I wanna grade all the albums with letter A+ to F
I wanna hgrade it by general standards, so a Prince F is someone elses D

Scale A+ Classic, not a bad song on it, all great.
A As above but a tad inconsistent Definitley buy)
A- Excellent, most songs are great, a couple of average ones
B+ Very Good, many strong songs, but some lesser stuff on it too. Or all good, but no excellent
B, Good, a few strong songs, mostly some plodder (Would Buy)
B- Satisfactory in every way, a good song or to, most songs OK some crap is allowed
C+ As above, but more crap, albums in this grade can have A+ songs (Would down load. Or an average quality all through
C very average for Prince, generally fair but he can do better
C- Marginal, alot of iller, fe wstrong cuts
D+, D Barely a pass, very slow , lots of below average cuts, maybe a better song
D- Very unstisfying
F Horrendous, not worth listening to

Here goes, if u give different grades I wanna know

For You C+

Prince B

Dirty Mind A-

Controversy B+

1999 A

Purple Rain A-

ATWIAD C

Parade B+

S.O.T. A+

Black Album B

Lovesexy B-

Batman C-

G.B. C

Diamonds and Pearls B+/A-

D

Hits/Bsides A

Beautiful Experience B

Come C

Gold Exp A-

Chaos and Disorder F

Emancipation B

Crystal Ball A

Exodus D

The Truth C+

New Power Soul B

Rave C

Old Friends 4 sale D

RC B-

N.E.W.S. C+

One Nite Alone A

Musicology B

So ifanyone agres/disagrees or can offer a different grade to an album, I noted l;ast time there was some opposition to my panning of C&D its only got two Ok songs and its very weak for a Prince record.

For You B

Prince B

Dirty Mind A

Controversy A

1999 A

Purple Rain A

ATWIAD C

Parade D

S.O.T. C

Black Album C

Lovesexy C

Batman B

G.B. D

Diamonds and Pearls C

C

Hits/Bsides B

Beautiful Experience C

Come C

Gold Exp C

Chaos and Disorder D

Emancipation C

Crystal Ball C

Exodus D

The Truth F

New Power Soul F

Rave D

Old Friends 4 sale C

RC C

N.E.W.S. F

One Nite Alone D

Musicology C

tane1976 said:

D+ and D are the same thing, and there's no E+, E. E-, or F+, but there's F???



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vainandy said:

DAMN, I'm glad I didn't have you as a teacher!!

For You B

Prince B

Dirty Mind A

Controversy A

1999 A

Purple Rain A

ATWIAD B

Parade B

Sign O'the Times A

Black Album C

Lovesexy B

Batman B

Graffiti Bridge C

Diamonds and Pearls C

Hits/Bsides B

Come C

Gold A

Chaos and Disorder B

Emancipation C

Crystal Ball C

The Truth F

New Power Soul F

Rave C

Old Friends 4 sale C

The Rainbow Children B

N.E.W.S. F

Musicology C
[Edited 10/23/05 23:26pm]

If any other artist had released those albums I gave a C on, they would receive an A. I gave Prince a C on those because I know he's capable of much better.

For You C=

Prince C+

Dirty Mind B-

Controversy B-

1999 B+

Purple Rain B+

ATWIAD A+

Parade B

S.O.T. B+

Black Album B

Lovesexy A+

Batman B+

G.B. B

Diamonds and Pearls B-

prince B

Hits/Bsides C

Beautiful Experience C+

Come B+

Gold Exp A

Chaos and Disorder B

Emancipation B

Crystal Ball B+

Exodus A++

The Truth C+

New Power Soul B

Rave B+

Old Friends 4 sale B-

RC A++

N.E.W.S. A

One Nite Alone C

Musicology B

For You C+

Prince C-

Dirty Mind A-

Controversy B+

1999 A++

Purple Rain A++

ATWIAD A+

Parade C

S.O.T. B

Black Album A

Lovesexy D

Batman F

G.B. C

Diamonds and Pearls D

C

Hits/Bsides B+

Beautiful Experience D

Come F

Gold Exp C-

Chaos and Disorder B

Emancipation D

Crystal Ball C-

Exodus F

The Truth F

New Power Soul F

Rave D+

Old Friends 4 sale C

RC C

N.E.W.S. F

One Nite Alone D

Musicology D

For You C

Prince B

Dirty Mind A-

Controversy B-

1999 A

Purple Rain A-

ATWIAD A-

Parade A+++

S.O.T. A+++

Black Album A-

Lovesexy A+

Batman C+

Grafitty Bridge B+ (the Prince tunes)

