Here are the CDs of Prince I own:
Purple Rain - Soundtrack & DVD (Special Edition)
The Very Best of Prince
Emanicaption (typo?)
Crystal Ball
D&P
Cherry Moon Soundtrack
Batman soundtrack
1999
The Scandualous Sex Suite (CD Single from Batman soundtrack)
Symbol Album
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic CD & Live Concert DVD
When Will We Be Paid? (CD Single)
The Rainbow Children

Okay so am I in good standing? Do I have a long ways to go? Any suggestions?
I'd love to know where I stand..and what the die-hards would consider my collection. Sorry if it sounds lame-o.

Okay thanks guys well I'm out! Late!

It's ok , but imo there are 3 essential albums missing
Lovesexy ,Sign 'O' The Times and Dirty Mind

but actually i'd suggest you buy everything
don't think he's made a bad album , really
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Dewrede said:

Ditto for these. Add in 'Around the World in a Day' and 'Parade' and you're missing my 5 favourite Prince albums!

I'm also a big fan of 'For You' and 'Prince'. They're a bit too disco in places for some people's taste, but contain some great guitar work.

If you like the 90s stuff, definitely get 'The Gold Experience'.
[Edited 6/28/05 23:14pm]

He mentioned Parade as 'Cherry Moon Soundtrack' already
Otherwise of course i'd have included it as an essential too

You've got a long way to go, but you're off to a good start.

Dewrede said:

That'll teach me to skim read...

OK, make that 'The Black Album', also essential!

ok

that's hardly a collection. get back to us when you own a few more and some bootlegs.

jasonstar said:

The Gold Experience is an essential.

jasonstar said:

that's no collection .... just a couple of release.

You should at least own all the albums released in the 70's and 80's.

If you don't have the money to buy those essential recordings, than sell the crappy ones:

Emancipation
Crystal Ball
D&P
Batman soundtrack
The Scandualous Sex Suite (CD Single from Batman soundtrack)
Symbol Album
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic CD
When Will We Be Paid? (CD Single)
The Rainbow Children

Seems to me, you own much more crappy releases than essential releases!

jasonstar said:

For most artists, such a collection of albums would mean you were a hard-core fan. But since Prince is so prolific and has put out so many classic albums which are all very varied from each other, you are only in the mid-range of Prince fandom! The good news is that you have some fantastic music ahead of you to collect...

Definately need Around The World In A Day, Lovesexy, Sign O' The Times album & DVD and The Gold Experience at the very minimum.

To put your collection in the top bracket, you would need all the released albums, videos, dvds and a few choice live bootlegs plus an assortment of studio boots. Oh yes.

ThataintFunky said:

Seems to me u don't like much of his music anyway,.

doctamario said:

Indeed ... as time passes by, the crappy releases seems the dominate the essential ones ...
But that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy the 11 masterpieces from the 70’s and 80’s anymore .....

You dare to say that D&P is a masterpiece ... or is it a master-disaster?

ThataintFunky said:

DM is a boring piece of shit.
[Edited 6/29/05 2:06am]

you will find you dont need "The Very Best of Prince", theres nothing on there you wont soon find on other albums.

ThataintFunky said:

I don't agree !
All those have at least a few good songs on them !

Hallo , overigens
[Edited 6/29/05 2:05am]

doctamario said:

.... I'm glad most critical (old-school) fans seem to agree with me ....
Too bad the newbee's seem to dominate the org nowadays, and the good-time-fans have disappeared. But what do you expect after 15 lousy years?

I don't care what anybody says ...
Dirty Mind is my favourite album of all time!!

little note .... Prince always played a lot of the DM tracks live .... even now!
seems to me that Prince agrees with me too!

Dewrede said:

a few good songs don't make a good album!
I can live with one crappy song .... but the crappy songs dominate the great songs on those albums ...

Of cause, I haven't sold the crappy albums neither ...

too

ok , but still there are some real classic songs on those
Batman is cool


Btw , it seems i'm one of the few that likes Rave... just 3 bad songs on there
[Edited 6/29/05 2:38am]

Go get n.e.w.s and one nite alone box.i just got those and their are driving me crazy-in a god way that is

jasonstar said:

It just suprises me sometimes that people who come to this site don't have all the albums. This collection is a good start but far from complete.

jasonstar said:[quote]Here are the CDs of Prince I own:
Purple Rain - Soundtrack & DVD (Special Edition)
The Very Best of Prince
Emanicaption (typo?)
Crystal Ball
D&P
Cherry Moon Soundtrack
Batman soundtrack
1999
The Scandualous Sex Suite (CD Single from Batman soundtrack)
Symbol Album
Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic CD & Live Concert DVD
When Will We Be Paid? (CD Single)
The Rainbow Children

Okay so am I in good standing? Do I have a long ways to go? Any suggestions?
I'd love to know where I stand..and what the die-hards would consider my collection. Sorry if it sounds lame-o.

Not a bad start, but where the hell is SOTT and Lovesexy! Where is Musicology and Dirty Mind? You absolutely MUST have these too. Oh and don't forget the Black Album!

Looks like you've got a fairly varied collection to start with!. Here is what I think are the top 5 items you need next:

SIGN OF THE TIMES DVD: You'll get a better appreciation for the album once you see the film (make sure you get the Canadian version available from amazon.ca)

ONE NITE ALONE LIVE: An essential box set. His only official 'live' album from one of his best tours.

LOVESEXY: This is not music, this is a trip!!

NEW POWER SOUL: A lot of people on here don't like it, but I think it's his most underated album. It's a cool George Clinton-esque party album

MUSICOLOGY: It's a great little album, and a nice way to see the direction he is going in

doctamario said:

There's nothing boring about shit. But shit is indeed funky. So just call Dirty Mind the shit, and you're on the right track.

its cute...

I would add the B sides collection.

ThataintFunky said:[quote]

ThataintFunky said:

Too bad a lot of the old cranky dinosaurs still walk these forums. They've got nothing to say other than "I'm old as dirt and can remember when his first albums came out. That makes funky". . U ain't funky no more, grandma. I hope they bury your old ideas the same time they bury u.
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doctamario said:[quote]

ThataintFunky said:

Pucker Up doctamario!

wallysafford said:

wallysafford said:

NSFW though!!!