I'd have to say The Black album and The Gold Experience are Prince's worst works. The Black al was just plain crazy. The Gold outside Pussy Control thumbs down. It only sold 1 million and is out of print. Don't know about his MP3 onlys.

Kind of like MIchael strange...sell huge in '84 then go way down on the next album. What are your least faveorite Prince works?

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fluid said:

The Black album and The Gold Experience are Prince's worst works. The Black al was just plain crazy. The Gold outside Pussy Control thumbs down.

^

you might be either deaf or crazy or a newbie...

these are much, much worse:

Newpower Soul
NEWS
Indigo Nights

Kamasutra
Rave Un2 The Joy
3121
Musicology
Planet Earth
(and more..)

Those 2 albums from you (Black Album and Gold Experience) are so funky and so strong.

Lots of nerve - so try again.. listen to the music! You will be rewarded.

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fluid said:

I'd have to say The Black album and The Gold Experience are Prince's worst works. The Black al was just plain crazy. The Gold outside Pussy Control thumbs down. It only sold 1 million and is out of print. Don't know about his MP3 onlys.

Kind of like MIchael strange...sell huge in '84 then go way down on the next album. What are your least faveorite Prince works?

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Huh.

Having opinions that diverge from the rest is one thing, being completely clueless is something else altogether.

RaveUN2, 3121,and Musicology are much better.

I would pick Rave Un2 over The Gold Experience any day of the week.

As for Prince's worst work, it's difficult to say, because even his lesser albums have their redeeming moments. I'd say D&P was a very uneven release, lots of filler tracks and hasn't aged too well. But then you can't deny the greatness of tracks like Money Don't Matter 2night, Gett Off or Live 4 Love.

The Slaughterhouse ain't great, although I am fairly partial to Hypnoparadise and Y Should Eye Do That.

Musicology and 3121 were a bit safe and tepid in places and they're probably the two albums I listen to the least.

NPS, Rave and Planet Earth are his most underrated albums IMO.

^^ any album with I Love U But Eye Don't Trust U Anymore, Strange But True and Prettyman on it cannot be considered his worst work.

I'd say Batman, D&P or Musicology are his worst albums. NPS doesn't count as its an NPG release.

fluid said:

I'd have to say The Black album and The Gold Experience are Prince's worst works. The Black al was just plain crazy. The Gold outside Pussy Control thumbs down. It only sold 1 million and is out of print. Don't know about his MP3 onlys.

Kind of like MIchael strange...sell huge in '84 then go way down on the next album. What are your least faveorite Prince works?

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Think that's one for the unpopular opinions thread.

for me it has to be 20Ten, closely followed by Planet Earth. When i first heard 20Ten i was seriously considering giving up and putting my vinyl collection up for sale. awful, just bloody awful.

sfinky1 said:

why on earth does Musicology get so much flak around here?
I really like it

New Power Soul is definitly at the top of the worst heap

sfinky1 said:

why on earth does Musicology get so much flak around here? I really like it

Musicology is the only Prince album without a single standout track IMO. It's not that the songs are bad, I actually quite enjoy most of the album when I'm in the right mood (sans Life O The Party and Call My Name - yawn), but there's nothing on the record to get overly excited about. If I were to compile a top 50 Prince playlist, I don't think any tracks from Musicology would get a look in.

Recently I made a Prince playlist using 2 songs each from Musicology thru Lotusflower. Choosing 2 from Musicology was tough. Ending up with Musicology & On The Couch. It was tough. Did I say it was tough? It was tough.

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I downloaded Chocolate Factory (legally) and listened to it once or twice. That's it. Bad.

Mindflux said:

fluid said:I'd have to say The Black album and The Gold Experience are Prince's worst works. The Black al was just plain crazy. The Gold outside Pussy Control thumbs down. It only sold 1 million and is out of print. Don't know about his MP3 onlys. Kind of like MIchael strange...sell huge in '84 then go way down on the next album. What are your least faveorite Prince works? [Edited 10/13/13 20:57pm][Edited 10/13/13 21:02pm] Saying that Black & Gold are his worst works is just plain insanity and not even worth the discussion. And, for the record, Prince's next album after Purple Rain, ATWIAD, actually sold really well (still amongst his best-sellers), in spite of such a remarkable stylistic change. However, units shifted are in no way an indicator as to an album's quality.

