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Thread started 12/10/15 4:13pm

homesquid

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Seriously Though. Prince Has Never Made A Lousy Album

You'd think this assertion was wrong the way some of us criticize shit we don't dig BUT....

I know we all have our favorites and may dislike some of the projects but can we honestly say the man has put out a truly lousy album? There isn't any single album that I honestly think is crap. I would say he's done some average for the industry type albums and contractual fillers but not lousy.

[Edited 12/10/15 16:15pm]

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Reply #1 posted 12/10/15 4:18pm

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homesquid said:

You'd think this assertion was wrong the way some of us criticize shit we don't dig BUT....

I know we all have our favorites and may dislike some of the projects but can we honestly say the man has put out a truly lousy album? There isn't any single album that I honestly think is crap. I would say he's done some average for the industry type albums and contractual fillers but not lousy.

[Edited 12/10/15 16:15pm]

This doesn't apply when it comes to "associated artists". If the artist has negligible talent (TC Ellis, Mayte, Carmen Electra) it don't matter who writes and produces it.

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Reply #2 posted 12/10/15 4:28pm

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If 20ten was erased from his catalog i would agree...

its the only album i have not replayed. I can only listen to 3songs.

usually i can play a prince album without one skip
[Edited 12/10/15 16:28pm]
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Reply #3 posted 12/10/15 4:29pm

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homesquid said:

You'd think this assertion was wrong the way some of us criticize shit we don't dig BUT....

I know we all have our favorites and may dislike some of the projects but can we honestly say the man has put out a truly lousy album? There isn't any single album that I honestly think is crap. I would say he's done some average for the industry type albums and contractual fillers but not lousy.

[Edited 12/10/15 16:15pm]

HitnRun is the only album I consider bad (lousy, crap).

Prince has infinite talent at his fingertips and HitnRun is so beneath him, imo.

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Reply #4 posted 12/10/15 4:32pm

homesquid

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nyse said:

If 20ten was erased from his catalog i would agree... its the only album i have not replayed. I can only listen to 3songs. usually i can play a prince album without one skip [Edited 12/10/15 16:28pm]

I really scratch my head over that one. I should like it since it's basically him doing his 80s sound but something just doesn't click. The songs just aren't that great. Still I wouldn't call it lousy, just mediocre.

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Reply #5 posted 12/10/15 4:41pm

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true. but a lot of his later albums suffer from a bad start or a bad/non end.

like

come: way too long first track, ends on orgasm sad [love the album though]

newpowersoul: shitty opening track, 'ends' on shitty track, then whoops great hidden track. [couple great tunes on it though]

Mplsoud: 2 really bad tracks to open with, after that too many ballads

20Ten: shaky start (compassion), doesn't really end, just fizzles out and then whoops a hidden track (some great songs though)

AoA: silly opening track and too many ballads in the middle [still good album]

HnR: non prince vocal opening track. too many remixes.



other albums that i like less, like, say "musicology" have decent tracks to
bookend the disc, and thus they feel more like albums to me, if that makes
sense at all.

his sequencing just seems a bit off and his choice of what to include or what
to leave off.

he's still got tons of good tracks just seems to have a bit of a hart time with

the sequencing of cohesive albums these days.

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Reply #6 posted 12/10/15 5:07pm

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nyse said:

If 20ten was erased from his catalog i would agree...

its the only album i have not replayed. I can only listen to 3songs.

usually i can play a prince album without one skip
[Edited 12/10/15 16:28pm]

I can't stand 20ten. Even with the better songs it doesn't work to me. The rest go from dope tdecent.
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Reply #7 posted 12/10/15 5:28pm

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I guess if you consider "The Slaughterhouse" and "Chocolate Invasion" as proper albums I would say those are some of the weakest collections I've heard. I just listened to them for first tiem today. Most of those should have stayed in the vault.

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Reply #8 posted 12/10/15 5:37pm

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crack kills.....

MPLsound

New power soul

hit n run phase 1

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Reply #9 posted 12/10/15 5:52pm

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I'd agree he never made an album with at least two good songs, but on the whole he definitely made some albums that were lousy for him.

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Reply #10 posted 12/10/15 7:06pm

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Well He's only human so that answers that lol, I can't think of ONE single artist that has made 30+ PERFECT albums... That would b super creepy...

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Reply #11 posted 12/10/15 7:08pm

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News, Xpectation, C-note, newpowersoul, For U, Rave Unto and Into, and MPLS are lousy albums to me. I agree that most albums are decent but he has stinkers. It will be different to everyone as everyones taste is different. Some people may really love these album but I hate them. HitNRun Phase 1 is one of my favorites and most people here hate that one so it s subjective. Most of his albums are very good to great though.

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Reply #12 posted 12/10/15 9:16pm

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20Ten is one of my favs. People are sleeping.

nyse said:

If 20ten was erased from his catalog i would agree... its the only album i have not replayed. I can only listen to 3songs. usually i can play a prince album without one skip [Edited 12/10/15 16:28pm]

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Reply #13 posted 12/11/15 12:29am

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Hate to be a stick-in-the-mud, but I think Hit N Run qualifies as a lousy album. Probably the only one of the standard Prince albums I'd say that about.

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Reply #14 posted 12/11/15 1:07am

Stranger

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Hate to be a stick-in-the-mud, but I think Hit N Run qualifies as a lousy album. Probably the only one of the standard Prince albums I'd say that about.

It is safe to say it is over-qualified...

