...except any of the 'hit singles' featured on them:

1. Prince
2. Parade
3. Graffiti Bridge
4. Black Album
5. N.E.W.S.
6. Most of "Emancipation"

I consider myself an avid fan...saw the musicology tour 3 times last year...someone please tell me which of these is the best or better yet which songs from each are the best, if you'd be so kind:)

my fave P songs:

Wanna Be Your Lover
Pink Cashmere
It
Uptown
Soft and Wet
Shhhh
Do Me Baby
Beautiful ones
Doves Cry
Pop Life

badujunkie said:

I haven't heard 3-6 either.

Not Parade?

I'm just playin

Parade is a must hear for every Prince fan. That's an essential.

Prince, Parade, disc 2 of Emancipation

an "avid" fan who has never heard the Parade album???

wallysafford said:

There's nothing wrong with that. I consider myself an avid fan of Frank Zappa or Herbie Hancock, but I don't own a lot of their albums...

Having said that, Parade and The Black Album are essentials. Both are real funky with just the right amount of experimentalism. Prince is nice, but perhaps a little too sweetsy. Grafitti Bridge and Emancipation are good, but a little inconsistent. NEWS is cool if you're into instrumentals/new age/jazz, but it's not everyones cup of tea.

Get Prince & Parade NOW!!

man U must absolutely go out right now and rob or steal so u can get he Parade LP

You really should go get Prince, Parade and the Black Album.

You definitely need to get Parade ASAP! Prince is the only album on your list that I don't have yet, so I can't speak to that...but I just got the Black Album this week and recommend it over the remaining three that I have heard.
[Edited 8/14/05 19:13pm]

Oh my God you need to get Parade right now on the double! That is so important as a P fan. Then get Prince and The Black Album. You can choose what you want afterwards but Parade, Prince and Black Album are important.

Parade my ass.

Graffiti Bridge is where its at

Love come quick, Love come in a hurry
[Edited 8/14/05 19:28pm]

Seriously, get Prince before you get Parade. Even though you messed up the order. Prince is a great album

Purplelicious said:

huh You guys are here for his lovely personality I gather.

Don't you know any fams who can hook you up?

Parade is the most necessary of those albums.

Those are all awesome albums(except I haven't heard NEWS)

Have you heard Kamasutra?

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badujunkie said:

since you are an avid fan I suggest (with the exception n.e.w.s) listen 2 all of them (skip da da daa on emancipation.....horrible!!!!!)

toejam said:

I didn't say there was anything wrong with not hearing the Parade album,it's just when you proclaim that you are an "avid" Prince fan,to not have heard the Parade album strikes me as peculiar...
That would be like me saying that I am Bruce Springsteen's biggest fan and then saying that I have never heard the Born In The USA album.that's all,nothing wrong with it though,to each his own!

I don't have Exodus, nor have I heard it, and boy do I want it

You must get the Parade album this very instant, lock yourself in a private, secluded spot and listen to it from start to finish -- no skipping ahead! Once you have experienced Parade sufficiently, you should get The Black Album, but this time don't lock yourself. Play it on big speakers and maybe do a little cleaning between dance steps.`

Graffiti Bridge and Emancipation are very flawed albums, but do contain their fair share of great songs and a few b-list ones that are really not that bad if you forget for a moment the guy is supposed to be a genius. NEWS is mostly an excuse for Prince and his musicians to stretch their collective musical leg. Good to have but not what Prince does best.

Wow.

Purplelicious said:

Not having Dirty Mind and Controversy is like missing part 1 and 2 of The Lord of the Rings.

Parade...for heaven sake.....and u forget Purple Rain ...and then buyhe movie!!!



now!!

ok - pls tell me somebody if i am avid too

I do have:

parade
emancipation
black album
controversy
batman
sign o times
lovesexy
graffitti bridge
come
gold experience
chrystall ball

might have forgotton some.....but i think thats it?!

has 'parade' ever been remastered?

come to think of it have any of P's albums been remastered?

warner sucks. 'purple rain' '1999' and 'like a prayer' all need to be re-issued.

badujunkie said:

not sure how avid i am - but i think yes - definetely remastered.

What is your favourite song ?