Purple Rainis his onlyh to sell 20 million.

^ Fluid, did you write:

Purple Rain did "only" sell 20 million albums.

Only???

Nonsense. 20 million is a lot.

Prince has achieved what a minority of artists has achieved, selling 100+ million albums in his career.

Incredible, how you could write "only 20 million".

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FOr some reson my computer's messing up(and you read wrong). PR is Prince's only album to sell 20 million. It takes 10 million to be a superstar. Actually Purple R is the ony one to sell over that.

BobGeorge909 said:

Animal Kingdom

You've got to be kidding ?!

phlix said:

I downloaded Chocolate Factory (legally) and listened to it once or twice. That's it. Bad.

Do you mean The Chocolate Invasion???

fluid said:

FOr some reson my computer's messing up(and you read wrong). PR is Prince's only album to sell 20 million. It takes 10 million to be a superstar. Actually Purple R is the ony one to sell over that.

Is there a law for that.. or where did u hear this ??


cuz I have never heard this definition of a "Superstar" before..

MattyJam said:

phlix said:

I downloaded Chocolate Factory (legally) and listened to it once or twice. That's it. Bad.

Do you mean The Chocolate Invasion???

Maybe Chocolate Box???

01 - Witness 4 the Prosecution
02 - Movie Star
03 - A Place in Heaven
04 - The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
05 - Starfish and Coffee
06 - Girl O' My Dreams
07 - Cant Stop This Feeling I Got
08 - We Can Funk
09 - Data Bank
10 - Wonderful Ass
11 - All Day All Night

^ one of the greatest studio bootlegs, IMHO.

FunkyStrange said:

fluid said:

FOr some reson my computer's messing up(and you read wrong). PR is Prince's only album to sell 20 million. It takes 10 million to be a superstar. Actually Purple R is the ony one to sell over that.

You make it sound like a failure! It's a remarkable achievement. There are only 60-odd albums in the history of music to have sold that many copies - that's out of millions of albums released - it is the tiniest, tiniest percentage of albums that make that landmark. Just what are you trying to prove?

fluid said:

I'd have to say The Black album and The Gold Experience are Prince's worst works. The Black al was just plain crazy. The Gold outside Pussy Control thumbs down. It only sold 1 million and is out of print. Don't know about his MP3 onlys.

Kind of like MIchael strange...sell huge in '84 then go way down on the next album. What are your least faveorite Prince works?

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WTF???? ????? Did u just say the gold expirience is one of his worst???????? WATTT i can't even respond. Same with the black album. i can see how someone wouldn't care for either album but wat???????

fluid said:

FOr some reson my computer's messing up(and you read wrong). PR is Prince's only album to sell 20 million. It takes 10 million to be a superstar. Actually Purple R is the ony one to sell over that.

Okay even worse. An album is considered a modest hit if it sells 500,000 copies which means it was certified golds. An album is considered a hit if it sells 1 million copies = platinium. Anything over 2 million is a big success. Now this is all prior to 2000. anything after that divide by 2.

thedance said:

fluid said:

The Black album and The Gold Experience are Prince's worst works. The Black al was just plain crazy. The Gold outside Pussy Control thumbs down.

^

you might be either deaf or crazy or a newbie...

these are much, much worse:

Newpower Soul
NEWS
Indigo Nights

Kamasutra
Rave Un2 The Joy
3121
Musicology
Planet Earth
(and more..)

Those 2 albums from you (Black Album and Gold Experience) are so funky and so strong.

Lots of nerve - so try again.. listen to the music! You will be rewarded.

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Musicology, 3121 are not much worse. Even though they are not as good.