I've read many here killing NEWS, NPS and Symbol
Others, worshiping Lovesexy and SOTT...

I personally Love Symbol. I used to like Prince before this one, but not religiously until I bought the Symbol caset (yap).
I think it's very cohesive, I really do.

I was at the university when I bought it (1993), getting over my all-time girlfriend (8 years... "And If I never see you again...It's all right...- God Created woman)

Really funky (The Continental- The Sacrifice of Victor)
and sexy (The Max- Wanna melt with U)

And I REALLY like The Flow

is to blame for all the money I start spending on all prince cd's and singles...

So? What's yours???? WHY?????



(Sorry, I had to write the word "Symbol" after each symbol emoticon since it didn't work...)
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Hmmm..ok I am going to be the dork and admit that my favorite Prince album is Purple Rain. It was the first CD of his that I bought and I loved EVERY song. That never happens with me. Even thought it is extremley overplayed there is no denying the power of those songs. To be honest it is one of the Prince albums I listen to the least but not becuase I don't like it but after playing it nonstop since 1993 you become quiet desentised to it. But every now and then I put it on and it just blows me away.

My fav album is ATWID, that said I can only say it is my favorite b/c I can listen to it over and over and still cry the 16th time I've listened to Condition of the Heart. Every song seems to speak to me just a little more than any other but only if I listen to the entire album. B/c my fav song is actually not on ATWID but the album is like one huge soundtrack for a particular time in my life and it is almost as if it were my diary put to wonderful music.

Controversy.

It's like a rougher prototype 1999.

It was a little pompus and cocky (one thing I like about Prince), a little New Wave, a little social commentary (I like that side of Prince too), it was a little punk, and a lotta funk.

Also saw the introduction of the Linn drum machine onto Prince's albums with Private Joy.

Ronnie Talk 2 Russia is pure unabashed FUN! - Crank it up in the car and let everyone know you don't want to feed the guerillas.

Controversy is the last album before mega-stardom. 1999 outshines it on almost every front, but it was all there on Controversy.


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Well I don´t even own more than four albums yet , but from them it´s surprise surprise, Purple Rain. I just love all the songs, and I can´t be without dancing when I listen to IWD4U. I think the album is phenomenal. Diamonds & Perals is awesome too.

My favorite is "1999" because it's cold, dark, and futuristic.

Parade because it has everything I love about a Prince album. It is avant garde, funky, fun, sad, had clare fischer all over it, contained 4 great singles, a killer ballad, had a great sleeve, and translated amazingly into the first live concert I'd ever been to.

"Lovesexy" because it is simply unique, different from every other musical things (by P or not).

I'd say.....Dirty Mind/Controversy r tied....I had the double cassette and played it over and over and over again..
It was a time when Prince was raw and I was a teenager (it was a perfect match)
So, when I need go back to that place...It's DM/Controversy 4 me

ya'll know.

and ya'll know why.

i love the album PRINCE

because of the amazing songs he wrote at the time , he was around 19 yrs old !!! and those beautiful lyrics !!! ahhhhh love this album !!!

i wanna b your lover - amazing lyrics
why u wanna treat me so bad - great guitar and lyrics
sexy dancer - funky jam
when we're dancing close and slow - god i could cry when i hear this !
with you - sorry to repeat brill lyrics for a 19 yr old !
bambi - what can i say that hasnt been said ???
still waiting - awsome
i feel for u - awsome
its gonna be lonely - awsome

when we're dancing close n' slow
i'm not afraid to let my feeling's show
i want to come inside of you
i want to hold you when we're through
can you feel my love touching you ?

ive often wondered how an 18/19/20 yr old could create the lyrics for this album , they are soooo..... mature , loving and beautiful.

so my fave p album is PRINCE ,..... followed by ditry mind, atwiad, parade, LS, emancipation, trc, an all the REST !!!

andykeen said:

andy thats 3 !!! unless i cant count lol

1999 because it has some of my favorite songs on it, like D.M.S.R., Automatic, International Lover and the title track. I loved his music in the early 80's, it was just so funky My other favorite albums are Dirty Mind, Controversy and Purple Rain.

Because Purple Rain RULES!!!!!

Oh, and because it's the one Prince album that I can listen to from start to finish and become totally inspired and enlightened by. Other Prince albums may have some tracks that I like more than others, but there isn't a single complaint I have about any song off Purple Rain.




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PurpleKnight said:

u just summed it all up

Parade because

Kiss: His best single imo

the opening three tracks just flow something different happening.

Girls & Boys into Life Can be so Nice. I FUCKIN love the way they merge, dunno why

Its not perfect (Anotherloverholeinyohead and Sometimes It Snows In April doesn't fit ) but I love it

Sign O' The Times because it comes closer than any album to showing all the best sides of prince. Funk, rock, pop, psychedelia, a dash of jazz, a hint of blues, gospel and folk (these same ingredients in different proportions are the reasons why I love sly, jimi and stevie so much), some of his finest one-man band performances, most of his most inspired lyrics and melodies, a great balance between length and quality, variety and consistency, what more could you want. It has plenty of good examples of his prowess as a guitar player, bass player, vocalist and arranger, and has some of his best morphing/mutating/building songs. The only thing it lacks are prince's most convincing attempts at jazz (which I personally think is the title track to the rainbow children) and hip-hop (which for me is probably letitgo, even though there's no rapping in that one).

I could go into a long post, stating why I love each album, but will refrain...I would say that I lean more towards 1999. I've always thought DMSR was a perfect dance-floor song. The rhythm is so funky. I automatically start bobbing my head at the very first note.

Automatic is very sexy. I always thought that it perfecty described my own feelings I had towards my husband when we were first married. (I behaved sort of like a love/sex slave for a long time).

I absolutely love Lady Cab Driver. The music in that song is so sensual sounding (minus the outdoor noises). The words are sweetly seductive (the song, not the spoken parts). If I have a song in my head, it's always the lines, "take me to your mansion...honey lets go every where..."