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Reply #15 posted 12/11/15 1:32am

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Lousy, terrible, mediocre, awful, crappy.. imho:


3121
Planet Earth
PlectrumElectrum
Newpower Soul
One Nite Alone.. Piano
One Nite Alone.. Live
N.E.W.S.
Indigo Nights
Kamasutra

I like MPLSound and HitNrun.... cool

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Reply #16 posted 12/11/15 2:41am

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homesquid said:

You'd think this assertion was wrong the way some of us criticize shit we don't dig BUT....

I know we all have our favorites and may dislike some of the projects but can we honestly say the man has put out a truly lousy album? There isn't any single album that I honestly think is crap. I would say he's done some average for the industry type albums and contractual fillers but not lousy.

[Edited 12/10/15 16:15pm]

Sound like you're new to Prince and his music! Welcome aboard!!

You've obviously decided to start from the beginning (For You), and now you're up to COME! cool

I suggest you stop there. wink

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Reply #17 posted 12/11/15 6:48am

TrevorAyer

I still find no redeaming value in rainbow or gold ... Those two records are very similar to being stabbed in the ear with a pencil for an hour ... Other than that tho .. Even hnr has a couple tunes i dig
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Reply #18 posted 12/11/15 8:41am

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thedance said:

Lousy, terrible, mediocre, awful, crappy.. imho:


3121
Planet Earth

I like MPLSound and HitNrun.... cool

Yup you need a state of the art hearingaid if you rank the rank HNR over Planet Earth and 3121 biggrin

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Reply #19 posted 12/11/15 9:29am

Empress

homesquid said:

thedance said:

Lousy, terrible, mediocre, awful, crappy.. imho:


3121
Planet Earth

I like MPLSound and HitNrun.... cool

Yup you need a state of the art hearingaid if you rank the rank HNR over Planet Earth and 3121 biggrin

Agreed! smile

I don't think he's made a completely lousy album. There are indeed some lousy songs on each album, but there are always a gem or two to make up for it.

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Reply #20 posted 12/11/15 9:48am

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Perhaps not the albums itself but I personally think he had more lousy tracks in the 90s than in the 80s, 00s and 2010s (so far razz )
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Reply #21 posted 12/11/15 10:16am

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NEWS and PLanet Earth are the ones I never listen to at all so I'd put them in the "lousy" category. ALthough, in the case of NEWS, it's probably more a matter of taste then plain old terrible music.

There's usually two or three songs I can go to that keep the albums from being total wastes but, man, PLanet Earth is just...dull.

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Reply #22 posted 12/11/15 10:18am

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nyse said:

If 20ten was erased from his catalog i would agree... its the only album i have not replayed. I can only listen to 3songs. usually i can play a prince album without one skip [Edited 12/10/15 16:28pm]

Which 3? I like Beginning Endlessly, Laydown and Sticky Like Glue.

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Reply #23 posted 12/11/15 10:27am

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herb4 said:

NEWS and PLanet Earth are the ones I never listen to at all so I'd put them in the "lousy" category. ALthough, in the case of NEWS, it's probably more a matter of taste then plain old terrible music.

There's usually two or three songs I can go to that keep the albums from being total wastes but, man, PLanet Earth is just...dull.

I agree. PLANET EARTH is the most boring Prince album of all time... First album I listened to and got bored with.

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Reply #24 posted 12/11/15 10:56am

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Wait, wait. Aren't you the same person who was saying in another thread that D'Angelo was overrated and had never written anything memorable? Now you're saying Prince has never released a lousy album and you're boggled that anybody might think so? What a joke.
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Reply #25 posted 12/11/15 11:57am

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homesquid said:

You'd think this assertion was wrong the way some of us criticize shit we don't dig BUT....

I know we all have our favorites and may dislike some of the projects but can we honestly say the man has put out a truly lousy album? There isn't any single album that I honestly think is crap. I would say he's done some average for the industry type albums and contractual fillers but not lousy.

[Edited 12/10/15 16:15pm]

ROTFLMAO!!!!!! XD Oh Gawd!! biggrin

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Reply #26 posted 12/11/15 1:23pm

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I was very disappointed in NPS and Rave and have not been able to revise my opinion on them.

I haven't have a problem with his output since, really. I agree that the NPGMC releases aren't good either, but I'm not sure if I'd even include those in his official discography as albums in the same sense as SOTT, or whatever.

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Reply #27 posted 12/11/15 1:30pm

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Scarfo said:

homesquid said:

You'd think this assertion was wrong the way some of us criticize shit we don't dig BUT....

I know we all have our favorites and may dislike some of the projects but can we honestly say the man has put out a truly lousy album? There isn't any single album that I honestly think is crap. I would say he's done some average for the industry type albums and contractual fillers but not lousy.

[Edited 12/10/15 16:15pm]

ROTFLMAO!!!!!! XD Oh Gawd!! biggrin

I say ROTFLMAO every time i see a comment from you , so snap lol

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Reply #28 posted 12/11/15 2:06pm

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nyse said:

If 20ten was erased from his catalog i would agree... its the only album i have not replayed. I can only listen to 3songs. usually i can play a prince album without one skip [Edited 12/10/15 16:28pm]

Tons of worse albums imo. I personally think half the tracks are pretty damn good. No huge classic or anything, but beats most of what I hear today. And I actually like some of the music out there today also.

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Reply #29 posted 12/11/15 2:29pm

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I've listened to all of them and I have to say while he doesn't have shitty ALBUMS per se....he has some albums where I wish there was a drug habit to blame certain fuckery,. Like Rave.....I still don't get it. 3121 was actually okay (to me). He's had mediocre works like HnR where as if it wasn't the PRINCE I'd been okay with it and he has boring but not terrible albums like Planet Earth. He has some decent albums that almost gets ruined by weird tracks (too many to list)
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