Musicology/3121/Planet Earth

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Musicology/3121/Planet Earth

I was listening to the Peach & Black Podcast where they reviewed Planet Earth today and they made a good point: if Prince would have picked the best songs from these 3 album and made it one release it would've been one of his top four best releases ever. So I made a list of my four favorite songs from each album and made a tracklist.

1. Planet Earth

2. Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstance

3. Musicology

4. Black Sweat

5. The One U Wanna C

6. Fury

7. Mr. Goodnight

8. If I Was the Man In Your Life

9. Somewhre Here on Earth

10. Love

11. The Word

12. Dear Mr. Man

What do you guys think?

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Reply #1 posted 05/08/15 9:20am

tatocorcu

aaroncanderson said:

1. Planet Earth

2. Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstance

3. Musicology

4. Black Sweat

5. The One U Wanna C

6. Fury

7. Mr. Goodnight

8. If I Was the Man In Your Life

9. Somewhre Here on Earth

10. Love

11. The Word

12. Dear Mr. Man

What do you guys think?

I think you have a point, but you've left most of my favourite songs out (Reflection, Call My Name, 3121, Future Baby Mamma, All the Midnights in the World) and chosen some of the ones I always skip (ICPC, if I Was...)

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Reply #2 posted 05/08/15 9:55am

thanks2joniand u	The problem is we will NEVER agree on a configuration...LOL. for example, most people don't like the tune "All the Midnites in the World" but I love it. I think 3121 is without a doubt the strongest of the bunch. Musicology and Planet Earth both have some good tracks. It was a good time for Prince. He was more accessible and made a string of decent/good/very good albums.
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Reply #3 posted 05/08/15 9:57am

misiu	I think you can say that about every era "the 80s, 90s..." Prince could have had some really killer Albums, if you put the best tracks from an era from each album and put it a one. He always quantity over quality!
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Reply #4 posted 05/08/15 1:33pm

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tatocorcu said:
aaroncanderson said:

I was listening to the Peach & Black Podcast where they reviewed Planet Earth today and they made a good point: if Prince would have picked the best songs from these 3 album and made it one release it would've been one of his top four best releases ever. So I made a list of my four favorite songs from each album and made a tracklist.

1. Planet Earth

2. Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstance

3. Musicology

4. Black Sweat

5. The One U Wanna C

6. Fury

7. Mr. Goodnight

8. If I Was the Man In Your Life

9. Somewhre Here on Earth

10. Love

11. The Word

12. Dear Mr. Man

What do you guys think?

I think you have a point, but you've left most of my favourite songs out (Reflection, Call My Name, 3121, Future Baby Mamma, All the Midnights in the World) and chosen some of the ones I always skip (ICPC, if I Was...)

You are absolutely right. Some people love the Chaos & Disorder album and I hate it, some hate MPLSounds and I think it's flawless. We should stop doing this to Prince. But I can't help it.

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Reply #5 posted 05/08/15 2:56pm

JoeTyler	1.3121 2.Musicology 3.Lolita 4.Black Sweat 5.A Million Days 6.Cinnamon Girl 7.Fury 8.Dear Mr.Man 9.The Word 10.The Dance 11.Chelsea Rodgers 12.Get On the Boat [Edited 5/8/15 14:56pm]
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Reply #6 posted 05/08/15 3:51pm

toejam

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aaroncanderson said:

I was listening to the Peach & Black Podcast where they reviewed Planet Earth

Oh wow. That's an old show! I think that was our second ever episode. I can't even remember what I said anymore. I think my views would be a little more negative about that album now... though it's still not a bad album. Obviously when we recorded this, Lotusflow3r, MPLSound, 20ten and AOA were non-existent. Back then I thought Planet Earth fit nicely into a 'trio' of albums with Musicology and 3121... But now I can see that Planet Earth is probably more in line with Lotusflow3r.

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Reply #7 posted 05/08/15 7:37pm

thedance

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Imo:

1. Planet Earth (without the salsa-part)

2. Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstance

3. Musicology

4. Black Sweat

5. The One U Wanna C

6. A Million Days

7. Call My Name

8. What Do U Want Me 2 Do?

9. Future Baby Mama

10. Love

11. The Word

12. 3121*

*) a different version/ more edgy/ maybe a live-version, the released album version is weak, I really don't like the production on the 3121 title track.

Prince 4Ever. heart

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Reply #8 posted 05/08/15 8:05pm

IstenSzek

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i just made a 2 disc album of these (and 20Ten) this week,

still trying it out to see how it all flows:

Disc 1:

01. 3121

02. Beginning Endlessly

03. A Million Days

04. Dance 4 Me

05. Here

06. S.S.T.

07. Musicology

08. Magnificent

06. Call My Name

09. Lavaux

07. What Do U Want Me 2 Do?

12. All The Midnights In The World

13. Lion Of Judah

14. Te Amo Corazon

Disc 2:

01. P.F.U.N.K.

02. Somewhere Here On Earth

03. Sticky Like Glue

04. The One U Wanna C

05. Glasscutter

06. Future Soul Song

07. Fury

08. The Word

09. Lolita

10. Guitar

11. Old Skool Company

12. No More Candy 4 U

13. Dear Mr Man

14. Reflection

[Edited 5/8/15 20:08pm]

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Reply #9 posted 05/08/15 10:45pm

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toejam said:

aaroncanderson said:

I was listening to the Peach & Black Podcast where they reviewed Planet Earth

Thank you guys so much for your podcast. It is the only one that I listen to. I plan on listening to all of them. It would be great to be on one especially to combat the one who said that Boom was one of Prince's greatest songs ever. That's insanity! Keep up the good work. I'm rediscovering the genius of MPLSound because of you guys. Another reason to love Australia.

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Reply #10 posted 05/11/15 12:32am

hhhhdmt	I agree, although individually none of the songs may be as strong as say I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man or When Doves Cry, there is some terrefic material on those records.
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Reply #11 posted 05/11/15 6:32am

TheEnglishGent

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It's the 3 disc into 1 disc Emancipation thread in disguise! Nobody's 1 disc lists will match and they certainly won't bear any resemblance to a single disc which Prince might have put out.

Musicology

Call My Name

3121

Fury

The Word

The Dance

Planet Earth
Guitar

The One U Wanna C

All The Midnights In The World

Lion Of Judah

Resolution

Bonus track - PFUNK

RIP

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Reply #12 posted 05/13/15 6:04am

feeluupp	Musicology Illusion, Coma, Pimp & Circumstance A Million Days Black Sweat Fury The Word The Dance Guitar Somewhere Here on Earth Short and simple... Took the BEST tracks from each, made it into one...
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Reply #13 posted 05/13/15 6:07am

feeluupp	Let the firing squad begin on this one... But FURY is the best track Prince has made out of all these 3 albums... Not my opinion... Just is.
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Reply #14 posted 05/13/15 9:08pm

crenshaw	I think Musicology is perfect just how it is, start to finish.
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Reply #15 posted 05/14/15 2:37am

MattyJam

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I genuinely can't think of a single song from 3121 that I would miss if I never heard it again. I suppose the title track is kind of cool and Te Amo Corazon is pleasant easy listening music, but the rest of it leaves me cold.

Musicology was fun in places and had some cool tracks, but nothing to right home about. IMO Planet Earth is by far and away the strongest of the three and marked a significant improvement in Prince's standard of songwriting. Songs like The One U Wanna C and the title track are brilliant examples of Prince's ear for insanely catchy and epic pop-rock songs. And All The Midnights In The World sounds more heartfelt than anything on 3121 or Musicology.

Just replace Future Baby Mama and Mr Goodnight with What Do U Want Me 2 Do and Musicology and it'd Prince's strongest work since Emancipation.

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Reply #16 posted 05/14/15 1:09pm

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feeluupp said:

Let the firing squad begin on this one... But FURY is the best track Prince has made out of all these 3 albums...

Not my opinion... Just is.

No shots from me. I completely agree.

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