earl01 said:

KingSausage said:

Based on what we've heard and what we know, where do you think the new albums will fall on the scale of Prince albums? I think Art Official Age will be better than MPLSound but not as good (I use that term very, very loosely) as 20ten. It will be in a tier with albums like Planet Earth, NPS, Rave, MPLSound, and 20ten. In other words, the lowest tier. I don't know what to expect with PlectrumElectrum. I have low expectations, but it seems like it could be at least more musically interesting than AOA. What's your prediction for the rankings?

I am one of Prince's biggest fans but im not gonna lie like a large number of you all are..

Prince better pull off a 60's style Rock God Album with PE.

And he better have something on a level better than 1999 with AOA..

If not,he will be branded with being played out..

He will still provide killer shows but his music is slipping..

I hope and PRAY that I am wrong..I really do..

But I doubt it..

I'm also hoping for the best but so far I don't hear much that stands out. Better than Planet Earth but not as good as 3121.

Nailing jello to the wall!

Im hoping that AOA will be so far removed from anything P has done in the past that it will be hard to compare to anything else he has done.

I hope to enjoy it as much as the Gold Experience, but I think it will rank right along with 3121, 20Ten, and basically anywhere in the last three or four releases. I haven't been pleasantly surprised since Lotusflower.

What's a prince scale? What in the world.

KingSausage said:

Aerogram said:

You can give some Orgers a lock of Prince's hair and they'll take it to a lab, have its DNA mapped, predict an hairstyle based on the curvature of the strand, and from that predict the video he may have been shooting, then extrapolate to a single and ultimately to a whole album. The final report should then include three alternate track lists fully reviewed and projected chart positions, plus a conclusion it's no Purple Rain or Sign O' The Times but it sounds better than 1999 Remastered but only if you get it on vinyl.

That's one weird fucking prediction. Wow. All I'm saying is, I'm a longtime Orger. Been here since the black and purple days. People always rank albums and make predictions. WHAT SAY YOU?

It's pretty hard to rank albums we've never heard. I usually wait a few months before I try to rate a new Prince album. Sometimes that isn't long enough to properly rate them.

alandail said:

It's pretty hard to rank albums we've never heard. I usually wait a few months before I try to rate a new Prince album. Sometimes that isn't long enough to properly rate them.

And sometimes that is too long as the album is collecting dust by then.

I've heard 4 songs in their entirety and 2 snippets, and disliked all of them.
So, he could pull a small miracle and make the remaining tracks superb (I doubt this),

and the album will still be lop-sided to me.

I would place it then as one of his worst albums, but better than 20Ten and MPLsound.

As for Plectrumelectrum, I don't know. I haven't liked any of the 3EG tracs sold

so far, though I like the rock edge to the approach. I just don't like the tunes.

None of them stick, and the ones that do aren't songs I like anyway.

Honestly, I'm not the least bit excited about the new releases. I haven't been this meh about a release

ever as a fan.

I am excite about the prospect of Purple Rain (and subsequent albums) being given proper masters, though.

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I reckon if Prince was to spen a couple of weeks on the interwebs reading up about NSA violations or Palestinian massacres or suchlike then he might incur just the kind of WRATH that is associated with his best work. Regardless of the (still I notice around these parts) negative reaction to TRC, that was the last time he really had something he wanted to TESTIFY on (unless you include PFUNK, which benefitted from a lesser form of grieviance).
The happy Prince is not The Artist