989 Batman

1990 Graffiti Bridge (Just an awful year for music - I don't really love this album either)

1996 Chaos and Disorder/Emancipation (Not sure which - but they're my two favorite Prince albums)

1998 Crystal Ball/The Truth

2009 Lotusflow3r/MPLSound/Elixer

I put less than 5 minutes thought into this, so there may be other albums from those years that I like better; or there may be other years that I didn't like another artist's album better..

To expand upon this somewhat:

Here's some of the artists that beat Prince:

1980 John Lennon and Yoko Ono Double Fantasy

1982 Michael Jackson Thriller

1984 Bruce Springsteen Born In The USA

1987 Michael Jackson Bad

1991 Nirvana Nevermind [I love Diamonds and Pearls, but i'd also put MJ's 'Dangerous' and U2's 'Achtung Baby' above it]

1995 Michael Jackson HIStory [2nd is Radiohead's "The Bends", then TGE at #3]

2001 Ryan Adams Gold

2006 Amy Winehouse Back To Black

I'll add more when I can think of some.

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Reply #5 posted 01/16/12 2:15am

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CrabalockerFishwife said:

I'm not going to make a big long list, but off the top of my head:

1979 Prince

1981 Controversy

1986 Parade

1989 Batman

1990 Graffiti Bridge (Just an awful year for music - I don't really love this album either)

1996 Chaos and Disorder/Emancipation (Not sure which - but they're my two favorite Prince albums)

1998 Crystal Ball/The Truth

2009 Lotusflow3r/MPLSound/Elixer

I put less than 5 minutes thought into this, so there may be other albums from those years that I like better; or there may be other years that I didn't like another artist's album better..

To expand upon this somewhat:

Here's some of the artists that beat Prince:

1980 John Lennon and Yoko Ono Double Fantasy

1982 Michael Jackson Thriller

1984 Bruce Springsteen Born In The USA

1987 Michael Jackson Bad

1991 Nirvana Nevermind [I love Diamonds and Pearls, but i'd also put MJ's 'Dangerous' and U2's 'Achtung Baby' above it]

1995 Michael Jackson HIStory [2nd is Radiohead's "The Bends", then TGE at #3]

2001 Ryan Adams Gold

2006 Amy Winehouse Back To Black

I'll add more when I can think of some.

Wow...Bruce over Prince? I was a huge Bruce fan, but finally started to get to the point where John Mellencamp seemed to beat him at his game. USA is a fine album, but the diversity of Purple Rain, and pure magic of When Doves Cry is much more original than anything Bruce had to offer. Bobby Jean was a great song, but the worst song on Purple Rain is probably a little better than Bruce's best song that year. If nothing else, The River from 1980 is probably Bruce's best moment. U2's Achtung Baby in my opinion is not only better than Diamonds And Pearls, but much better than Nirvana's really really fine album. Dangerous was almost as good as Achtung Baby...and maybe if Guns N Roses just had ONE Illusion, there would be competition, but 1991 was U2's finest hour. I'll make my list, but it might take an hour, might take a month.

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Like my swiss cheese memory can handle this shit stoned

I do know that that 1989 was not the year of the Batman! Come on guys! lol

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Reply #7 posted 01/16/12 3:14am

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NouveauDance said:

Like my swiss cheese memory can handle this shit stoned

I do know that that 1989 was not the year of the Batman! Come on guys! lol

Exactly, NIN's "Pretty Hate Machine" was the record of 1989, it ushered in the 1990's in the most perfect way...

