Best: Sign O The Times



I love the colors. I love the clutter, the hodgepodge of musical instruments and neon signs and disembodied cars. A whole bunch of unconnected items that come together to form one solid vision. And Prince is half on, half off, out of focus, as if to say that it is the vision and not the man that is important. The album itself is a hodgepodge of different styles, from rap to rock to whatever the hell Dorothy Parker is but it all comes together beautifully into one unified vision statement. The cover is perfect.


Worst: Chaos and Disorder




The cover, like the album, is a mess. There is a difference between a powerful collage and a bunch of crap thrown together by a rock star at his ultimate spoiled bratness. We get a little bit of Prince's angry eye and the rest is just brutal to look at. As bad as the cover is, the liner notes inside are even uglier. A low point for the man, as he became so obsessed with one upping WB that he forgot about the people whose devotion (and wallets) got him to that position where he could release whatever castoffs he wanted to and wrap it in a godawful spiteful cover.

THE BEST:

Prince (Airbrushed darker to appeal to the "Black Stations" but we needed that).

Dirty Mind (Raw and Grimy...we needed to see that too:)

Controversy (Prince shows off his latest fashion)

Parade (COsign: Sleek, minimal, sexy)

S.O.T.T.(I give more props to the singles than the actual album. Minus "Hot Thing")

Lovesexy (It's all been said already)

Chaos & DIsorder (An artistic prose on his relationship with Warner Brothers. Sort of an "F You" to Warner. Plus, the album and title are a good reprsentation of the music on the album: Pure garbage)

THE ABSOLUTE WORST:

The Symbol Album

Come

Gold
(I'm so surprised that no one mentioned "Come" or "Gold". Come is dreadful and gloomy. Any pictures of Prince with those greasy pork chop waves on the side of his head are the absolute WORST!)

FanofDaFascist said:

You're right,I also forgot about Come..it's like the pictures were quickly shot
when he had a day off.

Worst: Lovesexy, because it makes me feel uncomfortable.

Paisley4u said:

Nope, you'll wrong. Prince took those pictures from a book he published back in 92 called The Saciface Of Victor when the O+> album was released. He put those pictures in the liner notes of COME.

Paisley4u said:

Nope, you'll wrong. Prince took those pictures from a book he published back in 92 called The Saciface Of Victor when the O+> album was released. He put those pictures in the liner notes of COME.

DavidEye said:

I've always thought that was one of the worst covers.
(his face is so airbrushed he's gone from being black to being orange!)

Actually fact-fans, you're wrong too. The Sacrifice of Victor was published in 1994, and the shots taken during the 1993 Act II tour of Europe.

Personally, I think Terry Gydesen's photos are some of the very best photos ever taken of Prince - most are unposed, and just caught off-guard shots. Obviously Prince had a major (if not FINAL) say on what was eventually used, and I would imagine that he had the remaining shots/negatives (of which there were hundreds) destroyed.

What remains are glimpses of a side of Prince many rarely get to see, and in that respect I think she should be applauded for capturing that. As nice as the more recent 'Hawaii' book is, it's a little too 'perfect' for me (although there are a number of great shots I like also)

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