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Last 10 Years, Rank. These last 10 years for Prince have been up and downs. Different personal opinions, different tastes in what people think is a good album, boring album, great album...
Where do you rank the official released albums by Prince in the last 10 years, not including internet albums like C-Note and live compilations like Indigo Nights...
From 2004-2014 (Musicology - Plectrum Electrum)
1. 3121 (4 me personally it's the most complete album, Fury and The Word are amazing) 2. Art Official Age (Flows really well as an overall ALBUM. Yes a little plastic and stale, but put together it's a solid average album) 3. Musicology (Has some great tracks, gets a little boring at the end, but none the less still an OK album.) 4. Plectrum Electrum (The more I listened to it, the more I can appreciate AnotherLove, WOW, Plectrum Electrum. Some good songs but overall not a strong album) 5. Lotusflow3r (Dreamer is hands down the best song on the album IMO, Colonized Mind is a great song, the rest gets a little dull...) 6. 20Ten (Really feels all the same the whole album, but I think Sticky Like Glue and Future Soul Song are some of his best songs from the last 10 years.) 7. Planet Earth (I understand as an album it flows a little better than most of his albums released however, it's just too boring and bland of an album for me... 8. MPLS Sound (Dance 4 Me is a cool song but the rest is just really awfull.) [Edited 8/27/15 12:47pm] | |
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I agree with your assesment. The last 10 years have been pretty rank. | |
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Plectrum Electrum imo should be at the bottom. basically my list would be like yours except switch LotusFlow3r with Muicology, and put Plec at the very bottom where it belongs.
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1. Lotusflow3r Always cry 4 love, never cry 4 pain. |
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[Edited 8/27/15 13:06pm] The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams | |
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I guess most will agree MPLS Sound is the WORST Prince album in the last 10 years. | |
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01. Lotusflower 02. Art Official Age 03. 3121 04. 20Ten 05. Musicology 06. Mplsound 07. Planet Earth 08. Plectrum Electrum
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I agree with your statements for the most part. I think LotusFlower is definitely my favorite album off of your list, Colonized Mind by far being my favorite track from the album (followed by Crimson and Clover).
3121 is pretty solid too. Big fan of The Dance 
I really wanted to like Plectrum Electrum when it came out. Mainly because I liked the track Plectrum Electrum so much. Another Love is strong too, but the rest of the album is pretty weak (I don't want to know what His Royal Badness was thinking when he thought Boy Trouble would make a good release) 20Ten in my opinion was a let down. The only track I enjoyed was Laydown, and I had to suffer through the rest of the CD in order to reach it haha [Edited 8/27/15 13:23pm] | |
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C-Note was a live compilation Anyway my favorite studio albums from 2004-2014 (also excluding TS and TCI because they were sort of 2001 but including the side-projects) would be (today at least): 1. Mplsound 2. Lotusflow3r 3. Elixer 4. 3121 5. 20ten 6. Superconductor 7. Plectrumelectrum 8. Musicology 9. Art Official Age 10. Planet Earth 11. Back In Time A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ |
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but, but, why? and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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1. AOA 2. Lotusflower 3. 3121 4. Musicology 5. Planet Earth 6. Plectrumelectrum 7. MPLSound 8. 20Ten |
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1. Art Official Age 2. 3121 3. Lotusflower 4. Musicology 5. Mplsound 6. Plectrumelectrum 7. 20ten 8. Planet Earth | |
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The Colors R brighter, the Bond is much tighter
No Child's a failure Until the Blue Sailboat sails him away from his dreams Don't Ever Lose, Don't Ever Lose Don't Ever Lose Your Dreams | |
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1 Lotus flower/MPLSOUND - I consider this a double album and it works together
as a complete prince classic. Ballads to rockers. Funk to jazz. 2. Art official age- for a straight r&b album its tops notch. Great production. and conceptually entertaining 3. Planet earth- a good overall album. I can listen to every song. No skip. 4. Musicology - I love the this album for its sound.it sounds very complete. I can see why this brought him back to life caus its a solid peace of work 5. 3121 - FURY, BLACK SWEAT are both classics in his whole catalog to me. And most of these songs I dont mind listening to. But there is obvious filler...lolita 6. 20ten - other than sticky like glue and lavaux this album is rubbish 7. Plectrumelectrum - other than another love.. this os utter rubbish overall I am a big fan of his 2000s output. Can dig it equally with his 90s music , [Edited 8/27/15 14:49pm] | |
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It's my favorite. By far. I've tripped like hell on this album back then in 09. A COMPREHENSIVE PRINCE DISCOGRAPHY (work in progress ^^): https://sites.google.com/...scography/ |
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AOA Lotusflower Musicology 3121 Plectrumelectrum MPLSound 20Ten Planet Earth
(Disclaimer: I like every song on AOA, most songs on LotusFlower, half of the songs on Musicology, a quarter of the songs on 3121, about four songs on PLEL, 3, 2, 1 for the rest respectively.)
