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The Prince Canon: Underrated, Overrated or Right? By my estimation, there are 31 Prince albums worth considering here.
For You Prince Dirty Mind Controversy 1999 Purple Rain Around the World in a Day Parade Sign o' the Times The Black Album Lovesexy Batman Graffiti Bridge Diamonds and Pearls 
Come The Gold Experience Chaos and Disorder Emancipation Crystal Ball The Truth New Power Soul The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic The Rainbow Children One Nite Alone... Xpecation NEWS The Chocolate Invasion Slaughterhouse Musicology Of these: Pick 10 that you would consider overrated by the fan community. Pick 10 that you would consider underrated by the fan community. Pick 11 that you would consider rightly placed. Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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Here are my thoughts:
OVERRATED by the fans: Sign o' the Times The Black Album Emancipation The Truth The Rainbow Children Xpecation NEWS The Chocolate Invasion Slaughterhouse Musicology UNDERRATED by the fans: Controversy Lovsesexy Batman Graffiti Bridge
Come Crystal Ball The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic One Nite Alone... About right: For You Prince Dirty Mind 1999 Purple Rain Around the World in a Day Parade Diamonds and Pearls The Gold Experience Chaos and Disorder New Power Soul Feel free to join in the Prince Album Poll 2018! Let'a celebrate his legacy by counting down the most beloved Prince albums, as decided by you! | |
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Interesting thread...
Overrated Lovesexy--Nothing special SOTT--It's great, but his best album? No way. The Rainbow Children--Incredibly flawed, doesn't deserve the praise it's fans give it imo. Musicology--As basic a Prince album as he could possibly make. Those are the only overrated ones to me, really. Underrated Prince--This one's an early gem. Controversy--People seem to overlook how great this one is. Maybe it gets overshadowed being sandwiched between fan faves Dirty Mind & 1999? Graffiti Bridge--It's really not that bad at all. It's got a few absolute classics and a few other keepers. The Gold Experience--The short segues aren't that big of a deal, the rich production is just right for the album, and it's his most brilliant and inspired album of the 90's. Shame that politics kept it from getting hailed as the rich gem that it really is. Chaos and Disorder--An angry, bitter gem of a pure rock album. Very misunderstood. One Nite Alone--The studio piano album is simply gorgeous. Easily his best work since Gold Experience if you ask me. The Chocolate Invasion--This is a really fun "album", and I think it's way better than Musicology. Wish it'd get released to stores. Come--Dark, introspective, sexy, enjoyable album. The Black Album--It doesn't get talked about much, but it's an incredibly funky and fun party album. --Yeah, it's not really great per se, and a combo of Tony M, Kirstie Alley and the whole underaged Mayte theme hurts it, but you can't deny that some true classics are on this album.
Emancipation--It's got its problems, but I think Disc II is romantic bliss. Also has stunners like The Love We make and pop classics like Face Down that shouldn't be overlooked. A good album overall to have for the gems sprinkled across the three discs. The Truth-Sad and brutally honest. Strong songwriting. Crystal Ball-Tracklisting could've been layed out better, but it's still a collection no Prince fan should be without. Some real essential songs on here. Rightly Placed Dirty Mind--Praised for a reason. It's a dirty, rebellious masterpiece. 1999-Cold, futuristic, brilliant masterpiece. Deserve all the praise it gets. Purple Rain-His greatest album ever. Pop songwriting and epic ballad compositions at its finest. His most popular album for a reason. Around the World in a Day--It's no Purple Rain, but it's still great. Parade-Elegant and beautiful. The perfect Spring album. NewPower Soul-Crapped on cause it, well, sucks. Rave--Mostly NPS Part II, so it doesn't really deserve the praise it never gets. NEWS--It's four 15 minute instrumental tracks of totally anticlimatic band practice. How do you expect fans to feel about it? For You--Just derivative music that he totally eclipsed with all his future albums. Nothing special here aside from the factor of it being his debut. Not sure... The Vault--How do fans really feel about this one? I don't really hear much either way. Xpectation--See Vault. Slaughterhouse--Not too sure about this one yet. The world is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
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Overrated:
Dirty Mind Controversy Purple Rain Sign O' The Times Lovesexy The Rainbow Children NEWS Crystal Ball The Truth Come Underrated: Parade Graffiti Bridge Diamonds and Pearls
The Gold Experience Chaos & Disorder Emancipation Newpower Soul Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic Musicology Just Right: For You Prince 1999 Around the World in a Day The Black Album Batman The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale One Nite Alone... Xpecation The Chocolate Invasion Slaughterhouse [Edited 4/10/05 15:37pm] [Edited 4/10/05 15:38pm] | |
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OVERRATED - Gold experience - ,for some reason every one loves it BUT no messin about, ITS SHIT! | |
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10 that I would consider overrated by the fan community:
Lovesexy Purple Rain The Chocolate Invasion Slaughterhouse One Nite Alone Batman
The Black Album Emancipation Around the World In a Day 10 that I would consider underrated by the fan community: The Rainbow Children Xpectation Prince For You Controversy Parade The Gold Experience The Truth Chaos & Disorder NEWS 11 that I would consider rightly placed.[/quote]: the rest of them.... | |
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overrated by fans:
Lovesexy Sign O The Times Around The World In a Day Come The Vault (garbage) Dirty Mind Musicology The Gold Experience that's it. Underrated by fans: Chaos and Disorder Symbol Grafitti Bridge Batman The Truth Emancipation Controversy Prince Just right: TRC Parade NPS Rave Black Album etc. |
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I don’t think I’ll be able to slot my selections the way you suggested (I don’t think there are 10 over-rated or under-rated albums), but I’ll take a stab at this.
