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Thread started 10/02/17 12:00am

hhhhdmt

Great songs on weak albums

What are some of your favourite songs on records you don't love as a whole? I am not suggesting that these albums are poor but i am not that inclined to listen to them in their entirety very often. Nonetheless, they contain some of my favourite songs. Some of mine would be:

"I'm Yours"

"When the lights go down"

"When eye lay my hands on you"

"Zanalee"

"Sticky Like Glue"

"Joy in Repitition"

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Reply #1 posted 10/02/17 12:39am

NorthC

There Is Lonely
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Reply #2 posted 10/02/17 12:46am

dodger

Somewhere Here On Earth - masterpeice on a mediocre album IMO

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Reply #3 posted 10/02/17 1:19am

sharpieheartz

I Like It There
I Rock, Therefore I Am

Both great songs but Chaos & Disorder was kinda... thrown together.
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Reply #4 posted 10/02/17 1:35am

BoraBora



Definitely "1000 X's & O's".

The gem in an otherwise substandard release.



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Reply #5 posted 10/02/17 2:03am

sonshine

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Guitar
Zannalee
The Holy River
She Spoke To Me
Empty Room
Baby Knows
It's a hurtful place, the world, in and of itself. We don't need to add to it. We all need one another. ~ PRN
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Reply #6 posted 10/02/17 2:14am

SimonCharles

Wasted Kisses - although...is it a weak album...yes...probably.

All the Midnights in the World

Others will come to me!

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Reply #7 posted 10/02/17 3:51am

Adorecream

Electric Chair and Scandalous off Batman

The One and Come on off New Power Soul

GRES, Hot wit u, Strange but true off Ravein2 the joy fantastic

Beautiful Strange off Rave un2 the year 2000

Underneath the Cream

Supercute

Poorgoo and Zannalee off the Undertaker

Call my name off Musicology

Like a Mack, Hardrocklover and 1000 X's and O's off HNR Phase 1

Got some kind of love for you, and I don't even know your name
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Reply #8 posted 10/02/17 4:01am

purplerabbitho
le

Best answer in my opinion. planet Earth seems so tepid overall but it has a few real gems and SHOE is indeed a masterpiece.

dodger said:

Somewhere Here On Earth - masterpeice on a mediocre album IMO

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Reply #9 posted 10/02/17 4:42am

Dalia11

In My Opinion, I Have Been A Fan 31years(I Like Mentioning That For Some Reason), All His Albums/Songs Are Great! And Being A Capricorn, I Know What I Am Talking About! music woot!
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Reply #10 posted 10/02/17 6:27am

leecaldon

BoraBora said:



Definitely "1000 X's & O's".

The gem in an otherwise substandard release.



Yes, it towers above everything else on the album.

[Edited 10/2/17 6:28am]

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Reply #11 posted 10/02/17 6:28am

leecaldon

Chelsea Rodgers

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Reply #12 posted 10/02/17 6:33am

jaawwnn

For me, the title track on Musicology.

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Reply #13 posted 10/02/17 6:59am

purplerabbitho
le

I like the album Musicology. Weird how fans have such varying tastes.

jaawwnn said:

For me, the title track on Musicology.

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Reply #14 posted 10/02/17 12:00pm

SimonCharles

purplerabbithole said:

I like the album Musicology. Weird how fans have such varying tastes.

jaawwnn said:

For me, the title track on Musicology.

There's a block of songs on there that are simply fantastic - Illusion Coma Pimp and Circumstance, then What Do U Want Me 2 Do?, The Marrying Kind and If I Was The Man In Ur Life...that 1-2-3 combination is terrific.

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Reply #15 posted 10/02/17 12:30pm

gandorb

SimonCharles said:



purplerabbithole said:


I like the album Musicology. Weird how fans have such varying tastes.





jaawwnn said:


For me, the title track on Musicology.





There's a block of songs on there that are simply fantastic - Illusion Coma Pimp and Circumstance, then What Do U Want Me 2 Do?, The Marrying Kind and If I Was The Man In Ur Life...that 1-2-3 combination is terrific.



Total agreement about that wonderful song sequence

As far as mediocre albums, I would add
1. Dark on Come
2. The Last December on TRC
3. June on HnR1
4. Old School Company on MPLS Sound
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Reply #16 posted 10/02/17 1:10pm

purplerabbitho
le

I agree absolutely. I was surprised how much I enjoyed that album when I finally listened to it in its entirety. It wasn't all that beloved on here so i assumed it would be tepid like Planet Earth ended up being for me...instead I found the songs catchy, funky, organic and sincere. Dear Mr. Man (for its lyrics) and Life of the party (for everything about it) were the weak spots to me but most of the other songs were a lot of fun. 3121 is cooler but Musicology was just a fun, pleasant non-pretensious album.

SimonCharles said:

purplerabbithole said:

I like the album Musicology. Weird how fans have such varying tastes.

There's a block of songs on there that are simply fantastic - Illusion Coma Pimp and Circumstance, then What Do U Want Me 2 Do?, The Marrying Kind and If I Was The Man In Ur Life...that 1-2-3 combination is terrific.

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Reply #17 posted 10/02/17 1:27pm

jaawwnn

SimonCharles said:



purplerabbithole said:


I like the album Musicology. Weird how fans have such varying tastes.





jaawwnn said:


For me, the title track on Musicology.





There's a block of songs on there that are simply fantastic - Illusion Coma Pimp and Circumstance, then What Do U Want Me 2 Do?, The Marrying Kind and If I Was The Man In Ur Life...that 1-2-3 combination is terrific.



Not my cup of tea, they're all a bit average to my ear. Each to their own of course though!

Off Musicology i like On the Couch a fair bit as well.
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Reply #18 posted 10/02/17 1:29pm

Darshy

Prince never made a weak album
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Reply #19 posted 10/02/17 2:26pm

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NorthC said:

There Is Lonely

Right? such a great song. I wish Prince had made an entire album with this sound and lyrics, it could have been in Come album as well.

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Reply #20 posted 10/02/17 3:41pm

SimonCharles

jaawwnn said:

SimonCharles said:

There's a block of songs on there that are simply fantastic - Illusion Coma Pimp and Circumstance, then What Do U Want Me 2 Do?, The Marrying Kind and If I Was The Man In Ur Life...that 1-2-3 combination is terrific.

Not my cup of tea, they're all a bit average to my ear. Each to their own of course though! Off Musicology i like On the Couch a fair bit as well. [Edited 10/2/17 13:27pm]

Each to their own, of course. I like the melody of What do you want...it reminds me of the soundtrack to Gregory's Girl (the finest film ever made), the other two hit the right note for me....and see, On The Couch...not so much. Prince: music for all people!

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Reply #21 posted 10/03/17 3:00am

jjam

SNIP - OF4$

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Reply #22 posted 10/03/17 3:39am

RJOrion

leecaldon said:

Chelsea Rodgers




best answer
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Reply #23 posted 10/03/17 4:07am

jdcxc

Darshy said:

Prince never made a weak album


Exactly...Exhibit A- some of these choices are the "weaker" songs on the chosen album.
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Reply #24 posted 10/03/17 8:09am

TheEnglishGent

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BoraBora said:



Definitely "1000 X's & O's".

The gem in an otherwise substandard release.




I love that album and for me, this one and June are the worst two on there. That's not meaning I don't like them, just that I really enjoy the rest of the album.

RIP sad
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Reply #25 posted 10/03/17 8:10am

TheEnglishGent

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RJOrion said:

leecaldon said:

Chelsea Rodgers

best answer

Worst song on PE, I don't even like it. Replaced it with FUNK and the album is superb biggrin

RIP sad
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Reply #26 posted 10/03/17 8:37am

paisleypark4

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TheEnglishGent said:

RJOrion said:

leecaldon said: best answer

Worst song on PE, I don't even like it. Replaced it with FUNK and the album is superb biggrin

falloff

Nah def Funk is weaker than Chelsea, but thats what I love about being a Prince fan...the differences of the ear.

Straight Jacket Funk Affair
Album plays and love for vinyl records.
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Reply #27 posted 10/03/17 8:45am

NorthC

Darshy said:

Prince never made a weak album

Of course he did. No one delivers top quality for almost 40 years in a row. There's always ups and downs. That's life. We just have our differences of opinion as to what is weak and what is strong.
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Reply #28 posted 10/03/17 2:27pm

luvsexy4all

the One, Come on,wasted kisses

no candy 4 u, old school

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Reply #29 posted 10/03/17 3:00pm

Darshy

NorthC said:

Darshy said:

Prince never made a weak album

Of course he did. No one delivers top quality for almost 40 years in a row. There's always ups and downs. That's life. We just have our differences of opinion as to what is weak and what is strong.

Prince made many excellent and very good albums, some good and never any average albums as there would always be something quirky/ leftfield/ out-of-the-norm by him.
A weak album? No, he never made one of those, unless you follow the muso's herd and regard such albums as Chaos & Disorder and 20TEN as poor. Which they ain't. Far from it.
Prince was an exceptional artist, the greatest of all time.
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