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ok, that's cool. do you like all of the songs? personally, i *love* the songs that at all tracks. i even like "(there will never b) another like me)" most days "u're gonna c me" but i just adore the original so it feels kind of 'off' and pulls me out of the album as such.
yeah, i'll stop now
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well, you're a better man than me sir and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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1. Lotus 2.Musicology 3.3121 4.20ten 5.Mplsound 6.Planet Earth 7.AOA/Plec "We just let people talk & say whatever they want 2 say. 9 times out of 10, trust me, what's out there now, I wouldn't give nary one of these folks the time of day. That's why I don't say anything back, because there's so much that's wrong" - P, Dec '15 | |
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For me, Lotusflower is the standout of the last decade, and I also associate it with the 2009 Montreux performances which I rank among his best, ever. . Lotusflower Musicology 3121 20Ten MPLSound AOA Planet Earth / PlectrumElectrum . (PE and PE share initials and a ranking in my mind - and not a good one) Check out The Mountains and the Sea, a Prince podcast by yours truly and my wife. More info at https://www.facebook.com/TMATSPodcast/ |
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1. 3121 2. Lotusflower/ MPL Sound 3. Musicology 4. Art Official Age 5. Planet Earth 6. 20Ten 7. Plectrum Electrum
I luv 3121! If you listen to it and then anything after 20Ten it sounds like Prince aged 50 years.
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1. AOA 2. 20Ten 3. MPLSound 4. 3121 5. Lotusflow3r 6. Planet Earth 7. Plectrum Electrum |
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I agree. I believe 3121 is the most complete Prince album of the last 10 years... Each album has their inconsistencies, however IMO 3121 is the strongest. Love, The Word, Fury, The Dance, Black Sweat, some great songs on that album. | |
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nyse said:[quote]1 Lotus flower/MPLSOUND - I consider this a double album and it works together as a complete prince classic. Ballads to rockers. Funk to jazz. 2. Art official age- for a straight r&b album its tops notch. Great production. and conceptually entertaining 3. Planet earth- a good overall album. I can listen to every song. No skip. 4. Musicology - I love the this album for its sound.it sounds very complete. I can see why this brought him back to life caus its a solid peace of work 5. 3121 - FURY, BLACK SWEAT are both classics in his whole catalog to me. And most of these songs I dont mind listening to. But there is obvious filler...lolita 6. 20ten - other than sticky like glue and lavaux this album is rubbish 7. Plectrumelectrum - other than another love.. this os utter rubbish overall I am a big fan of his 2000s output. Can dig it equally with his 90s music , [Edited 8/27/15 14:49pm] [/quote Agreed, maybe switch Musicology with Planet Earth for me. We're here, might as well get into it. | |
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1. 3121 2. Lotusflow3r 3. PlectrumElectrum 4.Art Official Age 5. Planet Earth 6. Musicology 7. MPLSound 8. 20TEN 3121... Don't U Wanna Come? |
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1. Musicology (not great, but I find I can listen to this one the whole way through and skip only one or two songs (yes, Life O The Party, I am talking about you)) 2. 3121 (LOVE the title track sooooo much!! But the rest is kinda meh) 3. Lotusflower (comes close to being great but misses) 4. Art Official Age (haven't listened to it in almost a year, which is saying something) 5. Plectrum Electrum (I like Stop This Train the most. 6. 20Ten (Laydown saves it from being last) 7. MPLSound (Dance 4 Me saves it from being last) 8. Planet Earth (just so boring) "She made me glad to be a man" | |
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Reminds me of something he would have given Sheila or Jill back in the day)1. Lotusflow3r 2. AOA 3. 3121 4. Musicology 5. 20Ten 6. Planet Earth 7. PlectrumElectrum 8. MPLSound | |
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