OVER-RATED Lovesexy The Black Album Controversy Parade Batman (shocked at how many people have expressed admiration for this robotic-sounding album) Around the World in a Day The Gold Experience Symbol Under-rated Dirty Mind Come Chaos and Disorder Emancipation The Truth Prince Accurately rated SOTT (rightly considered to be his masterpiece by most) For You 1999 Purple Rain Graffiti Bridge (mostly dreadful with moments of redemption seems to be the consensus) Diamonds and Pearls And I’d say that everything post-Emancipation has been assessed pretty accurately | |
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Overrated:
Parade Sign O The Times Around The World In A Day Lovesexy Diamonds And Pearls The Gold Experience The Truth Underrated: Controversy For You Prince Right: Dirty Mind 1999 Purple Rain [Edited 4/10/05 19:33pm] Andy is a four letter word. | |
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2 much like homework...but it's fun 2 read... | |
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Of these:
Pick 10 that you would consider overrated by the fan community. Emancipation The Gold Experience Pick 10 that you would consider underrated by the fan community. One Nite Alone... Xpecation NEWS New Power Soul Come Chaos and Disorder For You Prince Pick 11 that you would consider rightly placed.[/quote] Dirty Mind Controversy 1999 Purple Rain Around the World in a Day Parade Sign o' the Times The Black Album Lovesexy Batman Graffiti Bridge Diamonds and Pearls
Crystal Ball The Truth The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic The Rainbow Children The Chocolate Invasion Slaughterhouse Musicology I didn't follow your instructions very well. 
I think without the qualifier "fan community", I'd have made very different lists. TGE and Emancipation have some great songs on them, but in my opinion, as whole albums, they're kinda wobbly. I don't understand why some fans completely drool over these albums and overlook other records of his that I think are far more fully realized. Of course, tastes are subjective, blah blah etc...  | |
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littlejim said: OVERRATED - Gold experience - ,for some reason every one loves it BUT no messin about, ITS SHIT!
 THE GOLD EXPERIENCE KICKS ASS! SHAME ON YOU! hehe 
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Overrated
Purple Rain Sign O The Times LoveSexy The Gold Experience Emancipation Crystal Ball The Rainbow Children The Chocolate Invasion The Slaughterhouse Musicology Underrated For You Prince Dirty Mind Around The World In A Day The Black Album Batman Come Chaos And Disorder The Vault: Old Friends 4 Sale Xpectation Right Controversy 1999 Parade Graffiti Bridge Diamond And Pearls
The Truth New Power Soul Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic One Nite Alone... NEWS Neversin. O(+>NIИ<+)O
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Overrated:
Ziggy Stardust Reality Lodger The Man Who Sold The World Space Oddity Young Americans Diamond Dogs Pin-ups Stage Underrated: 1.Outside Earthling Hours... Let's Dance Station To Station Songs For Baal Tonight Love You 'Til Tuesday "Heroes" Tin Machine I Tin Machine II Right: Heathen Low Aladdin Sane Black Tie White Noise Never Let Me Down David Live Scary Monsters Labyrinth | |
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Novabreaker said: Overrated:
Ziggy Stardust Reality Lodger The Man Who Sold The World Space Oddity Young Americans Diamond Dogs Pin-ups Stage Underrated: 1.Outside Earthling Hours... Let's Dance Station To Station Songs For Baal Tonight Love You 'Til Tuesday "Heroes" Tin Machine I Tin Machine II Right: Heathen Low Aladdin Sane Black Tie White Noise Never Let Me Down David Live Scary Monsters Labyrinth 
not that i'm complaining. but . | |
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Basically, nothing by Prince is overrated before the Batman soundtrack, which happens to be somewhat underrated. Of course, the tag is most easily applied to those albums that have garnered the most praise, notably SOTT and Purple Rain. Since they were praised to high heavens, they seem like a logical choice, but that in my view is the easy (and cynical) way of going about it. Much more suspect are the records that followed -- I believe many of those tend to be overrated by fans. Prince wrote some great tunes, but his albums began to feel stapled together. When he was eclectic in the 80s, the songs still felt like a whole... rather than a collection of examples of different styles. Like a platter of fish n chips with spaghetti and a side of blood sausage. They do tend to be a bit overrated by fans, but also, in some instances, underrated by the general population and critics... | |
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I thought I had all of them, but theres three I dont have Xpectation, Chocolate Invasion, Slaughterhouse, anyone know how to find these? | |
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4nowneway said: I thought I had all of them, but theres three I dont have Xpectation, Chocolate Invasion, Slaughterhouse, anyone know how to find these?
npgmc.com - check out the musicology download store section of the site. et voila. | |
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Overrated
Around the world in a day 1999 Dirty Mind Controversy Parade The Vault Musicology Rainbow Children The Truth One night alone Underrated New Power Soul Prince Batman Graffiti Bridge
Come Crystal Ball Rave Emancipation For you Perfect where they are The Black album Purple Rain Lovesexy D&P Gold Experience Chaos & Disorder NEWS The rest I can't comment on because I haven't heard but I'll add the hits and B sides because I think it is very worthy of all it's praise. | |
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Anxiety said:
not that i'm complaining. but . | |
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