Diamonds and Pearls B-

C+

Come A-

Gold Exp A-

Chaos and Disorder B+

Emancipation B

Crystal Ball B+ (would have been A+++ if it weren't for all the remixes etc)

Exodus B+

The Truth A++++

New Power Soul C+

Rave C+

Old Friends 4 sale C+

The Rainbow Children A+++

N.E.W.S. B+

One Nite Alone A

Musicology C-

For You B+

Prince B+

Dirty Mind A

Controversy A+++++

1999 A+++++

Purple Rain A

ATWIAD A-

Parade A+++++

S.O.T. C+

Black Album A+++++

Lovesexy B

Batman C-

Grafitty Bridge C-

Diamonds and Pearls D+

D

Come C

Gold Exp B-

Chaos and Disorder B+

Emancipation T

Crystal Ball M

The Truth C+

Rave Z-----

Old Friends 4 sale L

The Rainbow Children B+

Xpectation B+

N.E.W.S. Z-----

One Nite Alone X-

Musicology V-

//

Not including The Hits, TCI or TSH because they are compilations. Not including Exodus and NPS because they are NPG albums, and Gold Nigga was excluded from your original post any ways.

For You C

Prince C+

Dirty Mind B

Controversy B+

1999 A

Purple Rain A+

ATWIAD B+

Parade B+

S.O.T. A++++

Black Album C+

Lovesexy B

Batman B

G.B. C+

Diamonds and Pearls B+

Symbol B+

Hits/Bsides A

Come C+

Gold Exp B

Chaos and Disorder F

Emancipation B

Crystal Ball B

The Truth D-

New Power Soul F

Rave C+

Old Friends 4 sale C

Rainbow Children F

N.E.W.S. F

One Nite Alone B

Musicology C+

For You C

Prince C+

Dirty Mind B

Controversy B+

1999 A+

Purple Rain A+

ATWIAD C

Parade C-

S.O.T. B+

Black Album D

Lovesexy C-

Batman B

G.B. C+

Diamonds and Pearls D+

Symbol A

Hits/Bsides A+

Come C-

Gold Exp D

Chaos and Disorder F

Emancipation D-

Crystal Ball A-

The Truth D+

New Power Soul C

Rave B-

Old Friends 4 sale C

Rainbow Children D-

N.E.W.S. F

One Nite Alone C-

Musicology D+

For You B

Prince C+

Dirty Mind B-

Controversy B

1999 A

Purple Rain B

ATWIAD C+

Parade B

S.O.T. A+

Black Album C

Lovesexy B

Batman B

G.B. D+

Diamonds and Pearls C

C+

Hits/Bsides A

Beautiful Experience C

Come D

Gold Exp B

Chaos and Disorder D

Emancipation C

Crystal Ball C+

Exodus D

The Truth D

New Power Soul D+

Rave C

Old Friends 4 sale D

RC C+

N.E.W.S. D

One Nite Alone B-

Musicology B-

For You - B-
Prince - B
Dirty Mind - A-
Controversy - B+
1999 - A
Purple Rain - A
Around the World In a Day - A-
Parade - A-
Sign 'O' the Times - A+
The Black Album - B
Lovesexy - A-
Batman - B
Graffiti Bridge - B
Diamonds and Pearls - B-
- B+
The Hits/B-Sides - A+
Come - B
The Gold Experience - A-
Chaos and Disorder - D
Emancipation - B-
Crystal Ball - B-
Exodus (NPG) - B+
The Truth - B-
New Power Soul - B
Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic - B
Old Friends 4 Sale - B-
[b]The Rainbow Children - B+
N.E.W.S. - B-
One Nite Alone - A-
Musicology - B

langebleu said:

For you- B+

Prince-A+

Dirty Mind-B+

Controvesy-B+

1999-A-

Purple Rain-A+

Around the world in a day-B

Parade-B

Sign of the Times-A+

Lovesexy-A+

Batman-A+

Graffiti Bridge-A

Diamonds & Pearls-A-

-B+

Hits/B-sides-A+

Come-A

Gold Experience-B+

Chaos&Disorder-C+

Emancipation-B+

Crystal Ball-B+

New Power Soul-B+

Rave un@ the joy fantastic-B

Rainbow Children-B

Musicology-B+

For you- B

Prince-B+

Dirty Mind-A-

Controvesy-B+

1999-A-

Purple Rain-A

Around the world in a day-B+

Parade-A

Sign of the Times-A+

Black Album-A-

Lovesexy-B+

Batman-B

Graffiti Bridge-B+

Diamonds & Pearls-B

-A-

Hits/B-sides-B+

Come-B+

Gold Experience-A-

Chaos&Disorder-B+

Emancipation-B

Crystal Ball-B

New Power Soul-C

Rave un@ the joy fantastic-B

Rainbow Children-B

NEWS-D

Musicology-A-
[Edited 10/24/05 18:26pm]

For You (C+)

Prince (C)

Dirty Mind (B+)

Controversy (B+)

1999 (B)

Purple Rain (A)

ATWIAD (B+)

Parade (A+)

Sign (A+)

Black Album (B+)

Lovesexy (B+/A)

Batman (B)

GB (Prince stuff gets a very generous B, the rest is garbage)

D & P (C+)

Symbol Album (B+)

Come (C-)

TBE (C+)

TGE (B)

C&D (D)

Emancipation (B-)

Crystal Ball (B+)

The Truth (C+)

Rave (C+)

Rainbow Children (A for music, C for idea of the concept, B for Hooks, and melodies)

ONA (A+ for the aftershow cd, B for ONA album)

N.E.W.S. (B)

Musicology (B)


Also, Camille gets an A+, and Dream Factory gets an A as well.

Okay, I'll play...

For You - B+
Prince - A+
Dirty Mind - A
Controversy - A-
1999 - A+
Purple Rain - A+
Around the World In a Day - B
Parade - A+
Sign O' the Times - A
The Black Album - B
Lovesexy - A+
Batman - B
Graffiti Bridge - A-
Diamonds and Pearls - B+
- A
Come - B+
The Gold Experience - A
Chaos and Disorder - C+
Kamasutra - C-
Emancipation - A-
Crystal Ball - B
Exodus (NPG) - B-
The Truth - A
New Power Soul - C-
Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic - B
Old Friends 4 Sale - A
The Rainbow Children - A+
One Nite Alone - B
Xpectation - A
N.E.W.S. - B
Musicology - B+
[Edited 10/25/05 0:17am]

You only started this thread because you wanted to post your own ratings, didn't you?

NouveauDance said:

I got a lot of responses here, but urs wins the prize. Its just so easy to see what u do and don't like. Like me u clearly are not a fan of his later work, but love the early stuff

NouveauDance said:

langebleu said:

In NZ we have D as a fail, I tried to, accommodate American mores, But I notice some people avoid E's as there are only so many grades of fail. What I meant is D is slightly worsethan a D+ but the quality is nearly similar and the comment applies. F is an exceptional, most albums with at least one good song will score A D- AT LEAST.

Other question, how can some of u give Parade and S.O.T mediocre grades! Whatsup with that, it jis most focussed works a lot better than the self indulgent prattle on later albums.

Novabreaker said:

Guilty as charged, but I wanted to see if anyone would join in, and we vary a bit. I noticed the early stuff people agreed with largely, but it goes awry with the later period. Also as u suggest I wanted some subliminal Sign of the Times worship, overall its the most successful album with us I think.

I post more ratings.

The Time B+
What time is it A
Ice Cream castles B-
Pandemonium B

Sheila E, The Glamorous life A-
Romance 1600 B
Sheila E C (She was concentrating on being in Princes band by then)
Apollonia 6 C-
Vanity 6 B

Jill Jones B

The Family C

Mazarati B+

Camille (if eva done) A+

For You C

Prince C+

Dirty Mind B+

Controversy B+

1999 A+

Purple Rain A+

ATWIAD B+

Parade B+

S.O.T. A+

Black Album B+

Lovesexy B+

Batman B+

Graffiti Bridge B

Diamonds and Pearls B

B+


Come B

Gold Exp A

Chaos and Disorder B-

Emancipation B

Crystal Ball B


The Truth B

New Power Soul B

Rave B

Old Friends 4 sale B-

Rainbow Children B

N.E.W.S. C+

One Nite Alone B+

ONA: Live B+

Musicology B+