JUST BORED HERE ON A RAINY NITE IN SYDNEY .WHAT ARE YALL OTHER PRINCE LOVERS DOIN OUT THERE ??/I BEEN LISTENING TO THE FIRST 5 ALBUMS AND MAN I FREAKIN LOVE THOSE ALBUMS ,,TO HEAR HIS EVOLUTION AS AN ARTIST IS PRICELESS..I REALLY LOVE 1999 THO ,,,WHAT A CLASSIC ,,,AND THE ONE B4 IT CONTROVERSY,,AWESUM ...IM SAYING HERE THAT IM WAY INTO HIS ALBUMS PRE BATMAN THAN HIS RECENT ALBUMS (NOT TAKING ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE NEWER STUFF BUT HIS OLD STUFF COMES WITH SUCH ENERGY AND CONVICTION ITS HARD TO GO BACK TO HIS NEWER RELEASES (RAINBOW CHILDREN,MUSICOLOGY,RAVE ETC ) ..DO ANY OF U AGREE ??

What is it with all the SHOUTING on here today? But to reply to your question, I too listen to his earlier stuff more (Dirty Mind - Lovesexy), with Parade being a particular fave. I do listen to the nineties material now and again just to vary things, but it doesn't give me nearly as much pleasure. However,I never listen to Rave, whereas I listen to TRC as much as the eighties albums.

parade
sign o the times
black
lovesexy
come
the truth
the rainbow children


those are the ones I usually listen to all the way through.
but, as with almost all of us, at a particular moment some
other album will grab you and you'll be worshipping it as
if it were released yesterday.

For You
Prince
Controversy
1999
Purple Rain
Parade
Sign 'O'Times
Batman Soundtrack
Diamonds and Peals

Musicology




Nuff said!

Lovesexy is 1 of my favs.
I can listen 2 eye know, going in2 alphabet street,
going in2 glam slam NE time.

This was a crucial album in Prince's metamorphosis
in2 the way we dig him now!

Love41another

whats great is revisitng albums you hardly ever listen to like, er Batman and Exodus, and your like dam these sound hell allot better the first time round.

My favorite albums of Prince are 1999, Parade, and The Legendary Black Album.

Well I love his 80's and his 90's stuff so my favorites are

1999,
Crystal ball,
Sign O the Times,
Gold Experience,
Purple Rain,
Contreversy,
Rave,
Graffiti Bridge

Im currently "rediscovering" Lovesexy since its such an org favorite
since it used to bore me, but now its really growing on me.

Graffitti Bridge
Lovesexy
Around the world in a Day
Batman
Girl 6 soundtrack
Choas and Disorder (everyonce in a while, a day needs to end with Had U)

1) Lovesexy
2) Chaos and Disorder
3) Come
4) Graffiti Bridge
5) Purple Rain
6) The Black Album

My Prince/ collection is not what it used to be since I got back to Texas, so here are my picks as top albums that I listen to all the way:

10. Musicology (I know, I know... just give it another listen, please)
9. Parade
8. The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale
7. Batman
6. Lovesexy
5. Purple Rain
4. Controversy
3. Symbolic Beginnings
2. Diamonds And Pearls
and the number one album of all time is... Drum Roll Please....
1. Sign O The Times

Thank U all 4 reading this little post!

Why not.....

1. Controversy
2. 1999
3. Camille
4. Black Album
5. For You

My personal favorite album is Sign O' The Times, but I recently took it upon myself to construct a super album of 36 of the best songs he recorded in that area over the evolution of the album from Dream Factory to Camille to Crystal Ball to Sign O' The Times (ie an aggregate/box set to represent if he'd had the incling to record an album like Emancipation during his prime year), and THAT album is probably my favorite.

thisbediscream said:

is this the album??

by the way, I stared at your screen name for a solid 2 minutes thinking
"this bed is cream? that sounds werid"

I know, Im slow

I listen to the newer stuff almost exclusively, though I do go back as far as 1986 occasionally. I just have heard the older stuff more and don't need to listen to it at the moment. Soon I'll rediscover it.

You're definitely right about the energy, though. It's like two different musicians. The rock star goes through Purple Rain, and the artist takes over after that.

The early stuff will never be equalled by Prince in terms of cool fun daring energetic pop records to listen to with your friends. The later stuff has a complexity that the early stuff doesn't, however.

1.Emancipation
2.The Gold Experience
3.Musicology
4.Parade
5.Chaos & Disorder
[Edited 3/16/05 13:07pm]

The 1st album i heard was Purple Rain, then Batman - then Diamonds & pearls, then everything from there. Then i went back 2 the beginning and started from For You..... to me its like every album (or 2) is an evolution from the previous album. i have different favourites almost every week..... but i can still put down the following as stand outs

(in no particular order)
Gold Experience
DIrty Mind
Come
Symbol
The Rainbow Children.....

..... ah who am i kidding.... they are all good albums in their own way

ok does anyone go back and listen to them in order? I mean feel the growth as an artist? I used to do that every year while waiting for new stuff.


1. Lovesexy--still my fave after all these years
2. 1999
3. sign o the times
4. controversy
5. Prince

thekidsgirl said:

Symbolic Beginnings was a 94 East release. Mainly demos of songs recorded before the album For U. Prince is featured on the cover, but is not the leader of the group. There are some wicked jams on it tho.
Just Another Sucker is playing now!

BTW.... In This Bed Scream is what I meant by my nickname.

U know what a wrecka sto is?
If U wanted 2 buy a Sam Cooke abum....
Where would U go?

Prince
Dirty Mind
1999
Purple Rain
Around the world in a day
Sign O Times
Batman
Diamonds & Pearls
Symbol
Gold Experience
New Power Soul
Rainbow Children
Old Friends 4 Sale
ONA
Musicology
[Edited 3/16/05 13:31pm]

thekidsgirl said:

no.