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Reply #8 posted 01/16/12 3:47am

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1965 Rubber Soul - The Beatles

1966 Revolver - The Beatles

1967 Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix

1968 Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix

1969 Abbey Road - The Beatles

1970 Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon and Garfunkel

1971 Madman Across The Water - Elton John

1972 Talking Book - Stevie Wonder

1973 Innervisions - Stevie Wonder

1974 Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder

1975 Toys In The Attic - Aerosmith

1976 Songs In The Key Of Life - Stevie Wonder

1977 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

1978 Destiny - The Jacksons

1979 Off the Wall - Michael Jackson

1980 Zenyatta Mondatta - The Police

1981 Controversy - Prince

1982 1999 - Prince

1983 Synchronicity - The Police

1984 Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution

1985 Around the World in a Day - Prince and the Revolution

1986 Parade - Prince and the Revolution

1987 Sign O’ the Times - Prince

1988 Lovesexy - Prince

1989 The End of the Innocence - Don Henley

1990 Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 - George Michael

1991 Achtung Baby - U2

1992 Symbol - Prince *

1993 Zooropa - U2

1994 Monster - REM

1995 HIStory Past, Present and Future Book I - Michael Jackson

1996 Chaos And Disorder - Prince

1997 Pop - U2

1998 John Mellencamp - John Mellencamp *

1999 Californication - Red Hot chili Peppers

2000 All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2

2001 Invincible - Michael Jackson

2002 One Nite Alone - Prince

2003 Elephant - The White Stripes *

2004 How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - U2

2005 With Teeth - Nine Inch Nails *

2006 3121- Prince

2007 Planet Earth - Prince

2008 Chinese Democracy - Axl Rose

2009 Lotus Flow3r - Prince (Lotus Disc Only, pretending the other 2 don't exist)

2010 20Ten - Prince *

2011 Condensate - The Time

Despite my odd list, I'm shocked I share so many with the original list maker. I could not find another 1978 album I liked more than Destiny...I did think putting greatest hits albums as an album of a year as kind of crazy, so I didn't do it.

1996's Chaos And Disorder, and 1997's Pop have TWO BIG THINGS IN COMMON: When I find them at a used CD shop, the back of these cds is clear enough to count every little wrinkle on my forehead. These are 15 year old cds that are cleaner than a used copy of any 2010 album. It's hard to find a copy of these albums that anybody listened to. It is like it is just simply fact that they suck. They may not be my favorite albums by Prince and U2, but most people that don't like them can't really explain why. For example, calling U2's Pop a "Dance Techno" album is very false. The album rocks, and despite some loops, samples, and techno like sounds, it is very much a rock record. Of course, you would have to actually listen to it to know this.

For 2001, at the time, I would've had The Rainbow Children, but as the years passed, I felt Invincible was a little better. Also, to be honest, after 1997, which I thought was a great year for music, I had a hard time making my choices in years marked with the *. 20Ten was a fine album, but Future Soul Song is perhaps the only mega classic on an album full of very good almost great songs.

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this is too difficult for me, but ok at least I'll try.

As a huge fan of Prince, I know these albums would be on my list:

Dirty Mind

Controversy

1999

Purple Rain

Around The World in a Day

Parade

Sign O' The Times

Lovesexy

Come (yes I love this a lot!)

The Gold Experience

Plus then albums by:

The Beatles, (Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Pepper, White Album, Abbey Road)

Pink Floyd, (Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Wall)

ELO (A New World Record, Out Of The Blue)

Supertramp (Crime Of The Century)

Stevie Wonder (Hotter Than July)

MJ (Off The Wall, Thriller, Bad) would not make my list, he is out in favour of:

1979: The Wall / Pink Floyd

1982: 1999 / Prince

1987: Sign O The Times / Prince

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Ps. 1987: as musch as I love MJ's "Bad".

I would never take this over "Sign O' The Times", never.

"SOTT" is art, and on a whole different level than any of MJ's albums.

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I can't answer to that: no matter how much I love other stuff I always end-up listening to every prince album more than the others released the same year, so in order to be objective I'd have to rule his album out of such a list lol

In terms of pure historicity, I think I'd chose 1999 for 1982, because it's really an important record in terms of the impact it had on its contemporaries and ever since. In terms of prince's discography, I'd probably choose Parade for 1986, not necessarly because it's my favorite but because it has aged remarkably well and because it was totally "out-of-time" even at the time of release.

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1992: Prince and the Revolution - prince

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I wonder what you think of Prince And The New Power Generation's Purple Rain, The Family's Romance 1600 and Carmen Electra's 16 wink lol

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No offense to anyone intended, but I'm astonished to see how mainstream the above lists are so far eek eek eek

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CrabalockerFishwife said:

daPrettyman said:

1979 was such a great year for music, so was 81, I don't see how you guys can pick a Prince project over a lot of other great albums that came out that year. It's not that I don't like those albums, but I would pick a few others over Prince's albums of that year.

Probably because Prince and Controversy are two of my favorite Prince albums.

That's fair to say.

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databank said:

daPrettyman said:

1992: Prince and the Revolution - prince

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I wonder what you think of Prince And The New Power Generation's Purple Rain, The Family's Romance 1600 and Carmen Electra's 16 wink lol

I just caught that. lol That's what you get after working for 12 hours a day and trying to participate on a message board.

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Reply #16 posted 01/16/12 12:18pm

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1984 - Purple Rain

1987 - SOTT

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My personal favourites:

1965 Rubber Soul - The Beatles

1966 Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan

1967 The Doors - The Doors

1968 Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix

1969 II - Led Zeppelin

1970 Abraxas - Santana

1971 There's A Riot Going On - Sly & The Family Stone

1972 Harvest - Neil Young

1973 The Dark Side of The Moon - Pink Floyd

1974 Court & Spark - Joni Mitchell

1975 Young Americans - David Bowie

1976 Songs In The Key of Life - Stevie Wonder

1977 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

1978 Darkness On The Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen

1979 Off the Wall - Michael Jackson

1980 Dirty Mind - Prince

1981 Controversy - Prince

1982 1999 - Prince

1983 Swordfishtrombones - Tom Waits

1984 Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution

1985 Around the World in a Day - Prince and the Revolution

1986 Parade - Prince

1987 Sign O’ the Times - Prince

1988 Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth

1989 3 Feet High & Rising - De La Soul

1990 Graffiti Bridge - Prince

1991 Nevermind - Nirvana

1992 Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine

1993 Zooropa - U2

1994 Grace - Jeff Buckley

1995 Maxinquaye - Tricky

1996 Endtroducing - DJ Shadow

1997 Fat of The Land - The Prodigy

1998 Mezzanine - Massive Attack

1999 Agaetis Byrjun - Sigur Ros

2000 Kid A - Radiohead

2001 The Rainbow Children - Prince

2002 Original Pirate Material - The Streets

2003 Speakerboxxx/The Love Below - Outkast

2004 Funeral - Arcade Fire

2005 Guero - Beck

2006 Back to Black - Amy Winehouse

2007 In Rainbows - Radiohead

2008 Youth Novels - Lykke Li

2009 XX - The XX

2010 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West

2011 The King of Limbs - Radiohead

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databank said:

No offense to anyone intended, but I'm astonished to see how mainstream the above lists are so far

I listen to music that isn't mainstream, but independant music is often overrated. I've yet to find an obscure album that would classify as album of the year.

It should also be noted again that I am only 19, and even though I listen to new music daily, I'm too young to be a music expert like some of you. My music collection consists of about 600 albums by about 250 artists (many of which I don't even like), and I'm guessing some of you have much bigger collections.

Also, my top 10 favorite artists acount for about 90% of my music listening. They connect with me in a way that no other artists do, so any music list I make will be heavy on repeat artists. It's not so much lack of musical knowledge as it is a major love and preference for my 10 favorite artists - Prince being one of them.

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Wow...Bruce over Prince? I was a huge Bruce fan, but finally started to get to the point where John Mellencamp seemed to beat him at his game. USA is a fine album, but the diversity of Purple Rain, and pure magic of When Doves Cry is much more original than anything Bruce had to offer. Bobby Jean was a great song, but the worst song on Purple Rain is probably a little better than Bruce's best song that year. If nothing else, The River from 1980 is probably Bruce's best moment. U2's Achtung Baby in my opinion is not only better than Diamonds And Pearls, but much better than Nirvana's really really fine album. Dangerous was almost as good as Achtung Baby...and maybe if Guns N Roses just had ONE Illusion, there would be competition, but 1991 was U2's finest hour. I'll make my list, but it might take an hour, might take a month.

