Plectrum, 3121 and MLP/Lotus

Lotusflow3r by a wide margin. There's some outstanding songs, bolstered by some outstanding guitar work, and all round excellent music. I also love the instrumentals that open and close the abum.

1. 3121

2. 20Ten

3. PlectrumElectrum

4. HNR1

5. Planet Earth

6. AOA

7. HNR2
8. Lotusflower
9. MPLSound

gandorb said:

If I could take only 1 of Prince's albums of the past 10 years along to my banishment on a desert island (that would be my motivation to pick a favorite), I'd take Planet Earth.

3121 is my favorite followed by Lotusflow3r and AOA. Really the only album I don't like from the last 10 years is Planet Earth... Really despise that album (with the exception of Guitar and Chelsea Rodgers...).

Why Planet Earth? Because I enjoy the particular variety of songs on that album and their lyrical content--those songs remind me of some pleasant things. The vocal harmonies are nice and there are some cool guitar parts stuck in there. For those who love Wendy & Lisa--they are on the recording, old friends chipping in with the new. He's thrown the lynn drum back into the mix for a minute, too--a specialty of his!

Germanegro said:

Why Planet Earth? Because I enjoy the particular variety of songs on that album and their lyrical content--those songs remind me of some pleasant things. The vocal harmonies are nice and there are some cool guitar parts stuck in there. For those who love Wendy & Lisa--they are on the recording, old friends chipping in with the new. He's thrown the lynn drum back into the mix for a minute, too--a specialty of his!

I've always felt that it doesn't have that magic Prince touch like 3121 and Musicology had. It also needlessly interups the (in my opinion) natural flow from 3121 into Lotusflow3r, which is my main problem. 3121 and Lotusflow3r are always connected to me (which makes since because a lot of LF songs were recorded in those sessions).

Maybe I was a bit harsh on the album though. I agree with you about the guitar playing on the album. Imo the album would have been better if "Lion of Judah" was replaced by "The Morning After" (especially since that song was never released on cd) and make "Resolution" an instrumental. I'd also take off the song "Planet Earth" and perhaps make it a b-side, or position it differently on the album.

What are your favorites from the album?

Why aren't my paragraphs separated? It keeps clumping together.

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AOA

LF

3121

HnR 1

HnR 2

Planet Earth

anangellooksdown said:

What is yours, and why, if you care to say.

Hit N Run Vol1 , I never gave Lotus the time of day until recently and I am starting to love it!

1. AOA
2. 20Ten
3. HnR1
4. HnR2
5. Lotusflowr
6. 3121
7. Planet Earth
8. MPLSound
9. Plectrum

Hitnrun Phase 2

3121

AOA (this album would be stronger without the affirmations and the lazer sounds.)

I like the guitar work in Lotusflower but can't get past some of the lyrics in that album and i dislike that song about Kristen Scott Thomas (nice sentiment, sappy song)

The rest of the albums are inconsistent, but HNR phase 1 and plectrumelectrum has some strong points.

I mentioned my favorite before (AOA), but didn't do a list, so here it goes:

1. AOA

2. HnR II

3. Lotusflow3r

4. 2021

5. HnR I (it is good exercise music)

6. Plectum

7. Planet Earth

8. MPLSdound

Note: 20ten is in the mail so I can't rate that one yet.

My personal rankings:

1. 3121

2. 20Ten

3. Lotusflow3r

4. AOA

5. PlectrumElectrum

6. Planet Earth

7. HitNRun Phase 2

8. MPLSound

9. HitNRun Phase 1

You can't just put a bunch of numbers in front of me and expect me to do nothing So here are the accumulative ratings for #! favorite album the past 10 years so far ( I had to give .5 for the few raters who mentioned two in no particular order)

1. AOA (21 first place votes)

2.Lotusflow3r (13.5)

3. 3121 (9)

4.Twenty10 (5)

5. HnR II (4.5)

6. Plectum (4)

7. HnR I (3)

8. Planet Earth (2)

9. Mnpl Sound (.5)

Viva La Vida

So, every album received some love. One day I would be curious to find out if there is a gender difference in the love for AOA and Lotus!

I was thinking what about Musicology but saw it over 10 years old so I am going to go with

3121, HNR 1 & 2 and AOA because Breakfest Can Wait is the truth. Love that song.

Whilst I love them all in different ways and really think Art Offical Age is a truly great Album, I decided to be a little more scientific and look at which one I actually have played the most on my player and it was actually HITnRun Phase 1. Must be that addiction to HardRockLover

I can't find disagreement with anyone's listings .

For me it's a toss up between 3121 and LotusFlow3r and then the rest in no particular order.

jayspud said:

Hitnrun Phase 2, 3121 is great too, but now 10 years and 5 months old, making it ineligible and Planet Earth the oldest eligible.

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Worst album - a tie between 21 Nights disc, Indigo nights and the Bria Valentine album.

Adorecream said:

Hitnrun Phase 2, 3121 is great too, but now 10 years and 5 months old, making it ineligible and Planet Earth the oldest eligible.

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Worst album - a tie between 21 Nights disc, Indigo nights and the Bria Valentine album.

Rankings from my list

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HNR Phase 2 - 89/100

AOA - 81/100

20Ten - 78/100

Planet Earth - 72/100

Lotusflow3r -71/100

MPLsOUND - 68/100

Plectrum Electrum - 67/100

HNR Phase 1 - 61/100

Indigo nights - 25/100

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Bria Valente - Elixir - 46/100 (Not really counted)

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The mark for 3121 was also 81, but this album is 10.30 years old and does not count.

purplemajesty23 said:

Germanegro said:

Why Planet Earth? Because I enjoy the particular variety of songs on that album and their lyrical content--those songs remind me of some pleasant things. The vocal harmonies are nice and there are some cool guitar parts stuck in there. For those who love Wendy & Lisa--they are on the recording, old friends chipping in with the new. He's thrown the lynn drum back into the mix for a minute, too--a specialty of his!

Maybe I was a bit harsh on the album though. I'd also take off the song "Planet Earth" and perhaps make it a b-side, or position it differently on the album.

You're not. Planet Earth has some of the poorest songwriting I've ever heard Prince compile into one record. It's a consistent album. It's just so consinsently damned bland. No hooks. No riffs. Bleh.

Elixer.

herb4 said:

purplemajesty23 said:

Maybe I was a bit harsh on the album though. I'd also take off the song "Planet Earth" and perhaps make it a b-side, or position it differently on the album.

You're not. Planet Earth has some of the poorest songwriting I've ever heard Prince compile into one record. It's a consistent album. It's just so consinsently damned bland. No hooks. No riffs. Bleh.

Yep! It's like cotton candy with its sweet melodies and harmonies that go down nice and easy. Don't listen to it too much or you might get a super-rush.

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BTW--the thread topic is "Favorite Album Over Last 10 Years" so those of you here griping about what albums you DON'T like are providing the antithesis to all of this goodness. Just saying!

WhisperingDandelions said: