1999, Purple Rain and Sign O'the Times are the worst albums by Prince and the worst albums in the 80's period. Batman was his all-time best(Arms of Orion;gotta love it!!!)

TheDeacon said:

BAIT!!!

wallysafford said:

as baiting goes, i would go so far as to call that bait masterful.


and really - who doesn't love some nice, creative master baiting?

Anxiety said:

you're sooooo nasty.

AsianBomb777 said:

you know you like it.

Anxiety said:

Sorry, our relationship could never last.

One minute everything would be wonderful - The next, you'd walk out of the shower wearing one of those Turbi-Twisty things and then I'd have to leave.

Contro said:

Co-sign. Batman had at least "lemon crush" and "scandalous"

Lovesexy had a provocative cover and "anastesia".

It just seems like such a sad album... Sad in the sense of tragically sad.

Or maybe that's just me.

i'm afraid i'm one of these blinkered people who believes he did no wrong in the 80s.
i see the albums as a complete body of work, and each album wouldn't exist without the other. it's for that reason i couldn't really pick a best or worst. that whole catalogue is the most colourful music i've ever heard. it's all good.
btw-i'm stunned at the amount of people including Batman. i was in a record store when they played Batdance, and the volume of the guitar solo had people stopped in their tracks.

Anxiety said:

and here is where you seal the deal!

EXCELLENT!

Alasseon said:

Okay, unless you're baiting, both of y'all crazy.

Alasseon said:

Are we talking about the same Lovesexy?

LOVESEXY without question.

I thought, "Lovesxy" was just out there. I wasn't ready for it. Its by far my least favorite of the 80's.

Y'all suck!

GangstaFam said:

i said 'batman' was my reluctant choice, don't forget!

Anxiety said:

Not you, my dear.

the ones that said "lovesexy" dont have a fucking clue about prince.

Batman is the easy answer even tho Arms of orion and Scandalous are good songs.

fartman said:

All that complex thought from a person labeled "Fartman?". Get a grip.

bigsexy said:

WITHOUT QUESTION.

batman.

I guess I'll go with Batman, though Dirty Mind follows close behind.


Parade is my favorite, btw...

namepeace said:

Batdance, in particular, mark the very first time that Prince ever use a keyboard sampler. Imagine that: Prince sampling himself & dialogs from the Batman film.

Timeless!!!

namepeace said:

Didnt you state in the earlier post that u loved PARADE? thats all we were saying... we were shakin off the PARADE haters, and showing that BATMAN wasnt THATTT BAD. maybe u dont agree that Lovesexy was worse ....but hey, i guess to each is own... You gotta admit that "1 track" thing may have pissed u off a bit.

CynicKill said:

simple: some of these cats are like school on a snow day....

...no class.

parade has to be the worst.. he clda done without that whole album and jst released kiss as a single and stuck venus de milo on the end of another album. batman is great.. i cant imagine that batman film without jack runnin through the art gallery to "party man" and thrownin out dollar bills to "trust"!

We must admit that every single album in that list is part of self discovery journey...




...Except for which was made just for the money...




That's why I'd choose Batman

I think "worst" is a poor choice of words, cuz they are all good (well maybe except Batman!). The thread is reallly turning into more about 'least favorite'.

Personally, I dont' think I've listened to Batman or Lovesexy since the 80s, like when I first bought them.

I was still excited when LS came out, but I was so dissapointed in Batman. Batdance is still cool, but the rest of the album is just so boring and blah.

And it's SHOCKING that Prince said what he did about Parade, and then released Batman. That music was definitely not ready.

It seems as though the people who hate on Parade just don't appreciate music that isn't funk. Parade's brilliance is how he mixes all styles and makes them all funky. Plus it's a concept album.

I agree with whoever said Lovesexy or Batman really marked hte beginning of the end. Lovesexy was like an indulgence to his religious thing, but then Batman was just flat.

rudeboynpg said:

I understand the importance of Dirty Mind in the progression of Prince's artistic growth. I'm looking at each album in terms of its individual merits outside of that context. Of the 80's albums Dirty Mind is the least interesting/enjoyable to me. Like somebody said though, the use of the word "worse" is a poor choice because I like all of the 80's albums. "Least favorite" would be better.