Honestly, Purple Rain is not of my favorite Prince albums. I love "The Beatiful Ones", "Computer Blue", "When Doves Cry" and "Purple Rain" a lot, but I've never liked the album version of "Take Me With U" (sounds much better live), and I'm not big on "Darling Nikki" either. PR isn't even in my top five '80s Prince albums - I'd put Controversy, 1999, Parade, SOTT, and yes, Batman above it.

I like The River, but I'd put Born To Run and Born In The USA above it. "My Hometown" is my favorite Bruce song. I also love "Bobby Jean", "No Surrender" and "Dancing In The Dark".

My favorite artist is John Lennon, so neither The River nor Dirty Mind would stand a chance of beating his final album.

Nevermind and Achtung Baby are both in my top 20 favorite albums of all time, but since I bought the new Nevermind reissue (and didn't buy the U2 reissue), I'm loving that album a lot more. GNR's album was great as well - 1991 is possibly my favorite year for new music. Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers was a great album, too.

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1996's Chaos And Disorder, and 1997's Pop have TWO BIG THINGS IN COMMON: When I find them at a used CD shop, the back of these cds is clear enough to count every little wrinkle on my forehead. These are 15 year old cds that are cleaner than a used copy of any 2010 album. It's hard to find a copy of these albums that anybody listened to. It is like it is just simply fact that they suck. They may not be my favorite albums by Prince and U2, but most people that don't like them can't really explain why. For example, calling U2's Pop a "Dance Techno" album is very false. The album rocks, and despite some loops, samples, and techno like sounds, it is very much a rock record. Of course, you would have to actually listen to it to know this.

For 2001, at the time, I would've had The Rainbow Children, but as the years passed, I felt Invincible was a little better.

I love all of those albums you mentioned. They do not factually suck. My copy of C&D was in pretty bad condition when I bought it, and I wish I could find another at a used music store.

NouveauDance said:

Like my swiss cheese memory can handle this shit stoned

I do know that that 1989 was not the year of the Batman! Come on guys! lol

lol

I love Batman. Minus "Lemon Crush" I think it's perfect. The B-Sides were great, too.


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CrabalockerFishwife said:

databank said:

No offense to anyone intended, but I'm astonished to see how mainstream the above lists are so far

I listen to music that isn't mainstream, but independant music is often overrated. I've yet to find an obscure album that would classify as album of the year.

I love all of those albums you mentioned. They do not factually suck. My copy of C&D was in pretty bad condition when I bought it, and I wish I could find another at a used music store.

NouveauDance said:

Like my swiss cheese memory can handle this shit stoned

I do know that that 1989 was not the year of the Batman! Come on guys! lol

lol

I love Batman. Minus "Lemon Crush" I think it's perfect. The B-Sides were great, too.


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Very well said! You can always find C&D on ebay or Amazon in "like new" condition. 95% Of the time, it's true. If you're 19, you're ahead of a lot of people your age being brainwashed by my generation to like crap music.

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databank said:

No offense to anyone intended, but I'm astonished to see how mainstream the above lists are so far eek eek eek

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No offense taken...it's all opionion....my opinion of "mainstream?"

Most, if not all of the artists in my list are mainstream, but many of my choices are albums that sold less than 1 million. I always felt that if an album couldn't get at least 20,000 sales, then either it just wasn't good enough, or the people behind it had horrible marketing skills. At least 50% of my choices sold under a million. Even Sign "O" The Times didn't sell a million. It got platinum status, but double albums got credit for selling each record included, so it still hasn't broke 1 million yet. It may be a landmark album, but just go around trying to find someone that actually owns it that is not a diehard. Perhaps the best named album in my list is George Michael's "Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1. " Most of the Faith fans ignored the title, as it didn't sell, despite being less "mainstream." Musically, Prejudice is probably better, but Faith is probably overall a better listen. But in 1987, there were too many better albums to get my album of the year. SOTT beat them all.

So, I think many of my choices are great low selling albums by mainstream artists. I'll take REM for example. "Murmur" was a great album, but it is way overhyped by early REM fans. It just doesn't take me to the heights that their pop albums did. "Monster" to me is the better record, but it didn't really sell all that well...the big Pop fans didn't get too many catchy hits, and the alternative fans thought it was too pop. Go figure.

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stillwaiting said:

databank said:

No offense to anyone intended, but I'm astonished to see how mainstream the above lists are so far eek eek eek

[Edited 1/16/12 5:33am]

No offense taken...it's all opionion....my opinion of "mainstream?"

Most, if not all of the artists in my list are mainstream, but many of my choices are albums that sold less than 1 million. I always felt that if an album couldn't get at least 20,000 sales, then either it just wasn't good enough, or the people behind it had horrible marketing skills. At least 50% of my choices sold under a million. Even Sign "O" The Times didn't sell a million. It got platinum status, but double albums got credit for selling each record included, so it still hasn't broke 1 million yet. It may be a landmark album, but just go around trying to find someone that actually owns it that is not a diehard. Perhaps the best named album in my list is George Michael's "Listen Without Prejudice Vol 1. " Most of the Faith fans ignored the title, as it didn't sell, despite being less "mainstream." Musically, Prejudice is probably better, but Faith is probably overall a better listen. But in 1987, there were too many better albums to get my album of the year. SOTT beat them all.

So, I think many of my choices are great low selling albums by mainstream artists. I'll take REM for example. "Murmur" was a great album, but it is way overhyped by early REM fans. It just doesn't take me to the heights that their pop albums did. "Monster" to me is the better record, but it didn't really sell all that well...the big Pop fans didn't get too many catchy hits, and the alternative fans thought it was too pop. Go figure.

Don't get me wrong, Dangerous would be my album of 1991 and Madonna's Music my album of 2000... but alongside very obscure artists some other years... I don't care about sales... It doesn't mean anything and marketing hardly ever depends on the artists themselves but on their record company, and isn't part of the music process anyway... My favorite album for 1999 would probably be the one and only record by a band called Novo Navis, very obscure, released by a small French label, an album which bombed SO MUCH that they could never get another record deal... Nonetheless it's a masterpiece IMHO, a deeply creative and daring album... Same goes with Harold Budd & Zeitgest's She Is A Phantom and Material's Hallucination Engine: both would compete to be my 1994 album of the year. One is orchestral contemporary music (you could say neo-classical I guess) and the other is a mostly instrumental mix of Indian and Arabic world music, dub and ambient. Who listens to this kind of stuff anyway? It gets no radio or TV airplay, it gets released on hard-working confidential labels who struggle to allow this kind of music to exist, and it's bought by a few dozen thousands of music fans who care to listen to something else that what's on MTV and their local pop radio... I'm cool with mainstream, I also listen to a lot of it, but I don't understand why record sales could, by any mean, define a record or an artist's quality. Mass audiences (and I'm not talking you, I don't know you, but mass audiences in general) are educated by mass media to believe that what they hear everywhere is the only good shit out there, and that what they don't usually hear, what they are not familiar with, what might recquire a little effort, is crap. It's a pity...

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databank said:

No offense to anyone intended, but I'm astonished to see how mainstream the above lists are so far

I listen to music that isn't mainstream, but independant music is often overrated. I've yet to find an obscure album that would classify as album of the year.

It should also be noted again that I am only 19, and even though I listen to new music daily, I'm too young to be a music expert like some of you. My music collection consists of about 600 albums by about 250 artists (many of which I don't even like), and I'm guessing some of you have much bigger collections.

Also, my top 10 favorite artists acount for about 90% of my music listening. They connect with me in a way that no other artists do, so any music list I make will be heavy on repeat artists. It's not so much lack of musical knowledge as it is a major love and preference for my 10 favorite artists - Prince being one of them.

Your musical curiosity and the amount of stuff u've already listened to at such a young age is great! Open your eyes and ears: there's a lot of cool stuff out there, and the internet is an amazing tool to discover it!

A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/
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Reply #23 posted 01/17/12 7:37am

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I can't resist these types of ranking threads. I don't count greatest hits compilations when making my year-end lists.

1965: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

1966: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

1967: The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico

1968: The Beatles - The Beatles

1969: Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis

1970: Dusty Springfield - From Dusty With Love

1971: Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson

1972: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars

1973: Iggy and The Stooges - Raw Power

1974: Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information

1975: David Bowie - Young Americans

1976: The Runaways - The Runaways

1977: The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols

1978: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Grease

1979: Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box

1980: Prince - Dirty Mind

1981: Prince - Controversy

1982: Michael Jackson - Thriller

1983: Culture Club - Colour By Numbers

1984: Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain

1985: The Cure - The Head On The Door

1986: Prince and The Revolution - Parade

1987: The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland

1988: Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

1989: Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

1990: Sonic Youth - Goo

1991: Nirvana - Nevermind

1992: Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes

1993: PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me

1994: Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

1995: PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love

1996: Type O Negative - October Rust

1997: Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope

1998: Shakira - Dónde Están Los Ladrones?

1999: Deadsy - Commencement

2000: PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

2001: Mors Syphilitica - Feather And Fate

2002: Original soundtrack - Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Once More With Feeling

2003: The White Stripes - Elephant

2004: Nellie McKay - Get Away From Me

2005: The Like - Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?

2006: Goldfrapp - Supernature

2007: The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes

2008: Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree

2009: The Horrors - Primary Colours

2010: Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be

2011: The Horrors - Skying

edit: complete 1965-2011 years included

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sextonseven said:

1987: The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland

2008: Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree

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Reply #25 posted 01/17/12 6:18pm

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sextonseven said:

I can't resist these types of ranking threads. I don't count greatest hits compilations when making my year-end lists.

1965: John Coltrane - A Love Supreme

1966: The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

1967: The Velvet Underground - The Velvet Underground and Nico

1968: The Beatles - The Beatles

1969: Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis

1970: Dusty Springfield - From Dusty With Love

1971: Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson

1972: David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders From Mars

1973: Iggy and The Stooges - Raw Power

1974: Shuggie Otis - Inspiration Information

1975: David Bowie - Young Americans

1976: The Runaways - The Runaways

1977: The Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols

1978: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Grease

1979: Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box

1980: Prince - Dirty Mind

1981: Prince - Controversy

1982: Michael Jackson - Thriller

1983: Culture Club - Colour By Numbers

1984: Prince and The Revolution - Purple Rain

1985: The Cure - The Head On The Door

1986: Prince and The Revolution - Parade

1987: The Sisters of Mercy - Floodland

1988: Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

1989: Janet Jackson - Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

1990: Sonic Youth - Goo

1991: Nirvana - Nevermind

1992: Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes

1993: PJ Harvey - Rid Of Me

1994: Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

1995: PJ Harvey - To Bring You My Love

1996: Type O Negative - October Rust

1997: Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope

1998: Shakira - Dónde Están Los Ladrones?

1999: Deadsy - Commencement

2000: PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

2001: Mors Syphilitica - Feather And Fate

2002: Original soundtrack - Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Once More With Feeling

2003: The White Stripes - Elephant

2004: Nellie McKay - Get Away From Me

2005: The Like - Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?

2006: Goldfrapp - Supernature

2007: The Pipettes - We Are The Pipettes

2008: Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree

2009: The Horrors - Primary Colours

2010: Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be

2011: The Horrors - Skying

edit: complete 1965-2011 years included

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Umm. You left this jem off your list:

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Reply #26 posted 01/17/12 8:44pm

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My personal favourites:

1965 Rubber Soul - The Beatles

1968 Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix

1976 Songs In The Key of Life - Stevie Wonder

1977 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

1978 Darkness On The Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen

1979 Off the Wall - Michael Jackson

1980 Dirty Mind - Prince

1981 Controversy - Prince

1982 1999 - Prince

1984 Purple Rain - Prince and the Revolution

1985 Around the World in a Day - Prince and the Revolution

1986 Parade - Prince

1987 Sign O’ the Times - Prince

1990 Graffiti Bridge - Prince

1993 Zooropa - U2

2000 Kid A - Radiohead

2001 The Rainbow Children - Prince

We agreed on at least 10, and can't believe you have Zooropa there...Good Taste in music. I chopped up your list for space reasons...Kid A is another good choice, but just couldn't pick it over U2.

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Reply #27 posted 01/18/12 2:56pm

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kewlschool said:

Umm. You left this jem off your list:

giggle

Because I don't have it! biggrin That's the only officially released 'Prince' album I don't own.

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Reply #28 posted 01/18/12 4:44pm

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1978: Blondie - Parallel Lines
1979: Pink Floyd - The Wall
1980: David Bowie - Scary Monsters
1981: Grace Jones - Nightclubbing
1982: Prince - 1999 (never was so crazy about Thriller, but know that it`s perfect pop album)
1983: Metallica - Kill 'Em All
1984: Prince and the Revolution - Purple Rain
1985: The Smiths - Meat Is Murder
1986: A-ha - Scoundrel Days
1987: tie: Prince and The Revolution - Sign O' the Times and Michael Jackson - Bad

1988: Prince - Lovesexy
1989: Queen - The Miracle
1990: Scorpions - Crazy World
1991: my favourite year in music. this is triad for me, 3 absolutely perfect albums: Metallica - Metallica, Michael Jackson - Dangerous and Guns 'n' Roses - Use Your Illusion.
1992: Bon Jovi - Keep the Faith
1993: Ace of Base - The Sign
1994: Pink Floyd - The Division Bell
1995: Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory?/ HIStory -2nd, The Gold Experience -3d
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It was last great year for Prince, imho

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Reply #29 posted 01/18/12 5:13pm

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I guess to know for sure I'd have to listen to every single album released every year a new album Prince was released as well, so I don't know for sure.

But... from the back of my head...

1959 - Miles Davis - Kind of Blue

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1961 - Judy Garland - Judy at Carnegie Hall

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1964 - The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

1965 - The Beatles - Help!

1966 - The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

1967 - Tie with 1. The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 2. The Velvet Underground & Nico

1968 - Os Mutantes

1969 - Tie with 1. The Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat, 2. Santana

1970 - Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

1971 - Janis Joplin Full Tilt Boogie Band - Pearl

1972 - David Bowie - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

1973 - Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon

1974 - Tie with 1. Brian Eno - Here Come the Warm Jets, 2. Nico - The End...

1975 - Brian Eno - Another Green World

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1977 - David Bowie - "Heroes"

1978 - Blondie - Parallel Lines

1979 - Pink Floyd - The Wall

1980 - Prince - Dirty Mind

1981 - Grace Jones - Nightclubbing

1982 - Michael Jackson - Thriller

1983 - Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual

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1985 - Kate Bush - Hounds of Love

1986 - Peter Gabriel - So

1987 - Prince - Sign "O" The Times

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1989 - Madonna - Like a Prayer

1990 - Sinéad O'Connor - I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got

1991 - Michael Jackson - Dangerous

1992 - Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes

1993 - PJ Harvey - Rid of Me

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1995 - Björk - Post

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1997 - Janet Jackson - The Velvet Rope

1998 - Madonna - Ray of Light

1999 - Björk - Selmasongs

2000 - Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun

2001 - Björk - Vespertine

2002 - Beck - Sea Change

2003 - Madonna - America Life (I think it's monstruously underrated...)

2004 - Arcade Fire - Funeral

2005 - Kate Bush - Aerial

2006 - Amy Winehouse - Back to Black

2007 - The White Stripes - Icky Thump

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2009 - Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion

2010 - Robyn - Body Talk

2011 - Kate Bush - 50 Words for Snow

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